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Inside Podcasting

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Welcome to Inside Podcasting! Join Skye Pillsbury as she interviews podcast hosts about their craft.

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Podcast Brunch Club’s interview with Rough Translation host Gregory Warner

August 19, 2020 11:00 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MB

Welcome to a bonus episode of Inside Podcasting! Today we are featuring an episode from the Podcast Brunch Club podcast, in which founder Adela Mizrachi interviews Gregory Warner, host of NPR’s Rough Translation. This show explores “how things we're talking about in the United States are being talked about in some other part of the world.”  Podcast Brunch Club is more than just a podcast. Every month Adela and her team put out a themed listening list. Members listen on their own time and ...

Podcast Critic and Creator Wil Williams Shares Her Origin Story

August 12, 2020 11:00 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MB

Independent podcast critic and creator Wil Williams joins host Skye Pillsbury to share what sparked her love for podcasts. Get in touch: Host Skye Pillsbury on Twitter @SkyePillsbury                          Guest Wil Williams on Twitter @WilW_writes Inside Podcasting producer Evo Terra on Twitter @EvoTerra Inside Podcasting is produced and hosted by Skye Pillsbury. Evo Terra of Simpler Media Productions is Skye’s co-producer for season two. Thanks also to Jason Calacanis for green...

Our Season Finale Starring the Founders of She Podcasts and Skye’s husband Don

August 05, 2020 11:00 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MB

Host Skye Pillsbury kicks off the season two finale with She Podcasts founders Elsie Escobar and Jessica Kupferman. The trio discuss last week’s interview with 1619 Podcast producers Adizah Eghan and Annie Brown, how listening to podcasts is an “embodied” experience, and why we shouldn’t worry too much about saying something stupid. Then Skye and her husband Don reflect back on the season, break down why she’s leaving Inside.com, and discuss what’s next. Get in touch: Host Skye Pillsbur...

How New York Times Producers Transformed Nikole Hannah-Jones’ 1619 Project Into a Work of Extraordinary Audio

July 29, 2020 07:00 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MB

Adizah Eghan and Annie Brown join host Skye Pillsbury to discuss the making of The New York Times’ acclaimed 1619 Podcast. The trio discuss: How the team began re-imagining the 1619 Project as an audio experience; What inspired the show’s theme song and sound design; How the team decided which stories to pursue for the audio version; Why the narratives within the series embraced moments of laughter and joy as well as grief and gravitas; How Adizah and Annie found the emotional hear...

Post-Show: What It Was Like to Interview Wil Williams

July 22, 2020 11:00 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MB

In this post-show episode, host Skye Pillsbury and a special guest break down last week’s interview with podcast critic and creator Wil Williams. This is the podcaster Skye reached out to about being on an episode of this show, after a colleague begged her to consider it (literally, he begged).  Get in touch: Host Skye Pillsbury on Twitter @SkyePillsbury     Guest Arielle Nissenblatt on Twitter @arithisandthat                     Guest Wil Williams on Twitter @WilW_writes Inside ...

A Podcast Critic Embraces Creation: Wil Williams

July 15, 2020 11:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MB

Independent podcast critic and creator Wil Williams joins host Skye Pillsbury to share why she decided to make the kind of work she critiques and what the experience has been like so far. Wil reveals: What it felt like when she decided to create a podcast;  How writing some of the characters in Valence helped her untangle things in her own life; Why launching her show felt “unsatisfying” right after it happened — and how she feels now; Her favorite non-fiction podcasts. Additional re...

Post-Show: What It Was Like to Interview Shima Oliaee

July 08, 2020 07:00 - 22 minutes - 21.1 MB

In this post-show episode, host Skye Pillsbury sits down with two special guests to discuss last week’s interview with Dolly Parton’s America producer Shima Oliaee, her nine-year old obsession with Dolly Parton, and whether she feels like she’s part of Dolly Parton’s America. If you enjoy this episode, check out Erik Jones’ print interview with Jad Abumrad for Bello Collective  Get in touch: Host Skye Pillsbury on Twitter @SkyePillsbury                          Last week’s guest Shi...

