The 22 Most Influential Women in Podcasting
Because apparently someone needed some help coming up with names.
UPDATE: Collisions has removed the list and posted an apology in its place — and linked to this blog post!
Collisions recently released the Pod 22: A list of the 22 most influential people in podcasting, and the listservs I’m on immediately went wild.
The named “influencers” are certainly notable and deserving of placement on this list — names like Jad Abumrad, Ira Glass, and Alex Blumberg, who have all done their parts to shape the way we’ve come to view (hear?) podcasts.
But there were only two women on the list: Sarah Koenig of Serial and Megan Tan of Millennial.
We can do better than that. We are doing better than that.
So for you all, podcast lovers and consumers and ~hyperglobal thinkfluencers~ alike, here, in no particular order, is a list of women in podcasting who are kicking ass.
- Jenna Weiss-Berman — Co-founder of Pineapple Street Media
Her name is on pretty much every great podcast you know and love because she is a stealthy podcasting witch. She was previously the head of audio at Buzzfeed, where she, Heben Nigatu, Tracy Clayton, and Julia Furlan created family favorites…
