For years, people kept telling Jorie Houlihan the same thing: you should start a podcast.
She kept resisting.
Eventually, she decided to do it anyway.
In this episode of My Podcast Story, Jorie shares how she launched ADHD and..., a podcast primarily created for women diagnosed with ADHD later in life, and what she learned from going from “I should start a podcast” to actually publishing one.
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Chapters
00:00 Why Your First Podcast Episodes Don’t Need to Be Perfect
00:18 Welcome to My Podcast Story
00:37 Meet Jorie Houlihan
00:52 What ADHD and... Is About
01:29 Launching the Podcast Less Than Two Weeks Ago
02:04 Why People Kept Telling Jorie to Start a Podcast
02:12 Realizing Her Personality Was Part of the Differentiation
03:19 Finally Deciding to Start
03:44 Resisting the Urge to Launch Overnight
04:09 Following a Proven Podcast Launch Process
04:56 Choosing Between Solo Episodes and Interviews
05:08 Finding the First Podcast Guests
05:30 Defining a Clear Audience for the Show
06:19 The Meaning Behind ADHD and...
06:52 The First 11 Days After Launch
07:06 Early Listener Feedback
07:46 Approaching 300 Downloads in Under Two Weeks
08:27 Building Every Episode Around “ADHD and…”
09:09 Breaking Overwhelming Tasks Into Smaller Steps
09:54 Good Enough Move On
10:30 Why Interview Episodes Run Longer
11:15 Producing the Entire Podcast Herself
11:58 Publishing One Episode Every Week
12:11 Building a Podcast Backlog
13:00 How Jorie Batches Her Recording
13:10 Being Proud of Actually Following Through
14:24 Accepting That You’ll Be Bad Before You Get Better
14:51 Learning to Interview Without Needing Perfection
16:00 Listening to Your Own Podcast Like a Listener
16:27 Editing Differently for Audio and Video
17:10 Celebrating Your Progress
17:54 Why People With ADHD Need to Celebrate Small Wins
19:05 Looking Back at Your Past Self Differently
19:33 Turning Difficult Experiences Into Something Useful
21:34 Building Confidence From Evidence
22:00 Why Perfectionism Stops People From Starting
22:36 Getting Better Through Repetition
22:48 Jorie’s Podcast Production Workflow
23:18 Recording With Riverside and an iPhone
24:19 Using CapCut for Audio Leveling
24:47 Publishing Through RSS.com and YouTube
26:06 Why Jorie Chose RSS.com for Podcast Hosting
27:17 Dynamic Ads and Future Monetization
28:49 Why She Chose Paid Hosting Over a Free Option
30:36 Why Podcasting Tools Keep Getting Better
30:45 Discovering PodMatch
31:05 Booking Six Podcast Guest Appearances in One Week
31:13 Finding Guests for ADHD and...
32:14 How Jorie Uses PodMatch Regularly
33:37 What Makes Her a Highly Active PodMatch User
36:20 The Tools Behind Jorie’s Website and Membership
36:31 Using Course Creator 360
38:12 What Jorie Wants to Build Next
38:39 Upcoming Topics for ADHD and...
39:41 The ADHD Planner Graveyard
40:40 Jorie’s Organic Podcast Growth Strategy
41:00 Growing From a 30,000-Member Facebook Community
41:45 Using the SWEEP Marketing Method
42:41 Getting Guests to Help Promote Episodes
43:36 Creating Promotional Assets for Podcast Guests
44:28 Using LinkedIn and Instagram Collaborations
44:47 What the Podcast Could Look Like Six Months From Now
45:23 Why Podcasting Feels Like a Natural Fit
45:57 The Goal of Eventually Hiring an Editor
46:31 Realizing How Much She Has Already Accomplished
46:53 Where to Find Jorie Houlihan and ADHD and...
