This post is a list of the best 11 inspiring podcast episodes about making a Career Change.
Life can throw you some major curve balls your way, and your work life is no exception. Don’t we all wish our careers could be a simple and straightforward path of growth and fulfillment? Well, for some of us, that’s not in the hand that we are dealt with.
If you are thinking of making a career change (you just had to scratch that itch) or the company you worked for made that decision for you, with a layoff or being fired. The best thing to do is to reach out for your earbuds and listen to these 11 inspiring podcasts on how to make a career change.
Here are 11 Best Podcast Episodes about making a Career Change
Life Kit, by NPR (Aired 10/5/2020)
I love NPR's Life Kit podcast episodes because they shine a spotlight on real-life situations and give you actionable tips from experts on how to tackle them. This episode is told from a story of a registered nurse who made the career change into an audio producer.
2. "Reinventing yourself with Dorie Clark"
Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel (Aired 6/14/2020)
Jessi Hempel's Hello Monday podcast is on a mission to find out how the nature of work is changing and how it's changing us. In this episode she talks to Dorie Clark, career coach and author, on how reinvention could be a whole new stream of income that you never knew could be possible. This episode will help inspire you to rethink how your view your value to the world.
3. "How to Find a New Career, Before it's Too Late"
How to with Charles Duhigg (Aired 6/2/2020)
Charles Duhigg is an investigational report who takes on one problem each episode. I love his approach to bringing his investigative journalism to each episode and his perfectly selected expert to help guide us along the way. In this episode, he brings on Jessi Hempel, Senior Editor at LinkedIn and podcaster, to help a listener figure out his previous experience as a bartender is actually an asset towards his future role.
4. "Train Your Brain to Find Opportunities During a Crisis"
The Model Health Show with Shawn Stevenson (Episode #422)
Shawn Stevenson is regarded as one of the leading health and fitness experts within the world of podcasts and literature world. In this episode, his focus is on building the right mindset during a crisis of change. And how just by asking yourself some key questions, could help change a stressful situation into a moment of clarity and opportunity.
5. "Your Career is Suddenly on Hold"
Women At Work- Harvard Business Podcast (Season 5/ Episode 5)
Hosted by HBR staffers Amy Bernstein, Amy Gallo, and Emily Caulfield on their quest to help women demystify and navigate the challenges of work life. In this episode, they talk to two women who facing big career changes. One of the women has been laid off, while the other is facing an unforeseeable change in her business. Their discussions on how to deal with change both professionally and personally brings a sense of peace to these disruptive work life moments.
6. "Changing Careers with Peloton's Robin Arzon"
Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel (Episode # Aired 8/2/2020 )
Jessi interviews Peloton's top trainer Robin Arzon about her self-discovery journey from leaving a career in law to listen to her intuition of changing courses into the world of health and fitness. You will be inspired by Robin's words and be motivated to take action, without the stress of facing change.
7. "Mastering Change with Bruce Feiler"
The Good Life Project with Jonathan Fields (Aired 9/9/2020)
The Good Life Project, hosted by Jonathan Fields is on a quest to find out what makes a good life. In this episode, he interviews author Bruce Feiler on his book Life is in the Transitions: Master Change at Any Age. Bruce has spent several years of research and conducted countless amount of interviews, across all ages on who people deal with what he call's "lifequakes". This episode is dedicated to the people who are interested in finding out that they are not alone and how to reframe our minds when it comes to these disruptive moments.
8. "Khan Academy: Sal Khan"
NPR: How I Built This with Guy Raz (Aired 9/20/2020 )
How I built This, is truly one of my top 5 favorite podcasts, across the board. The host Guy Raz interviews business owners and founders from all different industries and sectors. Their intimate discussions usually start from their childhood and end with their current situation in their career. I love Guy's thoughtful questions that lead to very open and revealing answers. In this episode, Guy interview's Sal Khan of Khan Academy, the online learning platform. The conversation starts with Sal's career starting as a very successful investor, then later making the decision to switch courses to making educational videos online. This episode has an earnest take on walking away from a lucrative career to the non-profit world of online education.
9. "Serial Entrepreneur: Marcia Kilgore"
NPR: How I Built This with Guy Raz (Aired 8/19/2019 )
In this episode of How I Built This, Guy Raz interviews Marcia Kilgore an inspiring "serial" entrepreneur who first started her career as a personal trainer and with one fateful and unpleasant visit to a popular NYC spa, led her to reimagine a different kind of customer experience. She left the world of fitness and studied her way through the world of skincare. Marcia's drive was to problem solve and seeing business from the side of the customer. She has changed her career and businesses but has always found success along the way.
10. "Take Bigger Risks: Shellye Archambeau"
Masters of Scale with Reid Hoffman (Episode #38)
Masters of Scale is hosted by Reid Hoffaman, co-founder of LinkedIn and investor in Greylock, interviews Founders and CEO's on their approach to business and solutions on tricky situations businesses face with growth. In this episode, Reid interviews Shellye Archambeau on her strategies for taking risks in your career. There are so many good "gems" Shellye shared in this 38-minute episode, of how being a woman of color was to her advantage in one of her career moves, but the one big idea from the episode that stands out to me, is her advice on taking a risk, but identifying a risk that has a wave of movement to get you faster to your goals.
11. "Uncovering the Work that Sparks You with Jonathan Fields"
The Ultimate Health Podcast (Episode #263)
Health and wellness podcaster Jesse Chappus interviews another podcaster- Jonathan Fields, on his passion project of helping people discover their Sparktype. Jonathan breaks down his years of research of the different archetypes people possess and when discovered can help people reveal their true source-code of what type of work that will lead them to joy and fulfillment. Find out what Sparktype you could possibly have.
This post was a list of inspiring podcast episodes to get you through a major life-changing moment of your life. After listening to all of these episodes we know you will be ready to take on a new career, afraid of change will no longer be apart of your decision. Happy podcasting!!
