Arroe Collins Pod-Crashing

Pod Crashing episode 461 with two actors Telma Hopkins and Kellie Williams from the podcast Family Matters Revisited. iHeartPodcasts, the no. 1 podcast publisher according to Podtrac, and Audiation announced "Welcome to the Family with Telma and Kellie," the ultimate insider's look at the hit 90s sitcom "Family Matters," told through the words of show stars Telma Hopkins (Aunt Rachel) and Kellie Williams (Laura Winslow) - castmates who have become like family over the years. In the new original podcast, the duo will recount every episode from the series in order, taking listeners behind the scenes to reveal never-before-heard stories, recount hilarious...

Listen... in terrestrial radio we did it and it's taking place within the expectations of podcasting. Banging out an episode. Just doing it. No real thought. No editing. Just post your bang out. Is it a good or bad thing? It's actually both...

Pod Crashing episode 459 with Menelek Lumumba and Hans Charles from the podcast T A Building… "The A Building," a powerful new documentary podcast that revisits one of the most extraordinary and rarely told moments in American civil rights and higher-education history-an event that changed the future of Historically Black Colleges and Universities and helped define the modern era of student protest. This is the seventh title to be released from Imagine Entertainment and iHeartMedia's slate of original iHeartPodcasts.The series tells the story of the 1969 student uprising at Morehouse College, where a group of students barricaded themselves inside the administration bu...

There are millions of podcasts released daily. Are the right people hosting them? The bigger question is with those who have chosen to stop in and listen, are you reaching them? It's a real question that doesn't need your ego. Are you really reaching people?

Spikes... you love them, but they can change you. Now pick up the pieces. Identifying your real audience while enjoying the occasional digital buzz without calling it an addiction. Facing your spikes.

Pod Crashing episode 456 with Drake Bennett and Jordan Robertson from The Bloomburg Report’s 6th Bureau. It's an open secret that the Chinese government has, for years, engaged in a global campaign to steal intellectual property from Western tech and manufacturing firms. Those stolen secrets have helped Chinese companies, in industry after industry, close the gap and in many cases surpass their competitors elsewhere. And at the center of that campaign is the Ministry of State Security (MSS), China's pre-eminent intelligence agency. The US has apprehended hundreds of people linked to the MSS and its efforts, but its inner workings re...

Hosting a podcast is one thing. Knowing when to post it is a completely different department. Which is the best day? What about time?

Pod Crashing episode 454 with Rachel Naud from the podcast Midlife Mix. It can be emotionally complicated for women whose lives don’t look the way they once imagined — whether they’re divorced, empty nesters, newly single, or decades into marriage. Rachel reframes an opportunity to fall back in love with your life, not just a partner.

Pod Crashing episode 452 with DJ Hesta Prynn from the podcast DJ Hesta Prynn’s Music Is Therapy. What if the song you can't stop playing isn't random?What if it's pointing to something you want - or someone you're becoming?DJ Hesta Prynn's Music Is Therapy is a podcast about identity - and how music shapes the way we see ourselves, make decisions, and move through the world.Hosted by Hesta Prynn, an NYC-based DJ and licensed therapist, each month focuses on one area of life - money, love, self-worth, relationships, career - using music not as entertainment, but as a t...

This week's focus is on businesses that choose to create their own podcasts. How far will you go before you realize its more work and the return on the investment can suck. And no Martin from the trade school with two months training doesn't have the skills to pull you out.

Pod Crashing episode #450 with Sean Flynn from The Brothers Ortiz Podcast When Good Meets Darkness. The Brothers Ortiz is the story of two brothers-both successful, but in very different ways. Gabe Ortiz becomes a third-highest ranking officer in all of Texas; while his younger brother Larry climbs the ranks in Puro Tango Blast, a notorious Texas Prison gang.Gabe doesn't know all the details of his brother's nefarious dealings, and he's made a point not to ask, to protect their relationship. But when Larry is murdered during a home invasion in a rented beach house, Gabe has no choice but t...

Anyone who uses their voice daily loathes the idea of having morning voice. That gravely out of tune husky coughing hacking sound that says you're sick, but you aren't. Is it a bad thing? How can we utilize its presence?

Pod Crashing episode 448 with Dr Jesse Mills from the podcast The Male Room. As Director of The Men's Clinic at UCLA, Dr. Jesse Mills has spent his career helping men understand their bodies, their hormones, and their health. Now he's bringing that expertise to The Male Room - a podcast where data-driven medicine meets common sense. Each episode separates fact from hype, science from snake oil, and gives men the tools to live longer, stronger, and happier lives. With candor, humor, and real-world experience from the exam room and the operating room, Dr. Mills breaks down the latest health headlines...

