2018 has been a big year in podcasts, 4% of the US population listens to them and Apple has surpassed 50 billion all-time episode downloads and streams. Now Hollywood is looking at this medium, especially audio dramas, as a source material for film/TV. For example, shows like Amazon's LORE and the upcoming HOMECOMING starring Juliet Roberts and created by Sam Esmail (MR. ROBOT).
A panel of podcasters, executives, and producers will discuss storytelling with audio and the art of adaptation. Join moderator Peter Katz as he welcomes three knowledgeable panelists in an open discussion about creating dramatic audio stories.
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Max Cutler is the President and Founder of the Parcast Network and the creator and producer of hit podcasts Cults (debuted at #1 on Apple Podcast charts), Serial Killers (debuted at #3), Gone, Unsolved Murders: True Crime Stories (debuted at #2), Haunted Places (debuted at #3) and Remarkable Lives, Tragic Deaths (included in the iTunes “Best of 2016” chart). Parcast Network totaled more than 40 million downloads in 2017.
Since its founding in 2016, Parcast Network has totaled over 80 million downloads. The network is expected to grow tremendously, tripling in size in 2018. Parcast is devoted to creating story-driven, engaging, and entertaining programming
Lauren Shippen is the writer and creator of the science fiction podcast, The Bright Sessions. Since its debut in November of 2015, the podcast has won numerous awards, was named iTunes Best of 2016 and has been featured in Vox, Popular Science, Wired, The London Evening Standard, among others.
Lauren is also writing three YA novels for Tor Teen, with the first coming out in Summer of 2019. On top of her writing work, Lauren has acted in numerous podcasts - including her own - as well as short films and web series. She has a degree in music from The College of William & Mary and was named one of Forbes 30 Under 30 in Media for 2018.
Lauren is a New York native and now resides in Los Angeles.
Jonathan I. Hirsch is an award-winning producer, reporter, and sound designer, who has helped develop shows for dozens of clients including NPR, Stitcher, NBC, Pineapple Street Media, Fusion Media, and VOX.
Jonathan's first radio project was the non-narrated audio documentary series ARRVLS which has received wide critical acclaim, and was listed as a top 50 podcast of 2017 by The Atlantic. He went on to produce dozens of podcast projects; winning the Edward R. Murrow and Green Eyeshade awards for his work on the documentary podcast Life of the Law. He has helped develop several pilot projects for NPR, in addition producing the "Dashcam Series" for NPR's Embedded podcast.
He is the founding producer of KUOW's Terrestrial podcast, Fusion Media's Containers series, and NBC/VOX's official Winter Olympics podcast The Podium, among many others.
His original 7-part podcast series Dear Franklin Jones debuted at #1 on iTunes in February of 2018. In April, he launched the podcast production company Neon Hum Media.
Brett-Patrick Jenkins is a Critic’s Choice award winning producer and television executive based in Los Angeles, and the Head of Development at Propagate Content.
After studying art at the University of Texas at Austin, Brett-Patrick joined Rick Baker’s Cinovation Studios and contributed to films including Hell Boy and The Haunted Mansion. Since then he has developed and produced over a thousand hours of television for Discovery, History, Syfy, and HBO including upcoming new media projects with Apple, Netflix, Snapchat and Amazon.
