Okay, it's not often that I come here and start talking about things that I don't really know about, like, I don't know the ins and outs of something. And I don't really have a whole bunch of stories to share about it, and I just don't really know it super, super well. But that's what I'm gonna do today. Okay, I'm like stretching beyond my comfort zone, which I tell you all to do this all the time. So I just want to say like, I'm preaching, what is it like, practicing what I'm
preaching. That's what I meant. I was thinking, talk, the talk, walk the walk like that whole thing, right? I'm trying to do all of that, because I think it's important that I show you I'm getting out of my comfort zone. So you also have the permission to get out of your comfort zone. So what we're talking about today is whether or not you should have a co host for your podcast. So let's get right to it. Welcome to the profit podcast where we teach entrepreneurs how to start
launch and market their podcast. I'm your host, Krystal, Proffitt, and I'm so excited that you're here. Thanks for hanging out with me today. Because if you've been trying to figure out the world of podcasting, think of this show as the time saving shortcut you've been looking for. So let's get right to it, shall we?
Okay, so like I told you, I don't typically like talking about things that I don't really know a lot about. And that is being or having a co host for a podcast. But I see these questions all the time, whether it's in our profit podcast online communities, so shout out all of y'all in our Facebook group, like this question comes up a lot. It's, hey, I think I need a co host, or I think I want to get a co host. How does that happen? How will that work?
And I see this in other podcasting communities that I'm a part of online. So I know that this question is out there. So instead of ignoring it, and kind of sweeping it under the rug, and saying, I'm just not gonna deal with those podcasters, those people that have that question, that's not really fair, right? Because even if you have a solo podcast right now, but at some point, you're approached by a friend that says, hey, do you want
to do a podcast together? Maybe you could keep your solo show, and still do a podcast with someone else. And so you're having these same questions. So I really want to address all the different ways that we can approach having a podcast having a co hosted podcast. So I'm going to give you five things that I want you to consider. And then we're gonna go into the pros
and cons of having a co host for your show. And then I'm going to give you some examples of CO hosted shows that I listened to on a regular basis that you can go check out and you can listen to the different dynamics that these people have.
nsider tsgs gs tnhings to ConOkay, so, like I said, first and foremost, we're gonna dive into the things to consider when you're looking for a co host. Now, there could be many situations that you're just like, I just don't want to do it by myself. I want to you know, have someone else to be there with me, and we're going to talk about that. But this is what I often see a lot of new podcasters they just don't want to feel that kind of ache Enos that comes with
doing a solo show. Like, I'm not gonna sit here and say that I didn't have my own reservations. Whenever I started my podcast for the very first time, and I did my solo show, because that's not how I started, I started doing interviews, that was the first thing that I thought of when I was like, Okay, I'm gonna start a podcast, who can I interview? I never thought, Okay, I'm gonna start a podcast, I'm gonna go talk to myself in a room with some notes in front of me, and hope that I
don't sound like a complete idiot. Nope. That's not how this podcast journey has looked for me. And I want to be very open and transparent about that. Because I think that that's a real struggle that a lot of people kind of walk through in the solo journey now having gone through it. And I mean, I can't even tell you all, like just the daily podcast alone is more than 250 episodes at this point. So I've done a lot of solo shows now.
So I feel very, very comfortable doing that. But in looking back at that beginning stage, right before I started recording interviews, I remember thinking, I don't want to do this alone. So if that's you, you're like, that's why you're considering having a co host for your podcast. I get it. I see you, I totally understand where this train of thought is coming from. So I just wanted to say that to kind of validate that. I see you, I
get you, I understand you. And I'm coming at you with the best information possible that I can even though I have never co hosted an entire podcast, right. I've done interviews I've done live streams where I've co hosted with people, but I have never co hosted an entire podcast. But here are the five things that I want you to consider before you dive in. Because it's a it's a relationship, y'all, I want you to think about this, like any other important relationship in your life, or you've
chosen to be there, right? Like maybe not all your family relationships, because maybe you're like, forced to be there, you're like, I'm related to these people, they like I can't get away from them. This is a different kind of relationship. But I'm talking about the people that are your friends, your partners in life, like you've chosen to be around these people.
