Lana Joy - What Happens When Kelly Rowland posts your stuff?

Lana was an up and coming radio star at Nova Sydney then her Mum passed away she became a full time carer for her grandparents and her child and things changed for her. She decided she needed to get creative. She came up with a brand called MILF Life, it took off and got posted by Kelly Rowland. Wh…

What to do When You Don't Feel Like it?

Podcasting is so much effort, you have to be on and you have to be feeling it! You're going to have days when you're not in flow. When you'd rather hide in the kitchen cupboard rather than show up to a microphone and a guest with a smile.  Here's my advice on what to do when you just don't feel l…

Sounding Sweet

I know one of the things holding you back may be that you don't want to look and sound bad as a podcaster. I get it! No one wants that, that's mainly why they come to Newcastle Podcast Station or create a brand with PodcaSTAR but here in this episode I'm going to give you a tonne of advice on sound…

David McClung

I remember once having the most extraordinarily fun Christmas with Dave McClung, we worked together at Nova and week after week he won the 'Super Nova' award which was a bottle of Moet. One Christmas he cracked them out in my lounge room and we drank them with some fresh prawns, what an extraordina…

Don't Make this Podcast Mistake - Batch Recording

I think this pod might not be necessary but time after time clients are still coming to me and they record in an adhoc fashion or they record weekly to release the next week. Let me ask you this, if you had a tree, would it make sense for you to get your gardener to prune it one leaf at a time ever…

Maz Compton

Maz is an Aussie star of the TV screen and the radio airwaves. She started at MTV and has worked for SCA and Nova for most of her career.  Learn how to find your effective and believable voice on air, how to share from the heart without being cringy, the difference between podcasting and piece to …

Gaining Love and Trust from your Audience

Do you say HEY GUYS at the start of a pod? Don't. It's really important these days to get your audience to love and trust you. Trust is hard to come by these days so stuffing that up from the outset isn't a great idea.   Lots of people make basic mistakes that create a divide between them and the …

Andrew McClelland

Last time I saw Andy he was on stage doing back up for Cher! This guy is an absolute legend and an uncompromising artist. He's done stacks of TV and Radio but his heart lies in stand up, he's done acclaimed stand up shows worldwide and his heart lies in live performance.  Honestly it's a little bi…

Ben Wood

Ben Wood is an absolute champion, talented, good looking and a super humble guy. What a combo?! He heads up Woodwork Digital Studio and does Drive at Hot Tomato on the Gold Coast in Australia. He has a tonne of good advice for you so listen in.  We'd love to create an extraordinary podcast brand f…

Why 'I've got a great idea for a Podcast' is not the way in 2026

If I had a dollar for every time I've heard 'I've got a great idea for a podcast' on a Sunday morning I'd be a rich woman. People typically get on the cans on a Saturday night then call me and yabber on for half an hour or so about their great idea for a podcast. I don't always answer the call beca…