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Podcast Content Strategy: How to Choose Topics That Build Authority

Season 1 | Episode 17
17m | Sep 21, 2026

Most experts could come up with dozens of podcast topics. The harder question is whether those topics add up to something recognizable, so that after ten episodes, the right listener understands exactly what you know unusually well.

Read the full article + examples HERE.

In this episode, I break down editorial territory, how it differs from traditional content pillars, and how to use it to organize your topics, choose better guests and turn your back catalogue into a more useful library.

Timestamps

00:00 Why you don't need more podcast topics

02:47 Topics vs. editorial territory

04:17 Turning expertise into a specific territory

06:22 Why territory makes planning easier

08:02 Building territory around your ideal client

09:57 Editorial territory vs. content pillars

12:05 Find territories in your existing catalogue

13:53 The ten-episode test

15:05 What your topics should accumulate into

Founder Podcast Authority Audit

Take the free Founder Podcast Authority Audit to assess your positioning, editorial strategy, packaging, discoverability, publishing system and commercial path.

For this episode, focus especially on positioning and editorial strategy.

Take the free audit HERE.

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