Even if your podcast never grew a single new listener, it would still be worth doing. Because every episode you record is a public speaking rep. And if you're intentional about it, your podcast can accelerate your growth as a communicator faster than almost anything else. In this episode, Jon shares three specific, practical ways to use your podcast to become a more confident, more credible public speaker.

The first strategy is transcript analysis. Run your raw transcript through an AI tool and ask it to count your filler words. The ums, the ahs, the likes. Jon did this himself and found 170 filler words in a single early episode. Once you see the number, you can't unsee it, and it becomes a game to reduce it. Fewer filler words correlate strongly with more confident, more prepared delivery. The second strategy is reducing your notes over t ...