So the thing that I want to address first and foremost is a schedule. Now I have heard from many people that either have co host where it's gone terribly wrong, or a situation where one person was more into it than another. And that's why I bring up schedules first and foremost, because you know, I'm a planner, okay, if you didn't know this about me, I sit down every Sunday. And I look at what's on my Google
Calendar. For the next week, I write down the important dates, like I put, I fill in every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, I put on their workout, because if it's not on the calendar, it does not happen. And so I wouldn't be a great pair to team up with somebody who is just like, you know, yeah, Lucky shoot, record, like maybe Yeah, I'll see if
it if I feel like it. Oh, my gosh, no, I cannot be in a schedule with someone that's wishy washy, or even someone that's like, Oh, can we do that at 10 o'clock at night, like that would work best for me, y'all get up at five, I'm in bed, asleep on most nights before 9:30pm. No joke. So that would
not work with my schedule. So whoever you're considering to join in a partnership, as a co host of your podcast, you got to get on the same page, you got to have some sort of understanding of a schedule, whether it's, you're gonna get together once a month on a Saturday, and you're just going to record four episodes back to back, that will be all of your monthly content. I think honestly, that would probably work best if I was in a co
hosting relationship, simply because I'm busy. And like, the kids have an unpredictable schedule sometimes, like we're actually getting into soccer season right now. And we have practices on the weekdays, and we have games on the weekends. And we still want to go visit family and like see other people and it's just really hard to think about, I would have to juggle with someone else's schedule, and not really have control of when
everything's gonna happen. Whereas right now, as a solo podcast, you know, like, I don't have a regular co host on my show, I have a lot of control over my schedule when I do interviews when I record solo episodes. So that's definitely one thing to consider when you're looking for a co host.
Now the second thing, and this is really important, and actually number two and three kind of go together. But the second one is motivation levels. Okay. I often see people get into some sort of working relationship, whether it's a partnership, or your co host, or you're like, you know what, I think we're gonna be someone's like an affiliate for someone else. And they're like, Oh, you know, I'm, I want you to
treat this program like, it's yours as well. And like, I have seen people do this really well, had really poorly, or you can tell just by looking at people's faces, who is in it, and who isn't like you can tell that they're just like, I cannot wait for this to be over with and the other person is excited. They're passionate, like, could you imagine Okay, let's just think for a second. If you've been around here for a second, you know, how excited I get about podcasting. You know, that
I geek out on it. And I get credit like if you heard last week's episode with Carrie and like, we both love podcasting and we get so fired up so into it. If the person that I was co hosting with didn't have that same amount of passion about podcasting, it would not work out. It would not
work out really fast for me too. Because if we went to you know, like, let's say we scheduled you know, we're like, okay, we're doing our squad cast, or zoom or whatever, we were gonna set up me and my co hosts and I'm like, Okay, let's do this. Like, I'm excited. Like, aren't you excited about today's topic? Like, it's gonna be so much fun and they're like, Can we just get this over with
because I got like, 10 other things to do. And I just really want to be here like, I just, you know, I just,oh, I'm like making all those mouth noises because that's, that's what I feel like. Like that's how it would make me feel inside. If someone wasn't Not as motivated about podcasting as I am. So you want to make sure that your motivation levels are similar, they don't have to
be the same. But you don't want to be like carrying all the energy all the load, like creating all the content, any other person is just because they're just gonna drag you down, like I'm imagining like a weight that you're pulling behind you. And it's slowly dragging you down. So find someone with the same motivation level about the topic that you have.
