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The Podcaster's Guide to a Visible Voice

The Podcaster's Guide to a Visible Voice

Mary Chan, Organized Sound Productions, Made in Canada

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How do you, as a podcaster, make an emotional connection with your listeners to create a place where they feel like they belong? This podcast about podcasting for underrepresented podcasters doing good in the world, who want to build a community of belonging. You’ll discover what it takes to be a powerful podcaster and support your listeners to feel like they belong. Go on your podcasting journey to reclaim and redefine what a successful podcast means to you, by thriving on your own terms, with Mary Chan as your host. As a Voice-Over Artist and former radio producer for almost 20 years, she’ll share with you what she’s learned from creating, recording, and editing, hundreds of thousands of voices; from newbie clients who had to read their very first script to seasoned professionals voicing the very same commercials you hear on the radio and TV. They all have one thing in common with you – they made an emotional connection to a listener, not by the words they use, but by how they use their voice. Now as a Podcast Strategist and founder of Organized Sound Productions, you’ll gain the insights to keep you podcasting and have fun while you’re at it! How do you want your listener to feel? Learn all the secrets at http://www.visiblevoicepodcast.com and to work with Mary, check out https://www.organizedsound.ca.
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The Podcaster's Guide to a Visible Voice - Improve Your Interviews With Open-Ended Questions - EP 98

Improve Your Interviews With Open-Ended Questions - EP 98

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06/02/25 • 15 min

What kinds of questions do you ask your podcast guests? The most engaging podcast episodes—the ones that make for the best conversations and the best listening—are the ones that contain great stories. As the host, you’re always aiming to draw all those details and deep disclosures from your guest. So why does getting the full picture sometimes feel like pulling teeth?

Mary recently taught her nine-year-old daughter how asking more specific questions will get her the answers she wants, and that conversation prompted this episode’s exploration. An open-ended question—the kind that requires a more thorough answer than “yes,” “no,” or some other short word or phrase—is always going to elicit a stronger response. In return, you as the host don’t have to work as hard; your guest’s fascinating story, the whole reason they’re chatting with you, stands a much better chance of tumbling out of them with the passion every podcaster (and podcast listener) is looking for.

Ask yourself these impactful interview-question questions:

  • What are the best W5 question prompts to ask in your interview?
  • How can you utilize storytelling statements to deliver more engaging episodes?
  • What should you look for in past episodes to start asking better questions in the future?

Links worth mentioning from the episode:

Episode 32, “Bad Interviewing Habits” - https://www.organizedsound.ca/bad-interviewing-habits-episode-32/

Connect with Mary!

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Transcript with Audio Description:

[MUSIC IN - GHOSTHOOD FEATURING SARA AZRIEL “LET’S GO” BEGINS]

MARY: How do you ask questions? I guess specifically on your podcast, maybe when you do interviews, how are those questions being asked? I know it's still quite a broad question, but have you ever gone back to your episodes, listen to them again to review how you have been asking questions? And if you want to get even more specific, I'm actually talking about open ended questions versus close ended questions.

So today I'm going to explore those types of questions with you and show you how open ended questions can make your interviews and your podcast more enjoyable. Not just for you as a host, but maybe as a guest as well if you're on someone else's show, but more importantly for your listener.

This episode actually stemmed from my conversation with my daughter. So, you know, lots of real life experience can come onto the podcast as well. And this idea of what it's like to pull stories from someone by asking them the different types of questions. So, how does your curiosity with these open ended questions play a significant role in your interviews? So there you go. The next generation of podcasters, through my daughter, is already teaching me about something that I can share with you on this very podcast.

This is episode number 98 on the Podcaster's Guide to a Visible Voice.

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MARY: Hey, welcome to the show. And yeah, things in real life this happens in radio all the time. It's just called show prep.

[MUSIC ENDS]

What's happening in your life as you go about your day that can help impact what you do on air. So in this case behind the mic on your podcast. And there are some real l...

