Five Of The Best Indie Podcasts About Podcasting

 

 As podcasting has grown in popularity, so has an industry dedicated to helping podcasters set an infrastructure for growth, develop a sustainable model, and, of course, make money. Since podcasts on Amazon, iHeart, and Spotify already have their sugar daddies, they're generally not the target audience. Of course, it's independent podcasters. 

Each of these five podcasts described below offers a unique value proposition to indie podcasters. For example, Podcasting Tech will be more technology-focused, while the  Podnews Weekly Review delivers industry-specific news that podcasters can use. 
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 Podcasting Tech 

As a host, Mathew Passy is in total command of the conversations he has with guests. As an interviewer, he probes for the information that he believes listeners want and expect. 

When discussing podcast technology, Passy offers listeners solutions that are cost-effective and swap complexity for intuitive design. 

 Mathew Passy brings his 15 years of experience in the podcasting industry as a leading consultant and equipment expert. He has worked with individual professionals, small businesses, and even Fortune 500 companies. 

At the end of every interview, Passy always asks his guest: "If you could, what would you improve about podcasting?"

Check out Podcasting Tech. It's a valuable tool for aspirational and experienced podcasters, who want to upgrade their shows. If you're a podcast listener, the show has value because of Passy's intuitive sense of podcast content and podcasting tech trends.

Along with podcast producer Joe Gangemi, Passy has designed the Podcast Beacon, a series of NFC-enabled accessories for marketing your podcast. 

Using near-field communications technology, someone taps a podcast beacon and a notification on their phone takes that person directly to a profile page or directly to a link of their choice. 

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 Podnews Weekly Review

 Podcast journalism is hard. Trust us. We're barely adequate at it, so we know excellence in journalism, and that is Podnews Weekly Review. The audio weekly version of its superb daily newsletter acts as a barometer of where podcasting stands.

There's no other podcasting publication that covers so many aspects of podcasting -- content, technology, business news, industry trends, job listings, personnel moves, tips and tricks, and news. 

There's a circa 1980s TV commercial for brokerage firm E.F. Hutton that has the tagline, "When E.F. Hutton talks, people listen."

In podcasting, when  Podnews Weekly Review co-hosts "James Cridland and Sam Sethi talk, podcasters listen." 

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PodBiz

 PodBiz is a podcast hosted by Norma Jean Belenky and John Kiernan that explores the business of podcasting, focusing on monetization and industry growth. It features interviews with creators, executives, and innovators to discuss strategies for making money through podcasts, covering topics like ad revenue, branded content, audience development, and production workflows. The show aims to answer the question, "Where's the money in podcasting?"

If you think that's an obvious question, think again. Podcasting has always been a medium in which the technology is ahead of money-making opportunities.  

PodBiz also attracts some of podcasting's brightest lights, such as Arielle Nissenblatt. In a recent episode, Andreea Coscai broke down how creators across Europe are building audiences, reaching listeners across borders, and monetizing through community-first strategies. As the founder of Eurowaves, former Marketing Lead at Tink Media, and a key voice in global creator communities, Andreea offered a grounded look at what independent podcasters need to understand about the European landscape. As she puts it, marketing is not optional: “If you want to monetize your work, you have to make sure that you're investing as much in your marketing as you are in your production.”

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Leverage Your Podcast

 Leverage Your Podcast began in early 2016, and this show is for podcast hosts and guests, bringing insider secrets from podcast industry experts and entrepreneurs who have created a successful lifestyle business through podcasting. 

 

 Lyndsay Phillips, is the CEO of Smooth Business Podcasting, speaker, guest expert, host of Leverage Your Podcast show and creator of the Podcast Leverage System.

Here's what Ms. Phillips has to say about her podcast: "We’ll cover all parts of podcasting – guesting, advertising, launching, producing, promoting, leveraging plus share tips on how to leverage podcasts further to boost visibility, position authority, create content, monetize and simply grow their business."

 Phillips designs episodes that get to the core of podcasting and entrepreneurial success. Past episodes include topics on scheduling social media for maximum impact, mastering your storytelling techniques, and podcast growth and lead generation strategies.

In a recent episode, Daniel J. Lewis, a Hall of Fame podcaster and founder of Podgagement, breaks down the exact strategies that transform passive listeners into raving fans who feel personally connected to your show. In this episode, you'll discover practical, actionable ways to boost engagement, understand your audience, and create a podcast that people genuinely look forward to hearing.

Check out Leverage Your Podcast. Lyndsay Phillips is a natural as a teacher, coach, motivator, and business expert. The podcast was also a 2024 Ear Worthy Award winner. 

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Podcast Perspectives

 

Podcast Perspectives helps you understand the ever-changing podcast industry. Hosted by Jeff Umbro, founder and CEO of The Podglomerate, a podcast services agency focused on production, audience growth, and monetization for some of the biggest podcasts in the world, this show speaks to leaders in the podcast space through longform interviews and panel discussions.

The goal of the podcast is to walk listeners through not only the important news and issues of the day in the podcast landscape, but also to go deep on the topics that podcasters need to know today. 

The November episode -- Podcast Predictions for 2026 from 22 Industry Experts -- was insightful and attracted podcast experts from all parts of the industry, offering listeners a diversity of viewpoints.

I recognize the show's excellence despite the fact that in the September 16th show about how podcasters can get their show covered by the media, there was no mention of Ear Worthy at all. 

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Check out the Best Independent Podcasts of 2026 

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