Number three is goals. So like I said, number two, and three kind of tie in together. But you want to make sure that you have the same goals, like you don't want one person that says, Okay, we're going to start this podcast, we're going to make a whole bunch of money, we're going to monetize it, we're going to sell merchandise, we're going to go into a lot of debt to get all
this inventory. And like all the things the other person's like, I want to do everything organically, I don't want to pay for ads, I don't pay for any advertising, like we're just going to do a whole bunch of content. And then we'll eventually like after we grow audience, we get some consistency. And maybe we have some sponsors that we've talked to or partners that we can affiliate with, like any of that, like I just,
that's not gonna work for me. So you need to talk about that like upfront, upfront, because I've seen so many times that co hosting relationships begin. And over time they figure out, oh, they're more motivated than I am. Or their goal was to grow their business while the other person's was to just get out there, they just wanted to put their name out there on the internet, well, one person's probably going to be more motivated than the other. So that's absolutely something to
consider. So motivation levels and goals go into the same category, they are 100% aligned with something you need to consider when you're looking for a co host.
Okay, and then number four kind of rolls back up into schedules. And it's it's similar, but it's consistency. So when I say consistency, if you've been around here for a while, you know that we preach consistency, consistency and value are two of our core principles here. And if someone is looking to show up every single day, they're like, I want a podcast every single day. At the same time, the same place, we're gonna make it happen, like, Come rain or shine come hell or high water, like I want
to podcast every single day. And the other person is like, Oh, I was thinking like once a month, like that, that would work for my my schedule. And what I can do, I'm just gonna say once a month, upfront, again, with the schedules and everything, you have to be consistent. So whether that is once a month, or every single day, or once a week or twice a week, or once a week with a few bonus episodes sprinkled in here or there. You've got to
make these decisions upfront. You cannot go into this and say, well, when we have time, and when we can get together maybe we'll publish an episode on a Tuesday and then maybe next week, like on a Thursday because someone had to cancel and reschedule and then we'll probably show up on a Friday next time, because that's just what worked out and then Oh, crap, we forgot. So we needed to do it on a Sunday and we aired it that night. That
is not consistency. That is not a way to grow something that is habitual in your listeners routine. This is why consistency is so important. I hear people tell me all the time, I listened to you on my weekly trips, like whenever I'm walking the dog, I listened to your podcast when I'm folding laundry. These are things that are baked into someone's routine. It is like a psychological
habit. whenever it comes to podcasting, like my example is I listened to the office lady's podcast every Wednesday, either whenever I'm getting ready, or I'm working out, that is when I listen to this podcast. And the reason why I know that I can tell you exactly when I listened to them is because those are the days that I work out. And those are the days when my son isn't at school and so I have a longer time to get ready on those
days. And I will I'll take my time like I take you know a leisurely shower, I blow dry my hair I put in my air pods like I can like, listen to it. And I just know this so I want your show to be part of your listeners habits but you cannot do that if you are not consistent. Okay, so that's number
And then number five is messaging. So whenever we go back to like the principle of four. like, why are you creating this podcast, right, the goals and the motivation levels. messaging is so important because you don't want one host to feel one way and another host to feel radically different. Unless that is the premise of your
show. Right? Maybe that is the entertainment part of you know why why you would make a fantastic co hosted show was because you're gonna like butt heads and like go I just that sounds exhausting I'm not as Super confrontational person. So I can't imagine it That sounds emotionally exhausting to show up to a podcast and just know it's almost like getting roasted. Do y'all remember that like the Comedy Central like roast like where people just like tear you down like
that sounds like traumatizing terrifying. And I would not want to do that with a co host on a regular basis. So you want to have your messaging that is aligned, and you want to make sure it's not confusing. I do see some, some podcasts that do have co host. And it doesn't feel consistent. It feels like one person's leaning one way the other person is leaning the other. And then the listener is just kind of there in the middle. And they're like, why am I here? Again? Like, I don't
really agree with what they're saying. And what they're saying is contradicting what he's saying. And what she's saying is like, why am I listening to this again, so you want to make sure that even if you aren't always on the same page with how like your views and your opinions, you want to be on the same page with your overall messaging of your show. So that is something to consider. So I'm gonna do a quick recap, these are the five
things to consider. One, your schedules to your motivation levels, three, your goals for consistency, and five messaging, those are the top five things I would tell you to consider before jumping, like headfirst off the deep end, you know, into a co hosting, partnership or relationship.