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The Podcaster's Guide to a Visible Voice - Why Filler Words Like "Like" Are Powerful with Alexandra D'Arcy - Episode 18

Why Filler Words Like "Like" Are Powerful with Alexandra D'Arcy - Episode 18

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02/22/21 • 31 min

Not all filler words are created equal. Did you know there's a difference between "ah" and "um"? Yeah, neither did I!

As a podcast editor, I hear people speak, a lot. All the nuances in their voice, the words they choose, and how they present themselves. And in this work, when I'm scrolling in the forums, other editors gripe about people's overuse of filler words like "um", "ah", and "like" all the time.

Alexandra D'Arcy is my first guest on the podcast. She is a Professor of Linguistics and the Director of the Sociolinguistics Research Lab at the University of Victoria, where she is also the Associate Dean Research for the Faculty of Humanities.

Alexandra debunks the notion that 'like" is a modern crutch word used only by the young and flighty. In fact, it's more complicated than you think. Her book is titled "Discourse-Pragmatic Variation in Context; 800 Years of LIKE". That is a mouthful for me, so I asked her to dumb it down for me who's only been to radio school, not an academic, and wanted to know what the heck does discourse-pragmatic variation even mean!?!?!

We discuss the many jobs that "like" has, the criticism of women's language, and what really is modern language.

Here are Alexandra D'Arcy's "like" examples:

  • FINAL LIKE (adverb, ‘as it were’)
    • He was quite gentle and quiet LIKE. (Corpus of Historical American English/Uncle Tom’s Cabin/1852)
    • We need to smarten it up a bit LIKE. (Toronto, woman, born 1927)
  • DISCOURSE MARKER (adverb, ‘for example, ‘approximately’, ‘in this way’, ‘let me illustrate’, etc.)
    • They never went out in a small canoe. LIKE, we went from here to Cape Beale. They had great large war canoes. (Victoria BC, woman, born 1875)
    • Och, they done all types of work. LIKE they ploughed and harrowed. (Southwest Tyrone, man, born 1943)
    • It’s probably about a bit longer than this room. LIKE it’s probably like that wide and like a bit longer. (Victoria BC, boy, born 2006)
  • ALSO THE DISCOURSE MARKER, but after a verb that introduces quoted speech
    • He said LIKE “Stored water is just like stored dollars.” (Victoria BC, man, born 1935)
    • Imagine being told by your parents LIKE “We know you have it in you.” (Victoria BC, man, born 1959)
  • DISCOURSE PARTICLE (adverb, but put focus on what follows or allows speaker to mitigate claim on truth or authority)
    • Well right in front of that they had boards LIKE built across. (Victoria BC, woman, born 1874)
    • They were just LIKE sitting, waiting to die. (Scotland, man, born 1925)
    • His father had LIKE a restaurant cafe in Regent Street. (New Zealand, man, born 1955)

Links mentioned in the episode:

Connect with Alexandra D'Arcy on Twitter @LangMaverick https://twitter.com/langmaverick?lang=en

"Wordslut" by Amanda Montell https://bookshop.org/books/wordslut-a-feminist-guide-to-taking-back-the-english-language/9780062868886

Continue the conversation with me!

Find more secrets and leave a voicemail at http://www.VisibleVoicePodcast.com/

Email Mary at [email protected]

Engage with the show on Instagram at @VisibleVoicePodcast https://www.instagram.com/organizedsoundproductions/

To learn more about or work with Mary, click on over at http://www.OrganizedSound.ca.

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The Podcaster's Guide to a Visible Voice - Tips to Thrive in Finding Perfect Guests for Your Podcast with Alex Sanfilippo - EP 40

Tips to Thrive in Finding Perfect Guests for Your Podcast with Alex Sanfilippo - EP 40

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04/25/22 • 31 min

When it comes to finding the right guest to be on your show, you have to do the legwork of research to see how they fit into your podcast sphere. Who is this person? What do they have to say? And what is their experience and knowledge that they're going to bring to the table for your listener?

Today's episode is going to highlight some really important aspects of how finding “good” guests is integral to your show. Joining me today is the host of Podcasting Made Simple and the founder of podmatch.com, Alex Sanfilippo. He shares some clever insights from his journey in podcasting as a host and professionally as well in the podcasting space.

