Podcaster Stories will be taking a hiatus for the foreseeable future. After 50 plus episodes, with some very personal stories being shared, I've come to the point where I need to take a break for my own mental wellness. Contact me: danny@podcasterstories.com My equipment: Electro-Voice RE320 Motu M2 Audio Interface Sony MDR-7506 Studio Monitor Headphones Podcast Pro Boom Arm by Accu-Lite and O.C. White Recommended resources: Captivate.fm Aweber email marketing Boomcaster remote interviewing My P...
Jun 26, 2022•2 min
Drew Toynbee is one of the co-hosts of Sequel Pitch, a show that takes a movie that never received a sequel, and has the co-hosts pitch their own, often with a special guest to judge the efforts. Drew talks about how the idea came about, who the biggest movie fan is on the show, how a happy accident led to a new section of the show, and how the podcast community can better help support mental health of podcasters. Turning Goals into a Creative Outlet While Drew had a spell as an actor, it didn't...
May 20, 2022•40 min•Season 5Ep. 41
As Season 5 of Podcaster Stories gets close, learn more about what's coming your way in just a few weeks. Additionally, find out more about Pod Chat, Danny's new show that focuses on the tech, tools, and people driving the podcasting space forward. Contact me: danny@podcasterstories.com My equipment: Electro-Voice RE320 Motu M2 Audio Interface Sony MDR-7506 Studio Monitor Headphones Podcast Pro Boom Arm by Accu-Lite and O.C. White Recommended resources: Captivate.fm Aweber email marketing Boomca...
Apr 08, 2022•3 min
This week, I sit down with Matt Medeiros, host of many shows including the WP Minute and the Matt Report, where he talks tech, podcasting, WordPress, and more. Matt's journey from "computer guy" to podcaster is an interesting and varied one, and in this week's episode Matt talks about that, as well as the legacy he's looking to build. A Podcaster's Podcaster Matt has a lot of shows under his belt, both personal podcasts and professional podcasts. Starting out in the WordPress world, and utilizin...
Feb 24, 2022•37 min•Season 4Ep. 40
This week, I sit down with Tony Doe, host of The Tony Doe Podcast, where he chats with radio broadcasters who answer questions fans are curious about. This audio series is about people from different backgrounds who share their radio stories, and how they feel about the medium's present and future. Art Reflecting Life Tony's background is in radio, and his show reflects that, with his guests coming from the medium and sharing why they chose radio, and what they're using it for to share their mes...
Feb 17, 2022•28 min•Season 4Ep. 39
This week, I sit down with Becca Atkinson, host of The Unashamed Alcoholic, where she talks with sober people using their platforms to speak openly about their journey with addiction. This includes sports stars, media celebrities, and more, and who inspired Becca to openly talk about her own journey as a recovering alcoholic. The Freeing Power of Openness Becca shares how she didn't do anything by halves when it came to opening up about her journey as an alcoholic. Indeed, it was on a national r...
Feb 10, 2022•27 min•Season 4Ep. 38
This week, I sit down with Kevin Steinberg, host of the Frankly Kev podcast, where he talks to everyday heroes who have experienced one or more of life's many challenges. No experts giving you a checklist of how to perfectly do things. Or spokespeople and gurus to sell you products with pitch-perfect phrases. No celebrities to gawk at or fawn over. Just real people telling you real life stories. You Know What? They're People Too When Kevin first started his show, he used to do a quick intro abou...
Feb 03, 2022•33 min•Season 4Ep. 37
This week, I sit down with Suzanne Falter, host of the Self-Care for Extremely Busy Women podcast, a show about the importance of self-care and building healthy self-care habits for women everywhere. She's also the author of several books and continues the legacy of her daughter Teal, who passed in 2012 ,through helping other women be who they were meant to be. On Slowing Down and Going Within Suzanne shares the importance of taking care of ourselves. She had never done that her whole life, and ...
Jan 27, 2022•40 min•Season 4Ep. 36
This week, I sit down with Andrew Davie, co-host of the Happy Hour with Heather and Guest podcast, a show that highlights local artists to perform and promote their music, live events, and more. Andrew is also a survivor of a life-changing event that happened on his 40th birthday, and he shares that story and more on today's episode. The Opposing Views That Got Him Into Podcasting While the podcast that he co-hosts with Heather is his current passion project, Andrew had another podcast that ran ...
Jan 20, 2022•35 min•Season 4Ep. 35
This week, I sit down with Nick Nalbach, host of the Nine-Five Podcast, a show that features entrepreneurs sharing what got them to where they’re at to help you get inspired to launch your own entrepreneurial journey. From new entrepreneurs to entrepreneurial veterans, Nick dives into what made them choose this path, and how they’ve managed to find success in their given niche. I don't really know what to do with my hands Nick's original idea was for a video show, but he felt uncomfortable being...
