Talk of The Town

Talk of The Town

A podcast that talks about the world of media, creators, business & more. 🚀

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December 24, 2024 • 72 mins

Talk of The Town is a podcast that talks all things media, creators, business, and more! In this episode, our host Tristin sits down with Phil Ranta, who has had a storied career working in the creator and influencer space, with working at Fullscreen, being COO of Studio71 and We Are Verified, working at Mobcrush, Facebook, Nobody Studios and Fixated. Throughout the episode, Phil and Tristin talk about the creator space over 18 ye...

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Talk of The Town is a podcast that talks all things media, creators, business, and more! In this episode, our host Tristin sits down with Jill Dowless, who has had a storied career working at CNN, Disney, and recently Amazon MGM + Freevee. Throughout the episode, Jill talks about how she got her start in the industry, her experience working at CNN under Ted Turner and Jeff Zucker, building and leading Disney's programming research ...

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Talk of The Town is a podcast that talks all things media, creators, business, and more! In this episode, our host Tristin sits down with Chris Defendis, the president of Xtreme One. Throughout the episode, Chris talked about getting his start at HBO in the early 2000s, climbing the ranks to become Vice President, Network Distribution, then moving to the squared circle at WWE, and becoming the president of Xtreme One Entertainment...

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Talk of The Town is a podcast that talks all things media, creators, business, and more! In this episode, our host Tristin sits down with Sarah Romanko, from Romanko Venture Group. Throughout the episode, Sarah talked about her experience at UT Dallas, how she broke into VC, working at places like Able, Sputnik ATX, Boss Me In, how Gen-Z is changing VC and how to empower diversity, and more.


Sarah: https://www.linkedin.com/in/...

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Talk of The Town is a podcast that talks all things media, creators, business, and more! In this episode, our host Tristin sits down with Henry Burreson, founder of Creator Consult, CreatorOS and Soundwave. Henry is also the host of the Third Party Podcast and worked at AFK in partnerships. We talk about influencers, podcasts, the business of creators & more. Henry: https://www.linkedin.com/in/henryburreson/ Soundwave: https:...

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Talk of The Town is a podcast that talks all things media, creators, business, and more! In this episode, our host Tristin sits down with Brandon Maier, the founder + LvLUp Ventures. We talk about how LvLUp is building the future VC fund ecosystem, advice and his experience with early stage startups + more


Brandon Maier: http://linkedin.com/in/brandontmaier/

LvLUp Ventures: https://www.lvlup.vc/


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Talk of The Town is a podcast that talks all things media, creators, business, and more! In this episode, our host Tristin sits down with Dave Scott, the founder + CEO of Evil Genius Games. We talk about the pop culture space, social media, startups and much more!


Dave Scott: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davescott00

Evil Genuis Games: http://evilgeniusgames.com/


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Welcome to Talk of The Town - a podcast that talks all things media, creators, business, and more! In this episode, our host Tristin sits down with Jessica Van Meir, founder of MintStars, to talk about the platform and it's mission of empowering creators, the culture of sex-positivity, and much more.


MintStars: https://www.mintstars.com/

Mintstars on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mintstarsreal

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Welcome to Talk of The Town - a podcast that talks all things media, creators, business, and more! In this episode, our host Tristin sits down with Ashwath Narayanan from Social Currant, to talk about the blending of influencers and purpose driven organizations, awareness and impact through content, and more.


Social Currant: https://socialcurrant.co

Ashwath: https://linkedin.com/in/ashwathnarayanan


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Welcome to Talk of The Town - a podcast that talks all things media, creators, business, and more! In this episode, our host Tristin sits down with Michael Ivkov of Pillar.io, to talk about the creator economy, link-in-bios, influencers & more


Pillar: https://pillar.io

Pillar on X: https://x.com/pillarcreators


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Welcome to Talk of The Town - a podcast that talks all things media, creators, business, and more! In this episode, our host Tristin sits down with Jonathan Chang, XIR at Brex + the founder of GenZscouts and DayDream VC, to talk the VC ecosystem, how to brand a VC, startups, the future of crowdfunding, and more!


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Welcome to Talk of The Town - a podcast that talks all things media, creators, business, and more! In this episode, our host Tristin discusses about Embracer Group's massive shakeup, The CW makes its' final slate, Marvel's copyright battle & more!


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Welcome to Talk of The Town - a podcast that talks all things media, creators, business, and more! In this episode, our host Tristin discusses about Disney's $1.5 billion dollar content cut, Chris Licht's end at CNN, new moves at The CW and more!


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This is Talk of The Town - a podcast that talks all things media, creators, business, and more! In this episode, our host Tristin discusses about Ballen Studios launches creator agency, Cameo & SAG announce partnership, Comcast's $20 TV service, & more


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Welcome to Talk of The Town - a podcast that talks all things media, creators, business, and more! In this episode, our host Tristin discusses about Disney fighting back against Florida, SGA-AFTRA issuing a strike warning, The CW's new era, and more. Looking for a specific section of the episode? Here are some timestamps: Episode Sponsor - Zencastr: Zencastr is the ultimate all-in-one podcasting platform. Zencastr bundles all your ...
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Welcome to Talk of The Town - a podcast that talks all things media, creators, business, and more! In this episode, our host Tristin discusses about how The CW strikes again, Elon stepping down from Twitter, Disney set to buy Hulu, and more Looking for a specific section of the episode? Here are some timestamps: Episode Sponsor - Zencastr: Zencastr is the ultimate all-in-one podcasting platform. Zencastr bundles all your podcasting...
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Welcome to Talk of The Town - a podcast that talks all things media, creators, business, and more! In this episode, our host Tristin discusses about the Writers Guild strike, Amazon launching a film and TV distribution business, The CW, and more. Looking for a specific section of the episode? Here are some timestamps: Episode Sponsor - Zencastr: Zencastr is the ultimate all-in-one podcasting platform. Zencastr bundles all your podc...
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Welcome to Talk of The Town - a podcast that talks all things media, creators, business, and more! In this episode, our host Tristin discusses about Disney possibly selling Hulu for Marvel rights, Arrowverse creator sounds off on DC, new era at YouTube & more

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