Exploring an Icon’s Humanity: Producer Shima Oliaee on Making Dolly Parton’s America

July 01, 2020 07:00 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MB

Dolly Parton’s America producer Shima Oliaee joins host Skye Pillsbury to reveal what it was like to create a show about iconic singer/songwriter/actress/businesswoman Dolly Parton. The pair discuss: The moment Shima and Radiolab’s Jad Abumrad realized they had a series on their hands; How Jad tried to keep the idea “under wraps”; How much Dolly understood about what she was getting into; How Shima and Jad got beyond the iconic persona and discovered something deeper; Whether Dolly ...

Post-Show: What it Was Like to Interview James Kim

June 24, 2020 07:00 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MB

In this post-show episode, host Skye Pillsbury and a special guest discuss what it was like to interview Moonface creator James Kim.  Get in touch: Host Skye Pillsbury on Twitter @SkyePillsbury     Guest Elena Fernández Collins on Twitter @ShoMarq            Moonface creator James Kim on Twitter @TooManyJames_s Producer Evo Terra on Twitter @EvoTerra Inside Podcasting is produced and hosted by Skye Pillsbury. Evo Terra of Simpler Media Productions is Skye’s co-producer for seaso...

Hollywood Isn’t Telling These Stories: James Kim’s Moonface

June 17, 2020 07:00 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MB

Host Skye Pillsbury talks with James Kim, the creator of fiction podcast Moonface. James reveals: Why it felt important to tell a personal “slice of life” story — and why he created it as fiction; What inspired the show’s sound design; The reasons his parents haven’t listened to the show (yet); Whether he named his lead character “Paul” after another fiction podcast creator. Watch the video trailer for Moonface. Listen to James’ award-winning nonfiction piece First Language Attritio...

Post Show: What it Was Like to Interview Earlonne Woods and Nigel Poor of Ear Hustle

June 10, 2020 07:00 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MB

In this post-show episode, host Skye Pillsbury and a special guest discuss what it was like to interview Ear Hustle co-creators Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods.  Get in touch: Host Skye Pillsbury on Twitter @SkyePillsbury                          Guest Paul Kondo on Twitter @PaulKondo Producer Evo Terra on Twitter @EvoTerra Inside Podcasting is produced and hosted by Skye Pillsbury. Evo Terra of Simpler Media Productions is Skye’s co-producer for season two. Charles Quilley is Skye’s...

#PodcastBlackout

June 03, 2020 19:00 - 1 minute - 1.41 MB

We are holding off on releasing a regular episode today to give ourselves and our audience more time to process what’s happening around the world, to grieve and to honor Black Lives. We are joined by many fellow podcasters in this effort, which has been named with the Twitter hashtag #PodcastBlackout. We are also devoting this week’s issue of our newsletter, to ways we can all help support the #BlackLivesMatter effort.   Inside Podcasting is produced and hosted by Skye Pillsbury. Evo Te...

How Ear Hustle Went From Winning a Contest to Becoming One of the Most Successful Podcasts of All-Time

May 27, 2020 07:00 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MB

In our second episode of season two, host Skye Pillsbury interviews Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods, the creators and hosts of Ear Hustle. Ear Hustle, which was named a finalist for the first Pulitzer Prize for audio reporting this year, tells stories about daily life in San Quentin Prison. During this interview Nigel and Earlonne reveal: How they knew they had nailed their pitch to podcast network Radiotopia; What anxieties the team faced after Earlonne was released from prison; Why the ...

Post Show: What it Was Like to Interview Kara Swisher

May 20, 2020 07:00 - 18 minutes - 17.4 MB

In this post-show episode, host Skye Pillsbury sits down with a special guest to break down what it was like to interview New York Times columnist, Recode founder, and podcast entrepreneur Kara Swisher.  If you haven’t listened to Skye’s original interview with Kara, you can find it here. Get in touch: Host Skye Pillsbury on Twitter @skyepillsbury Guest Kara Swisher on Twitter @karaswisher Producer Evo Terra on Twitter @evoterra Inside Podcasting is produced and hosted by Skye P...

Why Interviewing Kim Kardashian Makes Perfect Sense to Business and Tech Journalist Kara Swisher

May 13, 2020 07:00 - 42 minutes - 39.4 MB

In our season two premiere, host Skye Pillsbury sits down with New York Times opinion columnist and Recode founder Kara Swisher to discuss her approach to podcasting. Kara, who hosts Recode’s Decode and Pivot podcasts and will soon produce and host a New York Times opinion podcast, reveals: Why she understood life’s ephemerality at a young age and how that drives her today; How interviewing people like Kathy Griffin, Kim Kardashian and Taffy Brodesser-Akner fits in perfectly with her sens...

