Podcasting is a Team Sport. Here’s How to Win

I’ve learned the hard way that great podcasts don’t happen by accident. When you’re working with larger or corporate clients, the various stages of approval and higher stakes can lead quickly to workflow breakdown and unnecessary work. Too often, us producers are left with fuzzy expectations, uneven power, and unspoken assumptions about who’s responsible for what. A messy structure can lead to an overworked producer, an unhappy client, and a subpar podcast.

Drawing on my experience producing podcasts across brands, nonprofits, and independent media, this session looks at what actually makes podcast teams work, whether you’re producing solo or sharing the work with others. I’ll talk about defining roles early, setting boundaries (nicely!) and how to accurately demonstrate the value of each and every little thing you do as a producer, and get paid well for it.

This session is for anyone who’s ever felt stretched thin, unclear on expectations, or unsure where their responsibility begins and ends on a podcast project.