Welcome to our Between Two Mics community series, The Community Interviews. In this series, Zach and Rock are sharing SquadCaster interviews that they’ve recorded. They spoke with more than 15 podcasters over the past few months who record their shows on SquadCast.fm.

Zach and Rock spoke with scientists, doctors, lawyers, artists, business execs, mental health advocates, and everyone in between, about what it’s like to be a content creator.

In this week’s episode, our last of the series AND of the year, Zach shares his conversations with podcasters who tell stories of social issues and mental health. You’ll meet Phil, Jane, Keith, JJ, Kelly, Jayde, and Manny.

Why are we sharing The Community Interviews? We want to show off our amazing SquadCast community. We asked them about their lives, their passions, their podcasts, and more. And this series is to honor them! And to tell the world about what they’re up to.

Today’s episode features

Phil and Jane of Unhinged and Bumbled Up
Keith Casebonne of You First: Disability Rights Florida
JJ and Kelly of Red, Blue, and Brady
Manny Faces of Hip Hop Can Save America and Newsbeat
Jayde Barber of Students of Mind

Learn from Phil and Jane about using social media to grow a podcast. They share their tips for using Instagram and Tik Tok to convert followers to listeners. Meet Keith Casebonne, who runs a podcast for a non-profit that brings resources to the disability community. JJ and Kelly use their podcast to tell the stories of those affected by gun violence. Next up is Manny Faces, who believes in hip hop as a way to save America! And Jayde Barber brings it home with a powerful lesson on taking one's mental health seriously.

Extras in today’s episode

Credits

This episode was written and edited by Arielle Nissenblatt, SquadCast’s community manager
This episode was mixed and mastered by Vince Moreno Jr., SquadCast’s head of support and audio
The music in this episode is from Shawn Valles, SquadCast’s support specialist
This episode is hosted by Rock Felder, SquadCast’s co-founder of CFO
Our logo and designs are by Alex Whedbee, SquadCast chief of design
Our transcript is by Ian Powell

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