Women Who Podcast - How to start, run and grow your podcast

Alison Fraser

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Welcome to Women Who Podcast the podcast for side-hustling women who are ambitious but time-limited. This podcast is for women who are either already podcast hosts or are just starting out. Each episode is aimed at giving you the confidence boost you need to get started - and to keep going - as well as to create a sisterhood of women already doing it. Alison Fraser is an experienced journalist and avid podcast listener who is on a mission to give women the platform to use their voice for good. If you have something to say then this is your...

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Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026

Alison Fraser makes the business of podcasting legible through candid interviews about growth, workload, marketing and sustainable production.

Women Who Podcast - How to start, run and grow your podcast treats podcasting as practical operating work. Alison Fraser interviews other hosts about discoverability, guest pitching, audience growth, production demands and the role a show can play in building a business.

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Instagram fatigue meets a six-episode trial run; Alison Fraser gives your podcast ambition room to breathe.

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Easy and affordable ways to get PR for your podcast with Angel Wilborn

Low-cost podcast PR advice that stays grounded in practical next steps.

Podcast PR is framed as practical work, not a glossy side of the industry: Angel Wilborn talks about making a show name better known, finding opportunities that do not break the bank, and starting without hiring help.

Lauren Wrighton on how podcast managers help grow your show

A practical case for outsourcing the work that is slowing a show down.

Lauren Wrighton treats podcast management as the work that keeps a show from stalling when production starts to get in the way of the message. The piece works best when it shows the role as weekly execution, creative judgment, and wider strategy, not just editing.

How you can make your podcast processes more efficient with Lisa Zawrotny

Practical batching ideas for podcasters who need more breathing room.

This episode treats batching as a simple way to make podcast work less scattered. Lisa Zerotny, host of Positively Living, brings a calm, practical lens and points to meal prep, grocery shopping, cooking, phone calls, note-taking, and guest outreach as things that can be grouped…

Mikki Williden on how to get back on track after Christmas

A grounded holiday-eating reset that favors confidence over shame.

This episode frames holiday eating as a reset rather than a moral verdict. Alison Fraser opens with the familiar mix of abundance, slipping habits, guilt, and shame, then brings the focus back to feeling empowered, confident, and not deprived.

How to repurpose your podcast content with Emily Aborn

Practical repurposing advice for time-limited podcasters who want more reach from each episode.

Alison Fraser and Emily Aborn spend this episode on a useful, slightly messy problem: how to turn one recording into something that can keep working after it is published. Emily keeps circling back to reuse, and that feels like the right center of gravity.

Mary Lee on how podcasting is helping build a business

A calm case for podcasting as a trust-building tool for women building a business.

This episode treats podcasting less as a marketing tactic and more as a way to earn trust. Mary Lee's path, from a whisper of an idea to a new business, gives the conversation a clear center.

Systems and workflows for your podcast with Dolly DeLong

A practical systems lesson for podcasters managing guests, launches, and day-to-day admin.

This episode stays close to the work itself, and that is what makes it useful. Dolly DeLong lays out how she balances podcasting with a family photography business and family life, then shows the systems that keep launches moving and the follow-through from falling apart.

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Episodes

  1. 1

    Easy and affordable ways to get PR for your podcast with Angel Wilborn

    Alison Fraser talks with Angel Wilborn about simple, affordable ways to get a podcast name better known.

    ·32m·2 clips
  2. 2

    How bilingual podcaster Ydaiber Orozco chose which language to use

    Hidden gem

    Idaiba Orozco joins from Los Angeles.

    ·38m·2 clips
  3. 3

    Robin Hackney interviews Alison Fraser on Spandex and Wine

    Hidden gem

    Alison Fraser tells Robin Hackney how a UK childhood that included avoiding school sports turned into a New Zealand life of Ironman races, Parkrun organizing, and endurance training.

    ·31m·2 clips
  4. 4

    Overcome your fears and start that podcast, with Becca Ingersoll

    Hidden gem

    Alison Fraser’s Women Who Podcast episode with Becca Ingersoll centers on starting a podcast while managing anxiety, rejection fears, and a family history that includes twins born at 23 weeks, 6 days and one son’s leukemia treatment.

    ·31m·2 clips
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    Why pausing your podcast can be the best idea with Joyce Layman

    Host Alison Fraser interviews Joyce Lehman about why pausing a podcast can be beneficial, focusing on Joyce's experience with her show In Lehman's Terms.

    ·25m·2 clips
  6. 6

    How Ana Gonzalez fits podcasting into a jam packed calendar

    Hidden gem

    Ana Gonzalez, the host of Biz Haps, says she records eight episodes every Wednesday and publishes them three times a week while raising her nine-year-old son as a solo parent.

    ·28m·1 clip
  7. 7

    Feel like quitting? Kristin Fitch shares how she got over that

    Host Alison Fraser interviews Kristin Fitch, a podcaster with over 400 episodes across two shows, about overcoming the urge to quit podcasting.

