We have a very special bonus episode for you all! Andrea is joined by Brittani Ard, the host and creator of the breakout show, You Probably Think This Story’s About You. Listeners get to hear how Andrea and Britt evolved their shows from what started off as limited series into what they are today. They touch on why they both decided to independently produce their shows, the art of storytelling, the business of podcasting, and how they deal with putting such personal details of their lives out into the world. Brittani talks about how You Probably Think This Story’s About You soared to the top of the charts in its first season and Andrea explains what brought her to founding her network, True Story Media. *** Listen to Brittani’s show You Probably Think This Story’s About You: https://brittaniard.com/podcast Order Andrea's new book The Mother Next Door: Medicine, Deception, and Munchausen by Proxy https://read.macmillan.com/lp/the-mother-next-door-9781250284273/ View our sponsors. Remember that using our codes helps advertisers know you’re listening and helps us keep making the show! https://www.nobodyshouldbelieveme.com/sponsors/ Follow Andrea on Instagram for behind-the-scenes photos: https://www.instagram.com/andreadunlop/ Buy Andrea's books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Andrea-Dunlop/author/B005VFWJPI To support the show, go to http://Patreon.com/NobodyShouldBelieveMe or subscribe on Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nobody-should-believe-me/id1615637188?ign-itscg=30200S&ign-itsct=larjmedia_podcasts) where you can get all episodes early and ad-free and access exclusive ethical true crime bonus content. For more information and resources on Munchausen by Proxy, please visit http://MunchausenSupport.com The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children’s MBP Practice Guidelines can be downloaded here: https://apsac.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Munchausen-by-Proxy-Clinical-and-Case-Management-Guidance-.pdf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chapter 1: Who are Andrea Dunlop and Brittani Ard?
True Story Media. Hello, it's Andrea, and I've got a fun bonus episode for you today. Today we are chatting with Brittany Ard from You Probably Think This Show Is About You. This show was a huge breakout hit when it launched last year, and it went to number one on Apple and Spotify. Britt and I are both here in Seattle, and she's on my new network, True Story Media.
In this conversation today, we are talking about all the behind the scenes of podcasting and what it's like to make all of this work as an independent podcaster. I love talking shop with other podcasters, and I hope you enjoy. Well, friends, it's 2025. It's here. This year is going to be... Well, one thing it won't be is boring, and that's about the only prediction I'm going to make right now.
But one piece of news that I am excited to share is that the wait for my new book, The Mother Next Door, is almost over. It is coming at you on February 4th from St. Martin's Press. So soon! I co-authored this book with friend and beloved contributor of this show, Detective Mike Weber, about three of the most impactful cases of his career.
Even if you are one of the OG-est of OG listeners to this show, I promise you are going to learn so many new and shocking details about the three cases we cover. We just go into so much more depth on these stories, and you're also going to learn a ton about Mike's story. Now, I know y'all love Detective Mike because he gets his very own fan mail here at Nobody Should Believe Me.
And if you've ever wondered how did Mike become the detective when it came to Munchausen by proxy cases, you are going to learn all about his origin story in this book. And I know we've got many audiobook listeners out there, so I'm very excited to share with you the audiobook is read by me, Andrea Dunlop, your humble narrator of this very show.
I really loved getting to read this book and I'm so excited to share this with you. If you are able to pre-order the book, doing so will really help us out. It will signal to our publisher that there is excitement about the book, and it will also give us a shot at that all important bestseller list. And of course, if that's simply not in the budget right now, we get it. Books are not cheap.
Library sales are also extremely important for books. So putting in a request at your local library is another way that you can help. So you can pre-order the book right now in all formats at the link in our show notes. And if you are in Seattle or Fort Worth, Mike and I are doing live events the week of launch, which you can also find more information about at the link in our show notes.
These events will be free to attend, but please do RSVP so that we can plan accordingly. See you out there. We made the first seasons of our shows with the same production company. So that is how we met through your lovely, now producer, Syd, who I also worked with on some seasons of my show while I was there.
So that is actually how we met, not while we were both working with that studio, but afterwards. So how did you make the choice to go down that particular road of hiring a production company?
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Chapter 2: How did Andrea and Brittani start their podcasts?
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More people. And in our case, a lot of our stuff can't be video because a lot of my guests are anonymous. Yeah. Or, you know, other people that are telling their story are anonymous in certain ways. But when we can add video, that's just another thing to learn. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. in any way.
Well, yeah, like, subscribing to a show, obviously, like, that's a huge thing for us. But, like, also just sitting through our ads. Yeah. Just, like, letting the ads play. Like, I know commercials are, like, people get annoyed by them. And, like, I certainly try and be judicious about how many ads I play on my show. Some shows definitely overdo it.
But, like, just know that, like, if you are sitting there listening to an ad, like, you are monetarily, you are meaningfully helping that show. Right. continue to be made, you know, sharing on social media, leaving reviews, like I think even mixed reviews like help, right?
We'll talk about reviews, any reviews, you know, leaving comments on Spotify, like all that engagement, like it really does help. And like, there is like, I think sometimes we can get detached from like, how, you know, how expensive and time consuming it is to make the content that you love. Because as you know, if you're listening to a podcast in general, you're getting it for free.
Anything you can do to sort of like help that creator keep making
it is very very appreciated and that's how especially independent shows we don't have a company that's fronting the cost for our shows this isn't like we have to make it work some car company that is doing a podcast that is essentially an ad yeah right it's that is a big ad for that company but yeah
Okay, so we touched on this a little bit earlier, but one of the things about having a podcast that really breaks out is the conversation is no longer one way because you start hearing from a lot of people. And we have very different perspectives. approaches to dealing with this. So I thought this would be really fun to talk about.
So tell us about the response to the show and how you have, especially with this being your first, you know, I've had books come out, which like none of them have had like this kind of, you know, like this kind of audience that the show has. So it was definitely like different experience, but I have had that experience of people critiquing my work and getting in touch with me about it.
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