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Pod Crashing 101 Episode 481 Politics On Your Podcast The Good Bad And Victory · Arroe Collins Like It's Live

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Speaker 1: Wow, there you are. Where have you been? I mean,
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Speaker 1: eyes on the road and the job. Enjoy the exploration, Yo,
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Speaker 1: what's going on? It's Erro, host of the weekly podcast
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Speaker 1: Podcrashing and Podcrashing one on one. These episodes connect listeners
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Speaker 1: to podcast specialists around the world. The goal has always
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Speaker 1: been to inform our podcast community with subjects that deal
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Speaker 1: with everything and beyond. Now. The one thing that you're
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Speaker 1: always going to learn about podcasters is that they're pretty
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Speaker 1: much open and always filled with a spirit that spreads
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Speaker 1: their skills as journalists, medical specialists, true crime soldiers, gamblers, motivators, spiritualists, actors,
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Speaker 1: and even their children. Seriously, there is a podcast for
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Speaker 1: every single subject. Pod Crashing one on one has been
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Speaker 1: around since March of twenty nineteen. The original goal was
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Speaker 1: to put focus on helping you and other up and
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Speaker 1: coming podcasters to have the right information about hosting one
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Speaker 1: of these podcasts. That idea went fifty four episodes, and
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Speaker 1: then I realized, dude, you got to include the other
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Speaker 1: podcasts that you're talking to, because that's where the real
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Speaker 1: story is. The ups, the downs, to twist, the spins,
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Speaker 1: the ins, the outs. The purpose of Podcrashing one on
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Speaker 1: one is to help you build your own platform, to
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Speaker 1: promote it and maybe even earn some money. This is
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Speaker 1: Podcrashing one on one, episode number four hundred and eighty one.
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Speaker 1: How is podcasting going to play into the story of
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Speaker 1: these mid term elections here in the United States? I mean,
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Speaker 1: who's gonna win? Right? Well, podcasting does, Yeah, it really does.
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Speaker 1: It's projected to play a much larger role than most
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Speaker 1: people actually realize. Important notice here, it is not going
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Speaker 1: to replace TV or social media. Instead, podcasting is going
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Speaker 1: to be used as a much deeper influenced tool. It'll
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Speaker 1: be less of an ad and more of a conversation
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Speaker 1: that shapes how people feel about politics. I mean, you
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Speaker 1: know how politicians are you know they understand the importance
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Speaker 1: of podcasting and when it's compared to cable news and debates.
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Speaker 1: Past elections have showcased a lot of candidates who made
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Speaker 1: the move to appear on a podcast. The goal was
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Speaker 1: and still is, outreach voters directly can be reached. Even
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Speaker 1: non political shows become the stepping point for those returning
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Speaker 1: to office. So why are the midterm elections going to
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Speaker 1: be very big for podcasting? Well, lower turnout at the polls,
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Speaker 1: those seeking government power need an efficient way to get
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Speaker 1: groups energized. Podcasting allows those wanting votes to take their time,
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Speaker 1: speak casually, at length and really never interrupted. Hey, coming
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Speaker 1: up next, how important is it going to be to
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Speaker 1: not accept political candidates on your podcast? Hey, welcome back
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Speaker 1: to podcrashing one on one. You're gonna have to make
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Speaker 1: a choice this year, these midterm elections here in the
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Speaker 1: United States. How important is it going to be to
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Speaker 1: not accept political candidates on your podcast? You gotta brace
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Speaker 1: yourself for this one. Not hosting a political figure during
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Speaker 1: these mid term elections won't be universally important. It won't be.
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Speaker 1: It's a strategic choice, and it says something about what
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Speaker 1: kind of podcasts that you actually host. It's not a
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Speaker 1: battle of who is right or wrong. The choice is
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Speaker 1: yours to include or to ignore the election ecosystem. What
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Speaker 1: kind of signal does it actually send out? I mean
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Speaker 1: you're protecting trust, right, You're avoiding the idea of sounding
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Speaker 1: like a political campaign trip. You're reducing accusations of being
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Speaker 1: big or playing favoritism. And by not inviting political candidates
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Speaker 1: to your show for a talk, you're kind of protecting
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Speaker 1: your identity. Right. Well, what's the downside of saying no
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Speaker 1: to politics. Well, you're going to miss out on valuable
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Speaker 1: audience spikes. You could be getting other media attention. Plus
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Speaker 1: you might even earn the image of being relevant and
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Speaker 1: not inviting just the people that you want. But but but
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Speaker 1: but but but listeners do want to trust you. They'll
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Speaker 1: love you even more because of your independence, and it
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Speaker 1: could lead to long term loyalty. Sometimes you gotta take
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Speaker 1: a chance. It's about speaking the street. But ultimately it's
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Speaker 1: up to you. It's your podcast. How you fit it
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Speaker 1: into that is up to your own creativity. I'm Eryl,
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Speaker 1: and that's podcrashing one on one