Passion helps deliver powerful messages

Winsor, will “drop” online in the coming week.

“I know I’ve got a lot of younger people who listen, and I get my reward out of it when I often get messages saying how something someone has said on the podcast has influenced their lives,” Kufe said.

Howie didn’t know what a podcast was when the idea for The Howie Games was suggested by a TV colleague.

Frustrated that most of an in-depth interview with Formula 1 racing champ Lewis Hamilton was left on the floor of the editing suite, he decided to learn more.

“I just love chatting to elite people about how they’ve achieved what they’re achieved,” he said.

He finds mental health, coping with disappointment, public scrutiny and self-doubt are common threads of his program.

IT doesn’t cost a lot of money to launch your own podcast, but it does require passion.

Mark Howard records his interviews for The Howie Games on a portable recorder that fits in his hand luggage.

“For anyone interested in doing a podcast themselves, all you really need is a couple of mikes and a recorder,” Howard said.

“Probably $800 would get you everything you need to do your own podcast.

“I think the most important thing is you need to enjoy it. If you enjoy what you’re talking about and are passionate about it, then the chances are others will too.

“I have a lot of people say to me, ‘I’ve always wanted to do a podcast’. Rather than say that, just do it.

“You don’t need to be a rocket scientist or a media mogul. You can be in Year 8 and doing your own podcast. It’s pretty cool.”

Geelong’s Steph Sanzaro said her podcast series Plant Based Body took plenty of time to produce, but the effort had its own rewards.

“The podcast has already allowed me to connect with some seriously incredible individuals I feel really lucky to have met and it has opened so many wonderful doors for me,” she said.

“But I think, like anything, it will evolve and grow.”