Season Two Trailer

May 06, 2020 07:00 - 1 minute - 1.5 MB

Inside Podcasting, the show in which creators discuss their craft, returns on May 13. This season host Skye Pillsbury interviews: The New York Times’ 1619 producers Adizah Eghan and Annie Brown (you may also recognize their names from the credits of The Daily); Ear Hustle creators Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods; Dolly Parton’s America producer Shima Oliaee; Moonface creator James Kim; This Week in Tech founder Leo Laporte; Recode Decode host and New York Times columnist Kara Swi...

How Jessi Hempel Went from Poet to Podcast Host

April 29, 2020 07:00 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MB

This bonus episode of Inside Podcasting contains more great stuff from Skye’s original interview with former Fortune writer Jessi Hempel. After Jessi jumped from traditional print journalism to LinkedIn, she took on the role of host of the social platform’s podcast Hello Monday. In this installment, Hempel shares her early aspirations to be a poet, the time she interviewed “a very young Mark Zuckerberg,” and why she decided to pursue new challenges at LinkedIn. If you haven’t listened to...

What Martine Powers Learned at “Disney World for People Who Love Podcasts” (and More)

March 18, 2020 07:00 - 10 minutes - 10 MB

In this bonus episode of Inside Podcasting we hear from Martine Powers, the host of The Washington Post’s daily news podcast Post Reports. When Skye interviewed Martine in season one, the pair discussed what it’s been like to host her newspaper’s podcast. In this installment, Martine reveals her fantasy to “live on a beach with turtles,” what it was like to spend time reporting from her mother’s home country of Trinidad, how covering school shootings prompted her interest in finding a speci...

What Terry Gross taught Ian Chillag about interviewing (and more)

January 22, 2020 08:00 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MB

This bonus episode of Inside Podcasting is all the good stuff from Skye’s interview with Everything is Alive (everythingisalive.com) creator Ian Chillag that didn’t make it into the full episode from last August. The episode is divided into two parts: the first illuminates a bit more about Ian’s background — and contains some juicy bits about what he learned about interviewing from Fresh Air’s Terry Gross —  and the second reveals a few more behind-the-scenes details regarding how Ian mak...

Crossover with Podcast Brunch Club

October 24, 2019 07:24 - 52 minutes - 24.2 MB

Hello and welcome to a bonus episode of Inside Podcasting! Today we are featuring an episode from the Podcast Brunch Club podcast, in which PBC founder Adela Mizrachi interviews Alie Ward, host of the Ologies pod. Ologies is a show where Ward, who is a humorist and science correspondent, "asks smart people stupid questions and the answers might change your life."  Podcast Brunch Club is more than just a podcast. Every month Adela and her team put out a themed listening list. People listen ...

Behind-the-scenes: Jason Calacanis Interview

September 27, 2019 07:51 - 6 minutes - 2.79 MB

This is an Inside Podcasting "mini-episode," in which Skye and Inside.com managing editor Kim Lyons discuss what it was like to interview entrepreneur, investor and podcaster Jason Calacanis. If you haven't heard that interview yet, go back and listen to it first, then come back and press play on this installment.  This is also our final episode of season one! See you next season!    

This Week in Startups podcast, Jason Calacanis

September 25, 2019 06:21 - 50 minutes - 23.3 MB

In this episode, Skye interviews entrepreneur and angel investor Jason Calacanis. Jason, who is Skye's boss, also hosts two podcasts, This Week in Startups and Angel. Before this interview was recorded, Jason told Skye she could ask him anything — and she took him up on that. The pair discuss:  Jason's rollercoaster childhood; What drove him to get out of Brooklyn; The wild ups and downs of his entrepreneurial career; How he got into podcasting; Why a network TV show featuring Jason...

Behind-the-scenes: In the Dark

September 20, 2019 07:36 - 5 minutes - 2.4 MB

Skye and Inside.com managing editor Kim Lyons discuss what it was like to interview Madeleine Baran, the host of In the Dark.

