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So...what's up with the podcast? (I.E. Where the f*ck have I been? And what does the future hold?)
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- The Zack Arnold Podcast
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- Jun 15, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 405
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Summary
I'm just going to dive right in and point out the giant elephant in the room (elephant SFX): It's been a LOOOOOONG time since I've released a new podcast interview. It's been almost a year now, in fact, since I hosted my 5-day virtual summit about navigating the future of entertainment. And this is by far the longest gap I've had between episodes since all the way back to when I launched the podcast in 2014. Over the last decade I've conducted well over 400 long form interviews, and I always prided myself on **being a good little content creator who pleased the algorithms by consistently releasing new content on a weekly basis. Ugh...there are so many things I hate about that sentence. One, I disdain the term "content creator." That's not to say that I disdain content creators, in fact there are several that I follow religiously, learn from, and highly recommend. But at the same time, I can't stand what this term has come to represent and the expectations that come with it. I didn't launch a podcast so I could add "content" to people's news feeds and to-do lists, I launched a podcast because I love exploring the human experience, learning about individuals and their journeys, and sharing this knowledge with others whom it can benefit. And it just so happens people ended up finding me and getting value from these conversations. So I just kept doing it. And a global community emerged around these conversations. But then the excitement of building something was overtaken by a dark pit in my stomach. An overwhelming feeling took hold that I "have to" be releasing content every single week, or else I'm letting my listeners down. The second thing I hate is the idea that content creators work for the algorithms...and let's be honest, content creators have become slaves to the…