<p>Elsie Escobar is a leading light in the podcasting space when it comes to diversity, women in podcasting, and raising unheard voices.</p><p>As someone who's been in the space since 2006, Elsie is currently the community manager for podcast host Libsyn, the co-founder of She Podcasts, and a Podcast Hall of Fame inductee. She brings a wealth of experience and insights to this episode, with takeaways on how we can be better podcasters and community allies.</p><h2>Yoga as an Introduction to Podcasting</h2><p>Elsie shares how her very first podcast was as a teacher of yoga, and how that wasn't as strange as it might sound (teaching yoga via an audio format as opposed to a visual medium). It's through this podcast that her career at Libsyn began.</p><h2>From Life Changes to A Podcast Career with Libsyn</h2><p>Not long after this, Elsie was chatting with Rob Walch of Libsyn, and mentioned she was going through some big life changes, and as things would have it, this tied in perfectly with something Rob was looking for with Libsyn. The rest is history.</p><h2>Leading From the Front</h2><p>It wasn't long after Elsie started at Libsyn that she wanted to have an official podcast from the team, to help podcasters with their questions about the medium. Despite being the new person, she was driven to create the show, and pitched it to Rob, and from there The Feed was born.</p><h2>The Multiple Sides of Diversity in Podcasting</h2><p>Elsie shares where she sees advances have been made in podcasting when it comes&nbsp;to diversity, and where we still struggle, as individuals and the bigger medium, at promoting and lifting more diverse voices up. For Elsie, this really needs to start at the board and decision-makers level.</p><h2>How Bad Podcasting Advice Led to She Podcasts</h2><p>As a regular attendee of various podcast shows, Elsie soon realized that a lot of the advice given at these events was pretty generic, and wouldn't help with the goals she had. Along with Jessica Kupferman, she co-founded She Podcasts, where women could find a private, supportive space that shared the type of advice needed to grow, and flourish.</p><h2>The Power of Being Undeniable as a Woman in Podcasting</h2><p>The theme for this year's She Podcasts Live event is "undeniable", and this is something that Elsie is very passionate about for all women in podcasting. It goes beyond the goal for the event itself, and looks to make sure every woman can say "I won't be denied".</p><p><strong>Connect with Elsie:</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.shepodcasts.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">She Podcasts</a></li><li><a href="https://shepodcastslive.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">She Podcasts Live</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/theelsieescobar" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Elsie on Twitter</a></li><li><a href="http://thefeed.libsyn.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Feed</a></li></ul><br/><p><strong>Contact me:</strong>&nbsp;<a href="mailto:danny@dannybrown.me" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">danny@dannybrown.me</a></p><h4>Products I use for Pod Chat</h4><p><em>Note: these contain affiliate links, so I may get a small percentage of any product you buy/use when using my link.</em></p><p><strong>My equipment:</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://amzn.to/2ZOhDbC" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Electro-Voice RE320</a></li><li><a href="https://amzn.to/3geVL2w" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Motu M2 Audio Interface</a></li><li><a href="https://amzn.to/3JUtJVn" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sony MDR-7506 Studio Monitor Headphones</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ocwhite.com/product/podcast-pro-microphone-boom/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Podcast Pro Boom Arm by Accu-Lite and O.C. 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