Episodes

Are trusted personalities becoming the next generation of media companies with Dan Granger, CEO of Oxford Road LIVE today, July 1st, 2026, at 7:05 pm EST / 4:05 pm PST via video here on this platform and others. New Media Show host and Podcast Hall of Famer Rob Greenlee is joined by Dan Granger, Founder and CEO of Oxford Road, to explore how creators, hosts, experts, and entertainers are becoming multi-platform media businesses across podcasts, YouTube, livestreams, newsletters, social media, ev...

Should every use of AI in a podcast, video, or creator workflow be disclosed? Or is the better question whether AI created the actual substance of what the audience came to hear or watch? On Episode 670 of The New Media Show, Rob Greenlee is joined by Alberto Betella, co-founder of RSS.com and creator of "Should I Disclose AI", for a timely conversation about AI transparency, synthetic media, voice cloning, human trust, and the future of creator-led media. AI is now helping creators edit video, ...

What does “new media” mean now? Is podcasting becoming just one lane inside the larger creator-led media ecosystem? In Episode 668 of the New Media Show, Rob Greenlee talks with Oli Forsyth, founder of New Economies and New-Media.co, about the changing relationship between creators, podcasts, newsletters, video, live streams, short-form clips, AI, and the legacy media world. They explore why trusted independent voices are gaining influence, how creators can build real businesses through multiple...

Is real-time AI changing live sports media and the future of new media itself? In this episode of The New Media Show, Rob Greenlee talks with Dr. Shalini Ananda, founder and CEO of Neuron Systems, about how multi-agent AI is creating more interactive, personalized, and fan-driven sports experiences. They explore AI-powered sports conversations, real-time audience participation, multilingual fan communities, specialized AI agents, creator tools, AI-generated shows, trust, guardrails, hallucinatio...

On this episode #676 of The New Media Show, Podcast Hall of Famer Rob Greenlee is joined by Steve Wilson, Chief Strategy Officer at Daylight Media and a former Apple Podcasts executive, for a conversation about the next evolution of the new media creator economy. Podcasting is still a powerful long-form relationship format, but it is now part of something larger. Today’s creators are building audiences across video, audio, YouTube, social clips, newsletters, live events, advertising, memberships...

Can creators still monetize in the age of AI slop, synthetic video, and YouTube’s new AI labeling rules? In this LIVE episode 669 TONIGHT (June 3rd at 6 pm EST/3 pm PST) of The New Media Show, Rob Greenlee is joined by longtime podcasting and new media creator platform expert Rob Walch for a timely conversation about video, AI-generated content, YouTube’s AI disclosure rules, and what all of it means for creator monetization. YouTube now requires creators to disclose content that is realistical...

Are Podcast Networks Becoming Creator Networks? Live today on New Media Show #666 at 6 PM ET / 3 PM PT, I’m joined by Greg Wasserman, Head of Relationships at RSS.com, to ask a bigger new media question: Are podcast networks becoming creator networks? Podcasting is still important, but audiences now experience podcasts as YouTube shows, Spotify videos, Apple Video Podcasts, livestreams, clips, newsletters, communities, and creator-led media brands. That changes the network model. The future may...

AI use with digital media creators is moving beyond simple tools for transcripts, show notes, image generation, and editing. In this episode 664 of the New Media Show, host Rob Greenlee, 2017 Podcast Hall of Famer, talks with Mike Russell, founder of CreatorMagic.ai and longtime audio producer behind Music Radio Creative, about how new media creators, podcasters, and video producers can begin building their own “AI creator employee.” Mike explains how AI agents are becoming active collaborators ...

Everyone is talking about New Media, but what does it actually mean now? On New Media Show #665 , Rob Greenlee is joined by Ashni / Ashley Christenson, streaming strategist, community builder, and new media operator with 13 years of experience across creators, streaming, startups, and media strategy. Ashley has worked with 60+ startups, is connected with Hype Partners, and publishes on YouTube at youtube.com/ @ashnichrist and on X at x.com/ @ashnichrist . We explore Ashley’s recent breakdown of ...

In episode 663 of the New Media Show, hosted by 2017 Podcast Hall of Famer Rob Greenlee, Rob talks with Jeanine Wright, CEO of Inception Point AI, and Robert Scoble, known as Scobleizer, Founder of AlignedNews.ai for a deep conversation about one of the biggest and most uncomfortable questions facing podcasting, video, social media, and the creator economy: what happens when AI-generated content stops sounding and looking artificial? I apologize for the lower audio quality of this episode, which...

On Episode 662 TONIGHT at 6:05pm EST / 3:05pm PST of the Live New Media Show, Host and Podcast Hall of Famer Rob Greenlee talks with Imran Ahmed, Founder of GreatPods.co, about what we can do to make podcast discovery better and why human editorial judgment may matter more than ever in 2026. Great Pods has relaunched as a podcast discovery platform built around professional podcast criticism, named reviewers, critic transparency, user profiles, weekly engagement rankings, editorial award badges,...

