Trailblazing Latinas Amplifying Our Latinx Stories #ClaimPodParity
We are having our first panel episode to honor and celebrate the women’s podcasting movement, #ClaimPodParity.
Women are innovating podcasting in exciting, critical ways and shifting the industry.
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Top women podcasting experts, leaders, and bosses are coming together to amplify each other and take up space!
We are essential to bringing awareness to the talent and expertise of those historically excluded and underinvested voices.
What was a male-dominated enterprise is no longer and women podcasting experts are driving this culture shift!
And it all starts with #ClaimPodParity
Ellas, I’m proud and honored to share that I’m part of this inspiring collective!
And to amplify #ClaimPodParity we are doing a panel episode with 3 of the most influential, inspiring, and trailblazing Latina leaders in the podcast industry.
It is my honor and privilege to welcome, Elsie Escobar, the co-founder of She Podcasts and creator and organizer behind #ClaimPodParity, Juleyka Lantigua, founder of award-winning digital media studio LWC Studios, and Pam Covarrubias, Liberation Business Coach and host of Cafe con Pam.
We go deep on building self-confidence to amplify our Latinx stories, not asking for permission to create cultivate safe spaces within podcasting, why it’s vital to rest to fuel your creativity, and why you should just start amplifying your voz!
If you have been stuck in your podcasting journey or are afraid to embark on it, then listen to this powerful panel episode to feel motivated to comenzar ahora!
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ON NOT ALLOWING SELF-DOUBT AND NEGATIVE VOICES STOP YOU FROM PODCASTING…
“What kept me going was to remind myself, ‘well, you’re doing it because you want to see it, so show up girl,” - Pam Covarrubias
“The confidence came in spending my own money and basically betting on myself.” - Juleyka Lantigua
“In podcasting is how I got my confidence.” - Elsie Escobar
ON IGNORING THE NEGATIVE OPINIONS OF OTHERS WHEN STARTING YOUR PODCAST JOURNEY…
“I decided that to have a life like no one else, I would have to sacrifice like no one else.” - Juleyka Lantigua
“You can’t have a Plan B because if you do, then Plan A you’re already planning for it to fail. For me, I had to remind myself constantly that I wanted Plan A to work out and make it happen despite the sacrifices I had to make.” - Pam Covarrubias
“I’ve never had a 9-5 job in my entire life because I have been scrappy at being able to do all of the things.” - Elsie Escobar
ON CREATING SAFE SPACES FOR YOUR COMUNIDAD WITHIN PODCASTING…
“To always think of the most vulnerable first. Don’t take things for granted. Just get super crazy about being able to look it and go, ‘how would this person feel if this were happening? How can I create a place where I am able to protect the most vulnerable?" - Elsie Escobar
“I think a safe space is co-created with all of the members that are part of whichever group and even the building of community is co-created because it’s something that every single person that contributes to.” - Pam Covarrubias
ON TAKING A PAUSE IN YOUR PODCASTING JOURNEY TO FUEL YOUR ENERGY TO AMPLIFY YOUR VOZ…
“I remind myself that my body has been created to also rest, to also pause. to also take a break, and to take a nap if I need to. And it’s also a white supremacist principle to overwork yourself to the core, to use your body as a working horse and so I rebel against that because that’s not what my body is here to do.” - Pam Covarrubias
“It’s this survival thing and so I have to catch myself, talk with myself, let go and I often don’t succeed. Because I do have this drive, but I do see it and I see it’s not helpful sometimes. I see that it’s hurtful to my self at times. I recognize that I need more moments of pause and I’m taking them more.” - Elsie Escobar
ON STARTING YOUR PODCASTING JOURNEY…
“Do it. Practice it. Do all the things. Get guests on your show, have interviews with other people, book a panel discussion like this, lead a panel discussion, do a solo show, edit a couple of things together, test yourself if you can do a little storytelling of 5 minutes of where you put all kinds of neat things together and add music and cut things out. See if you can do that - all of that is gonna make you better.” - Elsie Escobar
“Once you do the thing, then check your bandwidth and figure out what you love doing. Figure out what you hate doing and delegate that shit out.” - Pam Covarrubias
To learn how you can support #ClaimPodParity visit here.
Muchas gracias to Elsie for creating, coordinating, and inviting me to #ClaimPodParity and saying yes to this panel discussion! Muchas gracias Juleyka and Pam for accepting my invitation and sharing your time and stories with me.
Gracias to Jen Edds for allowing me to use her wonderful song, #ClaimPodParity for this special panel episode. Check out our Q&A here! She’s also been pivotal in my podcasting journey!
Gracias to Libsyn for the space to amplify #ClaimPodParity and muchas gracias to our partners for helping make this possible: Goodpods, Podchaser, Overcast, Podfest, Castro, and Podcast Business Journal.
