On Air Fest presents unforgettable performances, live tapings, and conversations from the artists and storytellers who are defining this moment in audio.
Reserve your tickets now for a weekend of sonic wonder in Brooklyn. Here's what's in store...
FRIDAY FEB 24
Gathering together leading voices from the vanguard of podcasting for a full day of performances, talkbacks, live tapings, and in-depth interviews, including:
Get to Wythe early for a creative Breakfast with Simplecast.
Day one of On Air Fest will be hosted by the dynamic Ronald Young Jr., host of HBO Docs Club and Solvable from Pushkin Industries
Host of Not Lost Brendan Francis Newnam brings a live dinner party to the stage with guest Tony-winning John Cameron Mitchell.
A live taping of the Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso from Pushkin Industries.
Susan Matthews and the award-winning team behind Slow Burn: Roe v Wade, will discuss the making of the series, and the aftermath of the country’s landmark moment.
Audio artist Kaitlin Prest takes attendees inside her newest series Sisters, a personal documentary about love, power dynamics and all of the invisible things in the air between humans, made in collaboration with her own sister, Natalie Prest. From CBC Podcasts, Mermaid Palace and Radiotopia from PRX, this performance will be presented at On Air Fest
The Slowdown with poet and newly announced host Major Jackson, will take the stage for an interactive session.
Mike Africa, Jr. will take the stage to discuss the CBC’s The Africas Vs. America, an investigation of the 1985 story of police bombing a Philadelphia housing project and killing 11 members of the local Black liberation organization called MOVE.
The Podcast Penthouse presented by Simplecast presents live tapings of:
Radiotopia Presents: Bot Love, NPR’s Life Kit with new host Marielle Segarra
Talkhouse series That’s How I Remember It with host Craig Finn and special guest Kevin Morby.
Early Access to On Air: The Podcast Experience, a multiple-room takeover of the Wythe Hotel curated by a collection of different shows and their creators including rooms designed by My Favorite Murder and the Exactly Right Network, Radiolab, Object Of Sound, The Heart and On Being Project.
SATURDAY FEB 25
Day two of On Air Fest continues to present the best of audio through live tapings, talks and awards.
Start the day right with a Networking Breakfast with Stitcher.
Day Two opening remarks by Connor Ratliff, actor, comedian and host of Headgum hit podcast Dead Eyes.
Audie Cornish receives the Audio Vanguard Award, featuring a career-spanning interview with Kara Swisher.
The highly-anticipated relaunch of On Being with Krista Tippett will take place at On Air Fest. The Peabody award-winning public radio show and podcast will debut its new format live on stage with a special guest.
Spill the tea with a Normal Gossip, where creators Kelsey McKinney and Alex Sujong Laughlin will craft a sample gossip story live onstage.
A live edition of The People's Party with host Talib Kweli.
Mobituaries with Mo Rocca and Connor Ratliff, where the two hosts sit down to honor a legendary voice talent from the world of animation and talk about where they find inspiration.
Join the hosts of the new podcast Grown from The Moth, Aleeza Kazmi and Alfonso ‘Fonzo’ Lacayo for a live taping of the show as they swap stories from the cusp of adulthood with David Lepelstat.
The Podcast Penthouse presented by Simplecast presents live tapings of:
Join the hosts of the new podcast Grown from The Moth, Aleeza Kazmi and Alfonso ‘Fonzo’ Lacayo for a live taping of the show as they swap stories from the cusp of adulthood with David Lepelstat.
Vox’s Unexplainable with host Noam Hassenfeld
Carmel Holt’s Sheroes with special guest Valerie June.
Early Access to On Air: The Podcast Experience, a multiple-room takeover of the Wythe Hotel curated by a collection of different shows and their creators including rooms designed by My Favorite Murder and the Exactly Right Network, Radiolab, Object Of Sound, The Heart and On Being Project.
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