Tune in to hear about:

  • How to evaluate your audience and hone in on your ideal listener.
  • The importance of having a strong “why” before starting your podcast.
  • Alex’s exact pitching process landing him A-list authors to be guests on his podcast.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Engage with Alex:

Connect with Mary!

Find more secrets and the full transcript at http://www.VisibleVoicePodcast.com/

Send feedback with a voicemail message at https://www.speakpipe.com/visiblevoice or email Mary with your thoughts at [email protected]

Keep in touch on Instagram at @OrganizedSoundProductions https://www.instagram.com/organizedsoundproductions/

To learn more about or work with Mary, click on over at https://www.organizedsound.ca.

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The Podcaster's Guide to a Visible Voice - Speak With Spirit: Stop Editing Out Your Authentic Voice - EP 72

Speak With Spirit: Stop Editing Out Your Authentic Voice - EP 72

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02/19/24 • 23 min

The 2024 podcasting season is gearing up to be an exciting one, with lots of changes on the horizon. New ventures like YouTube integration have raised this huge existential question—what is a podcast? And while this fresh take brings up questions of video components, RSS feeds, and more—at the end of the day, the road forward for podcasting is still paved with audio-first emotional connection.

In this episode, Mary ties her year-end 2023 values into the exciting future of this innovative medium, underscoring the power and necessity of remaining authentic and captivating as we use our voices to share our unique stories with the world.

Discover practical tips and the nuances of creating a captivating podcast:

  • How video integration continues to blur the lines around podcasting
  • The importance of uncovering the full potential of your heart voice
  • Why you should embrace (and not edit out) the filler words you speak aloud

Links worth mentioning from the episode:

Connect with Mary!

Podcast cover art by Emily Johnston of Artio Design Co. https://www.artiodesignco.com

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The Podcaster's Guide to a Visible Voice - Start a Ripple Effect of Continuous Learning with Beth Cougler Blom - EP 81

Start a Ripple Effect of Continuous Learning with Beth Cougler Blom - EP 81

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06/24/24 • 39 min

How can activating your beginner’s mind help you facilitate an authentic podcast experience? For many podcast hosts, the draw of creating a show is two-fold: we are eager to engage with and educate our listeners on topics we’re passionate about, and we look forward to the personal learning and professional development our interviews and solo episodes can foster.

Beth Cougler Blom is a facilitator, learning designer, and author crafting impactful learning experiences for organizations making a difference in the world. She also funnels her passion for transformational learning into her own podcast, Facilitating on Purpose. In this episode, she and Mary discuss the challenges, joys, and vast potential of kicking “Instagram Perfect” to the curb and creating an authentic podcast.

Explore how your podcast facilitates learning for yourself and your community:

  • Facing down the fear of reaching out to potential guests
  • The benefits of receiving (and giving) listener feedback
  • Balancing vulnerability and professionalism in your episodes
  • Prioritizing the pursuit of greater inclusivity on your podcast

Links worth mentioning from the episode:

Engage with Beth:

Connect with Mary!

Show Credits:

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The Podcaster's Guide to a Visible Voice - Your Podcast As Your Own Media Platform - EP 90

Your Podcast As Your Own Media Platform - EP 90

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02/10/25 • 19 min

What shifts in podcasting have you noticed in the last few months? In the first episode of 2025, Mary dives right into the changes we’ve seen in podcasting just since last fall. More and more hosts are leaning into partisan politics and using their shows to share their thoughts and concerns with a huge audience. This has further legitimized the industry, similar to when celebrities started to don the mantle of podcast host several years back.

This mainstream growth has a real impact on your show, even if you aren’t interviewing Canada’s Prime Minister or the Democratic presidential candidate. Mary explores how you, as a podcast creator, can seize this opportunity to transform or elevate your show—ultimately your own media platform—to refresh stagnant formulas and revisit the most essential question: how does your podcast align with your values?

