Podcast Perspectives
Podcast Perspectives helps you understand the ever-changing podcast industry. Hosted by Jeff Umbro, founder and CEO of The Podglomerate, this Signal Award winning show speaks to leaders in the podcast space through longform interviews and panel discussions. The goal is to walk through not only the important news and issues of the day in the podcast landscape, but also to go deep on the topics that podcasters need to know today. Named PR Daily's 2025 Best Podcast Production and Marketing Agency, The Podglomerate is a podcast services agency focused on production, audience growth, and monetization for some of the biggest podcasts in the world. Produced by The Podglomerate.
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October 13, 2026 • 44 mins
You asked, we listened! A continuation of our highly recommended 2025 webinar, this edition will focus on video podcasting for politics/news ahead of the 2026 midterms. Video podcasting played a massive role in the “2024 podcast election,” and it will surely do the same in the lead-up to the November 2026 midterms. As audio hosts and producers, should you get into long- or short-form video for your podcast? How do you p...
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September 29, 2026 • 36 mins
Ainsley Rossitto is the first Head of Podcasts at Beehiiv, a publishing platform built to help creators grow and monetize their audiences. Beehiiv was founded in 2021 by Tyler Denk, an early employee at Morning Brew, and has since grown into a platform serving 60,000 newsletter writers. Unlike platforms that are increasingly trying to become destinations or social networks themselves, Beehiiv has positioned itself as the infrastruc...
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September 15, 2026 • 44 mins
Emma Sweet is the Global Product Activation Manager for podcasts at YouTube, where she works at the intersection of podcasting, video, audience growth, monetization, and YouTube’s evolving suite of creator tools.
During this conversation, we’ll cover:
How YouTube looks at podcasting vs traditional video
Whether every podcast should transition to video
What makes a podcast work on YouTube
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September 1, 2026 • 43 mins
Richard Fawal is the Founder and CEO of Voxtopica, a podcast strategy firm focused on organizations whose success is measured by mission alignment and expansion rather than monetization. His recently developed Mission-Driven Podcast Framework argues that many podcast best practices were built for advertisers, creators, and media businesses—not nonprofits, universities, government agencies, associations, and other mission-firs...
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August 18, 2026 • 39 mins
Glenn Rubenstein is the founder of Adopter Media, one of podcasting's largest media buying agencies. Through Adopter, his team helps brands plan, buy, and optimize podcast advertising campaigns at significant scale. Glenn recently reacted to a proposal by the Alliance for Measurement in Podcasting (AMP), a cross-industry task force assembled to address what its members believe are some of podcasting's biggest measurement challenges...
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August 4, 2026 • 32 mins
Sharon Taylor is Chief Revenue Officer at Triton Digital, one of the largest podcast technology and advertising companies in the industry. Through its ownership of Spreaker, Triton also provides hosting and monetization tools for independent creators.
Before joining Triton Digital, Sharon served as CEO of Omny Studio, and helped establish it as one of podcasting's leading enterprise hosting platforms. Omny was acquired by Triton...
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July 21, 2026 • 43 mins
Laura Mayer has spent her career inside the podcast machine: at WNYC, Panoply, Stitcher, Sony, ABC News, and now Talkhouse.
In this conversation with Jeff Umbro, she traces the early days of podcasting, the rise and fall of network strategy, and what it really takes to build shows that people actually want to hear. Laura also reflects on Shameless Acquisition Target, the podcast that became a book and a sharp-eyed look at the bu...
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July 7, 2026 • 47 mins
With millions of shows competing for attention, and limited budget and bandwidth for marketing, podcast audience growth can seem impossible. But the podcasts you perceive as “competitors” in the space are experiencing the same discoverability hurdles as you, and they're actually your greatest untapped resource for collaborative growth. Join The Podglomerate and Podchaser on April 16 for this free webinar as we’ll ...
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June 23, 2026 • 39 mins
Stephanie Smellie is Head of Business Development at Patreon. She has spent more than a decade at the intersection of entertainment, the creator economy, and emerging tech, with leadership roles at Sony, iHeartMedia, Spotify, and blockchain startup Dapper Labs before joining Patreon in 2024. At Patreon, she focuses on partnerships that expand tools and monetization opportunities for creators, with podcasts emerging as the platform&...
