Thank you for listening to the second episode of Your Pod Guy! I'm Scott Curtis, Your Pod Guy. In this episode, I'm going to talk about the podcasts I've started. This will be a little bit of a vanity episode which makes me uncomfortable because I don;t like talking about myself but I think it will give you some good perspective. I'm going to talk about my passion project shows first and my business related shows in the next episode.

 

My first podcast launched in 2016 and was called Michiana People. Even though it's retired, the episodes are still out there and there's a link to them in the show notes if you want to hear some real rookie podcast interviews. The name Michiana Peope came from where I lived at the time. Northern Indiana and Southwest Michigan have been called Michiana for many years because they are considered a shared region. I started Michiana People to highlight the great people in the region and I talked to folks in politics, artists, musicians, business owners, and activists. I made some great connections and friendships with that show that are still important to me today.

 

I never blew up the podcast charts but I had a loyal following and I still get a few listens to Michiana People years after the last episode aired. The smart thing I did with Michiana People is exchanged a permanent sponsorship for the show for my company buying all the initial equipment. Now, I didn't buy the best equipment for the job, but I'll get into that in another episode.

 

 I also started performing stand-up comedy in 2016 at the age of 52. I know, I'm a late bloomer. One of the first things I did when I started was to look for podcasts about stand-up that would give me an inside track to being a better comedian quicker. I found a few that I liked but none of the podcasts I found were exactly what I was looking for. After a couple years, I decided that I would have to start my own podcast about stand-up comedy and Behind the Bits was born. Behind the Bits had a long gestation period of nearly a year as I wanted to do all my research and make it as perfect as I could. I'll talk more about my planning of Behind the Bits in another episode. Many of steps I took to prepare for the podcast went into my Your Pod Guy Podcast Checklist which is available for free at yourpodguy.com.

 

Even with all the planning, I made a lot of mistakes at launch and during the past three years the show has been around. However, I did a lot of things right as well. The outcome is a comedy interview podcast with a great following. I also won the Discover Pods award for Best Interview Style Podcast in 2020 and was interviewed for Podcast Magazine in 2022. Behind the Bits has had ups and downs but overall, I'm very happy with the show and the feedback I get from listeners.

 

In producing Behind the Bits and Michiana People, I have become obsessed with great podcasts and want to help make yours great too! That's what Your Pod Guy is all about.

 

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In the next episode, I'll talk about the business podcasts I've helped to launch. Thanks for listening and have a great pod day.

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Here's a link to Michiana People Podcast I mentioned:

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Here's a link to Behind the Bits:

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