Community Podcast Recommendations

February 22, 2019
Charlotte Dougall
Charlotte Dougall

Founder of Blether, helping small businesses do big things online.

The Recipe for SEO Success Show

The Recipe for SEO Success podcast helps you expand your understanding of all things Search Engine Optimisation and learn from experts you can trust. Listen to award-winning SEO copywriting and Consultant Kate Toon chat with her expert guests about all things Google.

Why listen?

“The host is engaging and interesting to listen to – she makes SEO accessible and easy to understand, and it's a good way of staying on top of changes and updates.”

Recommended by Briony Cullin

Track Changes by Postlight

Each week Paul and Rich sit down with the brightest minds in technology and design to make a better digital world.

Why listen?

“Industry experts dive into and provide fresh perspectives on topics that, as a digital agency, you encounter ALL THE TIME at work.”

Recommended by Neu

Freakonomics Radio

Discover the hidden side of everything with Stephen J. Dubner, co-author of the Freakonomics books. Each week, Freakonomics Radio tells you things you always thought you knew (but didn’t) and things you never thought you wanted to know (but do) — from the economics of sleep to how to become great at just about anything. Dubner speaks with Nobel laureates and provocateurs, intellectuals and entrepreneurs, and various other underachievers. Special features include series like “The Secret Life of a C.E.O.” as well as a live game show, “Tell Me Something I Don’t Know.”

Why listen?

“They cover a huge range of topics, all viewed through an economists perspective. Creates some fascinating discussions and really unusual ways of looking at what appear to be dull issues.”

Recommended by Brian at CodeClan

Build Your SaaS

37signals started an indie SaaS revolution when they launched Basecamp and Ruby on Rails. Since 2004, thousands of entrepreneurs, developers, designers, and product people have tried to capture some of that success by launching their own web apps. But what does it take to launch a Software as a Service business in 2018? Follow Jon and Justin as they build & launch their new product: Transistor.fm.

Why listen?

“Jon and Justin share the hard stuff whilst they’re going through it (they’re currently building their SaaS) as opposed to “here’s our success story now we’ve completed it”. It’s candid, real and in the trenches.”

Recommended by Ashley from With Jack

The Indicator by Planet Money

Planet Money launched in 2008 during the financial crisis and, since then, it has won many awards including a Peabody and an Edward R. Murrow Award in 2017 for our investigation into Wells Fargo's retaliation against whistle-blowers. We try really hard every episode to find creative, entertaining ways to make sense of the big, complicated forces that move our economy. That's why we made a t-shirt and traced the supply chain around the world from cotton field to factory; bought 100 barrels of crude oil and followed it from ground to gas tank; launched a satellite; and built an adorable algorithmic trading Twitter bot.

Why listen?

“It’s always interesting, with short, neutral shows focussed on one topic.”

Recommended by Patrick Grey

Check out more of our community's favourite podcasts for founders in the previous edition of RookieOven's podcast recommendations.

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