Episodes

  • The Podcaster’s Blueprint: How Ira Glass Made Podcasting a Cultural Phenomenon
    Jun 4 2025

    Hot tip for CAOs: Find a podcaster who believes in 'good promotion' like Ira Glass.


    Dan Granger (CEO, Oxford Road & Veritone One) sits down with Audio Legend and Podcast Pioneer Ira Glass (Host, Executive Producer, This American Life) in a new episode of “What’s a Podcast? - The Extended Interviews.” This week’s episode is sponsored by our friends at Fairing.

    “ You really have to be very thoughtful and show cunning in the way that you deal with advertising and promotion…. that's where you protect yourself and your right to make whatever you want.“

    • Ira Glass (Host, Executive Producer, This American Life)


    The team is talking: Promo Power, Blueprints, The Feels, and more. Let’s dig in.

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    48 mins
  • London Calling, Global Response: Highlights from The Podcast Show 2025
    May 28 2025

    Podcasting is global. Is your brand ready? On an all-new Media Roundtable: Special Edition, we’re recapping the highlights of Podcast Show London 2025 with notable attendees. This week’s episode is sponsored by our friends at ALLCITY Network.


    For the next best thing to a front row seat, we’ve assembled an all-star panel of audio industry insiders to share their fresh insights.

    Giles Martin (EVP, Strategy, Oxford Road) hosts:

    Jarrod Klawinsky - (Director, Digital Media, Oxford Road)

    Rosemary Scalabrino - (Director, Business Development, Veritone One)

    Parastoo Hosseini - (International Audio Manager, Oxford Road)

    Steven Abraham - (President, International, Oxford Road)


    “ We talk about global, but everybody’s really very, very, very local.”

    • Steven Abraham - (President, International, Oxford Road)


    These all-stars are talking: Collabs with Giants, Brand Moves, Being a Local, and more. Let’s jump in.



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    42 mins
  • Podcasting: Why Have We Been Undervaluing a $7.3B Industry? - with Hernan Lopez
    May 21 2025

    CAOs, there’s a number out there in the world that if you knew it, it’d change your business forever. Our guest on this week’s episode of the Media Roundtable found that number— How’d he do it? Join Dan Granger (CEO, Oxford Road & Veritone One) as he hosts Hernan Lopez, (Founder, Wondery & Owl & Co) in a special double episode to talk about the BIGGEST number in podcasting and why it matters.


    “ I estimated the global podcast economy to be worth $7.3 billion.”

    Hernan Lopez, (Founder, Wondery & Owl & Co)


    They’re talking: Counting What Counts, Why Definitions Matter, Audio Wins, and more. Let’s dive in.


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    1 hr and 29 mins
  • Follow the Audience & Win: Responding to Listener Behavior with Steven Goldstein (Amplifi Media) & Jay Nachlis (Coleman Insights)
    May 14 2025

    CAOs, the most important thing to remember is this: Chase your audience and success will follow.

    This week on the Media Roundtable: Special Edition, Dan Granger (CEO, Oxford Road & Veritone One) welcomes audio heavyweights Steven Goldstein (Founder & CEO, Amplifi Media) and Jay Nachlis (Vice President, Coleman Insights). This episode is sponsored by our friends at Libsyn.

    "You have to chase the audience. That's what the big media companies are learning how to do. And that's what podcasting has to learn how to do."


    • Steven Goldstein (Founder & CEO, Amplifi Media)

    The team is talking: Listener Behaviors by the Numbers, The Audio-Only Lane, and Growing Pains. Let’s jump in.

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    59 mins
  • "Little Masterpieces for Your Ears" - Understanding Podcasting’s Past, Ensuring its Future
    May 7 2025

    Ah, podcasts–those “little masterpieces for your ears.”



    We’re back with another episode of our limited series, ‘What’s a Podcast? - The Extended Interviews.’ We have an all-star panel of industry insiders to debate what a podcast is — and what it could be.

    Dan Granger (CEO, Oxford Road and Veritone One) hosts:

    Larry Rosin (President, Edison Research)

    Hilary Ross Shafer (VP, Podcast and YouTube Influencer, Veritone One)

    James Cridland (Editor, Podnews and Podcast Business Journal) and

    Nick Giorgio (Director, Media and Customer Acquisition, SimpliSafe)


    ”Podcasting's unique selling point has always been that it's something for your ears when your eyes are busy.”

    • James Cridland (Editor, Podnews and Podcast Business Journal)

    The team’s talking: Podcasting’s Identity Crisis, Podcast Growing Pains, and CAO ad outlook. Let’s dive in.


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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Audio Gold - Charting the Rise of the MeidasTouch Network with the Meiselas Brothers
    Apr 30 2025

    Three brothers have taken podcasting by storm. And this week, they share the secret to turning everything they touch to podcast gold. In our limited series “What’s a Podcast? The Extended Interviews,” we sit down with the creators of the fastest-growing independent media network in the world, the MeidasTouch.


    Dan Granger (CEO, Oxford Road and Veritone One) hosts Ben, Brett, and Jordy Meiselas (Co-founders, MeidasTouch Network) to discuss the tips and tricks the brothers use to build and scale their wildly successful podcast-turned-media-network.

    “ Everything we do is malleable. While podcasts feel like they have been around for a long time, it's still such a new industry… You can never get too comfortable. Always be looking at ‘how is this changing? What's next?”

    • Brett Meiselas, (Co-founder, MeidasTouch Network)

    They’re talking: Growth Hacks, Serving your Audience, Family SWOT Analysis, and more. Let’s dive in.

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    53 mins
  • Redefining Podcasts: Audio, Video, and the Future of the Channel with Larry Rosin (Edison Research)
    Apr 23 2025

    The Media Roundtable limited series: “What’s a Podcast? – The Extended Interviews” continues with this crucial debate. This week's episode is sponsored by Fairing.

    Dan Granger (CEO, Oxford Road and Veritone One) teams up with Larry Rosin (President, Edison Research) for our extensive qualitative and quantitative journey to define what a ‘podcast’ is in 2025. This episode is a culmination of all that work: a debate to finally forge one definition to rule them all.

    “ It's such an American idea, this democratization of voices–this fact that now there is actually representation of interests that were underserved for so long.”

    • Dan Granger (CEO, Oxford Road and Veritone One)


    Together we're talking: Consumers vs the Industry, the Spirit of Podcasting, Video Inclusion, and more. Let's dig in.

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    1 hr and 24 mins
  • Charting Podcasting’s Pirate Ship Past with Adam Carolla
    Apr 16 2025

    Presenting, The Media Roundtable Limited Series: “What’s a Podcast? – The Extended Interviews.” This week we have a guest who’s not only influential in podcasting history but in Oxford Road history too. This week's episode is sponsored by our friends at ALLCITY Network.


    During interviews for the series, Dan Granger (CEO, Oxford Road and Veritone One) got a chance to sit down with audio legend Adam Carolla (Host of The Adam Carolla Show).


    “ Big picture, the people with the voices and the people with the ideas are gonna win. That's what makes it pure.”

    • Adam Carolla (Podcast Pioneer, Host of The Adam Carolla Show)


    Together they talked: Audio Magic, Betting on Yourself, Podcasting’s Meritocracy, and more. Let’s dive in.



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    38 mins