Episode 279
279: Podcast360 Podcast feed drop
In this special feed drop episode, Anthony Weaver, host of the About That Wallet podcast, shares an insightful conversation from his guest appearance on Podcast360 with Stephanie Gonzalez. Discover the intriguing journey behind Anthony's podcasting career and his mission to empower the sandwich generation with financial confidence. Dive into a fun game of "Two Truths and a Lie" and explore the challenges and triumphs of Anthony’s podcasting journey.
In this episode, we explore:
The inspiration behind starting the About That Wallet podcast and the impact of COVID-19 on its creation.
The transformative pivot to video content and overcoming personal insecurities to reach a wider audience.
The role of AI tools in enhancing podcast production and the benefits of using tools like Eddie by Headliner.
The importance of storytelling and personal connection in podcasting.
Insights into meeting fans and creating meaningful connections through video content.
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Transcript
>> Anthony: What up, everybody? Welcome back to another exciting
Speaker:show with the about that wallet podcast. On this
Speaker:episode, I decided to do a feed drop. And
Speaker:the feed drop in podcasting is where I dropp an
Speaker:episode from another podcast that I was
Speaker:on. So this episode is
Speaker:from a recording that I did with
Speaker:Stephanie Gonzalez on the
Speaker:podcast360 podcast. So
Speaker:let's go down and take a deep dive and get to learn a little bit
Speaker:about me.
Speaker:>> Podcast360: Here we go.
Speaker:>> Podcast360: If you love this podcast, then wouldn't you love to know how it came
Speaker:to be? That's what we're asking your favorite podcast hosts on this
Speaker:Week's episode of
Speaker:Podcast360M.
Speaker:>> Podcast360: There we go.
Speaker:>> Podcast360: Welcome to Podcast360, powered by the Podcast
Speaker:Academy. In three questions answered in 60 seconds
Speaker:each, you'll experience a 360 degree view of
Speaker:podcasting from a lineup of industry experts.
Speaker:The hosts of your favorite podcasts will take turns interviewing each
Speaker:other, creating a chain of podcast knowledge and
Speaker:perspective.
Speaker:>> Stephanie Gonzalez: We go.
Speaker:>> Podcast360: Let's meet our industry experts. Today's host is.
Speaker:>> Stephanie Gonzalez: Hi, I'm, um, Stephanie Gonzalez, the founder of the women's wealth effect.
Speaker:You heard me last week when I was interviewed by Bernadette
Speaker:Joy, my wonderful co host on the crush your money
Speaker:goals podcast.
Speaker:>> Podcast360: And who is our guest this week?
Speaker:>> Anthony Weaver: Hi, my name is Anthony Weaver. I'm the host about that wallet
Speaker:podcast where we helped this sandwich generation build
Speaker:confidence in their finances.
Speaker:>> Podcast360: First, the game. Before the game, we ask our guests
Speaker:to share two truths and a lie. Our host will guess which is
Speaker:the lie and we'll find out the answer together at the end of our
Speaker:conversation. Let's play podcast 360.
Speaker:>> Stephanie Gonzalez: All right, Anthony, I'm super excited to have you
Speaker:up early in the morning as my guest
Speaker:on the podcast360. Thanks so much for
Speaker:joining.
Speaker:And as always, we begin podcast 360 with a round
Speaker:of two truths and a lie. This is where you're gonna tell me
Speaker:three amazing facts about yourself. And I'm go going toa do
Speaker:my best guess to decide or decipher which one
Speaker:is the lie. You don't tell me what it is
Speaker:whenever I actually make my choice. Cause we're gonna
Speaker:hold that to the end of the podcast and we'll
Speaker:reveal that to the audience at the end. You ready?
Speaker:>> Anthony Weaver: Yep.
Speaker:>> Stephanie Gonzalez: All right, let's go.
Speaker:>> Anthony Weaver: So I have two truths and a lie. I love
Speaker:this game. So the first one is
Speaker:my credit score used to be
Speaker:3 and 45. Second one
Speaker:is I forgot to hit the record button
Speaker:when recording podcast. And number three,
Speaker:I record over five
Speaker:Episodes using my cell phone.
Speaker:>> Stephanie Gonzalez: Ooh. M. Five episodes of your whole. Whole
Speaker:thing. Like your whole. About that wallet. M.
Speaker:Okay. M. I definitely know that you have
Speaker:not hit record for certain episodes before. Cause I
Speaker:feel like you told me that when you interviewed me on
Speaker:your podcast. So I think
Speaker:you lied about then. I think
Speaker:you actually did more than five episodes on your phone
Speaker:because you are a good
Speaker:podcaster and you wanted to stay consistent with your at
Speaker:least initial setup before you upgraded
Speaker:anything. And so, yeah, we're gonna say you did more
Speaker:than five episodes on your phone.
