{"podcast":{"title":"Adventures in the Heart of Children's Book Authors Podcast","slug":"adventures-in-the-heart-of-children-s-book-authors-podcast-6727412","podcast_index_feed_id":6727412,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/adventures-in-the-heart/","website_url":"https://kaboosetherockymountainbear.com/resources/podcast/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/cb73e4aa-effa-4d73-bab0-676c480509f2/Adventuresintheheartcom-podcast-cover-final-with-url-low-rez.jpg","author":"Papa Rick Harris","episode_count":99,"summary":"\"Adventures in the Heart of Children's Book Authors\" is an award-winning podcast that, first and foremost, introduces children's book readers to published children's book authors and their heartfelt stories — while also empowering aspiring children's book authors to learn the art of publishing and the business behind children's book authorship. Podcast Overview The podcast demystifies the journey of becoming a children's book author by featuring self-published, hybrid, independently and traditionally published who share their experiences writing, illustrating, editing, formatting, publishing, distributing, marketing, and selling their books — along with the broader business experiences behind building a career as a children's book author. Each episode introduces listeners to a different children's book author, offering a behind-the-scenes look at their creative process and the challenges they faced along the way. Themes and Content Empowerment and Inspiration — The podcast encourages aspiring authors by showing that their dream of authorship is achievable. It highlights the many paths to publishing — traditional, hybrid, and independent — and the importance of building a supportiv…","last_synced_at":"2026-09-09T02:18:16.838109+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/adventures-in-the-heart-of-children-s-book-authors-podcast-6727412"},"episode":{"title":"Unlocking Success: The Secret Ingredients Behind Our 2025 Podcast Growth","slug":"unlocking-success-the-secret-ingredients-behind-our-2025-podcast-growth","published_at":"2025-12-30T11:15:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/adventures-in-the-heart-of-children-s-book-authors-podcast-6727412/unlocking-success-the-secret-ingredients-behind-our-2025-podcast-growth","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/adventures-in-the-heart-of-children-s-book-authors-podcast-6727412","url":"https://kaboosetherockymountainbear.com/podcasts/celebrating-a-year-of-achievement-adventures-in-podcasting","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/6ffe775f-31fb-4e1d-ae04-49d380a265ae.mp3","summary":"The principal focus of this podcast episode is the successful completion of our ambitious goal to publish a weekly episode throughout the year 2025, culminating in a total of 52 episodes. We reflect upon the journey that commenced with our tentative steps into podcasting in 2024, during which we faced numerous challenges, including attracting engaging guests and establishing a dedicated audience. Our initial efforts, characterized by a modest output of ten episodes, laid the foundation for the remarkable growth we experienced in 2025, which was facilitated by the unexpected interest from accomplished children's book authors seeking to share their narratives. Furthermore, we are proud to announce that our podcast has garnered recognition as the Best Children's Literary Podcast by Millions Podcasts and has achieved a notable position among the top 100 Canadian Book Podcasts, an accolade that underscores our commitment to promoting the voices of children's authors. As we look ahead, we are excited to continue this endeavor into 2026, where we aim to further empower aspiring children's book authors through diverse content and the development of supplementary educational materials. The principal focus of this podcast episode is the remarkable achievement of publishing a weekly episode throughout the year 2025, a goal that has been successfully realized. I reflect upon the inception of the Adventures in the Heart of Children's Book Authors podcast, noting the initial uncertainties regarding audience engagement and guest acquisition. The episode further elucidates the significance of collaboration with published children's book authors, whose narratives and insights enrich the content we provide to our dedicated listeners. Moreover, I share the gratifying recognition our podc…","meta_description":"The principal focus of this podcast episode is the successful completion of our ambitious goal to publish a weekly episode throughout the year 2025, culmi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":927,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/adventures-in-the-heart-of-children-s-book-authors-podcast-6727412/episodes/unlocking-success-the-secret-ingredients-behind-our-2025-podcast-growth/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/adventures-in-the-heart-of-children-s-book-authors-podcast-6727412/unlocking-success-the-secret-ingredients-behind-our-2025-podcast-growth.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}