How Boi Carpenter Turns Her Inquisitive Leader Blogs Into a Podcast

Today I sat down with Boi Carpenter, the Vice President of Alumni Relations at Johns Hopkins University and the founder of Inquisitive Leader, a community for managers and leaders who want to lean into curiosity, ask better questions, and grow.

She’s both a university leader and entrepreneur, and she needed a consistent way to reach busy professionals without adding another full-time job to her week.

Before Jellypod, she’d built an audience through writing—blogs, essays, frameworks. But she wanted “micro-learning moments”—10-minute, coaching‑oriented audio nuggets people could absorb on the commute, at lunch, or between meetings.

The gap wasn’t vision; it was production. Which mic? What’s an RSS feed? How do you structure a solo show? How do you publish to Spotify, Apple, and YouTube and make it feel like a real podcast: music, sign-offs, the whole package, without a production team?

That’s where Jellypod came in.

You can watch the full interview here:

A Leader’s Content Engine

Boi wanted to translate her coaching mindset into short, repeatable episodes that prompt reflection. Jellypod helped her turn written posts into podcasts, expanding ideas with clear chaptering and keeping the delivery in her own authentic voice via voice cloning.

That last part mattered: the same tone people hear on campus or at events now extends into her episodes.

On the entrepreneurial side, Inquisitive Leader needed scale without overhead. She could not add a producer, editor, and distributor to the team. Jellypod bundled the entire workflow into one platform! From source intake, outlining and scripting, line‑level edits, lifelike narration in her voice, intro/outro music, and one‑click distribution to Spotify, Apple, and YouTube, Jellypod gave her the tools she needed so she could publish consistently every week.

From Blog to Broadcast

Her workflow starts by pasting a blog or outline into Jellypod, generating a structured episode with chapters, then refining it.

She adds personal examples or coaching questions that spark inquiry, and listens back to the output. If a line needs to change, she edits that line and instantly regenerates just that section of audio. The result feels tight, warm, and on-brand, without wrestling with recording gear or DAWs.

Discovery and Decision

She explored other tools like NotebookLM and Wondercraft among them, but chose Jellypod for two reasons:

• Authenticity via voice cloning. It kept the show “in her voice,” matching how she writes and speaks.
• Seamless publishing and guidance. Clear steps for Spotify, Apple, and YouTube turned a daunting launch into a easy and fun weekend project.

The biggest surprise was how much time she reclaimed while keeping quality high. Colleagues and friends kept asking how she found time to “add a podcast” to a full-time role and a growing venture.

For Boi, success is having a regular podcast with 8–12 minute coaching episodes people can use daily, whether thats on commutes, in transitions, or before a meeting. And it needs to be accessible where people already are, such as on Spotify, YouTube, and Apple Podcasts.

“Jellypod is a digital version of me—letting me show up consistently in a new medium, with the same voice and quality, without the extra worry.”

For Boi, bringing inquiry-led leadership to more people, in a format they’ll actually finish, is a challenging but rewarding journey that is made easier with Jellypod.