In this Hindi‑English (Hinglish) monologue, Haritosh Srivastav explains why he constantly listens to podcasts while traveling or walking, describing podcasts as the audio equivalent of YouTube that you can subscribe to and receive new episodes. He then presents his personal top‑five list of storytelling‑focused podcasts, offering brief background, format, and why each resonates with him. The first recommendation is The Moth Storytelling Podcast, an organization that records live story slams worldwide and curates them into episodes. The second is The Storytelling School by Kimberly Teasra, a storytelling coach who interviews diverse guests and shares storytelling tips. The third is Unforgettable Presentation by Toastmasters world champions Darren LaCroix and Mark Brown, which blends storytelling with professional speaking advice. The fourth is Anecdotally Speaking by Sean Callahan, featuring short stories followed by debriefs, improvement suggestions, usage ideas, and a 10‑point rating; Haritosh highlights episode 186 about Jack Ma. Finally, he promotes his own The Confident Storytelling Podcast, emphasizing his effort to bring valuable guests and content. Throughout, he conveys enthusiasm for learning through stories and encourages viewers to check out each podcast.
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Jab bhi main kabhi walk ke le jata hun, ya ake le baitha hun, ya kahin lamba travel karrahun toh ek cheez mein hum meh shakartahun. And that is listening to podcast. In fact, mera yeh boat ka headphone, jo main ne thek abi liya tha, is my best companion because I don't want to waste time. Mujhe acha lagta hai mein kuch naya seekh rahun, kuch interesting sun rahun, kuch stories sun rahun. And iss video mein, main aapko bata ne wale hun, mera paath favorite storytelling podcast. I hear a lot of podcasts on variety of topics, but aaj ke video mein aapko ese paanch podcast bataane wala hoon jo ki storytelling related hai. So let's get started. To sabze bale chee, jagar aapko pata nahi hai podcast kya hota hai, toh bahut simple analogy hai. YouTube dekh raha hai, YouTube pata hai ho ga, podcast ko consider kar sakte hai audio version of YouTube, which means ki ab bohot saree alag podcast hai, usko subscribe karte ho, aur jab bhi uspe koi naya content publish hota hai, jab bhi koi naya episode ata hai, you get a chance to know about that and you listen to that. So that's all about podcast. Or ab baad karte, mere paanch favorite podcast, my top 5 favorite podcast, jo ki mujhe bohot pasand hai, main jab bhi time milta hai, jarrur suntahu, and these are are all related to storytelling. So let's get started. Number 1, it's called Story Moth. Now, agar aapko pata nahi hai, there is an organization called Moth Story Slam or Moth Storytelling. Wo dunya ke bade bade sehron mein unke event hota raha tha, they call it Moth Story Slam. Jahan pe bahasare storytellers, experience, inexperienced, sare aakar ke apne naam dete hain, then they pick out some notes, some name of the people from that and vo akar ke apne stories share karte hain. Now what MOT also does is ki vo record karta hai ye sare stories ko and sare TV stories ho rahi hain. They have in New York, they have here in London and many other cities in the world. And time to time, woh jo recording karte, usme se vo nikal karte ke apne MOT podcast me dalte hain. And when you listen to them, they have, I think, I don't know, 400-500+ episodes. You listen to their stories. These are so amazing because aapko heart tale ki stories mil diya gi. You can hear and feel somebody who's nervous, and you can also hear somebody who's a pro at storytelling and he's just killing with the storytelling, as they say. So my first one, my favorite podcast is the Moth Storytelling Podcast. Let's talk about the second one. So the doosra podcast, the second podcast is Storytelling School by Kimberly. Now Kimberly is a storytelling coach. She's a public speaker and she's done so many amazing works. And in this podcast, wo leke aati hai, bahut ache guest ko, unki stories ko, chaye koi artist ho gaya, chaye koi athlete ho gaya, and they come and share their stories. With all of these, sometimes she also shares how can you improve your storytelling, why storytelling is so important. So I am a fan of her when it comes to listening to storytelling and what she does for storytelling. So the second recommendation from me is The Storytelling School by Kimberly Teasra. The third one, my favorite, is not only related to storytelling but to the professional speaking, and that is called Unforgettable Presentation by Darren Lacroix and Mark Brown. Now these two, I consider them as my mentors. They are the world champions of public speaking in Toastmasters International. And every week they come with some amazing content, be it audience engagement, be it the delivery, be it the preparing for contest, be it getting world-class speakers on the podcast. They have done over 100 or 150 episodes, and each one of the episodes is unique and also very much enriching. So the third recommendation, which I truly love listening to every single week. Unforgettable Presentation by Darren Lacroix and Mark Brown. My 4th podcast, favorite podcast and storytelling podcast recommendation is something which I discovered very recently. If you remember, I invited Philip Hum, jo ki aaya the, he's a storytelling coach based out of Netherlands, and he was talking about his favorite podcast, and that's where I accidentally stumbled upon this podcast called Anecdotally Speaking. And what I love about this is by a guy named Sean Callahan. I hope I'm saying it right. What I love is the format. The format is very simple. They either, they themselves speak or they get somebody who's a storyteller on their shows and the stories go for 5 minutes, 10 minutes. Then they debrief the story and also talk about what else could have been done, what was some of the weak things that could be improved, or what was something which really stood out. Then they also talk about where all you can use. Remember anecdotes, we all love anecdotes. So they also talk about ki kaha kaha isko use kar sakte, how, where, how and where we can use this story. And the last thing is they give a score out of 10 for every story, regardless of whether they themselves are delivering, some other guests come. So I love this. I especially love this episode number 186 where they talk about, uh, it was entitled Never Give Up, and it is the story of Jack Ma, you know, the founder of Alibaba. And I love that story. I loved how Jack Ma has gone through so so much of pain, so much of trouble, and uski baujood, he never gave up. And, and that is why Jack Ma is what Jack Ma is. So that's my 4th favorite podcast. 5th storytelling podcast, I'm gonna give a disclaimer, this is probably a shameless plug, but this is my favorite, so I can do that. All right, so the 5th favorite storytelling podcast is The Confident Storytelling Podcast by yours truly, Haritosh Srivastav. And why I call it my favorite is because I do a lot of hard work to get the best of the content, get the best of the guests, and give you some and a lot of value on all the episodes that we publish. So that's why it is my favorite, and I hope if you have not checked it out, go and check it out. It is available on all the places you can find the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, so on, so forth.