    ·18m·1 clip
  8. 8

    Start the year strong with Alisha Carlson

    Host Alison Fraser interviews Alicia Coulson, host of the Strong Her Way podcast, about starting a podcast and making sustainable lifestyle changes.

    ·24m·2 clips
  9. 9

    Mary Lee on how podcasting is helping build a business

    Hidden gem

    Alison Fraser talks with Mary Lee about podcasting, intimacy, and business.

    ·43m·1 clip
  10. 10

    Stop checking your metrics, get help and other wisdom from Wild Visionary Audra Bartlett

    Alison Fraser welcomes Audra Bartlett of Wild Visionary for a warm conversation about podcasting, metrics, and keeping the work moving.

    ·52m·5 clips
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    How to be your own date this Valentines with From Devastated To Divorced host Josie Falcon

    ·18m
  12. 12

    How to market your podcast (and guest on other shows) with Aoife O'Brien

    Hidden gem

    Aoife O'Brien, host of the Happier at Work podcast, says she markets her show through LinkedIn, a separate podcast page, and a newsletter with embedded Spotify audio.

    ·49m·3 clips
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    What I would do if I were starting all over again

    Host Alison Fraser shares five things she would do differently if starting her podcast over, including better planning, recording more solo episodes, ignoring metrics, avoiding comparison, and promoting earlier.

    ·12m·1 clip
  14. 14

    Can you stop your podcast and restart with a better focus? Sonya Lovell did.

    Hidden gem

    Sonia Lovell talks about why Dear Menopause needed a pause.

    ·44m
  15. 15

    Stacey Simms on lessons learned from 10 years of podcasting

    Stacey Simms рассказывает how a search for better information after her son’s type 1 diabetes diagnosis led to Diabetes Connections.

    ·45m·1 clip
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    How to repurpose your podcast content with Emily Aborn

    Alison Fraser opens by saying recording and publishing are the fun part.

    ·35m
  17. 17

    Adventures with Cat Caldwell Myers

    Hidden gem

    Women Who Podcast welcomes Kat Caldwell-Meyers for a conversation about how The Adventure Paradox came about and the life changes around it.

    ·38m·1 clip
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    Lauren Wrighton on how podcast managers help grow your show

    Production can become the wall.

    ·34m·6 clips
  19. 19

    Meet the women who keep me accountable, AKA why accountability groups are amazing

    Hidden gem

    Women Who Podcast brings together Allison, Robin Hackney, Becca Ingersoll, and Penny Fitzgerald for a recorded accountability-group conversation built around exercise, joy, and podcast goals.

    ·39m·2 clips
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    Systems and workflows for your podcast with Dolly DeLong

    Women Who Podcast features interview with Dolly DeLong of Systems and Workflow Magic podcast.

    ·43m·2 clips
  21. 21

    Cultivating a Community Off-Air with Carla Ward

    ·24m·5 clips
  22. 22

    Can your podcast be about two different subjects? Robin Hackney says yes

    ·20m·11 clips
  23. 23

    Rain Stickney on making podcasting playful

    Do the thing that you would do when nobody's watching.

    ·23m·1 clip
  24. 24

    Rosemarie Callender on how you can grow your podcast without social media

    Hidden gem

    Rosemary Callender explains why she stepped away from the social media hustle.

    ·1h 3m·4 clips
  25. 25

    Mikki Williden on how to get back on track after Christmas

    Hidden gem

    Alison Fraser opens on the tired, guilty feeling that can follow Christmas eating.

    ·35m·2 clips
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    How you can make your podcast processes more efficient with Lisa Zawrotny

    Hidden gem

    Alison Fraser opens by circling back to recent practical topics like repurposing content and squeezing podcast work into a jam-packed calendar.

    ·34m·2 clips
  27. 27

    How often should I release a new podcast episode?

    Jan 14, 2024·7m
  28. 28

    How long should by episodes be? (How To Podcast)

    Jan 7, 2024·5m
  29. 29

    How to Podcast: Legal considerations for you and your podcast

    Dec 31, 2023·6m
  30. 30

    How to Podcast: What's an RSS Feed?

    Dec 17, 2023·7m
  31. 31

    How do I get my podcast into a listener's ears?

