About the show
About Allyship is a Verb
People want to do better, but they don’t always know how. Allyship is a Verb is a 4x award-nominated (and now award-winning!) podcast featuring conversations with LGBTQ+ community members of various lived experiences and backgrounds who share their stories and an allyship tip. The host is a silly, warm human who offers self-reflection questions and voiceovers to help deepen the learning for listeners. The host is Charlie Ocean, MSW (they/them), who has a background in LGBTQ+ education, community organizing, and social work.
How each episode works
Every conversation pairs a guest’s story with a practical allyship tip, plus self-reflection questions and voiceovers from the host to deepen the learning. Most episodes include a full transcript.
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Behind the show
Credits & gear
Podcast cover by
Kit Ballum Cohen (they/them/kit), a nonbinary designer, artist, and parent. Follow and check out their work.
Audio engineering by
- Molly Rix (she/her) S1E19 to present
- Ian Powell S1E18
- Sergei Sobolev S1E1 to S1E17
Transcription by
- Veronica M.T. Benjamin (she/her) S2E2 to present
- Destiny Clarke (she/they) S1E26 to S2E1
- Star W. (he/him) S1E17 to S1E25
- Charlie Ocean (they/them) S1E1 to S1E16
Charlie uses & recommends
- Paid Squadcast.FM + Descript plan for recording guest interviews
- Free GarageBand & Audacity software for editing, before sending it to the audio engineer
- Season 1: Samson Q2U mic (great USB budget mic!). Seasons 2-3: Shure SM58 with Scarlett 2i2 Audio Interface (3rd gen)
- Spotify for Creators for podcast hosting and distribution (allows you to monetize and so much more)
- Calendly for easily scheduling and collecting guest information for pre-screen calls and episode interviews