The Top 10 Bookkeeping Podcasts to Listen to in 2022
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Who doesn’t love a good podcast? If you’re an avid podcast listener, you might find yourself constantly checking your calendar to see if your favorite podcast released its next episode.
Finding that gold mine, that treasure trove of podcasts, however, takes time and hard work. But we’re here to speed up this process!
Why listen to a podcast?
Though podcasts are an entertaining and often informative alternative to listening to music, regardless of their content/topic, podcasts are especially relevant for bookkeepers for numerous reasons:
Make work easier: Listen while you fold laundry, cook dinner, or at work to make your tasks more interesting and your workload lighter.
Learn unique topics and insights and gain skills from professionals and experts in the industry: Instead of reading confusing books or manuals or being bogged down with futile information, you can pick what content you’re interested in and learn directly from experts in an easily digestible way.
Learn and take away information in a conversational, personal style: Unlike audiobooks, podcasts often involve genuine conversations between multiple individuals, making the material more natural and engaging.
Stay informed about current events and trends in your industry/topic: Podcasts are easier and faster to release than books or manuals, so you can stay up to date with current events, the latest technology, and rising and falling trends.
Become a better listener: Listening skills are vital to any field or business, and podcasts allow you to review and enhance your listening and retention abilities.
Though there are plenty of fantastic bookkeeping podcasts out there, to help you narrow down your search, we’ve curated a list of the top 10 bookkeeping podcasts. If you need new listening material for your daily commute or if you’re curious about new tips and trends in the bookkeeping industry, check out these top bookkeeping podcasts!
Uncat’s Top 10 Bookkeeping Podcasts
The Successful Bookkeeper Podcast
The Successful Bookkeeper Podcast is a weekly podcast that brings together guests—not just from the accounting industry—who divulge their tips, secrets, and tricks on how to be successful as a bookkeeper. Some previous guests include Michael E. Gerber—New York Best Selling Author of E-Myth—and Debbie Roberts—Pure Bookkeeping Co-Founder.
With just under 300 episodes, host Michael Palmer started the podcast in September of 2016 in Markham, Ontario, Canada. Each episode ranges from 30 to 40 minutes. One of the main themes of the podcast is working smarter, not harder, with more confidence to raise your bookkeeping business to the next level.
Why listen to this podcast?
Obtain exclusive access to niche information and industry secrets explicitly for bookkeepers from experts and leaders in the industry
Nearly 300 episodes of valuable content with new bookkeeping professional guests every week
Michael Palmer is a great interviewer and pulls meaningful information from the guests every episode
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Cloud Accounting Podcast
Cloud Accounting Podcast, which began in November of 2017, is a fantastic podcast for bookkeeping professionals interested in expanding their knowledge about cloud-based accounting software or looking to stay up-to-date on relevant accounting features, tools, and updates. Based in Tucson, Arizona, United States, this is the number 1 accounting and bookkeeping podcast in the world!
Hosts Blake Oliver and David Leary cover everything from news updates in the bookkeeping industry to emerging technology and apps and pointers for sales and marketing. New episodes release weekly, with each episode averaging under an hour. With over 300 episodes to date, you have an expansive selection of topics to choose from.
Why listen to this podcast?
Stay up-to-date with informative information and the latest news as the accounting world evolves
Over 300 episodes to listen to
Focuses on sharing and teaching any emerging technologies and apps as the world becomes more digital, cloud-based, and modernized
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QB Power Hour
QB Power Hour is technically a webinar series but is also in podcast format. This webinar/podcast, releasing episodes biweekly, is useful for accountants, ProAdvisors, bookkeepers, CPAs, and QuickBooks Consultants. Hosts Michelle Long and DanDeLong began this series in September of 2019 in the United States.
They primarily discuss events and news in the accounting and bookkeeping industry, QuickBooks updates and tips, and apps that integrate well with QuickBooks. (Protip: Uncat integrates well with QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Desktop! Check out some of Uncat’s other integrations in our “Understanding Uncat Integrations” blog post). Each episode averages around 60 minutes. The webinars premiere live every other Thursday, while the podcast episodes of the previous Thursday’s webinar release every other Tuesday.
Why listen to this podcast?
Stay updated on emerging features of QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Desktop
Learn tips on how to better utilize and optimize QB
Discover third-party integrations that flow well with QB
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I Love Bookkeeping
I Love Bookkeeping, which began in February 2019, is led by an interconnected group of bookkeepers who live and breathe bookkeeping. Based in Suwanee, Georgia, US, this podcast is helpful for those interested in joining the bookkeeping industry or professionals in the industry seeking to enhance their business.
One of the unique features of this podcast is the STEP Framework utilized in every episode. STEP stands for strategy, team, execution, and profitability. This framework is employed with every opportunity or obstacle presented in the episode. This podcast releases two episodes a week, with each episode lasting around 25 minutes.
Why listen to this podcast?