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June 9, 2026 • 44 mins
Brendan Monaghan is the CEO of Libsyn and co-founder of Megaphone. He explains why Spotify acquired Megaphone in 2020 for $235 million, why he left Megaphone a year later, and why he returned to lead Libsyn. Brendan discusses Libsyn’s latest monetization tools, its strategic partnership with Podroll, and how independent creators can better position themselves for growth in an increasingly competitive space.
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Mia Lobel is a seasoned producer with over 20 years in the game. She shares raw insights from her journey through startup at Panoply, the explosive growth at Pushkin, and her current role shaping Slate’s future. She discusses the unsustainable grind that led her to leave behind four years of relentless work, and what it really takes to build a resilient, meaningful podcasting career amid turbulence.Mia also reflects on the pr...
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Clio de la Llave and Nadine Robinson are the co-founders of Podcast Nation, a creator-first network born out of their influencer marketing agency, Booje Media. We discuss how they evolved from managing social creators to building one of the most distinctive podcast businesses, why integrating audio with social and talent is now central to modern podcast advertising, and what they’ve learned from scaling shows like The Telepat...
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May 5, 2026 • 57 mins
Podcast awards can offer numerous benefits beyond just winning. Whether you become a nominee or a winner, entering a podcast awards competition enhances visibility, builds credibility, and showcases expertise. And being an “award-nominated” or “award-winning” show can help attract guests and collaborators, increase media exposure and the potential for podcast app feature opportunities, and open up avenues fo...
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April 28, 2026 • 36 mins
Jerry Kolber is the Emmy-nominated producer behind Nat Geo’s Brain Games and Netflix’s Brainchild, and co-creator and host of family podcast Who Smarted? through his company Atomic Entertainment. We discuss his shift from educational TV to family podcasting, why he believes this is the “Story Age” for brands and creators, and Atomic Entertainment’s emphasis on paid growth, specifically buying Facebook ...
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Recorded live at SXSW 2026 in Austin, TX, "Will Podcasts Survive the YouTube Era". Join YouTube Global Product Activation Manager Emma Sweet, Podcast Nation Director of Strategic Growth and Partnerships Libby Absten, HubSpot Head of Media Partnerships Carly Baker, and The Podglomerate VP of Production Services Chris Boniello in conversation.
They discuss the difficulties and possibilities of creators and advertisers adapting to th...
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Recorded live at SXSW 2026 in Austin, TX, this third special episode of Podcast Perspectives is a high-level panel called So Everyone Has a Podcast. Should They? Our conversation includes Sounds Profitable founder Bryan Barletta, Podcast Nation co-founder Nadine Robinson, Lower Street founder Harry Morton, and Podglomerate founder and CEO Jeff Umbro.
We discuss when it makes sense for people to create (own), guest (visit), or buy ...
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Recorded live at Podcast Movement at SXSW 2026 in Austin, TX, this second special episode of Podcast Perspectives brings together three voices from across the podcast advertising world, with Bumper’s Jonas Woost, Ad Results Media’s Taylor Bradbury, and Crooked Media’s Giancarlo Bizzarro.
With a combination of publishers, buyers, and data, we break down why brands should invest in podcasting, how publishers and ...
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In this special episode of Podcast Perspectives recorded live at Podcast Movement at SXSW on March 13, 2026 in Austin, TX with Audacy's Leah Reis-Dennis, Acast's Greg Glenday, and Libsyn's Brendan Monaghan.
Together, we dig into how podcasters are actually making money in 2026, what AI means (and doesn’t mean) for creators, how video is changing the business, where global growth is really happening, and how consolidation a...
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March 10, 2026 • 26 mins
Ryan Alford is the founder and CEO of The Radcast Network and host of Right About Now, a top business and marketing podcast in the US. We talk about his early career running agencies and helping major brands with production and marketing, and how it led to him building his own systems for ad sales, repurposing content, and driving audience growth through his own podcast and eventually his own network. Ryan also shares how he’...
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February 24, 2026 • 43 mins
N’Jeri Eaton is the CEO of Type C Studios, where she advises major brands as a development and programming consultant. We discuss her career as a podcast and audio executive, leading programming and content strategy at NPR, Apple Podcasts, Netflix, and Wondery. N’Jeri reveals what makes a compelling pitch, how to reach diverse audiences, and the challenges of budget constraints. She also shares how Type C Studios was fo...
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