THE PODCASTER’S GUIDE
TO A VISIBLE VOICE
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How do you, as a podcaster, make an emotional connection with your listeners to create a place where they feel like they belong?
Through the power of your natural voice
Welcome to The Podcaster’s Guide to a Visible Voice, a podcast for underrepresented podcasters doing good in the world, who want to build a community of belonging. You’ll discover what it takes to be a powerful podcaster and support your listeners to feel like they belong. Go on your podcasting journey to reclaim and redefine what a successful podcast means to you, by thriving on your own terms, with Mary Chan as your host.
As a Voice-Over Artist and former radio producer for almost 20 years, she’ll share with you what she’s learned from creating, recording, and editing, hundreds of thousands of voices; from newbie clients who had to read their very first script to seasoned professionals voicing the very same commercials you hear on the radio and TV. They all have one thing in common with you – they made an emotional connection to a listener, not by the words they use, but by how they use their voice.
Now as a Podcast Strategist and founder of Organized Sound Productions, you’ll gain the insights to keep you podcasting and have fun while you’re at it! How do you want your listener to feel?
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LATEST EPISODES:
Get Serious About Being a Podcast Guest with Julie Fry – Episode 93
What’s the right way to go about being a guest on other podcasts? When’s the last time you went on another show as a guest? As a podcast host, it’s easy to get bogged down in the day-to-day requirements of running a podcast. After all, you’re expected to find [...]
Add Video To Your Podcast with Intention – Episode 92
Video has taken podcasting by storm, but how do you know if it's right for your show? As a podcaster, how are you interacting with and utilizing video? More and more, we’re hearing about creators tacking on this visual element, and platforms like YouTube and Spotify are eagerly showcasing [...]
Podcast Marketing Without Social Media with Amanda Laird – Episode 91
How do you know if social media is really worth it? Social media inundates almost every aspect of our lives these days, from communicating with friends to deciding what to listen to, watch, or buy—all the way down the line to actually listening to, watching, and buying it. So, [...]
Your Podcast As Your Own Media Platform – Episode 90
What shifts in podcasting have you noticed in the last few months? In the first episode of 2025, Mary dives right into the changes we’ve seen in podcasting just since last fall. More and more hosts are leaning into partisan politics and using their shows to share their thoughts [...]
Your Podcasting Questions Answered and a Year End Break – Episode 89
How are your values guiding your voice, schedule, and future plans for your show? The holiday season is upon us, and that makes this the final 2024 episode of The Podcaster’s Guide to the Visible Voice! Throughout the year, Mary fields tons of questions about all things recording, speaking, [...]
Accessibility in Podcasting for Hard-of-Hearing Listeners with Kellina Powell – Episode 88
How can you make your podcast more accessible to people who are deaf and hard of hearing? It goes without saying that we don’t know what we don’t know. When it comes to how people with auditory differences—such as those who are deaf and hard of hearing—interact with our [...]
Find Podcast Success While Doing Less – Episode 87
What could doing less look like for your podcast? Life is chaos these days. The hours often seem to fill up instantly with all the things on your plate, so don’t feel bad if publishing podcast episodes start to slide to the bottom of your to-do list. Stumbling on the [...]
Warm Up to a Healthier, More Confident Voice with Nic Redman – Episode 86
What can you do to keep your voice in tip-top shape? As podcasters, we use our voices a lot. Chances are, that essential instrument of yours has temporarily abandoned you in the past. Whether the symptom stems from getting sick or from overuse, waking up to croaks, rasps, or [...]
Voice Health: Treat Your Podcasting Instrument With Care – Episode 85
How much do you prioritize your vocal health? Most of us, even if we work in the voice acting, podcasting, or broadcast industries, don’t think too much about our voices. But remember: if you don’t have a voice, you don’t have a podcast! In this episode, Mary breaks down [...]
Simplify Your Workflow to Keep Your Podcasting Passion Alive with Craig Constantine – Episode 84
How do conversation skills make your podcast process more enjoyable? Even if we’re lucky enough to “do what we love,” work tends to have tedious aspects we don’t like. Craig Constantine is a passion podcaster who, through the creation of thousands of episodes and rigorous reflection, has built a [...]
Podcast Manners Matter: Setting Guest Expectations – Episode 83
How do you create clear and open communication with your podcast guest? Every podcast—and every episode, for that matter—has a lot of moving parts. As podcast hosts, we know that in order to stay organized, we need systems in place. But those systems should extend to more than your [...]
How to Audit Your Podcast Effectively – Episode 82
How do you make sure your show evolves along with your listener? As an independent podcast creator, chances are you wear a lot of hats. You’re the host, of course, as well as the producer, the audio editor, the marketer, the designer… When you’re so focused on doing all [...]