Whether you’re brand new or years into podcasting, let’s think about:

  • How podcasting becoming more mainstream affects you and your show
  • How you can lean into the shifts to bring a fresh perspective
  • Why you should use your podcast to control the message you want to spread

Links worth mentioning from the episode:

Connect with Mary!

Show Credits:

Transcript with Audio Description:

[MUSIC IN - GHOSTHOOD FEATURING SARA AZRIEL “LET’S GO” BEGINS]

MARY: Although it's February, and this is my first episode back from my year end break. Welcome back. It feels like a lifetime ago because so much has changed in this short little bit of time from my last episode that I published in early December. It's amazing what a few months can do for you. And toward the end of last year, too, in episode 87, called Find Podcast Success While Doing Less, that episode is a good one to listen to before this one, because it's kind of a continuation or maybe like a little addendum to that episode. Where are you on your podcasting journey to make your podcast more integrated with what you do and your values, especially in today's world when, yeah, we're still trying to figure out what to do with less time, less money, less capacity, all of that sort of stuff.

So if you haven't listened to episode 87 yet, make sure you go find that one and then continue on to this one. Because, yeah, the world has changed. It doesn't matter which part of the wo...

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The Podcaster's Guide to a Visible Voice - Intangible Values of a Podcast: What It Means For Stats, Metrics, and Monetization - EP 69

Intangible Values of a Podcast: What It Means For Stats, Metrics, and Monetization - EP 69

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11/20/23 • 15 min

What metrics are you using to measure your podcast’s success? Podcasting is a fantastic business marketing option. It’s a uniquely transparent and personal way to showcase your thought leadership, your services, and your authentic self—all without having to style your hair. Like any marketing strategy, podcasters inevitably want to see how successful their show is, and it’s understandable that they turn to popular metrics like downloads to figure this out.

In this episode, Mary breaks down why traditional advertising-focused stats might not be the best pick for independent podcasters. Instead, she suggests exploring value-based metrics like evidence of audience trust and indirect benefits to your business. These values, while harder to measure, tend to create a more telling picture of just how successful your podcast truly is.

Discover hard-hitting tips that will reveal your podcast’s full impact:

  • The harder-to-measure values that matter as much or more than “vanity metrics”
  • How building your credibility helps increase your publicity
  • The very real action your calls to action can ignite
  • How to combine traditional metrics and meaningful values for comprehensive proof of your podcast’s success

Links worth mentioning from the episode:

Full Funnel Effectiveness, report by Acast - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gnqXjNlAqTyKqRm4GYevBmAr3TcoTB41/view?usp=drivesdk

Fun for Advertisers Across the Funnel, Canadian Listeners report by Acast - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1apIE5MIxV6aYYWxIIyqeOmT9S990VUwJ/view?usp=drivesdk

Connect with Mary!

Podcast cover art by Emily Johnston of Artio Design Co. https://www.artiodesignco.com

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The Podcaster's Guide to a Visible Voice - Transform Self-Doubt Into Self-Mastery So You Can Put Your Meaningful and Creative Work Out Into the World With Amber Campion - EP 29

Transform Self-Doubt Into Self-Mastery So You Can Put Your Meaningful and Creative Work Out Into the World With Amber Campion - EP 29

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10/18/21 • 30 min

When you're podcasting, you're always learning. There's always something new to try or new conversations to be had. This learning is a journey of practice and how we don't have to take things so seriously, especially in podcasting when it's meant to be fun. This fun practice means we get to record many episodes, sometimes week in and week out. When you do something long enough, something is bound to go wrong! And even if something does go wrong, it's OK, it's part of the learning process and podcasting in general. We are all on a podcasting journey together.

Get ready to go from your inner critic and transform that into your inner leader. I'm so happy to share with you my conversation with Amber Campion.

Amber is a trauma-informed yoga teacher, breathwork facilitator, & mindfulness-based life + leadership coach. For more than a decade, Amber’s work in the field of emotional intelligence, personal leadership, and self-discovery has led her to create embodied trainings, workshops, retreats, masterminds, and online courses supporting wisdom seekers to bring their Full Self to the world.