Jan 13, 2022•33 min•Season 4Ep. 34
This week, I sit down with Tommy Serafinski, host of Tommy's Outdoors, a show that looks at the relationship between humans and wildlife, and how that affects biodiversity, conservation, rewilding, and more. Each episode, Tommy interviews guests across all spectrums of the space, often with different viewpoints from each other. It's an approach that Tommy says is super valuable when it comes to learning. I learn something in every episode. One of the things that Tommy is adamant in providing is ...
Jan 06, 2022•37 min•Season 4Ep. 33
For regular listeners of the show, you'll have noticed it's been a bit quiet here since Season 4 launched. Instead of the usual weekly series, only the first two episodes were published, and then silence. I sincerely apologize for this, it was definitely not the intent. Here's what happened. As you'll know, the show features podcasters opening up about their personal stories. These are stories that may not have been heard before in public, and can be very raw and emotional, and I sincerely thank...
Nov 24, 2021•4 min
After suffering from severe stress while going through her doctorate, Dr. Alice fell into a downward spiral of alcohol abuse. This continued until she realized her problem, and she has been sober for three years since. It's this experience that led Dr. Alice to starting the Beyond the Pink Cloud podcast, where she talks to people that have overcome their own battles with substance abuse, as well as inspired others by living their best lives. Topics up for discussion this week include: how the po...
Sep 16, 2021•25 min•Season 4Ep. 32
This week is a little different. As some of you might know, I also run a couple of other podcasts - one, as a host, and the other as a co-host. Today, I want to share an episode from the podcast I co-host, Mental Health and Us. It originally started out as a solo hosted show by my wife, Jaclyn, and was called Mental Health and me. It shared self-care and wellness tips to help other mental health sufferers and their loved ones cope. Jaclyn uses her 20 year battle with both depression and anxiety ...
Sep 09, 2021•20 min
This week I sit down with Joenrhuz "JR" Tabanda, host and audio producer of the Time Capsule Show, a podcast sharing the everyday stories of everyday people. Each episode asks six thoughtful questions that guests can use to define their life in the 21st century at this moment. We wanted to give people hope, especially young people that may feel alone. JR talks about what their goals were with the show, and how that's taken shape, and how the pandemic gave them the opportunity to put these goals ...
Sep 02, 2021•29 min•Season 4Ep. 31
So a funny thing happened on the way to getting Season 4 of Podcaster Stories ready - from personal and work life, to guests that weren't really right for the show. This resulted in the new season being delayed by about a month, which I apologize for. The good news is that Season 4 will be released next week, so I'm looking forward to sharing more awesome stories with you. There's also an update about the Quite the Thing podcast network that Podcaster Stories is now part of, and is very much gea...
Aug 18, 2021•4 min
Season 3 of Podcaster Stories has just wrapped, and in this episode I look back at the guests and the inspiring and insightful stories they shared. In episode 1, Fitz Koehler of The Fitness Show and author of the book My Noisy Cancer Comeback shared how her life changed when she was diagnosed with breast cancer, and how she used that as a starting point for her inspiring fight against it. Listen to the full episode. In episode 2, I spoke with Roman Mironov of the be Version 2.0 of Yourself podca...
Apr 29, 2021•8 min
On April 21st 2020, Podcaster stories was launched. Unlike my other podcasts up until that point, this wouldn't be a solo show - instead, it'd be an interview-style show. Not only that, but it would be an interview-style show with fellow podcasters, many of whom had interview shows of their own. So, to say I was a little nervous would be an understatement! But, 12 months on, I'm enjoying it as much as ever, and have some fun ideas regarding the next 12 months and beyond. Thank you so much for li...
Apr 22, 2021•6 min
This week, I sit down with Lainey Cameron, host of The Best of Women’s Fiction podcast, a show that highlights authors that Lainey respects, as well as interviews with best-selling and women fiction authors. Each episode, Lainey and her guests share what inspired a favourite author’s book, as well as what advice they’d give to other writers. Lainey is also the author of the award-winning novel, The Exit Strategy , which was inspired by a decade of being the only woman in the corporate boardroom....
Apr 15, 2021•54 min•Season 3Ep. 30
In this special bonus episode, I want to share how you can be part of an awesome social good initiative thanks to the good folks at Podchaser and Captivate. Podchaser is a podcast directory – think of it as the IMDB of podcasting. Here, you can follow shows, follow creators, create lists of your favourite podcasts, and more. As part of their #Reviews4Good program , Podchaser will donate $0.25 for any review left on their platform to Meals on Wheels America 's Go Further fund . Additionally, for ...