    Dec 10, 2023·5m
  32. 32

    Alexis Armstrong on how podcasting is raising women's profiles

    Dec 5, 2023·27m
  33. 33

    How to record an episode

    Dec 3, 2023·9m
  34. 34

    Tammie Chrin on self-publishing

    Nov 28, 2023·27m
  35. 35

    How to podcast and build a community with Allison and Julie from the Podlander Drunkcast

    Nov 26, 2023·49m
  36. 36

    Brandi Kelly is The Sober Bartender

    Nov 21, 2023·22m
  37. 37

    Gwendolyn Dolske's Good is in the Details

    Nov 14, 2023·22m
  38. 38

    Jen Liss from Untethered with Jen Liss on evolving as a podcaster

    Nov 7, 2023·27m
  39. 39

    Women Who Podcast Trailer

    Nov 5, 2023·1m
  40. 40

    Raising Athletes with Kirsten Jones

    Oct 31, 2023·30m
  41. 41

    She's Brave with Kristina Driscoll

    Oct 24, 2023·24m
  42. 42

    Life Changing Trips with Harmony Williams

    Oct 17, 2023·23m
  43. 43

    Let's Slow Down with Annemarie Stolting

    Oct 10, 2023·18m
  44. 44

    Design Her Travel with Kim Anderson

    Oct 3, 2023·25m
  45. 45

    Unlock Your Child's Full Potential with Billy Ivanova

    Sep 28, 2023·25m
  46. 46

    Seeking Sunshine with Karaleigh Garrison

    Sep 26, 2023·26m
  47. 47

    Delicious Alignment High Vibing Conversations with Rhonda Ryder

    Sep 21, 2023·18m
  48. 48

    Real Life Momz with Lisa Foster

    Sep 19, 2023·17m
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    Creative Soundscapes with Margaret Soraya

    Sep 14, 2023·16m
  50. 50

    Wild Nutrition with Chris Heskett

    Sep 12, 2023·16m
  51. 51

    Me, Myself and My Vagina with Catherine Elbourn

    Sep 7, 2023·18m
  52. 52

    The Eating Me podcast with Alicia Christian

    Sep 5, 2023·18m
  53. 53

    Unboxable with Alena Turley

    Aug 31, 2023·18m
  54. 54

    Unapologetically Successful with Suzanna Helia

    Aug 29, 2023·17m
  55. 55

    How to start a podcast: The equipment

    Aug 26, 2023·6m
  56. 56

    Queenstown Life with Jane Guy

    Aug 22, 2023·23m
  57. 57

    How to start a podcast: The idea

    Aug 19, 2023·7m
  58. 58

    Generally Spooky History with Kieran MacRae

    Aug 15, 2023·17m
  59. 59

    How to podcast: The stories you're telling yourself

    Aug 13, 2023·7m
  60. 60

    Making Mediumship The Norm with Melissa Espinasse

    Aug 8, 2023·18m
  61. 61

    Welcome to pod bites

    Aug 6, 2023·1m
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    Episode 22: Become Unstoppable with Natalie Tolhopf

    Jun 19, 2023·29m
  63. 63

    Episode 21: The Courage to Be with Tania Vasallo

    Jun 12, 2023·35m
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    Episode 20: Three things to do this June to get free publicity

    Jun 5, 2023·5m
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    Episode 19: The Soap Shakin' Sisters

    May 29, 2023·32m
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    Episode 18: Lia Lamela is forging a career in a man's world - and telling the world about it

    May 15, 2023·33m
  67. 67

    Episode 17: Brittany Miller on getting great

    May 8, 2023·19m
  68. 68

    Episode 16: Anna Burns on taking care of yourself

    May 1, 2023·26m
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    Episode 15: Teresa Reiniger on living after grief

    Apr 24, 2023·33m
  70. 70

    Episode 14: Dr Ailina Ismail on overcoming fatigue

    Apr 10, 2023·35m
  71. 71

    Episode 13: Is getting featured on a podcast the right thing for my brand?

    Apr 3, 2023·6m
  72. 72

    Episode 12 Emmy nominated journalist Jennifer Rogers Markwell on how to get on TV

    Mar 27, 2023·19m
  73. 73

    Episode 11: Sarah Cross on the art of storytelling

    Mar 20, 2023·26m
  74. 74

    Episode 10: Three Things You Can Do Today To Get Publicity

    Mar 13, 2023·8m
  75. 75

    Episode 9: Small businesses in the media today

    Mar 6, 2023·7m
  76. 76

    Episode 8: Eileen Jones on making PR uncomplicated

    Feb 27, 2023·40m
  77. 77

    Lifting the lid on perimenopause with Dr Linda Dear

    Feb 20, 2023·39m
  78. 78

    Episode 6: Girls Get Off's Viv and Jo on getting publicity when your subject is x-rated

    Feb 13, 2023·27m
  79. 79

    Episode 5: Meaghan Jean Smith on creating her own audience

    Feb 6, 2023·32m
  80. 80

    Bonus: What three ingredients make a great story

    Jan 30, 2023·8m
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    Episode 4: Mindset tips with mindset coach Leigh Ashton

    Jan 30, 2023·31m
  82. 82

    Episode 3: Get in tune with your cycle with Monique Dickson

    Jan 23, 2023·22m
  83. 83

    Episode 2: Three reasons why you don't need a publicist

    Jan 16, 2023·9m
  84. 84

    Episode 1: Setting publicity goals with Aims Watts

    Jan 9, 2023·22m
  85. 85

    Episode 0 Meet your host Alison Fraser

    Jan 9, 2023·4m