Hey, I’m Andi Smiley, your Friendly Podcast Guide and podcast coach for moms! After 6 years in the podcasting world, I know how to help you start a successful podcast as a mom, grow your podcast audience, and actually enjoy the process. On this show, you’ll get podcasting for beginners made simple, podcast tips for moms, and sustainable podcast marketing strategies—so you can build a podcast you love without the burnout.
Many of us are perfectionists either over-functioning perfectionists or under-functioning perfectionists. Don't worry if you didn't know there were different types of perfectionists. I didn't know ei…
Once August rolls around, I feel ready for school to start for my kids, even though there are still a couple of weeks of summer break until my kids actually go back to school.
I'm assuming I'm not …
This summer I am determined to not be the sole entertainment for my kids. One way that I'm accomplishing this is by using kid podcasts like this week's podcast, Bear King & Bobo Chico Stories for Kid…
As a self-proclaimed podcast lover, it always makes me so happy to find other people that love podcasts as much as I do. One of those people is Whitney Archibald. She's a mom of five kids, the host o…
Sometimes it can feel daunting to make STEM subjects, science, technology, engineering, and math, fun and exciting for our kids and ourselves. But Penny and Luck: Inventing Stuff brings the interest…
This week’s episode is all about outdoor adventure podcasts. One of my favorite parts about summer is all of the outdoor adventures we can have. From hiking to camping, to boating. I found a bunch of…
This week is all about running podcasts. I am by no means an avid runner, I'm more of a walk jogger. I usually get the most excited about running or walk jogging during the summer, and I figured I'm …
Sleep Tight Relax is a bedtime show for the young and young at heart. Every week a new episode will help you and your children prepare to drift calmly off to sleep. It is the perfect addition to you…
This week is all about celebrating the hundredth episode of the Friendly Podcast Guide. I listen to so many podcasts and I'm always finding new ones that I fall in love with. There are a few podcasts…
Some of my kids' favorite kid podcasts are the ones where they get to hear kid voices in the episodes, which is one of the reasons I was super excited to show them this week's podcast, Culture Kids.
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This week’s episode is all about national parks podcasts. I love going to national parks with my family when we travel. I also love to learn more about the parks through podcasts. There is so much to…
Our family avoids watching some of the princess movies and fairy tales from my childhood because of the subtle messages about princesses always needing to be rescued. That is one of the reasons why I…
It's World Oceans Day! My family is visiting California to spend a week at the beach next month, and when I found out June 8th is World Oceans Day, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to talk about so…
One of my favorite ways to encourage my kids' curiosity is through science kid podcasts. Today's episode is all about a fabulous kid podcast, all about science called Tumble.
Hearing real world stor…
First ladies rarely get the same attention that their partners get. There are a few podcasts that shine a light on the amazing women that helped shape the United States and the international communit…
I'm pretty sure I'm not the only mom who has a weird relationship with screens and screen time. On one hand, I love that I can use my phone and computer to connect with people from home while in the…
This week is all about bedtime stories and meditation, kid podcasts. Recently, a super smart mom commented on one of my TikTok videos about kid podcasts and said that she uses kid podcasts to ease be…
One question that kids always get is, what do you wanna be when you grow up? This week's podcast, Lingokids Growin’ Up, does a great job of helping kids and their parents learn about awesome jobs t…
Summer is road trip season. I thought I would put together a list of podcasts that work for families with kids of all ages. Enjoy!
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I know that most of us want to be informed citizens, but it feels daunting to try and dive into the world of cable news in today’s world. This week's podcast is called What Could Go Right and hosts Z…