Professor’s Picks:
Sallie Goetsch
Not producing my own podcast gives me more time to do more listening, so of the three of us Asylum founders, I have the longest list of podcast picks. There are so many podcasts—so many good podcasts—out there these days that even hard-core listeners like me have to be selective. I’m actually subscribed to 72 feeds (subject to change without notice), but I don’t listen to every show of every podcast. There are podcasts I listen to every time, right after I get them, and podcasts I almost always listen to but might postpone for a while or skip an episode of. And there are podcasts I like to check in on from time to time when I’m entirely caught up with my favourite shows.
Podcasts are listed in alphabetical order within each section.
The Never-Miss, Can’t Wait, Best of the Best
Now, obviously, I’m a big fan of both Donna Papacosta’s Trafcom News and Lee Hopkins’ Better Desirable Roasted Communications Cafe, which he produces with his ‘arch-nemesis’ Allan Jenkins. (I was a fan of Lee’s previous solo podcast, Better Communication Results, as well, but I suspect producing a podcast with a co-host is more fun.) After all, we have a mutual admiration society. That’s why we banded together to form the Asylum.
David Maister’s Business Masterclass
David Maister’s podcast is not the kind of listener-driven show I favor. If anyone comments on the podcasts, there’s no mention of it in the show. The style is polished and entirely suited to a presentation to a large group. Indeed, Maister’s ‘voice’ is the same in purpose-recorded podcasts as in clips from public appearances: genuine, but somehow more formal and less personal than most independent podcasters.
And none of that matters. This is a great podcast. For those who haven’t heard of him and his many books, David Maister is a Famous Consultant who has always believed in the value of giving things away. Right now the podcast is a special series of combined audio and PDF files containing excerpts from his latest book, Strategy and the Fat Smoker.
The premise of the book is that most of us (and our consulting clients) already need to know what we do for our businesses, the same way we already know what to do for our health. But we persist in our old habits anyway. I’m convinced this is the business book of the year. (Yes, even as much as I like Seth Godin.)
Run-don’t-walk on over to http://davidmaister.com/podcasts/ and subscribe.
Diary of a Shameless Self-Promoter
For Immediate Release: The Hobson and Holtz report
Grammar Girl’s Quick & Dirty Tips for Better Writing
Inside PR
Managing the Gray
Marketing Online Live
Marketing Over Coffee
Six Pixels of Separation (The TwistImage Podcast)
The Engaging Brand
The Survival Guide to Writing Fantasy
Wiggly Wigglers
Still Very Good, But I Might Skip a Show
Book Expo Cast
Brain Storm! Business Podcast
On the Record…Online
PR Junction
The Connected Generation
The Forward Podcast
The Podcast Sisters
The Writing Show
Podcasts About Podcasting
I listen to most episodes of these shows because I want to stay on top of what’s going on in podcasting, but I wait until I’ve listened to my favourites first.
School of Podcasting’s Morning Announcements
Dave Jackson runs the School of Podcasting (“hundreds of
resources and hours of tutorials”) and also produces this free
10-minute podcast every week. In addition to tips on how to podcast,
reviews of products, and occasional short interviews, the show
features a “Last 5 in 5” segment where Dave asks people what the
last five podcasts they listened to were.
Podcast Academy
The Podcast Academy is one of the Gigavox channels. If you can't
make it to Podcast Academy events or other podcast conferences like
the PME or the Corporate Podcasting Summit, you can hear the
recordings here—albeit months later.
The Podcast Brothers
Tim and Emile Bourquin run the Podcast and New Media Expo
(formerly the Podcast and Portable Media Expo, and familiarly just
PME), the largest conference and trade show for podcasters.
They talk about the business of podcasting and podcasting news as
well as their plans for the upcoming Expo.
www.portablemediaexpo.com/audio.htm
Podcasting for Dummies: The Companion Podcast
Another of Tee Morris’ offerings, this one produced at the
behest of Wiley Publishing. This podcast provides tips which expand
on the instructions in Podcasting for Dummies and provide some
auditory examples of how things work. The first series of 20
episodes is complete, but there’ll be a new set of podcasts when the
next book comes out.
Horrible long URL: visit the Yahoo! podcast page.
Mainstream Media Podcasts
These are shows it’s easy to dip into when I have a few minutes free or want to catch up on the news. (Since I stopped reading the newspaper, listening to the radio, and watching TV, podcasts are my major source of news about the world.)
- Slate Magazine
- BusinessWeek Cover Story
- NPR Business Story of the Day
- The Daily Telegraph
- BBC World Today Select
Lost to Podfade
These one-time top picks have frozen in place because their creators gave up on them. But check out the past episodes, because many are still worth listening to. And who knows? Some of them may revive.
Addicted to Race
Return on Intention
The Kickstartnews Revue
The Marketer’s Podcast
The Secrets: The Podcast for Writers
Venture Voice
Professor Goetsch consults her MP3 playlist.
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