Now let's talk about some of the pros and cons. We've mentioned some of these like subtly here and there. But I have a few pros. So like I said, from the very beginning, you don't have to talk to yourself, if you have a co host, you have someone that you can rely on every single week or every time you record a show. So you don't have to stand in a room, talk to yourself super hung comfortably and feel like this is really awkward. You have someone that you can catch and
pitch with and you can bounce ideas with. And you can just have open candid conversations. Now, this is a huge Pro. But I also have to follow that up with a con, simply because you could probably go off on a lot of tangents, right? Like it may get into that area of what are we even talking about anymore? What was the main topic of why we came here to record today. So if that's the case, I would always recommend setting a time limit for
how long you're going to record. This is how I keep myself very short and concise with my message because I always have a time limit. I don't just come in here. Even today recording this episode, I don't just come in and say oh, I have an infinite amount of time to record. No, I come in with the objective to be under 30 minutes on a podcast episode. And then when I look at it, and I'm like, okay, like I'm like almost 20 minutes in I need to
like make sure I'm wrapping it up. And I get all the important points in this episode, before time runs out. So make sure that you're restricting yourself and your co host to a time limit. So you don't just go all over the place. Okay, the next pro that I have is you can rely on someone else's knowledge and expertise. Now, Melanie, so shout out Melanie and Heather Heather Sager, they are two of my business besties. And we recently did a podcast interview together, I'll link to it in the
show notes. But we were talking about having like a peer mastermind and like, being able to rely on them and talk to them during that interview was so fulfilling it like just it opened up something inside of me that I thought man, I sound really a lot more like myself in that episode than I have on some episodes of this podcast, because I was relying on them. Like I knew I didn't have to
bring everything to the table. Because I could rely on them to ask great follow up questions or to take the conversation in a new direction that I wasn't expecting. So it's kind of like it keeps everything fresh and you kind of have to stay on your toes. So if you have a co host, you don't always have to rely on your own expertise and knowledge you can really branch out and rely on your co host as well. So it's a great like co working experience as long as both of you are
carrying the same amount of weight. Okay, this is where the con comes in is. You both have to be motivated and strongly encouraged to show up and show out every single time you create an episode.
And then the last pro that I have to share is it's fun to chat with someone else like let's just be honest, like it's fun, especially You know, in this last year of the pandemic, it is so much fun whenever I get to chat with my friends, my business besties, or I get on a podcast interview with someone, it's so much fun because it feels like it's social hour. So I know that there are some podcasts out there, that they do this as a co
host for that very reason. Maybe you both work at home, maybe one of you is across the country from another and you're just like, man, I just love to chat with you on a regular basis, because it would just fulfill me like, as the social aspect of my life, it would just make me so much happier if I was relying on someone else to have a fantastic conversation about a topic that you're both passionate about. So those are my pros.
Now we're going to kind of get into the cons. Okay, the cons that I see, again, this is not my first hand experience. But these are some of the things that I've seen other people ask or what I would consider before I got into a co hosting relationship. The first one is, will you outgrow one another? Now, the reason why I asked that is because maybe both of you, when you enter into this relationship, one of you may be further
along. Okay, this happens all the time where I see two people, it's like they start at the same starting line. And then one person, just it seems like they're exponentially getting faster and faster, and they're having more success, more success than the other person. And going back to what we were talking about, like that weight, like somebody weighing you down, I would not. And this goes back to the motivation and the goals and all
of that. This is why this is important to talk about it before you get into that relationship, because it's like, are you going to outgrow one another? Is one of you going to get featured in Forbes or entrepreneur or Inc? And then the other person is going to say, hey, like WTF Why wasn't I invited? And why? And they're like, Oh, well, this is this is something not related to the podcast. This is for my business or my side hustle. Like,
don't worry, like I'm gonna come back to you. But I see this like tension that would come up if one person starts to outgrow the other. So think about that before you get into a co hosting relationship. Or if you're already in a co hosting space, and you're like, Man, what should we what kind of questions should we be asking? have this conversation? Maybe that sounds weird to say it's almost like couples therapy. Hi, I'm Krystal, and
I'm your podcast therapist. I would like to counsel you on how we can make your show better together. Those are really creepy therapist, boys, right? All my alma therapists out there, don't be mad at me for doing that. But it just it felt right in the moment. And I immediately regret it because it was really creepy. So when you outgrow one another? I can't answer that question for you. Neither can you but I would want you to like kind of played out a scenario in your head with knowing
what you would do if that kind of just came up? I don't know, I guess this is me being risk averse. And I want to know what I'm getting into before I get into it. And this is a question that I would want to know, you know, what's the plan? What's the plan if something like this were to happen? The next con is what happens if someone wants out like they want out of the relationship. But the other person wants to keep going with their podcast. Ooh, now we're in like couples
counseling. Ooh, what if someone wants a podcast divorce? What do you do?
