The EdUp Learning and Development Podcast

Holly Owens brings 18 years in education and instructional technology to this podcast, and she uses that experience to help people break into and advance within the L&D field. The show has a strong career-development angle that sets it apart from more strategy-focused L&D podcasts. With 199 episodes, Owens mixes guest interviews with solo Ask Holly segments where she answers listener questions directly. A recent episode titled How I Landed 3 Jobs Without Even Applying pulled in real strategies for building professional visibility. Another covered what hiring managers are actually asking in L&D interviews right now, which is the kind of immediately useful content that is hard to find elsewhere. Episodes typically run 30 to 40 minutes, and Owens has a warm, approachable style that makes the career advice feel like a conversation rather than a lecture. She is particularly good at helping people transition from teaching into corporate L&D roles -- a path she clearly understands from personal experience. The show carries a perfect 5.0-star rating from 13 reviews. If you are early in your L&D career, thinking about making a switch from education, or just trying to figure out how to position yourself for your next role, this podcast speaks directly to those concerns. It fills a niche that the bigger, more established L&D shows tend to skip over.