The STEP Framework implemented each episode ensures you always pull valuable, tangible skills and knowledge
Two episodes are released every week, so double the content of average podcasts
Targets bookkeeping professionals, whether new or experienced, specifically
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The Bookkeeper’s Voice
The Bookkeeper’s Voice, hosted by Amy Hooke and based in Australia, incorporates practical lessons, personal stories, and special guests that concentrate on the needs and aspirations of bookkeepers. Hooke, who began the podcast back in 2018/2019, notes how her podcast aims to help bookkeepers become “business savvy” by providing exclusive hints you won’t discover anywhere else.
With over 100 episodes released, covering Bookkeeping Onboarding Templates to using Instagram Stories as Bookkeepers, there is a deep range in material for bookkeepers, valuable material for the bookkeeping profession you wouldn’t necessarily expect or think of yourself.
Why listen to this podcast?
Offers a wide range of topics that are applicable to many aspects of the bookkeeping business, including social media, working from home, and business workflows.
Blends lessons with entertaining anecdotes to make listening and learning engaging
Focuses on evolving needs and goals of bookkeepers
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The Bean Counter
The Bean Counter podcast is a great podcast for anyone interested in starting, growing, or accelerating their career, from accounting students to full-time bookkeepers. This podcast provides content, tips, and skills for whatever level of the industry you’re in. If you need help making your resume and gathering interview tips to enter the accounting industry, this is the podcast for you. If you want assistance starting your firm or business from scratch, developing yourself as a leader, or negotiating your salary or promotion, this is also the podcast for you.
Through interviews with accountants at all levels of the profession on their experiences and advice, you’ll find the information you need to succeed. The Bean Counter podcast even talks to recruiters so you can find what you’re passionate about and understand what the industry looks for. While this podcast hasn’t been updated recently, the content is valuable regardless. Episodes range from 15-45 minutes.
Why listen to this podcast?
Varies from typical accounting podcasts and focused on helping you establish yourself in the accounting and finance world at any stage of your career
Includes conversations with recruiters and accountants at all levels of the accounting industry
Fluctuates between episode lengths, so you can find an episode to fit any schedule
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The Abacus Show: Accounting Job Search & Career
The Abacus Show, hosted by Bob the CPA, targets rising bookkeeping and accounting professionals and those considering job changes within the industry. This podcast discusses how to work in emerging industries—such as marijuana—as a bookkeeper or accountant and offers career advice on the available paths for professionals in the financial world—including working for the IRS or higher education.
Example topics include how to improve your business communication skills and the costs/benefits of going back to school. However, while this podcast is only ten episodes long and spans around 20-25 minutes, it’s a great resource that transcends time for bookkeepers and accountants.
Why listen to this podcast?
Real-life insight and perspective on bookkeeping and accounting career paths
Shows how far-reaching and influential the bookkeeping and accounting professions are
Not time-consuming with only ten episodes around 20-25 minutes in length
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Profits + Prosecco: The Podcast
Looking for a podcast to help you start your own bookkeeping business/firm? Profits + Prosecco is the podcast for you. Hosted by Katie Ferro, the creator of Booked Out Bookkeeper, she empowers bookkeeping professionals to start a bookkeeping business, navigating them through the howtos and obstacles you might face as a bookkeeper and an individual.
As a mother and a bookkeeper who started the podcast in December 2020, she guides you through creating a business that balances and fits your lifestyle. Episodes, which update weekly, average around 25 minutes, though there are shorter or longer episodes on occasion.
Why listen to this podcast?
Combines informative knowledge and tips with her own experience as a mother and bookkeeper
Informative on relevant bookkeeping topics but also other overlooked topics like your happiness and health and balancing your work and home life
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Little Fish Food Podcast
Little Fish Food podcast is an excellent resource for bite-sized accounting and bookkeeping tips and tricks for any business—from startups to established companies. Hosted by Keila Hill-Trawick, an experienced professional who worked for corporations and government entities as well as her own business, this is the perfect podcast for bookkeepers looking to grow their business to be sustainable and profitable. Some episode topics include the relevance of bookkeeping, legal practices to protect your business, and finding community in entrepreneurship.
Why listen to this podcast?
Bite-sized information on educational pointers and guidelines for bookkeeping businesses
Very industry-oriented and content-specific each episode; no over-generalizations
Straight Up Small Business
Based in Australia, Straight Up Small Business is a newer podcast, created in 2022 with less than 20 episodes so far, but is the podcast for start-up and scaling-up bookkeepers and entrepreneurs. Covering bookkeeping, finance, and small business topics, host Bec Buchanan easily explains—with no embellishment—how you can make the best-informed decision “backed by financial know-how” for you and your business. Want to know why bookkeeping is important and the behind-the-scenes of what a successful bookkeeping business looks like for you? Give Straight Up Small Business a listen.
Why listen to this podcast?
Support a newer podcast!
Episodes answer specific questions or issues in the bookkeeping and business worlds.
Easily digestible, with episodes spanning 15-30 minutes
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And that’s it! Uncat’s top 10 bookkeeping podcasts for 2022. Let us know if you have any podcast suggestions or recommendations, and share which podcast(s) you plan on listening to.
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