11 Business Podcasts to Listen to While Under Coronavirus Lockdown
Podcasts are an excellent resource. You can listen to them while cooking dinner, typing up a report, working out, or walking your dog. An easy way to learn new strategies and develop your personal skills, podcasts are also great tools for staying up to date on what is happening in the business and marketing world while you are stuck indoors. Whatever your interests, there is a wealth of information out there; all you need to do is tune in.
Here’s a round-up of some of the best business-themed podcasts in 2020.
AKIMBO
Seth Godin’s podcast is all about culture. Akimbo is an ancient word symbolizing strength, possibility, and making a difference. If you’re looking to effect change in your company culture, this is a great place to start. One of the business world’s greatest thinkers, Seth’s style is engaging, thought-provoking and entertaining. His most recent episodes, naturally, relate to business in the time of coronavirus.
HOW I BUILT THIS
This podcast from NPR relates the stories of some of the world’s biggest businesses and is particularly useful if you’re looking to scale your business. Journalist and host Guy Raz interviews some of the key players - innovators, entrepreneurs, and idealists - to shed light on the entrepreneurial journey. Raz has a gift for getting his interviewees to open up, and it’s often eye-opening. Detailing both successes and failures, this podcast is full of life lessons.
THE TIM FERRISS SHOW
Author of The 4 Hour Work Week, Tim Ferriss is one of the most popular business experts out there. His shows are long (sometimes 3 hours) but filled with life hacks, fascinating interviews with unexpected and high profile guests, and entrepreneurial know-how, all in Tim’s irreverent style. Salon has included the podcast in their list of “suggestions to make you remember the world can be a good place,” which is what we need right now.
THE BIZCHIX
Tailored to high-achieving women entrepreneurs, the BizChix podcast offers guidance on all aspects of running your business, in addition to advice on the challenges specific to women in the workplace. Host Natalie Eckdahl is a successful businesswoman and mother to three, so she is an expert in time management and outsourcing at home and at work.
MARKETING OVER COFFEE
Marketing Over Coffee offers quick and easy-to-grasp marketing tips, recorded each week from a coffee shop by hosts Christopher Penn and John Wall. As the name suggests, episodes help small businesses with marketing, offering tips on social media, email marketing, SEO, affiliate marketing and more.
HBR IDEACAST
According to its website, HBR IdeaCast is “a weekly podcast featuring the leading thinkers in business and management.” The Harvard Business Review Is a well-established source of business news and information, and their podcast offers what you would expect with this pedigree. Their recent episodes feature Harvard Professors and guests on timely subjects such as emotional discipline and adjusting to working from home. (See also: HBR’s The Anxious Achiever)
BBC BUSINESS DAILY
If you are interested in global business news, the BBC doesn’t disappoint. This podcast provides a daily dose of international news with a focus on how it impacts business, examines the global economy and its effects on business, and keeps you current on business trends.
BREAKING DOWN YOUR BUSINESS
Informal and chatty, hosts Brad Farris and Jill Salzman discuss the matters at the forefront of business owners’ minds; “How do I make more money without driving myself nuts? Why am I not a billionaire yet? How long is *that* going to take?”. Episodes are short and advice is straightforward, making this is a great resource for startups.
SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING PODCAST
Social Media Examiner’s podcast is your one-stop-shop for all things social media marketing. Host Michael Stelzner interviews social media experts and discusses strategies, tools, and tactics in episodes that run for about 45 minutes. Recent episodes look at responding to a changing marketplace and marketing in a crisis.
BUSINESS SCHOOLED
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian’s podcast is focused on unique businesses, non-Silicon Valley locations, and non-millennial entrepreneurs. Each episode is devoted to a business that doesn’t fit the traditional Silicon-valley, college dorm-room startup mold, and discovers how they started their own booming businesses from small towns all over the United States. Positive and inspiring.
A MINDFUL MOMENT
Managing stress and anxiety is crucial at this time. The host of this podcast, Teresa McKee, shares ways to relax and practice mindfulness. Recent episodes address the pandemic, discuss how to transition to working from home, and how to minimize feelings of loneliness. Take some time to decompress. Zig Ziglar said it best: "Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude."