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Podcast: New Media Show (Audio)
Episode: What Actually Grows a Podcast or Show Now? | Jordan Harbinger #649 (Audio)
Description: This week in episode 649 of the New Media Show, Rob Greenlee is joined by Jordan Harbinger to unpack the question creators ask nonstop in 2026:
What actually grows a podcast or show (and what doesn’t)?
– Jordan’s core answer is refreshingly “boring,” but real: long-term consistency, and realistic expectations about how long monetization can take—even for shows that eventually become huge.
From there, the conversation expands into the bigger shift happening right now:
– Audio podcasts increasingly competing (and collaborating) with video ecosystems especially YouTube where the “rules” and algorithmic expectations are fundamentally...