Baratunde Thurston and Terry Rice speak on Insider Interviews about AI + Humanity

Keeping Humans in Machines – POVs on AI from Baratunde Thurston and Terry Rice

This bonus episode of Insider Interviews: With Media & Marketing Pros came together super spontaneously at On Air Fest in Brooklyn, where podcasters, creators, and technologists gathered recently to talk about the future of audio and, no spoiler alert, the future of AI. After a keynote session that talked about living WITH machines by keeping […]

Why Humanity is Media’s Edge in an AI World

Jack Myers has been sharing observations and insights about media longer than some platforms have even existed. I used to study his “Jack Myers Report,” when I started in cable and it was actually the first faxed newsletter. Then fast forward a decade or two and I became the first Managing Editor of Jack’s next […]

Bonus Insider Interviews with Women in Media at CES

She-Cam Interviews with Women in Tech at CES: A Bonus Episode

It’s a fast but mighty 20 minute bonus episode of Insider Interviews! Took my “she-cam” on another* spontaneous journey through the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2026) to speak with six different women, of six different tech and media areas. They provided first-hand insights on #AI, content, and advertising. These industry leaders span audio, advertising and […]

Peter Ferioli on Insider Interviews Discusses Interactive Podcasts

Innovations in Audio: Interactive Podcasts from Pantheon!

A spontaneous chat at Podcast Movement 2025 turned into 15 minutes of pure gold when Peter Ferioli explained how podcasts can now be interactive, with Pantheon joining forces with Spooler Media to lead the way. And to be wow’d at a conference that regularly features the best and the brightest in podcasting, this really stood […]

A Panel of Pros at PopCon on Making and Marketing Podcasts

Making, Marketing & Monetizing Podcasts – Live from PopCon

Thanks to The Podcast Academy, Ti King and I got to attend #PopCon with the intention of evangelizing podcasting (and the Academy, of course! See links for joining, below.) After I got used to the costumed attendees of PopCon, and fan-girled a few anime voice talents and celebrities on site, I got down to business […]

How Real Producers use AI in Creative

How Real World Producers Use AI

The first time I heard voices I thought I was losing my mind. AI-generated voices, that is. Because I couldn’t believe how “real” they sounded. Listen to the intro to this episode and tell me what YOU think. Then find the little samples of producer Jim Mullen’s voice later in this episode! I’m still wrapping […]