In the Dark podcast, Madeleine Baran

September 18, 2019 15:26 - 37 minutes - 17.2 MB

Skye speaks with Madeleine Baran, the host of APM Reports’ award-winning podcast In the Dark. Madeleine reveals: What drew her to investigative journalism; How she and her team write and structure the show; Whether she practices her “narration voice”; How she felt when authorities admitted that their investigation into Jacob Wetterling's disappearance had failed;  What it was like to be at the Supreme Court in June; Her thoughts on the judicial branch's power — or lack of power — ...

Behind-the-scenes: Post Reports

September 13, 2019 13:54 - 2 minutes - 1.3 MB

Skye and Inside.com managing editor Kim Lyons discuss what it was like to interview Martine Powers, the host of Post Reports.

Post Reports podcast, Martine Powers

September 11, 2019 04:30 - 37 minutes - 17 MB

Skye speaks with Martine Powers, the host of The Washington Post's daily news podcast Post Reports. Martine reveals: Why she thought she had missed her chance to work in audio; How she felt the night before (and the day after) her highly-anticipated show launched; How the team decided on the show's structure; Whether she coaches the Washington Post journalists who come on the show; How she feels when people bring up The Daily. PLUS: Martine makes a shocking discovery about her host...

Behind-the-scenes: Slow Burn & Fiasco interview

September 06, 2019 07:19 - 5 minutes - 2.63 MB

Skye and Inside.com managing editor Kim Lyons discuss what is was like to interview Leon Neyfakh, the co-creator of Slow Burn and Fiasco. 

Slow Burn & Fiasco podcasts, Leon Neyfakh

September 04, 2019 06:55 - 45 minutes - 20.7 MB

Skye speaks with Leon Neyfakh, the host and co-creator of Fiasco, which you can find on Luminary. In its first season, Fiasco tells the backstory of the 2000 election recount. Prior to creating Fiasco, Leon and his producing partner Andrew Parsons co-created Slow Burn, which covered Watergate in season one and President Clinton's impeachment in season two. Leon and Skye discuss: A biography/memoir Leon wrote called The Next Next Level: A Story of Rap, Friendship, and Almost Giving Up; ...

Behind-the-scenes: Hello Monday interview

August 30, 2019 16:06 - 5 minutes - 2.51 MB

Skye and Inside.com managing editor Kim Lyons discuss what it was like to interview the host of the Hello Monday podcast, Jessi Hempel.

Hello Monday podcast, Jessi Hempel

August 28, 2019 05:58 - 54 minutes - 25.1 MB

Skye speaks with former Fortune writer Jessi Hempel, who is now the host of LinkedIn's podcast Hello Monday. Jessi's show blends interviews with people like Seth Meyers and Abby Womback with original reporting from the LinkedIn editorial team. Skye was especially excited to speak with Jessi because like Skye, Jessi is a first-time podcaster. The pair discuss: The nitty-gritty of making a podcast from scratch: deciding on episode length and show structure; landing guests, trusting your ow...

Behind-the-scenes: Everything is Alive interview

August 23, 2019 06:34 - 6 minutes - 2.86 MB

Skye and Inside.com managing editor Kim Lyons chat about what it was like to interview Everything is Alive creator Ian Chillag.       

Everything is Alive podcast, Ian Chillag

August 21, 2019 05:57 - 39 minutes - 18 MB

Skye talks to Ian Chillag, the creator of Everything is Alive, a podcast in which Ian interviews inanimate objects. Skye and Ian discuss: What it's like when Fresh Air's Terry Gross drops an F-bomb; How Ian creates his funny, thought-provoking and original show; How Ian prepared (or not) for a scene with a pregnancy test; What it's like to be part of the Radiotopia network; The concept of "podcast flavor."  Skye and Ian kick things off with a discussion of Ian's early career. If yo...

An Interview with Inside Podcasting Host Skye Pillsbury

August 14, 2019 04:46 - 14 minutes - 6.82 MB

In this episode, Inside.com managing editor Kim Lyons interviews Inside Podcasting host Skye Pillsbury about what it was like to make this show. Hear how Inside Podcasting came about, why Skye had a meltdown during a family vacation, what rookie mistakes she made while creating the podcast, and when she’ll feel like she’s a “real" podcaster.

Inside Podcasting Trailer

August 02, 2019 23:16 - 1 minute - 654 KB

Introducing Inside Podcasting! Hit play to hear a preview of what's coming this season.

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