I am wrapping up my fourth year podcasting, and have been reviewing all the data from my podcasts produced and posted during 2019. What I will do here is look at three types of podcasts and list them based on the number of times an access is made to one of my podcasts and all or most of the podcast is played.
I will categorize my podcasts in three parts – candidate podcasts, Arts&Fishers podcasts and all other podcasts. When it comes to the candidate podcasts, several of those productions had lots of listeners, but the candidate lost. This could be connected to local Fishers voters wanting to know as much about the office hopefuls, especially those not well known around town before their candidacy for office.
So, based on my podcasting statistics, let’s look at the most-listened-to podcasts I produced in 2019. Each title includes a link to the podcast, if you wish to listen.
CANDIDATE PODCASTS
1) Logan Day – Mr. Day ran against incumbent Mayor Scott Fadness in the May Republican Primary election and lost.
2) Jackie Bowen – Ms. Bowen ran against incumbent City Clerk Jennifer Kehl, and lost in the May GOP Primary.
3) Gurinder Singh – Mr. Singh ran for an at-large city council seat, but lost in the Republican Primary.
4) Scott Fadness – The incumbent Fishers mayor recorded a podcast shortly before the May GOP primary. He was renominated and had no opponent in the November general election
5. Paula Hughel – Ms. Hughel was a Republican Primary candidate in the Southeast District, but lost to incumbent Pete Peterson.
OTHER FISHERS PODCASTS
1) HSEqual – HSEqual was a group formed over the Hamilton Southeastern (HSE) School Board debate about a school nondiscrimination policy. A policy backed by HSEqual was enacted by the board. This podcast features Jamie Cairn and Michael Vance, Two of the founders of HSEqual, before the final vote was taken by the school board.
2) Mayor Scott Fadness – This podcast has become an annual tradition. This production was recorded and posted in early January, 2019, talking about the year 2018 and what might be coming in 2019.
3) Coverdale Consulting – Coverdale Consulting has built a reputation as one of the most prominent political consulting firms locally for Republican candidates. On this podcast, I spoke with Rachael Coverdale and Andrew Grieder about the firm on May 21st.
4) HSE School Supt. Allen Bourff – This was recorded on the first day of school year for students, August 7th
5) Nickel Pate Rails & Trails – Logan Day, in his role with “Save The Nickel Plate,” and Tom Williams from Indiana Trails, were advocating for a rail plus trail concept along the Nickel Plate. Their campaign was unsuccessful as the rails were removed a short time after this podcast was recorded and posted.
ARTS&FISHERS PODCASTS
1) Review of the film Joker – This was the most listened-to podcast of the entire year, which is a bit odd because I did not give this film a good review. But more people listened.
2) Ford vs. Ferrari – This is another film review, I absolutely loved this movie!
3. A Star is Born – Seems when I post a podcast review that is less than positive, more people listen…that’s what happened in this case.
4. Meeting Gorbachev – Famed German film director Werner Herzog had lengthy talks with the man that oversaw the dismantling of the Soviet Empire. Whatever you thought you knew about Gorbachev, you will learn something new by watching this excellent documentary film.
5. Downton Abbey – This British TV show got the full-blown feature film treatment here, and for reasons that continue to escape me, lots of people listened to my podcast review.
So, there it is, most listened-to podcasts in three categories of my podcasts. I feel blessed that during 2019 there were more than 16,000 times one of my podcasts were listened-to, either entirely or mostly. Thanks to all my podcasting listeners. One thing you can do, if you choose to do so, is rate my podcast on whatever platform you use to listen. A rating and a comment would be great, particularly on iTunes.