Ethical Dilemmas Of Working Podcasters [Episode 287]

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We working podcasters have a responsibility to the people who listen to our shows We have responsibilities when we choose to lend our voices beyond our podcast And for those of us who help produce podcast content for others we have responsibilities for the content we helped bring to the world Ethics come into play for podcasters who interview guests Yes it can be oddly fun and entertaining when guests with kooky ideas come on your show But where do you draw the line between kooky and offensive or harmful nbsp What if you ve agreed to appear on someone else s show only to find out during the interview that the host of that show is a racist crazy person If you knew before would you go on Even if they had a really really big audience For consultants would you work for a client — a paying client — who was putting out wrong information that could result in serious harm Are you complicit in that misinformation spread Maybe you re only responsible for audio engineering episodes and you encounter something factually incorrect or unverified that could cause harm Do you cut it out nbsp What if you re presented with an opportunity to use some grey-hat marketing tactics that border on the darker side If these slimy-but-effective tactics get results do the ends justify the means Are you working against the cause of making podcasts better by letting content out to the world that if not bad then certainly is not good nbsp What about the ethical decisions around advertising dollars Big companies have their fingers in lots of different pies How far down the slippery slope are you willing to go when you vet advertisers nbsp As a listener do you have an ethical responsibility to reach out to the hosts of the shows you listen to telling them that you like what they have to say but I just wish they said it better Does that become easier if it s less a quality issue and more a question of spreading misinformation Does your silence make you complicit I didn t give you an answer to any of these on purpose This show is designed to make you think and only you can answer these questions of ethics for yourself I have to answer this question every day for my own work and the work of my agency I like to think I get it right most of the time nbsp Chat with the other working podcasters you communicate with on a regular basis and bring up an ethical dilemma you re facing and get their opinions And of course tell them it was this episode of Podcast Pontifications that sparked the topic I can always use a listener or two more so please spread the good news If you want you can tell me about your thoughts on ethical dilemmas I m curious about what do you do Send me an email at evo podcastlaunch pro —– Share this with a friend https podcastpontifications com episode ethical-dilemmas-of-working-podcasters https podcastpontifications com episode ethical-dilemmas-of-working-podcasters https podcastpontifications com Podcast Pontifications is published by Evo Terra four times a week and is aimed at the working podcaster The purpose of this show is to make podcasting better not just easier https twitter com evoterra Follow Evo on Twitter for more podcasting insights as they come And if you need a professional in your podcasting corner please visithttps podcastlaunch pro SimplerMedia pro to see how Simpler Media Productions can help your firm Podcasting is our only business This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis Chartable – https chartable com privacy Support this podcastClick here to visit this podcast episode