From Teacher To Podcaster | Legendary Interviews [Ep. 10 - Stephanie Fuccio]

Today, Stephanie Fuccio is coming on the show! Stephanie and I collided years ago online when she reviewed one of my language learning card games on her YouTube channel, and later, had me on her podcasts for a couple of interviews. Once I got more of my own interviews going, I decided to turn the tables and interview her. Stephanie was an English teacher for many years in several different countries, and, after a period of great change in her life, shifted into podcasting and podcast editing. The motivation behind our conversation today is to give you an idea about what it is like to teacher English abroad, how to navigate a career shift, and the pros and cons of podcasting. Enjoy!
TIMESTAMPS

00:00 How Steph got into teaching
06:30 Pros and cons of teaching abroad
10:20 Steph's superpowers as a teacher
12:45 Advice for expat teachers
15:47 PhD program, life-saving surgery
19:30 Navigating a career shift, Mandarin, podcasting
22:30 Hesitancy on sharing social media work, language shame
25:25 Getting into podcasting
27:50 Advantages and disadvantages of podcasting
30:30 Podcasting: expectations v. reality, "pod fade"
32:50 How to make a podcast valuable
35:00 Why podcasting is so popular
38:25 Connecting with Steph
43:00 Advice for navigating change, finding one's purpose
LEGENDARY QUOTES FROM STEPHANIE

"It's really hard to maneuver advancing in a career without having many benefits which help you get better at what you do."

"I'm good at talking to people as people."

"We have to balance stuff we want to get done (as teachers) with stuff they (students) want to get done to be themselves."

"To sustain a comfortable life and grow old in the TEFL industry, you need to stay in one place...you can't keep traveling and seeing the world as they tend to advertise."

"We test people and we make tons of money and we teach people and we make very little."

"It's really hard to create something of value and you have to deliver value, be it with podcasting or anything else. It's like anything you would sell. You have to add value to peoples' lives."

"Some of the biggest, most popular, most transformative podcasts deal with working through an emotional thing and take us on an emotional journey."

"As humans, we went from being storytellers, to being writers, and now we've come full circle back to being storytellers on podcasts, which are convenient to carry around and listen to anytime. It's our nature to be grabbing for stories and to have access to that is like a kid in a candy store."

"Oftentimes people hit their stride when they lean into what they loved to do as a child...something they might have given up do to the 'shoulds' and the 'musts'."
CONNECT WITH STEPHANIE:

Podcast Editing:
https://www.stephfuccio.com/podcastediting.html

Geopats Podcast:
https://www.stephfuccio.com/geopats.html
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