"An interestingly idiosyncratic and personal vision of how to make podcasts."--Ira Glass

Veteran podcast creator and strategist Eric Nuzum distills a career's worth of wisdom, advice, practical information, and big-picture thinking to help podcasters "make noise"--to stand out in this fastest of fastest-growing media universes.

Nuzum identifies core principles, including what he considers the key to successful audio storytelling: learning to think the way your audience listens. He delivers essential how-tos, from conducting an effective interview to marketing your podcast, developing your audience, and managing a creative team. He also taps into his deep network to offer advice from audio stars like Ira Glass, Terry Gross, and Anna Sale.

The book's insights and guidance will help readers successfully express themselves as effective audio storytellers, whether for business or pleasure, or a mixture of both.

Author: Eric Nuzum
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Published: 12/10/2019
Pages: 264
Weight: 0.8lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781523504558


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 12/15/2019 pg. 82

About the Author
Nuzum, Eric: - Eric Nuzum is considered a leading "go-to" expert in audio, podcasting, radio, and spoken word entertainment. He led NPR's podcasting efforts in 2005 and remained its leading creative and strategic force for a decade. He brought programs like Fresh Air with Terry Gross, Snap Judgment, and Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me into the podcasting ecosystem and helped them become iconic hits. As a creator, he developed some of NPR's most successful podcasts, including TED Radio Hour and Invisibilia. He continued his track record of success during his tenure as Audible's leader for short-form content and podcasting, creating such recognized podcasts as Sincerely X (another co-production with TED), The Butterfly Effect with Jon Ronson, and Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel. Eric is based in the New York City metro area.