SIGNAL BLOG
Authenticity vs. Growth: Anna Sale, Calum Johnson and Anna Martin on Staying Real
Authenticity is podcasting's most overused word — and its most essential ingredient. In this episode, Jemma sits down with Anna Sale (Host, Death, Sex & Money), Anna Martin (Host, Modern Love), and Calum Johnson (Host, The Calum Johnson Show) to ask: can a host stay true to themselves as their show as their personal brand grows?
Introducing The Signal Room
Podcasts don’t respond to chaos in media, culture and politics—they detect the tremors before anyone else feels them. The Signal Room sits you down at the table where podcasting's sharpest minds are writing the new media game plan: five essential conversations with people who see around corners.
Recognizing the Risk Takers
This year, I’ve been thinking a lot about how podcasting has shed its parameters to become something simultaneously less defined, more influential and much more experimental.
🎧 What’s Happening in Kids Podcasting?
Kids podcasting is a unique sub-universe within the audio ecosystem—with distinct listening behaviors (co-listening, repeat listening), tighter regulations, and evolving monetization models. Our GM, Jemma Rose Brown, alongside Joe Fucigna, recently hosted a meetup of kids podcasters to uncover what’s shaping the space right now. Here are the key takeaways:
Photos from the 4th Annual Signal Awards
On November 10th, hundreds of podcasters gathered in Brooklyn to celebrate their award-winning work. The Signal Award Winners Party was a moment to hit the pause button, step off the production grind, and collectively raise a glass to both the incredible shows being made this year and the people who make them.
Audio That Moves You: How ESPN 30 for 30 Creates Immersive Sports Stories
30 for 30 podcasts is the audio storytelling arm of the iconic sports documentary brand. Every few months, the studio drops an immersive limited series at the intersection of sports, documentary and culture. And at a time when so many shops are focusing on interview shows, 30 for 30 is doubling down on longform narrative stories. Signal’s General Manager Jemma Brown sat down with 30 for 30’s Head of Podcasts Preeti Varathan to learn all about their signature approach to finding and developing new projects.