Speaker:>> Anthony Weaver: All right. Guess we'll see.
Speaker:>> Stephanie Gonzalez: All right, we'll see what happens.
Speaker:So now I'm gonna put you on the clock, Anthony, for the
Speaker:360 portion of podcast. 360. I'm gonna ask you three
Speaker:questions about podcasting, and you'll have 60 seconds
Speaker:to answer each of them. Once we get through the round
Speaker:of questions, we'll then pick, uh, one of the things that you
Speaker:talked about and deep dive into that subject so that we can get
Speaker:into some more detail. Are you ready to go?
Speaker:>> Anthony Weaver: I am ready.
Speaker:>> Stephanie Gonzalez: So what was the moment that you decided
Speaker:that you wanted to, number one, start a podcast,
Speaker:but make it specifically about that wallet and what you're looking to
Speaker:accomplish?
Speaker:>> Anthony Weaver: Well, what made me think about starting the
Speaker:podcast in general was that I was
Speaker:under the new understanding of what
Speaker:is money? Because I was actually
Speaker:trying to pay off. Like, I just found out that you can actually pay
Speaker:off your cell phone. And I was like, wow,
Speaker:what other things that I don't know about money can buy
Speaker:me and let me share this out to the world? And that's one of the
Speaker:reasons why I kind of came up with about that wallet, especially
Speaker:during COVID It was. Was nothing else to do. So I was
Speaker:like, let me talk to somebody. And that's why I came up with
Speaker:awesome.
Speaker:>> Stephanie Gonzalez: Awesome. As creators, we also have to
Speaker:be consistent but also know when we
Speaker:have to pivot. So it's a very fine balance.
Speaker:Right. What was one of the most recent
Speaker:pivots in the way that you do about that wallet
Speaker:that you're most proud of?
Speaker:>> Anthony Weaver: When it came to getting on YouTube,
Speaker:YouTube was one of the areas and boundaries I was
Speaker:afraid of actually turning on the camera and getting front
Speaker:of people because of my gap in my
Speaker:teet. But now it becomes a staple for the
Speaker:show. So being consistent and pivoting my
Speaker:show to, um, a video has
Speaker:been one of the things that I'm most proud of,
Speaker:and not just to reach a wider audience,
Speaker:but also so that people can actually see me.
Speaker:And I'm also proud of myself for going beyond what
Speaker:I think is possible for myself.
Speaker:>> Stephanie Gonzalez: That's awesome. That's for sharing that.
Speaker:You also spoke about AI tools
Speaker:as a speaker, um, at PodFest
Speaker:recently. Tell me a bit more about your favorite
Speaker:AI tool and how you practically use it today.
Speaker:>> Anthony Weaver: You did your research. So the AI tools that I've
Speaker:used for podfasts I was talking about mostly how
Speaker:to utilize a tool that can actually take my audio and just
Speaker:give me so many different options. One of the tools that I currently
Speaker:use today that kind of give me all of that is
Speaker:Eddie by Headliner. And I use that all
Speaker:the time because it provides me show notes,
Speaker:information far as, like keywords that I can use, my YouTube
Speaker:videos and so forth. So I really love that
Speaker:tool.
Speaker:>> Stephanie Gonzalez: Awesome. Love that, love that.
Speaker:>> Podcast360: Podcast 360'll be back in just a moment.
Speaker:And we're back with podcast 360.
Speaker:>> Stephanie Gonzalez: We've now gotten all of the different
Speaker:questions now done.
Speaker:Let's talk a little bit about this getting in
Speaker:front of the camera pivot that you mentioned.
Speaker:You know, I think we happen to pass each other
Speaker:at fincon. And I remember in
Speaker:some way, shape, form or fashion, we were like, oh, we had already met each other. But
Speaker:I think part of it is the smiles,
Speaker:the like personality that draws you in. Just
Speaker:like feeling like you already know each other
Speaker:vibe, I think is what kind of happened for us in our kind
Speaker:of meet cute relationship. Right. And I think
Speaker:that's really important to understand because connection is
Speaker:such an important thing in the world
Speaker:today. Right. A lot of people are head down working on their
Speaker:laptops and their cubicles, whatever, and connection
Speaker:becomes this almost luxury. Right.
Speaker:So how do you feel like now taking the leap
Speaker:into the video format element of your podcast has helped
Speaker:you create connections for you personally
Speaker:and for about that wallet as your
Speaker:business.
