Comic – Challenges in Podcasting

Podcasts are tough, man. I’m working on the third season of my podcast, Migration Patterns.  In all honestly, it was pretty hard going for the past 4 months but thankfully, the process is picking up again.

This summer was dark days for the podcast and my feelings around it. So much so, I made a comic about it and I’ve decided to share it with y’all.

Each 30 minute episode takes about 10-15 hours of my time (start to finish) largely because of my research and editing process. Finding time to meet up with people in person – between my schedule and theirs – for interviews is challenging. Sometimes it just doesn’t work out. When it does – its fantastic.

Overall, the podcast been one of the most challenging creative projects I’ve done to date. But I feel like its important. What we speak about in the interviews should be out there and heard. I’ve had some major life moments and lessons – in the studio at CJSR, the Makerspace of EPL, or researching for interviews at home.

My perspectives have been challenged. It’s been a huge lesson in vulnerability. I’m helping people share their stories on the airwaves and I’m also sharing mine. And afterwards, there is a high of accomplishment and sometimes there’s a “vulnerability hangover” to borrow a term from Brene Brown.

Later this autumn, I was listening to Brene Brown on Oprah’s Super Soul Podcast and while I was walking home from work I started to ask myself, “If this is a project where I’m being vulnerable, using courage, and showing up… how can I make it easier for myself to do those things?”

“Can I trust and accept that I can create something good when the conditions aren’t perfect?”

The answer is yes I can and so can you with your creative projects.

Maybe I change up the structure and editing process of the show? Maybe I ask for help? 

I don’t know what it will be but rest assured, I’m gonna figure it out.

But if I’ve learned anything from Brene, its that showing up and trying is more important than the fear of failure.