In episode 661 of The New Media Show LIVE on Weds, April 29th a 6 pm EST / 3 pm PST, 2017 Podcast Hall of Famer Rob Greenlee is joined live by 2018 Podcast Hall of Famer Dave Jackson, Head of Podcasting at Podpage.com and founder of School of Podcasting, for a timely conversation about whether independent podcasters and media creators can still succeed in today’s fast-changing podcasting, video, AI, and creator economy landscape. The podcasting industry is more competitive, more visual, more pla...

On this episode 660 of the Coming Live New Media Show tonight, April 22nd at 6 pm EST / 3 pm PST right here on this platform or at NewMediaShow.com/Live. Host, Rob Greenlee, is joined by Brendan Monaghan, CEO of Libsyn, for an important conversation about where one of podcasting’s most foundational companies is headed next. Libsyn helped define podcast hosting in the early era of the medium. But in 2026, podcast hosting is no longer just about storing audio files and generating RSS feeds. Today,...

Podcasting is entering a new phase, and this episode goes straight into the infrastructure, business models, and platform shifts shaping what comes next. On episode 659 of The New Media Show, Host and Podcast Hall of Famer Rob Greenlee shares the microphone with Sharon Taylor, Chief Revenue Officer at Triton Digital - Spreaker and Omny Studio, for a deep conversation about where the podcasting market is heading right now. Sharon brings years of experience from Omny Studio, Triton Digital, and Sp...

On Episode 658 of the April 8th, 2026 LIVE New Media Show, Host Rob Greenlee, Podcast Hall of Famer, is joined live by David Plotz, founder and CEO of CityCast.fm, for a deep conversation about one of the most important and under-discussed opportunities in media right now: local podcasts. City Cast has built a network of daily local podcasts and newsletters across cities in the U.S., focused on helping people feel more informed, more connected, and more engaged with where they live. That makes D...

LIVE Tonight, April 1st, LIVE at 6 pm EST / 3 pm PST on The New Media Show #657 , I’m joined live by Justin Jackson, Co-Founder and CEO of Transistor, group leader of the Podcast Standards Project (PSP), for a serious conversation about where podcasting and creator media are heading right now, and it will shock you. https://newmediashow.com | https://newmediashow.com/live We’ll dive into Apple Podcasts and HLS video, the broader shift from podcasting to the very confusing and rapidly changing cr...

In episode 656 of the New Media Show, Podcast Hall of Famer Rob Greenlee is joined by Jay Nachlis, Media Research VP at Coleman Insights. "It's a timely and deeper conversation about Apple Podcasts moving more aggressively into HLS video streaming and what that really means for the future of podcasting, audience behavior, platform competition, and creator strategy in 2026." This episode goes far beyond the Apple announcement itself. Jay brings a strong audience research and brand strategy persp...

In this pre-recorded episode #655 : Podcast discovery feels harder in 2026, not because creators stopped trying, but because attention is now split across podcast apps, YouTube, short-form video feeds, newsletters, and search-driven recommendations. In this episode of the New Media Show, host and 2017 Podcast Hall of Famer Rob Greenlee shares the screen and a microphone with Arielle Nissenblatt, 2026 Podcast Hall of Famer and Founder of EarBuds Podcast Collective and Head of Community and Conte...

Human leadership in the age of AI | Erin Diehl - New Media Show #654 In this episode, we explore the critical role of human leadership in the age of AI. The speaker, a leadership expert, emphasizes that essential human qualities like empathy, trust, and courage will always remain vital. We delve into how these human leadership skills are fundamental to effective thinking and guidance in an increasingly automated world.

What does it really take to build a media business that people trust in an increasingly AI-driven world? On this episode TONIGHT Live at 6:05 pm EST / 3:05 pm PST of The New Media Show with host Rob Greenlee of Trust Factor Lab (Trust Creator Community), with guest Erin Diehl, host of Workday Playdate Podcast and Founder of Improve It!, for a conversation about why the future of human created media may belong to creators, brands, and leaders who know how to build real human connections. As AI co...

New Media Show Episode 653 How to Build a Future-Proof Show in 2026 with Anika Jackson Podcasting in 2026 isn’t just changing formats. It’s changing expectations. Platforms reward shows that behave like programs, audiences judge creators like brands, and AI is raising the baseline quality so fast that trust and differentiation have become the real moat. With host Rob Greenlee, a Podcast Hall of Fame inductee and longtime new media strategist. On The New Media Show, my goal is to connect the dots...

On this episode #652 of "The New Media Show", Host and Podcast Hall of Famer Rob Greenlee talks with Guest Lauren Shippen (Creative Director at Atypical Artists) to tackle a growing tension in creator media: "audio fiction is thriving as a storytelling format, but it’s being pressure-tested by the industry’s video-first discovery push". Fiction podcasts didn’t stop working. What changed is how platforms signal value, how audiences discover new shows, and how creators feel forced to “look video-r...

Video for discovery, not viewing | Lauren Shippen | New Media Show

The sports analogy: why human stakes beat AI spectacle | Lauren Shippen | NewMediaShow.com