Hi, I'm Daniella
I'm an award-winning podcast producer making audio for social impact.
I can help you make a quality show your audience loves! 🚀
Let's design a podcast you are proud of:
Something not quite on this list? Let's chat!
I am available to consult through your podcast production process.
If you want to build trust with your audience, deepen engagement, and make an impact with stories that truly matter, podcasting is an incredible strategic tool.
There can be some treacherous paths before you hit record but I can help you avoid the quicksand!
Let's get this out of the way early...
Bad podcast ideas that will probably flop*:
"A show for everyone"
A chat show about "anything and everything"
Conversations recorded while eating 😩
An unedited 3-hour stream-of-consciousness
A vanity project for your busy ED/CEO who likes to hear themselves talk
A true crime/missing persons podcast made by a police department (this is a real thing)
*I am not able to help you make a show if it fits into the above categories and I wish you the best!
Quality podcasting is hard, time consuming,
and costs money.
So starting off right is well worth the effort!
Here's how you know I will guide you well on your journey into podcastland.
Got questions? Want to book a call? Fridays work well!
💌 Or send/request a show recommendation:
Who's it for?
You are new to podcasting for social impact, you know you want to make a show and you need help getting started
Solidify your goals and design a great podcast concept from scratch.
Fully customizable
3 hours or more
(one-off day session or a series)
Slide from a workshop with Impact Organizations Nova Scotia in Halifax.
(Fun levels are adjustable but never boring!)
Is a podcast the answer?
How is podcasting for social impact different?
Types of shows (it's not all 2 guys and a mic!)
Assessing the listening landscape
How to design a show people genuinely want to listen to – what will "stop the scroll" and resonate
Defining your podcast audience
How to reflect your organizational values
Accessibility in podcasting
What does success for your show mean?
What goes into a production schedule?
Hands-on time to wrestle through creating a good podcast concept for social impact
Basic gear overview
If you're looking to have me help with podcast production itself, send me an email! I am selective about the production projects I take on because it can be quite time-consuming.
Who's it for?
You have started making your podcast or have a podcast close to publishing
Strategize reaching and engaging with your target audience
2h or more
Fully customizable
Slide from workshop with CRRF
Audience development
How to talk about your show
Writing podcast copy
Publishing and distribution basics
Marketing materials and channels overview
Media relations and pitching
The world of podcast cross-promotion
Creating your KPIs
Who's it for?
You want to improve your existing show
OR
Your show isn't doing as well as you hoped and you want help
Your podcast is not reaching your goals or you want to refresh a show you've been making.
Try a pivot before you kill it – you might be closer to success than you think!
Detailed podcast audit report
Collaborative troubleshooting session to identify goals and weak points
Constructive feedback about how to pivot and refresh or overhaul the show
Designing different KPIs after changes
Follow-up support on-demand
Ultimately, maybe making a podcast really isn't what you need to meet your goals – explore options to benefit from reaching podcasting audiences without making one yourself.
Hi! I'm Daniella (she/her)
"That was probably one of the best and most educational workshops we’ve been to" - CRRF
I've delivered workshops and consulted on podcast strategy, design, social impact, marketing and promotion with Public Health Communications Collective, Hollyhock Activate Digital Leadership Conference, the Canadian Race Relations Foundation, Impact Organizations Nova Scotia (IONS) and Room Magazine.
I've been making podcasts for almost a decade and have won multiple awards for my work.
My background is in public health and epidemiology (MSc., BSc.) and my day job is in strategic planning (with an equity focus). Together, this makes me good at understanding systems, problem-solving, and coming up with creative ways forward.
I love excellent design and branding – I grew up drawing and painting (shout out Arts Umbrella!) and I'm a photographer who also dabbles in graphic design, including most of the designs below.
Creating podcasts makes my brain light up ⚡🧠⚡ especially when they're for social good. There's nothing better than seeing a show come together from idea to in-the-feed!
Podcasts I have produced:
Amnesty International Canada's flagship human rights podcast on surveillance, policing, and systemic racism: Rights Back At You (2023) - Creator, Producer, Showrunner, Host, Writer, Editor
Mixing and sound design by Vocal Fry Studios
Cover art/graphic design by Sasha Mbabazi
⭐ Featured in Apple Podcasts "Editors' Choice", Best of Society & Culture, New & Noteworthy; Chatelaine magazine, the Georgia Straight, the Tyee, Pocketcasts feature for Black History Month, cross-promoted with CBC Podcasts and aired on CBC Podcast PlaylistUnder review for 2025 awards
Actors and Ancestors (2023-present), an Indigenous-led actors' interview show looking to the future of Indigenous Peoples on screen (Audio Editor and Production Support)
🏆 RECOGNITION
2024 Silver Winner 🥈 Television & Film - Signal Awards
2024 Silver Winner 🥈 Best Indie Podcast - W3 Awards⭐ Featured in The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver Magazine, Native News Online, the Georgia Straight, CBC
Apple Podcasts "Emerging Voices" and "New & Noteworthy" selection, Charted at #3 Film & TV podcast, cross-promoted with CBC Unreserved and CANADALAND's "Pretendians"
Public Health is Dead (2024-present), a public health advocacy show (Creator, Showrunner, Host, Writer, Editor, Designer)
⭐ Featured in Salon and the Tyee
Apple Podcasts "Shows We Love" selection
Charted at #1 Science podcast, New & Noteworthy, cross-promoted with podcasts "rePros Fight Back", "Still Here" by the Sick Times🏆 RECOGNITION
2025 Signal Award Winner - 🥇 Gold - Best Education Podcast
2025 W3 Award Winner - 🥇 Gold - Science & Technology
2025 Signal Award Winner - 🥈 Silver - Best Science Podcast
2025 Nominee, International Women's Podcast Awards
RUDE The Podcast, (2017-2019) social justice show (co-creator, co-host)
🏆 RECOGNITION
Digital Justice Lab Award Winner
HotDocs Podcast Festival Pitch Competition Runner-Up⭐Apple Podcasts New & Noteworthy
Selected Reviews, Comments, Feedback on my productions
"This could be life-changing listening" - Public Health is Dead (PHiD) listener
"…Super clear communication. Take note public health people - this is how you do it!" - PHiD Listener
"So informative and well researched. I could not love this podcast any more than I already do!" - PHiD Listener
"It will grip you... you can tell Daniella did an exceptional job interviewing..." - Rights Back At You (RBAY) listener
"the host's clear narrative, charisma, and candor is refreshing...I feel like I have learned a lot from this show and can't wait for the next episode" - RBAY listener
"Pod God" - RBAY listener