Making the move from terrestrial radio into podcasting isn't as easy as one might assume. A lot of ups, downs, spin outs and facing a new world of burn out. What can we identify in the way of having a stronger more outreaching podcast that leans more on success and not corporate radio research?

Everywhere you turn today people are telling podcasters to move toward video. Really? Why? And who has the time or team to keep it up? What are the positives and not so positives of adding video to your billion things to do today?

First... you don't need a trade school in order to host a successful podcast. Second... you do though need a school to understand what you're creating. There's a lot that goes into the physical creation and promotion of a podcast and the broadcasting God's aren't going to bless you with a team. You can learn recording techniques in a trade school but ultimately, they can't help you in the art of developing a connection with listeners with your points of view. But its up to you to decide.

Pod Crashing episode 445 with Nikki Richardson from the podcast The Girlfriends Untouchable. When Niko Quinn saw her favourite cousin murdered in broad daylight, her life turned upside down. She went looking for justice, but instead uncovered a dark scandal at the heart of her community: A police detective had spent decades targeting, threatening and sexually abusing black women across Kansas City Kansas. Detective Roger Golubski used the power of his badge to launch a reign of terror. He acted as if he was above the law, until Niko, and an incredible group of women, came together to take him down...

Pod Crashing episode 443 with author Joe Lex from the podcast All Bones Considered… Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia is the final resting place for many notable men, including Declaration of Independence signer Thomas McKean, Civil War General George Meade, locomotive magnate Matthias Baldwin, astronomer David Rittenhouse, and Phillies broadcaster Harry Kalas, plus many Union generals and even fictional characters like Adrian Balboa. But it is also home to tens of thousands of unique and accomplished women of the past three centuries. One man, Joe Lex, a retired emergency medicine doctor of 45 years, was inspired to learn of the history behind who is...

Podcasting is no different than broadcasting, it won't last forever. Where do the former podcasters run off to? Is there a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow?

Pod Crashing episode 441 with M William Phelps from the podcast Paper Ghosts. In the heart of Texas, teens are dying.Suspicious suicides, strange accidents, and brutal murders litter 1980's Parker County. Weatherford, the same town where the series"Yellowstone" was filmed, is hardest-hit. Locals have many theories: the KKK runs rampant... a corrupt sheriff's department... or could the Weatherford Police Department be covering up all of these crimes to protect a sadistic killer?Desperate to keep its deepest, darkest secrets from being exposed, could one sick individual be at the root of it all? Or are the killers working in...

Why does everyone think they can podcast? Because...we've made it possible. What we can't do is make sure you show up to maintain your efforts on a daily or weekly basis. What are most up and coming podcasters missing when it comes to the art of moving ahead?

I read somewhere that there are 1 million different podcasts released every week. How much did you pay for that microphone? Cutting through the mountain is going to require more than the bass in your vocal attempts and connecting. There are a lot of things to measure up against while understanding everything, you're doing is spot on because it's about your perspective and vision and listeners have to buy into it. So where do you find them? Right...

Pod Crashing episode 438 with Lee Baucom from the podcast Save The Marriage A conversation on the unconventional ways we can transform marriages, even when only one person is willing to change. With 45,000 active listeners on my Save The Marriage Podcast, seven books on relationships and thriving, and experience building online programs like the Un-Pause app, I have a broad perspective on self-driven growth and communication that echoes your curiosity about broadcasting and connection. My approach focuses on personal responsibility, mindset shifts, and treating marriage as a journey of empowerment rather than seeing it as a static state or a lost...

There are movie and food critics. The government is always being criticized. Look at what we're endlessly doing to each other! The inner critic you hold can't hold back. Why aren't there visible podcasting critics?

Pod Crashing episode 436 with David Gura from The Big Daily Take from Bloomberg News. The Big Take Daily from Bloomberg News brings you inside what's shaping the world's economies with the smartest and most informed business reporters around the world. The context you need on the stories that can move markets. Every afternoon. Episodes available here: Https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1308-big-take-84969425/

Pod Crashing episode 434 with Ben Westoff and Ryan Krull from The Peace Keeper podcast. The Peacemaker podcast explores a harrowing suicide cluster that unfolded in a rural college town. Hosted by BEN WESTHOFF and RYAN KRULL, this series is set at Truman State University, sometimes called the Harvard of the Midwest, where a few years back a string of suicides at the Alpha Kappa Lambda house shook the community to its core. As fraternity member after fraternity member took his own life, police realized they all had a common link- a fellow brother named Brandon Grossheim, who was close friends...

Movies have it. TV shows and gaming also have one. Rating systems! Should podcasting also have one?

Is there such a thing as a perfect sounding podcast? NPR has always taken us to the scene. Should we be doing it more with podcasting? How do listeners feel about background noise?

