Write Your Best Episode: Tips & Experiments w/ Whitney Archibald

How do you actually sit down and write an awesome podcast episode? The short answer…experiment a lot. The long answer is this episode. And one of my favorite parts is when Whitney breaks down how to create an amazing podcast episode out of a bad interview.

Whitney Archibald is the host of 2 podcasts: The Family Lab and The Y Magazine Podcast. She has been podcasting for 6 years so she has had plenty of time to figure out what works and what doesn’t. 

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Solo podcast episodes

• Interview podcast episodes

• Narrative podcast episodes

• Writing a podcast episode

• How to save a bad interview

• Podcast interviewing tips

Here’s the one thing you should implement in your podcast if you’re feeling overwhelmed and not sure where to start and that is to experiment. Try something new. The best way to figure out what your listeners like is to try something new and see how they respond. And don’t get me wrong this doesn’t have to be big experiments. This could be something as simple as changing up the way you say your outro, or choosing a topic that feels a little outside of your comfort zone. Whatever you choose to do, make sure to track how your listeners react to it and track what you think about it too. Then you’ll know if you should try to incorporate it into your podcast or not.

Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(01:27) Writing interview episodes

(10:27) Creating solo episodes

(20:23) Creating a narrative episode

(28:37) One thing you should do

Links: 

• Free 30-minute Podcast Jumpstart Session

• The Family Lab

• The Y Magazine Podcast

• For the Love of History

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