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Pod Crashing 101 Episode 508 Are Religious Podcasts On The Rise Plus Facing Propaganda · Arroe Collins Like It's Live

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  Speaker 1: I think one of the toughest things for listeners to
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  Speaker 1: do is to find the podcast that everybody's talking about
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  Speaker 1: on social media. When you go to iHeart or you
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  Speaker 1: go to Spotify and you tap it in, it doesn't
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  Speaker 1: come up. It's like, okay, I'm not going to listen
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  Speaker 1: to it. Why not make it easy for you? Arrow.net, A-R-R-O-E.net.
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  Speaker 1: It's 21 different podcasts for you to choose from. Imagine that,
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  Speaker 1: the power of choice. Are you kidding me? Arrow.net, A-R-R-O-E.net.
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  Speaker 1: Enjoy your exploration. Hey, what's going on? My name is Arrow.
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  Speaker 1: I'm the host of the weekly podcast, Podcrashing and Podcrashing One-on-One.
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  Speaker 1: These episodes are connected to podcast listeners and specialists around
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  Speaker 1: the world. The goal has always been to inform our
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  Speaker 1: community with subjects that deal with everything and beyond. Podcrashing
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  Speaker 1: One-on-One has been around since March of 2019. The original
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  Speaker 1: goal was to put focus on helping up-and-coming podcasters to
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  Speaker 1: have the right information about hosting as well as surviving.
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  Speaker 1: The purpose of Podcrashing One-on-One is to help you build
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  Speaker 1: your own platform, to promote it, and maybe even make
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  Speaker 1: some money, this is Podcrashing One-on-One. Episode number 508. With
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  Speaker 1: religious broadcasting companies purchasing a higher number of terrestrial radio stations,
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  Speaker 1: are we going to see a rise in religious podcasting? Uh, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: But it's likely to happen in a much different way
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  Speaker 1: than most podcasting gets streaming time. And it's not going
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  Speaker 1: to resemble the traditional religious radio. As religious companies continue
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  Speaker 1: to spend a lot of money on terrestrial towers of power,
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  Speaker 1: podcasting will give them a targeted way to reach audiences
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  Speaker 1: beyond the old-fashioned and heavily outdated radio dial. This is
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  Speaker 1: why it is a win-win for religious station owners. Podcasting
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  Speaker 1: bypasses geography. Young audiences have no idea what a radio
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  Speaker 1: station is. Production costs are so much lower, plus niche
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  Speaker 1: communities work well in podcasting. Religious podcasts don't have to
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  Speaker 1: appeal to everyone all at once. I mean, there's theology,
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  Speaker 1: there's partnership, there's parenting, Bible studies, even comedy podcasts. Yeah, comedy,
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  Speaker 1: that's their main vein. Everything this new age of religious
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  Speaker 1: ownership is doing is pretty much what we did in
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  Speaker 1: 2010 to get broadcasters ready for this podcasting ride. Religious
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  Speaker 1: podcasting is not late to the game. Remember, they're working
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  Speaker 1: on God's time. Coming up next, should podcasters be aware
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  Speaker 1: of actors and other American entertainers spreading propaganda? Hey, welcome
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  Speaker 1: back to Podcrashing One-on-One. Big question here. Should podcasters be
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  Speaker 1: aware of actors and other American entertainers spreading propaganda for
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  Speaker 1: outside sources? Now, I'm blessed to have episodes that feature
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  Speaker 1: top shelf actors, musicians, authors, political leaders and more. And
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  Speaker 1: I'm not the only one. Are the interviews being used
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  Speaker 1: as tools to spread celebrity-backed propaganda? Rule number one. As
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  Speaker 1: the host, that's you, and producer, oh, that's you, know
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  Speaker 1: where you are stepping. Actors and other people of fame
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  Speaker 1: know exactly where they are and what the agenda is
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  Speaker 1: supposed to be. Local and foreign governments hire well-known people
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  Speaker 1: to spread their street speak. The challenge for podcasters is
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  Speaker 1: to distinguish between opinion, advocacy, misinformation, and deliberate propaganda. There
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  Speaker 1: are five rules here. Number one, verify the claims before repeating.
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  Speaker 1: Number two, look for original sources. You do it all
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  Speaker 1: the time with clickbait. Why not do it for your
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  Speaker 1: podcast as well? 3. Ask who is benefiting from this. 4.
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  Speaker 1: Be cautious of emotionally charged content. 5. Encourage everyone to
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  Speaker 1: think critically rather than accepting claims at face value. The
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  Speaker 1: biggest challenge for podcasters, or risk, isn't being targeted directly.
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  Speaker 1: It's accidentally amplifying information that hasn't been properly vetted. A
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  Speaker 1: healthy amount of skepticism toward all sources, domestic and foreign,
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  Speaker 1: is usually your best defense. Be on your game. I'm Arrow,
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  Speaker 1: and that's Podcrashing One-on-One.