Episodes
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…
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 actually do.
The IAB’s main objective is to develop and establish the ‘ru…
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 clients.
To walk me through the secrets to Wonder Media’s success, I talk w…
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 that success ever since. Today, they have dozens of successful shows, a thriv…
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 company (though would still work at MaxFun).
In this episode, I'm checkin…
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 Albright joins me to talk about Tenderfoot’s unique approach to podcast marke…
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 the space. He’s currently in the early stages of development, pitching invest…
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 associations also based in the Midwest. Dusty does for brands what typically tak…
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, the artwork has the iconic look of an HBO original, and they’ve cast A-list …
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 grown alongside it. Today, the international audiobook industry can claim …
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 technologies. The result: this niche within podcasting is producing some of the …
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 of podcasting will have to be more intentional moving forward. To discuss t…
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 content to serve these markets. Folks like Lory Martinez, founder and CEO of St…
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 is a co-founder of Magnificent Noise, a boutique production agency for huge…
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 show they’d want to listen to. Quill and CoHost founder and CEO Fatima Zaidi…
Nov. 8, 2023
Sounds Profitable’s Bryan Barletta on Building an Audio Industry
In 2020 Bryan Barletta founded Sounds Profitable – a company committed to setting the course of the audio business by creating free educational materials, research, and connecting different players in the industry. Today I’m chatting with Bryan about what they’ve been up to recently, what exactly t…
Nov. 1, 2023
Lemonada Media CEO Jessica Cordova Kramer on the State of the Network
Lemonada Media launched as a brand new podcast network with just one show in 2019. Just four years later, they've grown into a network of nearly 50 podcasts known for pumping out audio hits – Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Last Day, Believe Her, and more. Keen observers will also notice th…
Oct. 25, 2023
HubSpot’s Jonathan Barshop on Podcast Growth and Doing Video Right
In 2021 HubSpot made a surprising move to acquire The Hustle, a newsletter along with the My First Million podcast. The Hustle and MFM eventually became the base of what today is the HubSpot Podcast Network, an audio unit within HubSpot aimed at funneling sales towards their other more lucrative pr…
Oct. 18, 2023
iHeartMedia’s Amber Smith on What is Ruby?
This year the podcasting giant iHeartMedia launched a new division called Ruby, which works exclusively to create and amplify podcasts for brands. To understand why iHeart made this move and what Ruby is up to, today I’m chatting with Ruby’s Director of Audience Development, Amber Smith.
Oct. 11, 2023
Media War & Peace’s Evan Shapiro on Podcasting in the Media Universe
Evan Shapiro writes the newsletter “Media War and Peace” where he maps out the state of the media industry using data visualization models. He’s also a professor at NYU and used to work in podcast and television development at IFC Sundance and NBC Universal’s Seeso.
Oct. 4, 2023
DCP Entertainment’s Chris Colbert on How Podcasting Can Move Past Lip Service
In 2017 after stints at SiriusXM and Audacy, Chris Colbert founded his own podcast agency, DCP Entertainment. DCP defines itself as a media platform for underrepresented voices, including people of color, women, the LGBTQ+ community, and other overlooked communities. Fast forward to today and DCP w…
Sept. 27, 2023
Alex Goldman, Amrita Khalid, and Rachael King on the Past, Present, and Future of the Podcast Industry
Is the podcast industry at the end of an era? The beginning of a new one? Or are we just seeing the natural ups and downs of a developing market? Today’s episode collects a panel of industry experts to weigh in on this discourse by taking a step back and looking at the entire podcast industry throu…