Why Should You Start a Podcast
Welcome to The Ordinary Experience
Late last year I dived into podcasting. The urge to create stemmed from wanting to document my life while providing value to listeners through the learnings, a combination of my selfless and selfish tendencies. At its core I want to give individuals from all walks of life a platform to share their experiences and help others who might be in similar positions, showcasing that everyone has experiences and learnings which ultimately, indirectly can help others too. But, I also have a place where I could hear my thoughts. I started with the latter, storytelling through my own experiences without a reliance on others.
In my opinion, a podcast is a unique source of knowledge, unlike a book. The listeners can hear the emotions and tones of a host or guest describing their experiences, whereas, when losing oneself in a book it doesn’t allow you to physically comprehend the author because you’re reading in the voice of your mind. The audio enables you not to be just a fly on the wall, rather, you feel you are in the discussion, sitting at the table microphone in hand.
There’s an extra dimension to a podcast making it an audio experience.
Audio, as mentioned before, has a depth. One similar to a drama movie. It’s a deepness that I wasn’t ready to bring myself to uncover. When starting a one-person podcast, it’s surprisingly hard to begin talking. Mentally I found myself providing excuses, overtly procrastinating. Scared. The irony being I was afraid of my voice, frightened of the feelings, emotions and thoughts all restrained internally over my lifetime being let out in the open, for the world to ridicule.
The episodes became a remedy to the issues I was having and had in my life. It became an arena where I duelled my problems in real-time, preventing them from pinballing inside my head. Freezing them in time, allowing me to dissect and understand how they were affecting me. By focusing solely on being as true to myself as possible the rawness meant that listeners could connect with me, able to comment on what they thought about what I was discussing, opening up a dialogue which allowed me to inspect and adapt.
Over time I’ve developed a passion for sitting down with a mic, to the point I’ve recently made the move to begin introducing guests onto my show. Starting with friends and family, primarily because they are the easiest to connect with, but with the vision to expand, to individuals from all walks of life.
My first guest was as close to home as I could possibly get, my very own brother. Initially, when I posed the question to him many months ago he was reluctant to consider it but in the boredom of the UK lockdown, he was eager to try it out. I had my suspicions that he wouldn’t open up in the way I envisioned but to my surprise, he was willing to openly discuss our past, present and future. To say this was a leap forward in our relationship would be an understatement.
From where I started the podcast has now developed into something I could never have imagined. It’s more than an audio experience to share experiences and learn from. It’s a tool which can be used to not only connect people but strengthen relationships, with current friends and even with the ones to come.
I can’t explain the adrenaline kick I get out of it, every time I press the big red record button it feels like a current of electricity is flowing through my veins. Couple the kick, with an innate level of gratitude as if this is my service to society. It has become the period in my life where I feel the dial on life has been turned up to 11.
So I’d like to welcome you to, The Ordinary Experience.
Have you got a podcast? Let me know in the comments or drop me a message on any of the following social networks. I would absolutely love to hear from you! — Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, TikTok, Youtube.