Pod Crashing episode 433 with Ana Ortiz and Mark Indelicato from the podcast Viva Betty. Ugly Betty was more than just a show - it was a revolution. Bold, heartfelt, and unapologetically real, it gave us characters that shattered stereotypes and told stories that mattered, putting a working-class Latino family, the immigrant experience, and LGBTQ+ stories front and center. Now, Ana Ortiz and Mark Indelicato-aka Hilda and Justin-are sitting down to rewatch the show that changed their lives and ours. With fresh eyes and zero filter, they're revisiting a very messy moment, iconic outfit, and groundbreaking storyline, one episode at a t...

Is there such a thing as a perfect sounding podcast? NPR has always taken us to the scene. Should we be doing it more with podcasting? How do listeners feel about background noise?

Pod Crashing episode 431 with Mandi Money or Mandy Woodruff Santos from the podcast Brown Ambition. The Brown Ambition Podcast helps you unapologetically build wealth by saving, investing and making smart career choices - on your own d@mn terms! New episodes Wednesdays and Fridays.Episodes here:Https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-brown-ambition-31122656/

Pod Crashing episode 430 with Paola Ramos from the podcast The Moment. iHeartMedia, the No. 1 podcast publisher globally according to Podtrac, and Radio Ambulante Studios today announced "The Moment with Jorge Ramos and Paola Ramos," a new interview podcast coming to My Cultura, iHeartMedia's podcast network dedicated to elevating Latino voices and stories, on September 17, 2025. The series will bring together two of the most influential Latino journalists in the U.S. for their first-ever podcast and co-hosted video series."The Moment" is a multigenerational conversation between legendary journalist Jorge Ramos and acclaimed author and MSNBC contributor Paola Ramos. Together, this Emmy-award...

Pod Crashing episode 428 with Maggie Freleng from the podcast Bone Valley Season 3 Mayfield is a small town in Kentucky with a population of only 10,000. It's the type of place where gossip spreads like weeds, where the residents know something about everyone. Rumors and opinions about who killed the beloved fire chief's daughter, 18-year-old Jessica Currin, run the gamut-as do theories about the motive behind her grisly death. But as the Lava team digs in to learn more, it's as if the entire town withdraws and goes dark. There's an aura of fear and suspicion. But of what?

The big guys are asking questions about your AI technology use. Is it their way of covering their butts? Are you breaking copyright laws by relying on AI? What's the best way to use it as a tool without having a knock at the door? Or... even worse, the email that clearly states you've been shut down.

Pod Crashing episode 425 with Jonathan Goldstein from the podcast Heavyweight. Maybe you've laid awake and imagined how it could have been, how it might yet be, but the moment to act was never right. Well, the moment is here and the podcast making it happen is Heavyweight. Join Jonathan Goldstein for road trips, thorny reunions, and difficult conversations as he backpedals his way into the past like a therapist with a time machine. EPISODES AVAILABLE HERE: https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/heavyweight 

Pod Crashing episode 427 with Bridget Armstrong from the podcast Curse of America’s Next Top Model. When America's Next Top Model premiered in the early 2000s, it looked like a golden ticket: a glamorous TV show that could catapult aspiring models into fame. But two decades later, many contestants describe its aftermath as a curse. Hosted by pop-culture journalist Bridget Armstrong, Curse of: America's Next Top Model is a deep investigation into the hidden costs of reality television, and what the show's legacy reveals about beauty, power, and the culture that cheered it on. Through conversations with dozens of former contes...

I'm a writer that happens to podcast. The true history of podcasting shows writers started this platform not comedians and former talk show hosts seeks newer ways to reach listeners. Do you need to be a writer to find success in podcasting?

I've walked the path of a podcaster since 2012. A solo performer with no desire to team up with another creative source. Is that good? What are the ups and downs and the chances a podcast hosted by several can handle the infamous lack of loyalty and disrespect for other people's time?

Pod Crashing episode 424 with Mindy Rickles host of the podcast Mindy Ed and Don Rickles. Mindy Rickles and Ed Mann, daughter and son-in-law of comedy icon Don Rickles, will host a weekly podcast featuring a chat between the long-time radio host and standup comic, and commentary on clips of Don, with perspective on what Ed, and particularly Mindy was doing at the time of the original broadcast, what was happening with Don's career, and what he and Mindy's mom Barbara and her late, Emmy Award winning brother Larry were up to then. Season one of Mindy, Ed and Don Rickles wi...

Pod Crashing episode 422 with Elin Lantz Lesser from the podcast America’s Crime Lab. Welcome to Othram aka "America's Crime Lab." Each week, we meet weary detectives and family members working an unsolved case that has wrecked a community and seemingly hit a dead end. until, in a last-ditch effort, the evidence is mailed to Othram. Episodes available here: Https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-americas-crime-lab-63028149/