Aug 8, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min · 29 segments
Send us feedback/questions via Text One way to grow your show is to make sure people like your show. So you put out a survey, but nobody provided…
Dave JacksonHostJim CollisonHost
It says, hey, Dave, will there be an Ask the Podcast coach in two weeks while you're at Empowered Podcasting Conference 3? And that answer is no.

So I'm doing something really different for my talk because it's kind of like what makes a good podcast.

And I'm not going to say what I'm doing, but it's either – what's fun about it is this is either going to work great – or it's just going to blow up in my face.

Because I'm kind of referring to other things, and when you're not in a monoculture anymore, you're really easy to go, well, everybody's seen this movie, and then you find out, no.

So when you go, well, everybody knows this, and you're like, okay, and then you start tap dancing and going to town.
like when you say, remember that episode of A-Team? And then everybody looks at you like, A-Team? What was that? And you're like, oh,
But, you know, you got to be – yeah, you do – i'll say something you know with my co-workers and i'll be they'll give me that look and i'll be like yeah that's old

my my favorite is when i i was referring to barney fife to my stepson and i said way to go barney and he looked at me and goes you do know i have no idea what you're talking about and i go oh that's right i go purple dinosaur and he's like still got no idea i was like okay i'm old great excellent One of the things I thought I would throw at you, Mr. Collison, being that you work a lot with, you know, you work for a company that is synonymous with surveys.

We're going to do, I'm not really sure how many weeks, but we're going to talk about growing your show at the School of Podcasting.

Like every, I think it's Wednesday, we're going to get together for an hour and we're going to like, hey, here's what we're doing.

It says, hey, Dave, will there be an Ask the Podcast coach in two weeks while you're at Empowered Podcasting Conference 3? And that answer is no.

So I'm doing something really different for my talk because it's kind of like what makes a good podcast.

And I'm not going to say what I'm doing, but it's either – what's fun about it is this is either going to work great – or it's just going to blow up in my face.

Because I'm kind of referring to other things, and when you're not in a monoculture anymore, you're really easy to go, well, everybody's seen this movie, and then you find out, no.

So when you go, well, everybody knows this, and you're like, okay, and then you start tap dancing and going to town.
like when you say, remember that episode of A-Team? And then everybody looks at you like, A-Team? What was that? And you're like, oh,
But, you know, you got to be – yeah, you do – i'll say something you know with my co-workers and i'll be they'll give me that look and i'll be like yeah that's old

my my favorite is when i i was referring to barney fife to my stepson and i said way to go barney and he looked at me and goes you do know i have no idea what you're talking about and i go oh that's right i go purple dinosaur and he's like still got no idea i was like okay i'm old great excellent One of the things I thought I would throw at you, Mr. Collison, being that you work a lot with, you know, you work for a company that is synonymous with surveys.

We're going to do, I'm not really sure how many weeks, but we're going to talk about growing your show at the School of Podcasting.

Like every, I think it's Wednesday, we're going to get together for an hour and we're going to like, hey, here's what we're doing.
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