Apr 08, 2021•4 min
This week, I sit down with Steven Webb, host of the Stillness in the Storms podcast, a show that helps you find inner peace at difficult times. Each episode, Steven brings a different perspective and way of living life that eases your suffering. Being severely paralyzed is just a fraction of Steven’s mountain climb to find his inner peace. If Steven can sit with stillness, you can also. It’s the first time, really, that being paralyzed really creeped up. Steven talks about the moment that he hit...
Apr 02, 2021•40 min•Season 3Ep. 29
This week, I sit down with Dr. James Perdue, host of the Professor of Perseverance Podcast, where he inspires you to face challenges head on in life, and motivates you to be a leader to others. Each week, James shares the stories of his guests and their powerful message of hope. James draws on his life-changing event at 19, and how that led to many changes in his life until he got to where he is today. It's not out of pity; it's out of being kind. James talks about his accident at college when h...
Mar 25, 2021•49 min•Season 3Ep. 28
This week, I sit down with Paul Sutton, host of the Digital Download Podcast, a show about digital communications strategy, social media marketing, and the internet. Each week, Paul discusses a specific area of digital media with an expert in their field. Paul is also a vocal advocate of mental health awareness in the communications industry, and uses his own personal battle with mental illness to continue the discussion around this important topic. I don't get people on; I address topics. Paul ...
Mar 18, 2021•44 min•Season 3Ep. 27
Hi, and welcome to this bonus episode of Podcaster Stories. Normal service will be resumed next week (always wanted to say that!), but in the meantime I just wanted to share some quick updates around the show. A new Facebook group for the show A fun review challenge that I'm taking part in Requesting feedback around a membership option I'm working on As always, thanks so much for listening to the show, and sending me emails with feedback on episodes, or just to say hi - I always like receiving t...
Mar 11, 2021•2 min
This week, I sit down with John Adams, host of DadPodUK, a fatherhood and family life podcast that shares the different, unique experiences of fatherhood. John's podcast comes from being a stay-at-home dad for 10 years, and the conversations he's had with other dads around the various challenges they face as dads in an increasingly changing world. Topics up for discussion this week include: how lockdown encouraged him to start the show the most emotionally-charged interview he's done to date why...
Feb 25, 2021•53 min•Season 3Ep. 26
This week, I sit down with Jaclyn Brown of Mental Health and Us, a podcast offering practical self-care and wellness tips to help other mental health sufferers and their loved ones cope. Her podcast takes inspiration from her 20+ year battle with depression and anxiety, and her survival of an abusive childhood, to shine a positive light on a dark subject matter. Topics up for discussion this week include: how her podcast came from her journey with anxiety and depression why she wanted to encoura...
Feb 11, 2021•38 min•Season 3Ep. 25
This week, I sit down with Roman Mironov of Be Version 2.0 of Yourself, a show that helps people create amazing and enviable relationships, and be a better you. On his podcast, Roman shares advice to and from people making a personal journey, as well as why our minds are synced the way they are, and how we can improve that. Topics up for discussion this week include: how his podcast originated as a marketing channel for him why he is very specific about the type of guests he has on his show why ...
Feb 04, 2021•35 min•Season 3Ep. 24
This week, I sit down with Fitz Koehler of The Fitzness Show, and author of the book My Noisy Cancer Comeback. On her podcast, Fitz talks about the smart, crazy, effective and fun stuff in fitness. Fitz is also an author and TV personality, and has an incredible story to share about her breast cancer diagnosis and subsequent journey, which we talk about in this episode. Topics up for discussion this week include: why it's important that her podcast is a fun endeavour why she only puts out episod...
Jan 28, 2021•44 min•Season 3Ep. 23
Season 3 of Podcaster Stories launches on Thursday, January 28, so in this bonus episode I just wanted to share what you can expect when the new season comes out. Building on the slight change in direction in Season 2, where the show went deeper into the personal stories of my guests, Season 3 will continue to share the amazing stories of the people behind the voices of the shows we listen to. Kicking off the season will be Fitz Koehler, a breast cancer survivor who overcame a 16-month battle wi...
Jan 14, 2021•3 min
Welcome to a special Christmas Eve edition of Podcaster Stories. In this episode, I'm taking a look back at some of the amazing stories my guests shared in season two of the show. Listen with me as my guests tell us about some of the things that changed their lives, and made them the person they are today. In episode 1, Jennell Riesner and Rachel Bellotti of The True North Collective spoke about why it's important to get messy when having difficult conversations. The following week, Jody Hanks a...
Dec 24, 2020•8 min
