Best solopreneur podcasts
The best podcasts for solopreneurs and side hustlers: what each covers, who hosts it, and which episodes to start with.
Podcasts are a cheap way to learn from people a few steps ahead. These shows are the most useful for solo founders, ordered from most solo-specific to more general.
| Podcast | Host | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| The Side Hustle Show | Nick Loper | Weekly interviews on specific side hustles, with numbers. |
| Indie Hackers | Courtland Allen | Founders of profitable, often solo, internet businesses. |
| Side Hustle School | Chris Guillebeau | Short daily stories of one side project each. |
| Smart Passive Income | Pat Flynn | Online business, audience building and digital products. |
| How I Built This | Guy Raz | Long-form founder origin stories (mostly bigger companies). |
| My First Million | Sam Parr & Shaan Puri | Business-idea brainstorming and trend spotting. |
How to get more from podcasts
- Listen with one question in mind (pricing, getting first clients) and skip episodes that don't answer it.
- Write down one action per episode and do it that week.
- Treat revenue claims as stories, not benchmarks.
Sources
- The Side Hustle Show sidehustlenation.com
- Indie Hackers indiehackers.com
- Side Hustle School sidehustleschool.com
- Smart Passive Income smartpassiveincome.com
- How I Built This npr.org
- My First Million mfmpod.com
Checked 21 Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Tell us.
Update history
- : first published; figures checked against the sources listed.