Speaker:>> Anthony Weaver: Yeah, well, meeting you personally, it almost look
Speaker:like I'm meeting a celebrity because I always hear about
Speaker:you. Uh, I see you all the time. And I was like, man,
Speaker:what would it be like if I actually meet her? And then I saw you, I was
Speaker:like, hey, this is you.
Speaker:It was, um, amazing to have those
Speaker:experiences. And one of those things that I
Speaker:didn't realize is because I turned the camera on,
Speaker:there are people that are coming up to me who've been
Speaker:watching my live shows but haven't had a chance to meet me in
Speaker:person. And when they do, it almost is
Speaker:like, wow, this is actually really
Speaker:a thing. And they are very excited to meet me. And
Speaker:I'm very excited to meet them. And I was like, hey, so what was your
Speaker:favorite episode with Segmentsy like? Because a lot of people
Speaker:are afraid to talk, type out things inside
Speaker:the comments, but they do watch. And that's one of
Speaker:the things that I really did enjoy about turning the camera
Speaker:on and being able to meet you with so many people
Speaker:at FanCon. I mean, it's a family. It's like a family
Speaker:reunion every time I go. Just love it.
Speaker:>> Stephanie Gonzalez: M. Yeah, no, I totally agree. Yeah. And I can
Speaker:relate to the. When you get an opportunity to meet people, quote,
Speaker:unquote, in the wilds. Right. Um,
Speaker:I think I live in Portugal now,
Speaker:and I've met people here
Speaker:that follow me through various different ways.
Speaker:And, you know, uh, they'll come up and say, hey, you're the women's wealth effect. And
Speaker:you're like, oh, someone's really watching. And I
Speaker:love the fact that you've taken the chance to get a little uncomfortable
Speaker:and put yourself out there a little bit more. And the content and the
Speaker:topics that you discuss make a very taboo
Speaker:topic a lot more comfortable,
Speaker:relatable, and something that people are more willing to talk
Speaker:about more openly. So thank you so much for
Speaker:sharing your experience and your wisdom
Speaker:and your smile today. Um, thanks.
Speaker:So let's revisit this whole thing.
Speaker:I think your lie for your two truths and a lie
Speaker:was you have recorded more than five podcast on your
Speaker:phone for about that wallet. Was I right?
Speaker:>> Anthony Weaver: You're right.
Speaker:>> Stephanie Gonzalez: All right, so how many?
Speaker:>> Anthony Weaver: It was only about 4 before I
Speaker:finally switched to using, like, an actual,
Speaker:like, USB headset to my laptop. And I was
Speaker:slowly progressing, uh, as I went on, because the
Speaker:thing about it, like, I got irritated with the phone piece because it
Speaker:kept getting an echo feedback, and I was like, it caused more
Speaker:editing for me, so let me try different ways and
Speaker:methods. And so that's why I slowly upgraded to the
Speaker:laptop and so forth.
Speaker:>> Stephanie Gonzalez: Yeah. Well, you're listening in. You're really beginning. Right?
Speaker:Take some of Anthony's feedback in terms of maybe cutting
Speaker:out some of the additional steps if you're still recording on your phone.
Speaker:Well, Anthony, thank you so, uh, much for being my
Speaker:guest. It's been so fun.
Speaker:Can you let our listeners know where they can find you? Any social media
Speaker:pages, any websites, any shout outs that you'd like to give?
Speaker:>> Anthony Weaver: Yeah. So I want to give a shout out to all the listeners and all of
Speaker:you podcasters who are listening to this episode that are
Speaker:really looking to elevate your
Speaker:podcast. Now, remember, the Technology is one thing, but the
Speaker:thing that we really need to lean into is the storytelling. Make
Speaker:sure that you guys are telling great stories and continue on
Speaker:to live an experience, get outside the house,
Speaker:live a life and then come back and share your
Speaker:story because everybody wants to hear about it. Uh, you'd be
Speaker:surprised. You might have a fan out there listening and just want to
Speaker:meet you one day. Oh, and where you can find me, uh, you can find
Speaker:me on all the social media platforms at about that
Speaker:Wallet. And you are more than welcome to join my
Speaker:newsletter. It's a monthly newsletter at about that
Speaker:wallet.com forward/newsletter.
Speaker:>> Stephanie Gonzalez: Awesome. Anthony, thank you so much for being a wonderful
Speaker:guest. And thank you to podcast360 and their
Speaker:team for having us today.
Speaker:>> Podcast360: Thank you for listening to podcast 360 where you
Speaker:experience a 360 degree view, uh, of podcasting. Special thanks
Speaker:to the Podcast Academy and DCP Entertainment. Follow us
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Speaker:official on Instagram. And subscribe wherever you get your podcast
Speaker:so that you never miss an episode.