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Digital Gardening, Audience Growth & Just Doing the Thing with Podge Thomas

Common Shapes·Cody Cook-Parrott·12 November 2025·1h 6m

About this episode

Podge Thomas is in the middle of a pivot. She’s moving from operations consulting to teaching workshops and courses — all rooted in her frameworks for decolonizing how we learn. In this neurodiverse-affirming episode, we talk about: Why we love Notion & how it’s made us smarter How Podge grows her audience without social media The importance of moving from ‘not doing the thing’ to just doing the thing Classified ads & relationship marketing How digital gardening can be a decolonial practice Ways we think about pricing our offerings and choosing our tech tools   Mentioned in the episode: Creative Ideation Portal Podge’s website Podge’s free email course Podge’s workshops Regina Anaejionu Anna Howard: creating a digital garden to end my doomscrolling If you'd like to support the show, please send it to a friend, leave a 5-star rating & review, and download the Creative Ideation Portal.