What if one person says you know what, I'm just not feeling this. Or I thought I was going to have more time. It turns out I don't. I'm in a crazy, busy season of my life. And I just don't have time for this. Does that mean you shut down this podcast and the other person can start another one by themselves? Or with someone else? Ooh, this is like, oh, adultery. We
don't want that to happen.
Or does it mean? One person just leaves like they vanish? And the other person goes on about their business and handles the podcast by themselves? I don't know. Like I said, these are the questions. These are the I call this a con simply because it feels really friction and it feels really like a lot it like a tense situation. If someone wants out, but the other person's like, Oh, no, like you may be dead. I'm having a blast. I'm having the time of my life. I don't want to be
done with this podcast. You can go but how would we split things up? And this is the last con is what about splitting up assets and revenue when you start making money? That can all be super, super messy if it's not handled properly. I've heard of many people talk about you know, starting a business with someone else. You know, it's like a partner and then they're just like, I want out. I don't want to do this anymore? And I want my
half of everything? Or do you set up a situation where like you have an LLC, and both of you like you commit so much money or so much cash? And one of you is majority owner? Do you own everything? 5050 it's like, there's a lot of things. And I know that you're listening and you're maybe you're just getting started. And you're like, Krystal, we're not making any money anyway, like, why would we even worry about that? Because I want you to think about it. Because I want you to be so committed in
your success as a podcaster. Not monetarily, not talking about downloads and how big your platform is. But I want you to love it so much that you want it to succeed. And whenever that happens, magical things happen. That's when brands come to you and say I want to work with you. That's when affiliate opportunities arise that you never would have thought about. And just really cool things happen whenever you go all in with your podcast.
So I want you to have these conversations of if we're going to do this, we're going to be co host of this podcast. What happens if someone wants out? And what happens if we're already making money? Do we need to establish like that financial boundary from the very beginning and put all of our money, like all our expenses, all the income is going to go into one account, that is the LLCs money. I know it's like your A lot of you are listening. And you're like I'm just getting
started. I was just getting started, too. But these were still questions that I asked myself from the very beginning. Because they're that important. And maybe this is just the way my brain works. Maybe it's just how I am, you know, my financial brain works. But I just want to have answers to a lot of these questions. And I don't have to have all the answers. But I at least want to ask the questions before we go all in. And it's five years into a co hosting relationship someone
wants out, you're super successful already. And then it looks really messy. It looks really messy for one person to get out. So think about these things I am now your podcast therapist is exiting, because I want to tell you about some amazing co host shows, because I want you to see how they are done. So these are some of my favorite podcast if you've never heard of these before, or you're just like Krystal, these are all ridiculous podcasts. That's okay. You can judge my podcast, I don't
care. You can judge my podcast, listening. These are my favorite. Okay, these are my favorite. These are ones that I listened to all the time. Some of them I listened to every week, some of them I listened to kind of more sporadically. But they're some of my favorite ones. And yes, they're all celebrity podcasts. I'm going to tell you that right now, because this is what I enjoy listening to. So you can go to the shownotes where you're listening to this, KrystalProffitt.com/episod
235. And I'm a link to the shows. And I'm actuall going to link to a specific podcast episode of my podcast that I want you to listen to. Bec use I think you should check out all these shows a e phenomenal. I love comedic podcasts. This is my thing. It's my jam. And if you want to see exa tly what I listened to every single week, go foll w me on good pods. I'm gonna link to good pods in the shownotes. This is the app that I listene to I put star ratings on there, I put my number
ne takeaways on there. And I just if you want to kind of get a peek into what I listen to on a re ular basis, go follow me on good pods.
