Plugging In: Podcasts

Each issue, WILMA includes a Plugging In directory to help you connect locally. This time, we’re focusing on locally made podcasts on leadership and business. Let us know others you’re listening to by emailing editor@wilmingtonbiz.com.

Rebel Rootz

Hosted by Clean Eatz co-owner EVONNE VARADY, Rebel Rootz features conversations with guests about their motivations and backstories. The women, who have crossed paths with Varady either personally or professionally, talk about a range of topics from entrepreneurship to relationships, from body image to career confidence.

Info: rebelrootzshow.com and @RebelRootzShow on YouTube (click here for more about Varady and why she started Rebel Rootz)

HR Nightmares

Human resource professionals LISA LEATH, president of Leath HR Group; BETH LOONEY; and AMY CONWAY talk HR matters – with humor and candor. HR topics, personal HR nightmare stories, and audience questions make up the shows, which are streamed on audio platforms and shown on YouTube.

Info: youtube.com/@leathhr

Black Woman Working

SHERI LEAVENS recently rebooted her Black Woman Working podcast, which she originally launched in 2019. She originally described it as “a podcast that informs, connects, and protects the spirit, honor, and vulnerability of Black women as they work on and through life’s adversities and possibilities, while sharing their stories, growth, and accomplishments!”

Info: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/black-woman-working

Whatchu’ Doin’

NC Host DEMIA AVERY launched Whatchu’ Doin’ Wilmington in 2021 and recently expanded it statewide. On it, she spotlights people and places around the state, including in her home base of Wilmington. Community highlights and event previews are a part of Avery’s mix.

Info: whatchudoinnc.com, tiktok.com/@whatchudoinnorthcarolina

Fractional

The semiweekly Fractional with Chris Capone and Associates podcast includes interviews with officials and newsmakers from the area’s business community. Recent guests have included LAURA BROGDON-PRIMAVERA, on developing the Wilmington chamber’s Career and Leadership Development Academy, in which all seventh graders in the New Hanover County school system make site visits to local employers. JEANETTE COFER, founder of executive leadership and organizational development firm JCo., was also a recent guest.

Info: caponeandassociates.biz/category/podcast

Shoresides Shoresides

A podcast started by the nonprofit Narrative Arts, discusses community issues and news about coastal Carolina. It was launched after Hurricane Florence. Besides Shoresides News, shows also include Somewhere & Elsewhere, focusing on artists, and Coastal Rising, about environmental topics.

Info: shoresides.org

Kickstart Your Week

Wilmington marketing agency Kickstart Collective hosts the weekly Kickstart Your Week podcast, geared toward small business owners and marketers. Recent topics included embracing video content, human-first AI marketing, Super Bowl commercials, and more.

Info: kickstartcollective.co/toucan-talks

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