We talk about:

  • Breathwork and how it impacts our creative work as Podcasters.
  • Beating self-doubt when "we don't know what we don't know" where she provides tools of grounding to deal with self-doubt in podcasting.
  • Tips on what you need to do before hitting that record button.
  • Finally, we include a beautiful breathing exercise I think we should all do before we ever get behind our mics [28:37].

We also talk about the seven mind traps briefly in this episode, but if you'd like to go deeper on all seven mind traps that include yoga, breathwork and insight journaling, you can access Amber's 5-day embodiment experience called "Keep the Channel Open".

Resources mentioned in the episode:

Engage with Amber:

http://www.ambercampion.com/

https://www.instagram.com/ambercampion/

https://www.youtube.com/c/ambercampion

https://www.facebook.com/campionamber/

Connect with me!

Find more secrets at http://www.VisibleVoicePodcast.com/

Email Mary at [email protected]

Engage with the show on Instagram at @OrganizedSoundProductions https://www.instagram.com/organizedsoundproductions/

To learn more about or work with Mary, click on over at http://www.OrganizedSound.ca.

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The Podcaster's Guide to a Visible Voice - Why Looking Good On Camera Is Important For Your Podcast with Suzanne Glover - EP 31

Why Looking Good On Camera Is Important For Your Podcast with Suzanne Glover - EP 31

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11/15/21 • 29 min

A common theme I hear among Podcasters is that we chose podcasting as our medium because we don't have to deal with visuals or video. You can podcast in your pajamas, if you like. We love the virtual space and you don't even have to bother with your hair if you don't want to. That's actually one of my favourite things about it. But more and more, we hear that video is needed as well for anything to be successful. Today’s guest, Suzanne Glover, joins me to explain why we need to embrace video and how we can leverage video alongside our podcasts.

Suzanne is a professional actress, sales pro and internet marketer with a combined 35 years of experience in those areas. She gained recognition in the TV and film industry with award-winning work and has been in the top percentage of earners in the Screen Actors Guild. She teaches how to connect through the camera and sell successfully in the new virtual world that we're in as well as how to successfully integrate video into your very busy podcasting life.

Hit play to hear about:

  • How to become more comfortable on camera.
  • Market sophistication - what it is and how to adapt yourself to the different mediums available.
  • What podcasters should be doing to encapsulate video to their advantage.
  • The biggest challenges that podcasters face today and how to overcome the struggles of camera anxiety.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Engage with Suzanne:

Find more secrets at http://www.VisibleVoicePodcast.com/

Email Mary at [email protected]

Engage with the show on Instagram at @OrganizedSoundProductions https://www.instagram.com/organizedsoundproductions/

To learn more about or work with Mary, click on over at http://www.OrganizedSound.ca.

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The Podcaster's Guide to a Visible Voice - Healing Wounds: You Are Worthy of Being a Podcaster - EP 65

Healing Wounds: You Are Worthy of Being a Podcaster - EP 65

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09/25/23 • 14 min

Everyone has that Inner Voice—you know, the one that pipes up now and then to say you aren’t worthy enough, your ideas aren’t worthy enough, to share with the world or on your podcast. Mary has had her own struggle with that negative dialogue, and, to this day, it can sneak in to cast uncertainty on this very podcast. The good news is the process for shifting that inner voice into positive energy, the kind that will fuel your podcasting endeavours, can start right now!

We’re going to get emotional as we dive into:

  • Why it’s so important to make time for reflecting on your podcast
  • How to accept the inner voice that questions our worthiness and transform its message
  • What solo episodes can offer your listener and why they’re so important
  • A few tools for digging deeper into recognizing your worth

Links worth exploring from the episode:

Connect with Mary!

Podcast cover art by Emily Johnston of Artio Design Co. https://www.artiodesignco.com

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The podcast is about Marketing, Speaking, Voice, Podcasting, Podcasts, Self-Improvement, Education, Business and Natural.

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The episode title 'Recording Podcast Interviews on Zoom and CleanFeed - Episode 11' is the most popular.

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