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One December evening in 2019, Chris Stedman noticed a new message in his inbox from his friend Alex, sent at exactly 7 p.m. He and Alex hadn’t talked in a while—was Alex writing to tell him off for being a bad friend? But it wasn’t that. “listen,” the note read. “i am writing to let you know that when you receive this scheduled email, i will no longer be alive.”

Welcome to Unread, a podcast from iHeart that has landed on many best-of-2021 lists while striking a deep chord with its audience.

Inside today’s episode, Jay speaks with Chris Stedman, creator and writer of Unread, a show with a unique approach toward mental health and cultural icons. Chris breaks down the process of conceptualizing an intimately personal project with a team, and how podcasting differs from the written word.

Chris Stedman is a Minneapolis-based writer, speaker, and professor who currently teaches in the Department of Religion and Philosophy at Augsburg University. He is the author of IRL and Faitheist, and Unread is his first podcast.

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3 Clips is a Castos Original Series. Castos provides tools for public and private podcasts and believes podcasters should own their turf to provide the best possible audience experience. Visit http://castos.com 

INSIDE THIS EPISODE: 

Unread can be found at: https://chrisstedmanwriter.com/unread/

Tweet at Unread host Chris Stedman here: https://twitter.com/ChrisDStedman

Follow 3 Clips host Jay Acunzo on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/jayacunzo/

This episode was produced by Jude Brewer. Learn more: www.judebrewer.com

Music provided by Tyler Littwin

The World needs more sensitive creators. Content that moves the world, moves listeners and make things better. And you know what? That doesn’t have to come in the form of some epic narrative. It can be stories from daily life. The seemingly innocuous details of our day-to-day can provide inspiration.

Enter Ian Coss. For this episode he and Jay break down his five part series, Forever is a Long Time. Ian explores the topic of marriage by interviewing members of his family who are divorced, which is most of them. These candid and poignant conversation with his relatives are both deeply personal and relatable at the same time.

Ian is an award winning musician, podcaster and sound designer who has worked with well known outlets like PRX, and the nationally syndicated radio show, The World. He’s been recognized with a national Edward R. Murrow Award for excellence in sound and his music is even featured in museums. Forever is a Long Time, however, was produced independently, something he and Jay discuss at length.

EXPLORE THE SHOW

Visit http://3clipspodcast.com for all episodes of the show. 

LEARN MORE ABOUT 3 CLIPS HOST JAY ACUNZO

Subscribe to his newsletter, explore his course for podcasters, or watch and listen to all of Jay’s shows and projects at http://jayacunzo.com 

LEARN MORE ABOUT CASTOS

3 Clips is a Castos Original Series. Castos provides tools for public and private podcasts and believes podcasters should own their turf to provide the best possible audience experience. Visit http://castos.com 

INSIDE THIS EPISODE:

Forever is a Long Time can be found at: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/forever-is-a-long-time/id1570813696

Connect with Ian: https://iancoss.com

Follow 3 Clips host Jay Acunzo on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/jayacunzo/

This episode was produced by Andrea Muraskin and Stuart Barefoot

Music was provided by Tyler Litwin

We’re hard at work on new episodes of 3 Clips, so here’s an oldie but a goodie — one of our most popular episodes…

We’ve got a dynamic co-hosting duo: welcome Ashley Hamer and Cody Gough of Curiosity Daily. A daily, yes, daily (!), podcast about science, which is part of Discovery.

Host Jay Acunzo gets into great topics with Cody and Ashley, starting with, how, just how do they put out a well researched and fact-checked show every single day? This episode also covers topics of performing on the mic, how these two make a co-hosting relationship work, how to communicate science to a general audience, and more. 

And to that last topic, being a science communicator to a wide audience, Ashley had a great thought to add after we recorded, so hang out past all the credits and even past the closing theme music to hear what she had to say. It’s worth it!

INSIDE THIS EPISODE: 

Curiosity Daily can be found here: https://www.curiositydaily.com/

Follow Curiosity Daily on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/curiositydotcom

Follow Ashley Hamer on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/smashleyhamer

Follow Cody Gough on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/producercody

From Play It Forward: This week’s recommended podcasts are, from Ashley, Everything is Alive: https://www.everythingisalive.com/ and from Cody, Citations Needed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/citations-needed/id1258545975

Follow 3 Clips host Jay Acunzo on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/jayacunzo/

3 Clips is a show about the craft of podcasting, and the passion behind that craft. But how do we translate that passion into income? On this special episode, business partners Kinsey Grant and Josh Kaplan help us answer this question. Kinsey is the host of Thinking is Cool, where she takes listeners deep into the key topics affecting their work and lives, to encourage us all to stop and think more critically about the nuances inside those ideas. She covers topics like drugs and why we do them, billionaires and whether they should exist, the concept of the girl boss, and the political system in the US and how we might fix it. Kinsey is also the Chief Content Officer of the startup that she co-founded, Smooth Operations and Creator Services, aka Smooth Ops. Josh Kaplan is the co-founder of Thinking is Cool and co-founder and CEO of Smooth Ops. He runs the business back end for Thinking is Cool, and works on revenue generating projects for independent creators, many of whom are podcasters too. In this episode of 3 Clips, Josh, Kinsey and Jay talk working relationships, going indie, the role of a journalist/host in podcast advertising, and more. 

EXPLORE THE SHOW

Visit 3clipspodcast.com for all episodes of the show. 

LEARN MORE ABOUT 3 CLIPS HOST JAY ACUNZO

Subscribe to his newsletter, explore his course for podcasters, or watch and listen to all of Jay’s shows and projects at jayacunzo.com 

LEARN MORE ABOUT CASTOS

3 Clips is a Castos Original Series. Castos provides tools for public and private podcasts and believes podcasters should own their turf to provide the best possible audience experience. Visit castos.com 

INSIDE THIS EPISODE: 

Thinking is Cool can be found here: thinkingiscool.com

Learn more about Kinsey and Josh’s consulting firm for creators, Smooth Operations and Creator Services: smoothops.xyz

Kinsey Grant originally appeared on 3 Clips while in her previous job as host of Business Casual for Morning Brew. Listen to that episode here: 3clipspodcast.com/morning-brews-business-casual-how-to-interview-famous-overly-polished-guests-ft-kinsey-grant/

Follow Kinsey Grant on Twitter here: twitter.com/KinseyGrant

Follow Josh Kaplan on Twitter here: twitter.com/jkaplan1

Follow 3 Clips host Jay Acunzo on Twitter here: twitter.com/jayacunzo

This episode was produced by Andrea Muraskin. Learn more: andreamuraskin.com

Music for this episode was provided by Tyler Littwin.

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