234 Jordan Gass-Poore' - Going Down the Rabbit Hole

Podcast Junkies - Conversations with Fascinating Podcasters

09/03/20 • 61 min

06:01 – Harry welcomes to the podcast, Jordan Gass-Poore' who shares her experience as an investigative journalist, her fascination with audio as a medium and her early career aspirations

13:52 – Jordan recalls her favorite college radio story that she ever covered

20:39 – Jordan speaks to the premise of the horror comedy podcast she was pitching

24:15 – How Jordan honed her skill of creating compelling audio content

28:30 – Jordan shares some of the favorite stories she’s heard through podcasting producing and why people are dying to tell their stories

33:37 – Jordan’s ongoing podcast projects

36:21 – Jordan opens up about what it’s been like living in NYC during the Covid-19 pandemic

43:59 – The work Jordan has done with Southern Poverty Law Center

49:45 – What is something that Jordan has changed her mind about recently and what is the most misunderstood thing about her

51:26 – Harry thanks Jordan for joining the show, and let’s listeners know where they can follow her

TWEETABLES

“Nobody cares what you look like, because it audio. But they care what you sound like.” (10:55)

“One of the beautiful things about college radio is they were like, ‘do whatever you want that’s not violating FCC.” (17:08)

“The way that I approach interviews is very much based still to this day on the conversations I had with people at that coffee shop.” (26:17)

“So many people are dying to tell their story and they just were waiting around for the opportunity to sit down in front of a stranger.” (28:35)

“I think this is a really good time for people, if you’ve always wanted to cover your neighborhood and to talk to your neighbors, create a podcast.” (40:03)