The Recap

Elsie Escobar is an influencer, podcasting mentor, advocate, pundit, and co-host of She Podcasts and The Feed. Elsie works in the cross-section of technology, digital media and holistic living with a heavy bias on podcast strategy and creative use of audio. A podcaster since 2006, she was one of the first female indie podcasters using audio to teach yoga. In fact, her first podcast, Elsie’s Yoga Class, has now been downloaded over 4 million times! She is currently the only female pundit in the podcasting space with expert insight into indie podcasters’ impact, influence, and power. Her obsession for podcasting got her a job working with Libsyn, the leading podcast host and distribution network, and has been there since 2007. Elsie has worked to cultivate a strongly engaged community through The Feed: The Official Libsyn podcast, which she both co-hosts and produces. The Feed’s sole focus is keeping people podcasting. She also co-runs the largest community for women in podcasting with a corresponding podcast called She Podcasts. Their sole mission is to empower women to continue to share their voices while creating a safe community of podcasting education and support.

In this episode, Jennifer and Elsie talk all about the pains and joys of motherhood and finding a balance between being a mother and a creator. They open up about their shared experiences breaking into the entertainment industry and the difficulties they both encountered. Elsie shares her podcasting origin story and discusses her podcasts, She Podcasts and The Feed. Finally, Elsie speaks to the incredible growth and success of her podcasts as well as her goals for the upcoming year.

Episode Highlights

00:50 – Jennifer discusses her trip to New York

01:25 – Jennifer highlights two companies she’s been collaborating with, Loom and SoulKu

04:37 – Introducing today’s guest, Elsie Escobar

06:41 – Elsie talks about a recent event she hosted

11:57 – How Elsie got into podcasting

17:44 – Jennifer and Elsie talk about their shared experiences trying to break into the entertainment industry

21:47 – Elsie’s first podcast, Elsie’s Yoga Class

26:19 – The decision to leave Los Angeles

28:05 – Reigniting the creative spark post-having children

34:07 – The genesis of She Podcasts

36:58 – The incredible growth and success of Elsie’s other podcast, The Feed

38:20 – Elsie’s goals for 2020

39:48 – What does Elsie think about when she hears the word ‘love’?

43:29 – Where in the world would Elsie most like to live?

44:36 – How does Elsie define serenity?

45:18 – Lightning round of questions

56:35 – Jennifer reminds the audience to visit the websites for SoulKu and Loom for a special discount

Tweetable Quotes

“To me, everything is about mission, and vision, and values; that’s me. I am all about the bigger picture.”

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“Hollywood is so visually stimulating for everybody. I just felt so not seen because people were putting me in a specific thing. Like, I was the hot Latina chick. The end.”

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“I tried to podcast but, alas, I was podcasting as, ya know, yoga podcasting. Energetically I felt that I needed to really respect the people who were listening, and I had to be really on. You can’t fake that man. Podcasting is so hard to fake.”

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“I think that the description isn’t necessarily clinical depression because it’s not like I couldn’t get out of bed or having these dark thoughts. It was a feeling of, ‘Oh my God, I’m gonna go nuts if I don’t have space. I need to get out of here. Get off of me. Don’t suck on my boobs anymore!’”

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“Now, my hubby’s calling sex ‘cookies.’ So, all of a sudden, I’ll look at my phone and I’ll get a cookie emoji and I’m like, ‘Ahh crap!’ It’s the signal and he’s like, ‘Cookies tonight?’ And I’m like, ‘How ‘bout tomorrow night?’”

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