Show Trailer

What happens when two people from opposite sides of the Atlantic realize they’ve been asking the same product questions all along?

This short trailer introduces Productly Speaking, a podcast hosted by Karl Abbott and Danielle Kirkwood, two product managers who both found their way into the role from somewhere else. Karl came up through support at Red Hat. Danielle moved from design into product while working in Silicon Valley, then brought that experience back to the UK startup scene. Different paths, different accents, and just enough cultural friction to make the conversations interesting.

In the trailer, Karl and Danielle talk openly about why they wanted to make this show in the first place. Too much product content sounds polished but skips the messy parts. The webinars that promise everything and deliver very little. The reality that no one trains to be a product manager, and most of the job only makes sense once you’ve lived it.

They share what listeners can expect from the podcast. Honest conversations, real stories from people doing the work, and a willingness to stretch product thinking beyond software into everyday situations. There’s humor, self‑awareness, and a clear intention to keep things grounded and human.

If you’ve ever felt like product management content didn’t quite match your lived experience, this trailer sets the tone for what’s coming. Thoughtful, practical, and a little bit irreverent, Productly Speaking is about the job as it actually is, not how it’s usually sold.