Make Your Show Class

Creating a digital media show can be fun. And it can certainly help open up career opportunities, help creative people get noticed, etc., but it can also be very daunting. Every question—from Which microphone should I use? to How do I carve my creative niche out in the ocean of digital slop out there?—seems to have 1,000 possible answers.

I have been making podcasts since 2018 and have moved with the industry as podcasts shifted from something you listened to on your commute to short-form video shows like Subway Takes. Over the years, I started informally consulting folks who wanted to get into podcasting, and then formally consulting with brands and creatives about moving into podcasting. I am now turning those informal chats and consulting sessions into a 4-week class.

My class is modeled on Matt Starr’s excellent Write Your Pilot class. What I like so much about Matt’s class is that you actually finish the class with a full pilot. I am taking that same spirit into my class. By the end of the 4-week class, you will have a full episode done and ready for the world.

More details:

Price: $300, but for this inaugural class, I am offering it for $150.

What you get:

• Three 2-hour sessions, each focused on a different part of the production workflow (pre-production, production, and post-production/growth)

• One office-hours consulting session in the fourth week
  

My bona fides:

Since 2018, I’ve been producing shows for individuals and media shops. My client list includes individuals like Stavros Halkias, Sam Morril, Zack Fox, Mark Normand, and Sue Bird, and media shops like Vox, Blue Wire, Chapo Trap House, Meadowlark, Defector, Campside Media, and SmartLess Media.

I’ve personally created the Nothing But Respect podcast and the Good Hang Substack.

Specifically on the broad topic of helping a show figure out what it is, I’ve worked with Substack, The General Partners, Spinsters, Defector, and Critical Babe Theory.