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Indie podcasting is wonderful, but breaking into larger networks can open up a world of new opportunities, including access to funding, marketing channels, and production resources. But how do you break into the world of professional networks? This panel will discuss everything you need to know about selling your show, including how to create an effective pitch.
This panel will be live-streamed on YouTube with live closed captioning and an ASL interpreter. A link to the stream will be made available on the day of the event.
Jordan Cobb
Janus Descending, Primordial Deep (No Such Thing Productions)
Jordan Cobb is a New York City based actress and writer. Creator of No Such Thing Productions, Jordan wrote and starred in the sci-fi horror podcast series Janus Descending (Chel), the fantasy-comedy Here Be Dragons (Harper Bennett and Dr. Natalya Atlas), and the high seas adventure-thriller Primordial Deep (Dr. Marella Morgan). She has written for Fable and Folly’s Alba Salix; Royal Physician, Long Story Short’s Unseen, and The Paragon Collective’s The Oyster. As an actress, Jordan has been featured on over four-dozen audio dramas, and voiced Princess Karina in the audiobook for Roseanne A. Brown’s A Song of Wraiths and Ruin, and Katherine in Justina Ireland’s Deathless Divide. When she isn’t comfortably settled behind the mic, you can find her on stage or on Twitter (@inkphemeral).
Paul Bae
The Black Tapes, The Big Loop, MARVELS
Paul Bae is the award winning creator, writer and director of The Black Tapes (with Terry Miles) and The Big Loop (solo) podcasts—named Apple Podcasts’ “Best of 2015” and “Best of 2018” in the US respectively.
Recognized in Austin Film Festival and Moviemaker Magazine’s “25 Screenwriters To Watch In 2019,” with three television sales under his belt (including the much-lauded sale of The Black Tapes “in the room” to NBC) and his multi-series deal with Spotify, Paul has a successful track record of pitching audio fiction podcasts and TV properties to major studios and networks.
Ella Watts
The Orphans
Ella is a Podcast Producer at BBC Studios, where she works across a range of podcast and radio content. She’s also an audio fiction expert and advocate, best known for a landmark survey of the independent fiction podcast industry that was commissioned by BBC Sounds in 2018. Ella has worked across a range of independent fiction podcasts and events, including Wooden Overcoats, The Unseen Hour, London Podcast Festival and Pod UK. She is an Executive Producer for The Orphans podcast.
Ann Heppermann
Serendipity; The Sarah Awards
Ann Heppermann is the founder of The Sarah Awards which celebrates and rewards radio drama for the 21st century. Likened to the Oscars by The New York Times, the Sarah Awards encourages producers to push the boundaries of audio fiction. She’s worked in audio for nearly 20 years and received numerous awards, including a Peabody. In 2011 she was named a United States Artists Rockefeller Fellow. A dedicated educator, she has been teaching audio fiction at Sarah Lawrence College in its writing program since 2011. She’s also hosted the fiction podcast Serendipity and is currently an executive producer for Audible. Bitch Magazine called her a “sort of Goddess of podcasting,” which pleases her very much.
Julia Schifini
Janus Descending, Primordial Deep; Spirits, Next Stop (Multitude)
Julia Schifini is a historian, voice actor, sound designer, and lover of all fancy foods. She is a co-host and producer of Spirits, a co-host of Join the Party, and the Community Manager of Multitude. She loves world-building, professional wrestling, fancy cheese, and all things creepy and cool. You can hear her sound design on podcasts like Janus Descending and Primordial Deep, and voice acting on Tides and What’s the Frequency.