Thursday, November 14th, 2019

1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Session II: Herscher Hall, Room 303-304

The Podcast Production Company: From Indie Start-up to TV/Film Divisions

Aaron Hart, Vice President, TV/Film Development, Wondery

John Asante, Managing Producer, Neon Hum Media

Lee Schneider, Founder of Red Cup Agency & FutureX Podcast Network, Moderator

Speakers to be announced

 

Lee Schneider is Editor-In-Chief at Red Cup Agency, a digital publisher of podcasts and ebooks. The award-winning agency is known for its work with leaders in food, fitness, and education startups. He is the producer and host on the Future of Food Podcast, and is writing a book about food activists and innovation called Future of Food. He has produced many podcasts, including the Cult/Tech Podcast, the TechSmart Podcast*, and EdTech NOW. His upcoming podcast for Fall of 2018 is called Baby Crazy. He is an instructor at the USC School of Architecture, teaching a media course for graduate-level architecture and design students. Lee has more than 20 years of experience in journalism. He has been a writer for Good Morning America, a producer for Dateline NBC, and a producer and executive producer on many hours of programming for The History Channel, The Learning Channel, A&E, the Travel Channel, The Food Network, Bravo, and others. He is the author of Be More

Popular: Culture-Building for Startups, an Amazon Kindle #1 bestseller, Los Angeles: Chronicle of a Startup Town, Powerful Online Delivery Systems: Free and Low-Cost Platforms for Creative Companies and Individuals,  The Angel Playbook: An Essential Guide for Entrepreneurs and Angel Investors, and ACE YOUR EBOOK. His next book, about parenting, is titled Baby Crazy: Confessions of a Three-Time Father. Fun facts: In the 1980s, he was a writer on the iconic cartoon series ThunderCats. He is the father of three and married to a goddess.

 

John Asante, Managing Producer, Neon Hum Media: John Asante is a curious producer devoted to crafting stories that bring light to underserved communities. Currently, he’s the Managing Producer at Neon Hum Media, a podcast production company based in downtown LA. Before that, John developed, produced, and launched several podcasts as a Senior Producer at Stitcher, including Dear Franklin Jones, Sold In America, and Just Between Us. His work has also been heard on WNYC's The Takeaway and There Goes The Neighborhood; NPR's Talk of the Nation, Ask Me Another, Morning Edition, and Tell Me More. In his spare time, John hosts Play It Back, an independent podcast where creatives tell stories about the songs that have changed your life. Forever he loves his hometown of Atlanta, yet he loves exploring Los Angeles.