The CampHacker Podcast

About The CampHacker Podcast

CampHacker Podcast helps camp directors solve real problems and build resilient camps. Each episode gives practical tips for recruiting, keeping, and teaching camp staff. The hosts talk about true stories, share ways to make camp stronger, and help leaders prepare for tough situations. They focus on making summer camps last longer and bring the biggest positive change to kids and young adults. You’ll hear easy steps, fresh ideas, and real conversations that help directors run better camps and create spaces where everyone can grow. The CampHacker Podcast is hosted by Travis Allison and Chris Hudson. Travis is known for his creative ideas and caring advice for camp leaders across North America. He brings years of experience and speaks at big conferences to help directors make camps stronger and more resilient. Chris partners with Travis on every episode, working together to answer tough questions and share helpful steps for camp leaders. Their teamwork and passion help directors make the best choices for their camps, staff, and campers.

Publisher

CampHacker - from Go Camp Pro

Category

business · education · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

5 Mar 2014

Latest episode

3 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

4 of 220 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   3 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Your Biggest Fall Questions pt.2 - with Kate Grenci - CampHacker #234

   CampHacker host Travis and Chris interview enrollment expert Kate Grenci about navigating tough fall enrollment and budget decisions for camp directors.

2. 

   20 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Your Biggest Fall Questions pt.1 - with Kate Grenci - CampHacker #233

   Host Alex Newman interviews industry expert Kate Grenci about essential off-season strategies for staff retention and operations, tackling post-summer burnout.

3. 

   6 Oct 2026

   Making Change - with Deb Jordan and Kim Aycock - CampHacker #232

   CampHacker hosts Deb Jordan and Kim Aycock discuss driving intentional systems change at camp by embracing honest action and necessary trade-offs.

Inside a recent episode

Your Biggest Fall Questions pt.2 - with Kate Grenci - CampHacker #234

Published 3 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] What has to happen? What are major bills that you have to pay, like salaries? What critical needs have to be addressed? Those have to be built first. That's any budget. Then fitting things around them is the key. The same applies to capital planning, like understanding that what resources you have available, what's going to disappear, what genuinely needs to happen before you get distracted by anything else. Super shiny, which is something that I have a struggle with. And then to the point that you just made, you have to think about, you have to think beyond individual line items. And I think that sometimes, especially people that are new to budgeting or new to PNL and, you know, enrollment fees and increases and. […]

Who has been a guest on The CampHacker Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Kate Grenci
• Deb Jordan
• Kim Aycock
• Peter Elbaum
• Rachel Kent

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

44 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 51 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

63

Social presence

94

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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