Episodes
Sept. 18, 2024
The Wild West of Podcast Development with WaitWhat’s Leital Molad
What’s the next frontier of podcasting? My guest, Leital Molad, the Head of Podcasts at WaitWhat and podcast trailblazer, has some answers. We discuss her approach to developing groundbreaking shows, like Paul McCartney’s A …
Sept. 4, 2024
Navigating the Evolution of Ads with TWiT.tv’s Lisa Laporte
How do you create a meaningful podcast advertising campaign in today's market?
In this episode, I’m talking with Lisa, CEO of TWiT.tv. She's led the company for 16 years and has witnessed many ebbs and flows, especially w…
Aug. 21, 2024
Panel: Community in Audio with Jemma Rose Brown, Davy Gardner, and Chioke I’Anson
Podcasts are intimate. Listening to them is often a solitary experience, and although fandoms emerge, building community within the industry can be a challenge. In this episode, I’m talking with three guests who have extensi…
Aug. 7, 2024
The Hitmaker with Wavland’s Jason Hoch
What do wrestling and podcasting have in common? Jason Hoch, who ran WWE’s digital team during the early social media days and is now a leading podcast producer. In this episode, I talk with Jason, now the CEO and Chief Crea…
July 24, 2024
The Client Whisperer with Pod People’s Rachael King
The podcast industry, like all media and entertainment, is undergoing a course correction, which is leading to companies doing “good” and not great. In this episode, I speak with Rachael King, CEO of Pod People. Rachael and …
July 10, 2024
From Private Equity to Podcasting with Blanchard House’s Hassan Chaudhry
Storytelling podcasts are a unique subsection of podcasting, and one with many obstacles and challenges to overcome. In this episode, I’m talking with Hassan Chaudhry, head of partnerships and strategy at Blanchard House, a …
June 26, 2024
The Power of Predictive Podcast Analytics with Flightpath’s Sean Howard
The podcast world is growing rapidly, and podcasters can fall behind without a glimpse of the future. Predictive analytics have become vital for podcasts to survive and flourish.
In this episode, I’m talking with Sean How…
June 12, 2024
Cinematic Sound Design with Garrett Tiedemann of Campside Media
On today’s episode we’re doing something different: Chris Boniello, the Podglomerate’s VP of Production Services, is taking over the host seat to discuss the production side of podcasting. He chats with Garrett Tiedemann, Mi…
May 29, 2024
Bringing SEO to Podcasting with Ausha’s Odile Beniflah
There are many unknowns when it comes to podcast marketing. This is because ‘podcast marketers’ are often podcasters who become marketers, rather than professional marketers who got into podcasting.
In this episode, I’m …
May 15, 2024
The State of Acast with CEO Ross Adams
Since its founding in 2014, Acast has become a global, publicly-traded company. Their business has touched many facets of the podcasting landscape – from building a hosting platform used by more than 125,000 podcasts to acqu…
May 1, 2024
Should Podcasters Care About the IAB?
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) can be a confusing organization for the podcasting industry. They’re an influential player that many recognize by name, but it's often not clear to the everyday podcaster what they ac…
April 17, 2024
Mission-Driven Development with Wonder Media Network’s Emily Rudder
Wonder Media Network was founded in 2018 to “introduce empathy into politics, business, and culture.” Since then, they’ve grown into a sizable independent network, creating award-winning originals and branded series for clie…
April 3, 2024
Slate’s Most Profitable Year Ever with VP of Audio Alicia Montgomery
The 27-year-old Slate Magazine just had its most profitable year ever, and it credits podcasting for much of its success. Slate has been publishing podcasts since the 2005 launch of Political Gabfest, and they’ve built on th…
March 20, 2024
Building a Podcasting Cooperative with Maximum Fun CEO Bikram Chatterji
In March of 2023 the podcast agency Maximum Fun announced the company would convert to a worker-owned model. At the same time, Maximum Fun’s founder, Jesse Thorn, would be stepping down as CEO after nearly 20 years at the co…
March 6, 2024
Tenderfoot TV in 2024 with CEO Donald Albright
Since the launch of Up and Vanished Season 1 in 2016, Tenderfoot TV has steadily grown into one of the most important companies in the podcast industry.
To explain how Tenderfoot TV got to where it is today, CEO Donald Al…
Feb. 21, 2024
The Bull Case for Podcasting with DWNLOAD Media’s Chris Peterson
Chris Peterson is betting big on the podcast industry in 2024. The ex-iHeart executive founded DWNLOAD Media, a podcast roll-up aimed at buying and operationalizing existing podcast companies to compete with the giants in th…
Feb. 7, 2024
Running a Small but Mighty Podcast Operation with Podcamp Media’s Dusty Weis
Today I’m chatting with Dusty Weis, Founder and President of the B2B podcast production company Podcamp Media. Podcamp is a small but mighty firm based in Wisconsin. They largely works with companies, brands, and trade assoc…
Jan. 10, 2024
QCODE Media’s Steve Wilson on Bringing “Prestige” to Fiction Podcasts
The antiquated radio drama is making a comeback, now rebranded as “fiction podcasts,” and agencies like QCODE Media are leading the way in making these shows marquee programming. Their production is up there with the best, t…
Jan. 3, 2024
The State of the Audiobook Industry
Today we’re shifting our focus away from podcasts and toward its sister industry: audiobooks. While the explosive growth of podcasting has dominated headlines in the audio world, the audiobooks market has slowly and steadily…
Dec. 20, 2023
Double Elvis’s Brady Sadler and the Business Behind Disgraceland
Music and podcasting, in many ways, are a natural combo. Today, they’re often even consumed on the same platform. The music podcast subgenre is brimming with opportunity for interesting new collaborations, formats, and techn…
Dec. 13, 2023
Why Audacy’s Jenna Weiss-Berman is Optimistic About the Podcast Industry
2023 has been a tough year for a lot of people in the podcast industry. Years of investment in the space looks to be slowing down, and dozens of companies are reeling because of it. It’s clear to most that the business side …
Dec. 6, 2023
Studio Ochenta CEO Lory Martinez on Adapting Podcasts for an International Market
Like the rest of the world, podcasting is becoming a global business. However here in the Anglophone world, we don’t hear much about what’s going on in other podcasting markets like LATAM, India, China, let alone create cont…
Nov. 29, 2023
Magnificent Noise’s Eric Nuzum on Covering Audio as an Industry Insider
Eric Nuzum has been on the front lines of the audio industry for more than 20 years. He was the man who helped NPR move into the podcast space, before heading to Audible to lead their original podcast development. Today, he …
Nov. 15, 2023
Quill and CoHost’s Fatima Zaidi on the Future of Distributing Branded Podcasts
How do you reach your target audience? While this is a challenge for all podcasters, it’s especially important in the branded podcast space, where it’s often not always obvious who your listener is, let alone how to make a s…