Kevin Chung has been podcasting since 2016 — and he's on his third show, his second country, and his first book. In this conversation, Becky sits down with Kevin, a Feminist Podcasters Collective member and host of Standout Creatives, Standout Authors, and Standout Reinventions, to talk about what keeps him coming back to podcasting, why he deliberately seeks out guests nobody's heard of, and what it looks like to reinvent yourself mid-career.

In this conversation:
• Why he started podcasting to spotlight creative people who don't get the spotlight
• How the 2024 election prompted a move to Costa Rica, and a full creative restart
• The difference between Standout Creatives and Standout Authors (and why niching down changed everything)
• Why he uses Substack as his primary podcast home instead of traditional feeds
• His take on luck, privilege, and why everyone deserves a platform
• The worst podcasting advice he's ever heard (spoiler: it's about social media)
• Why doing less might be the most sustainable podcasting strategy you've never tried

Find Kevin and Standout Creatives at https://newsletter.thestandoutcreatives.com/

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Becky sits down with Alesia Galati — podcast producer, host of Podcasting Unlocked (nearly 300 episodes and counting), and creator of We Read Smut, a podcast celebrating BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ romance authors — for the first in a series of conversations with Feminist Podcasters Collective members.

They talk about what happens when a podcast you built from scratch stops feeling good, how to know when it's time to sunset a show, and why following a side-project passion might be the best business decision you never planned.

In this conversation:
• Why Alesia's first podcast about cult recovery, made with her sister changed how she thinks about podcasting's power
• The difference between a podcast that serves your business and one that serves your soul (and how to tell which you have)
• What sunsetting a show at 300 episodes looks like in practice, and what her team had to say about it
• How We Read Smut accidentally grew to 15,000 Substack subscribers and what she's building around it
• The rise of "side quest" podcasts, shows with no business case and a lot of heart
• Why she's launching a paid community on Discord (and why she waited until she was ready)
• What community has meant for her longevity as a podcaster and her take on FPC
• The worst podcasting advice she's ever received (and what she'd tell someone starting out instead)

Find Alesia:
• Podcast strategy + production: https://galatimedia.podia.com/help-my...
• Romance podcast + community: https://wereadsmut.com/

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