So first and foremost, office ladies, y'all you know this, you know that office, ladies is my favorite podcast, you know this. So I did a case study about office ladies and how they launched the podcast. And this is so funny, because we talked about this last week, whenever we were reviewing the podcast stats and the YouTube stats, but it's my number one most downloaded podcast episode, and I cannot for the life of me figure out why. I don't know if it's that y'all love the office
ladies podcast too. And you just wanted to know what I was talking about. But go listen to that episode. So Episode 133 of the profit podcast. I do a case study on Office ladies, but it's a co hosted show. It's Angela. Hang on Angela Kinsey and Jenna Fisher. I got Angela Fisher in my head. I'm like that's not right. Angela Kinsey and Jenna Fischer. These are Pam in Angela from the office. They're the actors that played them and their best
friends in real life. So I want to do like kind of point out some things about each one of these shows, but they already had an established relationship before they started a podcast. And that's really how all of these people are like all the shows that I'm mentioning here today. So whenever I see people that say hey, I'm looking
for a co host of my show. That is a Red flag that is please don't go be a co host with a show with someone who is a complete stranger, please don't do it if you're gonna do a co host, like, get to know the person for a little bit going back to like the couples counseling like dating reference, like, get to know them for a while before you go. And because this is a commitment, like whether it's one Saturday, every single month, it's still a commitment to show up. And you just want to know
someone for a little bit. But the reason why this show works so well is because they know each other in and out. They share personal stories, they share their quirks, they share just so many incredible things, but also the behind the scenes of the show the office, and there's really cool actors and guest appearances on the podcast. So it's one of my favorites. But I think what makes it work so well is because these two are just a frickin riot. They're so funny. They say the
darndest things. And they I don't know they're just so candid, and how they share on the podcast. So that's the number one show that I'm going to tell you to go listen to if you want to hear how a great co hosted show is run, not just with the podcast, but also with their ads. They do a really great job at their advertisements. And I know most people are like I fast forward through all the
ads. I don't listen to them. Well, if you're trying to get ideas on how to create your own podcast ads with a co host, I recommend you slow down, you don't fast forward through all of them, because you want to hear how other people do it. So that is a absolute podcast that I would recommend.
The next one is Smartless. Again, with the comedic podcast, this one is actually hosted by three people, because I haven't gotten this question a lot. But I think that it would be really challenging to have a three person co hosted show where every time all three people are on there. So it's Will Arnett. Yes, it's Batman from The Lego Movie. He's been in so many other things, but it's with my three boys. That's the first thing that I default
to Batman. And then we have Jason Bateman. And then Sean Hayes, I was thinking will because of singing Will and Grace, but Sean Hayes. So Will Arnett Jason Bateman and Sean Hayes, who all they are so funny. They're so funny. They have incredible guests. Oh my gosh, the guests that they have on their show, because, again, I am a comedic like comedy nut. I love listening to these actors, actresses, but they also have really interesting people on their podcast. So go listen
to that show. They also do a really cool job of their advertisements, but they don't always have all three of them in the ad. They'll have one or two of them, they kind of do like a catch and pitch like hey, you know, they do a lot of AutoZone. So they'll like say, hey, my car broke down and this and that. And they're like, Oh, well, you know, you're stupid. Why didn't you do this? But it's that's their dynamic. Again, they've all been friends for a really long time.
