Episodes

March 5, 2025

A Legacy Comedy Podcast Network Shifts to Video with Forever Dog’s Joe Cilio

How can you grow your podcast company in the wake of bigger media companies like Spotify? Joe Cilio is co-founder and CEO of Forever Dog Productions, a prominent podcast production company known for alt comedy. He joins the p...
Guest: Joe Cilio
Feb. 19, 2025

Unlocking Podcast Legalities: Klaris Law’s Alexia Bedat

Alexia Bedat is a lawyer and partner at Klaris Law, leading its podcast and audio team. She joins the podcast to share her expert insights on the evolving legal landscape of podcasting. Alexia discusses the significance of negotiating clear contracts, especially in the growing areas of video and so…
Guest: Alexia Bedat
Feb. 5, 2025

Finding Your Audience: Sounds Profitable's Tom Webster

Tom Webster is a partner at Sounds Profitable and has spent over 25 years researching audio. He joins the podcast to discuss his new book, “The Audience is Listening.” Tom shares his insights into understanding and developing podcast audiences, He and I explore listener behaviors, the challenges of…
Guest: Tom Webster
Jan. 22, 2025

From Impact to Acquisition: Wonder Media Network Co-Founder and ACast SVP of Development Shira Atkins

Co-founder of Wonder Media Network Shira Atkins joins the podcast to discuss the history and growth of WMN and its acquisition by Acast. Shira discusses Wonder’s early challenges in monetization and distribution and how the company adapted to find success. Shira and I also talk about WMN’s mission …
Guest: Shira Atkins
Jan. 15, 2025

Podcast Marketing 101 with The Podglomerate and The Webby Awards

Last month, The Podglomerate co-hosted a special Podcast Marketing 101 webinar with The Webby Awards, the annual competition that has been named “the internet’s highest honor” by The New York Times. This virtual event was hosted by The Webby Awards’ General Manager Nick Borenstein – who, fun fact, …
Jan. 8, 2025

The Business Side of Podcasting: Insights from Room Tone's Co-Founder Ben Riskin

Ben Riskin, co-founder of Room Tone, joins me to discuss his advisory firm, which focuses on podcasting's business development side. We explore Ben’s journey from lawyer to podcast producer to professional services. He also elaborates on Room Tone’s three tiers of strategy consulting, business deve…
Guest: Ben Riskin
Jan. 1, 2025

How to Create a Podcast Interview That Doesn’t Suck Featuring Jeff Umbro, Fatima Zaidi, Jennifer Moss, Annalise Nielsen, and Quincy de Vries

To help make sure your podcast interview is memorable (for the right reasons), Fatima Zaidi (Founder/CEO of Quill) and her co-host Quincy de Vries (Senior Producer at Quill) brought together experts in audio – including The Podglomerate’s own Founder and CEO Jeff Umbro, as well as JAR Audio’s co-fo…
Dec. 25, 2024

Stop Paying for Audience: Master The Power of Organic Marketing Featuring Joni Deutsch, Christy Mirabel, Lauren Passell, Pierre Bouvard, and Odile Beniflah

Paid marketing isn’t the only way to grow a show. Discover the immense value of non-paid strategies to grow your audience. Join Ausha’s Odile Beniflah and her panel of top podcast marketing experts – including The Podglomerate’s Joni Deutsch, The Podcast Academy’s Christy Mirabal, Tink Media’s Laur…
Dec. 4, 2024

Where to Start With Advertising Attribution in Podcasting with Pete Birsinger and Cameron Hendrix

Podcast advertising is unique in the world of advertising. Impact can be challenging to gauge and Chartable, a leading product in this space, is sunsetting. To understand the world of ad performance and measurement now, I’m joined in this episode by Pete Birsinger, the founder and CEO of Podscri…
Nov. 20, 2024

Predictions and Retrospectives with 19 Podcast Industry Leaders

As we look towards the New Year, we’ve gathered some of the brightest minds in podcasting to reflect on a transformative year. From indie creators to network executives, our guests share their most humbling lessons, unexpected wins, and the moments that made them rethink everything. Plus, they reve…
Nov. 13, 2024

How has iHeart Reigned Supreme? with Will Pearson

How has iHeartMedia reigned supreme in podcasting? Will Pearson, president of iHeartPodcasts, joins me to discuss how curiosity and collaboration have shaped his career and approach to creative development. From starting Mental Floss to holding executive roles at HowStuffWorks and now iHeart, we ex…
Guest: Will Pearson
Oct. 30, 2024

The Audio Intrapreneur with Molly Barton of Realm

Are audiobooks the key to landing big-time clients like Marvel and DC Comics? My guest, Molly Barton, Realm's co-founder and CEO, has done just that. She dove into the world of audio after leaving her job at Penguin Random House to co-found Serial Box, an audio story company that reimagined what an…
Guest: Molly Barton
Oct. 16, 2024

The Journey to CEO with Gretta Cohn of Pushkin Industries

Gretta Cohn CEO, of Pushkin Industries, has had a fascinating career path, from cellist for Cursive and Bright Eyes to intern at the Village Voice, to producer at WNYC and Earwolf, to founding her own company. We discuss what she's learned throughout her career, her experience founding the producti…
Oct. 2, 2024

The Importance of Story with Hyperfixed’s Alex Goldman

How does it feel to go from being a podcast co-host to the owner of a brand-new podcast venture? My guest, Alex Goldman, host and creator of Hyperfixed, shares his experience of taking the big leap to podcast ownership. We discuss his previous show, Reply All, how he's built his new business with a…
Guest: alex goldman
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 Life in Lyrics and A Slight Change of Plans. I also get her thoughts on AI …
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 when it comes to ad sales. Lisa and I talk about the range of podcast adv…
Guest: Lisa Lapote
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 extensive experience developing community in the podcast world through festivals a…
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 Creative Officer at Wavland.
Guest: Jason Hoch
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 I chat about podcast marketing strategies, team building advice, her latest…
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 UK-based independent podcast company which focuses on storytelling. Hassan …
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 Howard, the founder and CEO of Flightpath, a predictive analytics platform for…
Guest: Sean Howard
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, Mix Engineer and Sound Designer at Campside Media. This year, Garrett was no…
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 speaking with someone from the latter category: Odile Beniflah, Head of US …
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 acquiring companies like Pippa, RadioPublic, and Podchaser. Acast also launched…
Guest: Ross Adams