Meet Andrew Nucatola

Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Andrew Nucatola. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Alright, so we’re so thrilled to have Andrew with us today – welcome and maybe we can jump right into it with a question about one of your qualities that we most admire. How did you develop your work ethic? Where do you think you get it from?

I spent years debating if I wanted to launch my podcast (Too Pop to Handle) or not. There’s a statistic that floats around the podcast world that says 70% of podcasts don’t make it past episode seven, and I told myself I refused to be part of the 7-episode club. If I was going to launch this thing, I was going to be fully committed to it and make sure I was giving it my all, and I’d have to attribute that to a fear of failing. Every time I thought I was ready to launch the show, I would talk myself out of it and convince myself nobody would listen. But how would I know that nobody would listen if I didn’t post my first episode? How would I become better at podcasting if I didn’t treat it like a business from day one? Now that I’ve been doing the show for a year and have recorded 50+ episodes, I’ve been able to learn so much about how to run the show and what works best for me and my audience which I never would have learned if I didn’t just take the leap and start recording.

Appreciate the insights and wisdom. Before we dig deeper and ask you about the skills that matter and more, maybe you can tell our readers about yourself?

After being the person my friends and family would go to when asking about what new music was coming out and to give them the background information on who a song or album was about, I proudly took the title of “the pop culture best friend” in every friend group. I’ve loved music and pop culture for as long as I can remember. Whether it was begging my aunt to let me watch ‘The Wizard of Oz’ at 4 years old and continuing to watch it three times in one sitting, begging my mom to take me to get the new Nelly Furtado and Avril Lavigne CDs when I was 7, or being mesmerized by the Desinty’s Child ‘Check On It’ music video that was on my Pink Panther DVD, I’ve always loved the way music, film, and TV can make people feel and how no matter what changes around you, your favorite song or favorite movie will always stay the same.

I had always toyed with the idea of creating content, whether it was a YouTube channel, a podcast, or a viral tweeter. I loved giving my two cents on pop culture but couldn’t figure out how I wanted to do it. After years of considering creating my own podcast, I finally decided to pick up the microphone and hit record, and just like that Too Pop to Handle was born. Each week I cover the pop culture moments from the week that were too pop to handle. Whether it be an album release, TV show moment, or an award show performance, I love to give my listeners my thoughts and opinions on what’s going on in the pop culture stratosphere while also keeping them in the know on their favorite celebrities.

Since launching the show in October of 2023, I’ve gained over 12,000 listens and have reached over 9 million people on my Instagram. I’ve also launched a Substack newsletter called Popping In where I share additional moments from the week that were too pop to handle between episodes along with other pop culture-focused writings.

If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?

As cliche as this might sound, I’ve learned the most about podcasting by podcasting. You can watch every single “How to Start a Podcast” video on YouTube (I have) and read the reviews on every microphone on the market (also guilty), but until you start recording and editing your content, you won’t learn what’s working or not working.

I’ve also been very receptive to feedback from listeners (within reason, of course). I got a comment on one of my episodes a few months ago that said someone was a new listener and enjoyed the episode, but my title was misleading as I only spoke about that topic for three minutes of the entire hour-long episode. Now, though this is clickbait 101, I don’t want people to discover an episode and be let down and not come back each week which led me to restructure the show a bit and has created a much easier run of show each week.

How can folks who want to work with you connect?

Now that I’ve done the show for a year and know that I love it, I’m starting to research other podcasters, content creators, or just pop culture enthusiasts who would like to come on the show and chat with me about what’s going on in the pop culture space. People who understand why it’s such a big deal that Katy Perry attended Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour or who wants to chat about how a specific song, album, or movie has led them to where they are today. If anyone is interested in coming on Too Pop to Handle as a guest or having me come on their podcast, you can email me at andrew@toopoptohandle.com and we can chat about how we can collab together!

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