And so they can throw in their personalities into their ads. I know I geek out on the ad stuff, but I really truly enjoy listening to how other people do their shows.
Okay, so I have two more, two more references for co hosts and then we're gonna wrap this up. sibling rivalry. Now I thought this was sibling rivalry. I was like, wait, what are they actually saying? So this is Kate and all of her Hudson. I'm sure you know Kate Hudson. All of her Hudson Goldie Hawn. Children, right. And this is just so good. This started I want to say it was almost two years ago that they started this podcast. Maybe it hasn't been quite that long. But revelry? I didn't know
this. I looked it up. That's how dorky I am. I looked at the definition of revelry because I'm like, What does that even mean? Why am I thinking this is so it's lively and noisy festivities, especially when these involve drinking a large amount of alcohol. And I was like, Oh, Okay, I get it. I totally get it because these two are so zany crazy. So their brother and sister and they talk
about like sibling things. They share their stories of growing up and then they talk to other siblings, like they've had the Kardashian sisters on there. And they've had other famous siblings that want to share they've had Gary Chapman was on one of their recent episodes, talking about the five love languages and how to apply those with
siblings and your family and your kids. So they have a really broad audience and abroad like just kind of appeal to a lot of people and I just, they remind me of me and my oldest brother and how we interact like it's kind of that Love, like, I'm just gonna, I love you. But I'm also going to push you and I'm going to annoy you and like kind of rat you out and do all those things. And they just remind me of me, my brother. And so this I love, I
love this podcast, it's so good. But that's one of the ones where I kind of get kind of choosy on who the siblings are, if I want to listen to them, because some of them I'm like, man, I don't care about them. But I will listen to this on a regular basis. But it's more like a few times a month. And then the last one that's really funny. My brother's actually the one that was just talking about his ears must have been burning, because
he's calling me right now. I'm gonna call him back in a second.
But the last one that I want to tell you about is armchair expert. This is probably my second favorite, I don't know between Office Ladies, Smartless, and Armchair Expert, I listened to these three, on a very regular basis, at least every week, once a week, some of them come out with more episodes, like either a bonus episode, or armchair expert comes out with at least two episodes a week, I believe. But it's Dax Shepard, and Monica padman. Again, they had a connection before they started
their show. And their connection was Monica used to work and collaborate with Kristen Bell. That's DAX, his wife. And she kind of came into the fold of like their family unit, working with them. And in everything, they have this really awesome dynamic. And Monica is around my age, I want to say she's either my age or you're younger than me. And I'm 34. For anybody that doesn't like right now me recording this. I'm 34. And DAX is closer to my husband's age, my husband's almost nine
years older than me. And so I love the dynamic that these two have, they're so different, but also so similar and different ways. And they just have a great way of showing up asking hard questions of each other and being very, very real, very real. And I just love it. I love it so much. But it goes back to I don't think that you could just meet somebody and say, hey, I want to be my co host. And it worked out really well. I don't
think that's possible. I think that you have to have some sort of existing foundation to really make this work.
But y'all, that's all I have for you today. So you have a lot of homework, you have a lot of homework, if you've been thinking about having a co host on your podcast, you have a lot of things to consider. You have some pros and cons and you have some shows that you should go check out and see if this is the route that you want to go and go listen to these podcasts. I'm telling you, like some of your favorite people in the world are on these shows, and they're so good. Oh, they're so
stinking good. Even for the production value alone. I think that you should go listen To hear the different ways that people produce their shows. Maybe it's just me and my nerdiness but I appreciate it. So that's all I have for you today. So make sure you go check out the show notes, KrystalProffitt.com/episode235 and you're gonna see everything that we talked about here today. If this is your first time tuning in, make sure you
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that's where I want you to put it. Go put it in your stories and tag @KrystalProffittTX and say, This episode was so good, or I learned that I don't want to have a co host or maybe I need to find a co host. Whatever your takeaway is, I want you to reach out and let me know what you found valuable with this episode. So again, the show notes are KrystalProffitt.com/episode235. And as always remember, keep it up. We all have to start somewhere