Business Spotlight: Unsupervised Adults Podcasts
Business Spotlight: Unsupervised Adults Podcasts
“Everybody’s got a story to tell.” Shane aims to tell them. In being a member of Unsupervised Adults, a local variety troupe, storytelling and entertaining has long been an aspect of her life. Starting out, Shane and the other members of Unsupervised Adults primarily did burlesque, fire performing, and drag. As time went on, they began to do original plays, often working with Genna from the Absolute Studio Theater. Shane really got involved in storytelling when she started her first podcast, “My Morning Commute.” Unscripted and off the cuff, “My Morning Commute” was an often humorous look at whatever was occupying Shane’s mind during her 30-minute drive to work. After a year of producing “My Morning Commute,” Shane wanted to do something different. She wanted more structure and to tell more stories beyond her own. While short-lived, “My Morning Commute” provided Shane with the experience necessary to move on to her next podcast.
After taking on a shared space with Genna, Shane began the Unsupervised Adults podcast at Mellwood. Working with co-hosts Heather and Jai, they started producing a single, twice-weekly podcast. On Wednesday evenings, Shane and Heather host a more humorous, freeform live podcast and TikTok livestream. On Sunday afternoons, Shane and Jai host a prerecorded podcast interviewing people covering an array of topics. It became apparent that the podcast had two distinct tones and audiences. Accordingly, they opted to separate them. The freeform podcast will remain Unsupervised Adults, while the interview-driven podcast will be known as “The People’s Podcast” moving forward.
The “Unsupervised Adults” podcast and TikTok feels more like a community gathering to share their stories, play some games, and win some prizes generously provided by Shane and the Unsupervised Adults gang. Meanwhile, “The People’s Podcast,” while containing moments of humor and levity, tends to deal with more serious topics. One of the more impactful podcasts featured a woman sharing her brother’s battle with mental illness and the failings of the healthcare system in this capacity. Ever careful to ensure their guests are comfortable sharing their stories, Shane works with the interviewee prior to the podcast. She gathers information from the interviewee and conducts research on the topic as needed. This not only enables Shane and Jai to speak in terms the interviewee is comfortable with, but also helps them ask better, more informed questions. During the interview, their guests dictate the course of the interview, while Shane and Jai pay careful attention to their guest to ensure they remain comfortable during the recording.
If you would like to check out “The People’s Podcast,” you can find it on iHeartRadio or Spotify. If you’re interested in being interviewed for “The People’s Podcast,” you can send an email to unsupervisedadults@protonmail.com. To catch their weekly livestreams, be sure to check them out on TikTok. You can also find them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as well.
“Everybody’s got a story to tell.” Shane aims to tell them. In being a member of Unsupervised Adults, a local variety troupe, storytelling and entertaining has long been an aspect of her life. Starting out, Shane and the other members of Unsupervised Adults primarily did burlesque, fire performing, and drag. As time went on, they began to do original plays, often working with Genna from the Absolute Studio Theater. Shane really got involved in storytelling when she started her first podcast, “My Morning Commute.” Unscripted and off the cuff, “My Morning Commute” was an often humorous look at whatever was occupying Shane’s mind during her 30-minute drive to work. After a year of producing “My Morning Commute,” Shane wanted to do something different. She wanted more structure and to tell more stories beyond her own. While short-lived, “My Morning Commute” provided Shane with the experience necessary to move on to her next podcast.
After taking on a shared space with Genna, Shane began the Unsupervised Adults podcast at Mellwood. Working with co-hosts Heather and Jai, they started producing a single, twice-weekly podcast. On Wednesday evenings, Shane and Heather host a more humorous, freeform live podcast and TikTok livestream. On Sunday afternoons, Shane and Jai host a prerecorded podcast interviewing people covering an array of topics. It became apparent that the podcast had two distinct tones and audiences. Accordingly, they opted to separate them. The freeform podcast will remain Unsupervised Adults, while the interview-driven podcast will be known as “The People’s Podcast” moving forward.
The “Unsupervised Adults” podcast and TikTok feels more like a community gathering to share their stories, play some games, and win some prizes generously provided by Shane and the Unsupervised Adults gang. Meanwhile, “The People’s Podcast,” while containing moments of humor and levity, tends to deal with more serious topics. One of the more impactful podcasts featured a woman sharing her brother’s battle with mental illness and the failings of the healthcare system in this capacity. Ever careful to ensure their guests are comfortable sharing their stories, Shane works with the interviewee prior to the podcast. She gathers information from the interviewee and conducts research on the topic as needed. This not only enables Shane and Jai to speak in terms the interviewee is comfortable with, but also helps them ask better, more informed questions. During the interview, their guests dictate the course of the interview, while Shane and Jai pay careful attention to their guest to ensure they remain comfortable during the recording.
If you would like to check out “The People’s Podcast,” you can find it on iHeartRadio or Spotify. If you’re interested in being interviewed for “The People’s Podcast,” you can send an email to unsupervisedadults@protonmail.com. To catch their weekly livestreams, be sure to check them out on TikTok. You can also find them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as well.