Episodes
April 15, 2025
Creating Podcasts for Kids: Lynn Kestin Sessler
Lynn Kestin Sessler is a Peabody, Webby, and Parents’ Choice Award-winning producer with extensive experience in children’s media, having worked with Nickelodeon, PBS, and Sesame Street. She joins the podcast to discuss the unique aspects of creating audio shows for kids, strategies for integrating…
April 1, 2025
Podcasting with Purpose: Multitude’s Amanda McLoughlin
Amanda McLoughlin is the CEO of Multitude and co-host of the podcasts Spirits, Join the Party, and Attach Your Résumé. Amanda joins the podcast to discuss the keys to long-term podcast success, the importance of community, and her transition from being a YouTuber to a podcaster in 2015. She also hi…
March 19, 2025
Building a Media Empire: Ballen Studios’ Nick Witters
Nick Witters is the CEO of Ballen Studios, the new media company best known for the MrBallen YouTube channel. Nick joins the podcast to share his insights on content creation, business growth, and strategic partnerships in YouTube, podcasting, and other media ventures. He recounts his unique career…
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...
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…