Harry Duran
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Interested in the world of podcasting and looking to be inspired by those that have demonstrated success with their shows? Since 2014 Harry Duran, Founder of podcast agency FullCast, has had hundreds of conversations with some of the most fascinating podcasters in the podosphere. His relaxed, conversational format allows guests to kick back their heels and share valuable and sometimes personal insights of their podcasting journey. If you're looking to open your mind and heart to new possibilities, this is the show for you! Follow the journey: https://harryduran.com
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Podcasting's tools, economics and growth problems become legible through Harry Duran's detailed conversations with the people doing the work.
Harry Duran treats podcasting as both a business and a body of craft, using interviews to connect production choices with the careers and companies behind them.
Harry Duran's guest chair takes you from download plateaus to the stories people kept buried.
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A plainspoken AI discussion that links job anxiety, cascade failure, and the race to adapt.
The discussion sits in that uneasy space where AI looks useful and a little threatening at the same time. Harry Duran and Matthew Rouse treat it less like a neat productivity trick than a partner that changes how work gets done, and the stronger point is the one about teams that…
A blunt, useful look at how relationships can settle into routine and the cost of waiting too long to act.
Podcast Junkies frames a blunt question about sex and long-term partnership as a broader look at how relationships settle into routine, stall, and sometimes need to be rethought.
Beth Jones uses Enron to examine ego, damage, and a later search for purpose.
Beth Jones uses Enron to show how ego, pressure, and incentives can pull people away from the truth. The episode is strongest when it stays with the real damage done to customers, shareholders, and employees, where the stakes feel concrete rather than abstract.
A practical look at podcast discovery, data, and the business logic behind audio products.
Podcast Junkies episode 371 brings Lucas Dickey into a conversation about podcast discovery as a practical problem, one shaped by data rather than theory.
A grounded conversation about turning lived experience into something useful, with enough honesty to feel earned.
April Adams Pertuis reads as someone who has earned her footing through practical work rather than polish alone. The conversation stays close to what she describes: knocking on doors, hiring an agent, auditioning, and trying to turn camera experience and a gift for speaking into…
A niche offer becomes clearer when its boundaries are stated plainly.
This episode works because it gets specific fast. Kelle Sparta says she does not do plant medicine and instead teaches people how to do the work without plants, which keeps the offer concrete instead of vague.
Clarity behind the mic matters more than polish.
Harry Duran treats podcast interviews as a human exchange, and he sets that against solo episodes that work best when they stay close to the facts. In conversation, personality tends to surface more naturally, which gives the show its strongest pull.
Travel podcasting here is about planning, pitching sponsors, and finding local guests, not just showing up with a mic.
This segment treats travel content like a working system: plan far ahead, package the trip as a media kit for sponsors, and line up local voices before the plane lands.
Sharper words for business builders.
Paid social updates with account-level judgment.
Harry Duran catches up with Danny Peña.
Philip Gibbons says Bite Size Biographies turns a 700-page book into two parts of less than an hour, with no chit-chat and no guests.
Jay Franze traces a music career that moved from Boston to Nashville, included 20 years working on country records, and led to projects associated with Dolly Parton, Keith Urban, and Travis Tritt.
Eric Melchor traces his path from Houston and New York to Bucharest, Romania, where a one-year recruiting contract turned into a marriage, two children, and a long-term move.
David Ledgerwood, also known as Ledge, describes building B2B revenue systems through podcasting, including a show that connected him with CTOs, VPs of engineering, and principal software engineers.
Marilyn Ball, host of Speaking of Travel, traces her path from marketing and advertising into a show that began as a radio-style program on iHeartRadio around 2013 to 2015.
Justine Finocchiaro-Doles, host of Just Talk with Justine, describes how her breast cancer survivor dragon boat team led her into podcasting and how four cancer diagnoses shaped the show.
Jordan Gass-Pooré traces a path from Seguin, Texas, to New York City, where she works as an environmental journalist and hosts Hazard and Fumed.
Harry Duran opens episode 360 with a candid note about confidence, being on film, and why audio keeps the guest in focus.
Harry Duran introduces Lou Bortone, a video marketing expert and podcast producer, and frames the conversation around podcast video, AI tools, and adapting content for YouTube and LinkedIn.
Gabby Proctor, host of Real Estate Talks, describes leaving a 15-year corporate marketing path at Univision and moving into full-time real estate in Austin in 2019.
Harry Duran speaks with Eitan Bensoussan, CEO of North One and host of This Week in Small Business, about how a science student who avoided banking ended up building a fintech company for small business owners.
Jodi Katz says Where Brains Meet Beauty began because her business coach noticed she was stronger one-on-one than in groups, and that insight led to a podcast with 300-plus episodes.
Success sounds surprisingly ordinary.
Harry Duran and Matthew Rouse treat AI as a working partner, not just another tool.
Harry Duran opens with a blunt question about sex and long-term relationships.
Harry Duran interviews Jeremy Prudhomme, CEO of OnPod, about his journey from videographer to innovator in automated podcast studios.
Harry Duran interviews Beth Jones, a former forensic accountant turned healing mentor, about her journey from investigating corporate fraud to addressing personal trauma.
Jeff Umbro says podcast strategy starts with a single question: what the show is for, because that answer shapes format, audience, and monetization.
Andrea Koskai says podcast marketing works best when it reaches existing listeners through cross-promos, newsletter features, and other places audio fans already gather.
Podcast Junkies host Harry Duran interviews Hunter Toran about masculine emotional development, somatic healing, and indigenous wisdom.
Harry Duran opens by talking about the kinds of complex, tech-forward topics that tend to draw him in, including law school, Amicus, data exploitation, AI, and machine learning.
April joins Harry for a conversation about storytelling, career movement, and how personal experience turns into professional purpose.
Harry opens with a warm welcome.
Harry Duran opens by talking about podcast interviews and why they still work so well.
James Hammond, host of Winging It Travel Podcast, discusses his 4-year journey from music industry burnout through COVID-triggered podcast launch to current professionalization.