The Audio Insurgent

Should Shows Have Production Credits?

If you asked the audience if they belong at the end of episodes, I’m afraid they’d likely vote “no”--and there’s strong reasons you should too.

5 hrs ago • 

Eric Nuzum

October 2025

What About Podcasting Never Changes

In what feels like a constant tsunami of change…it’s important to remain focused on what never changes.

Oct 18 • 

Eric Nuzum

September 2025

What Creatives Don’t Understand About Execs (And, Conversely, What Execs Don’t Understand About Creatives)

Both groups freely express their frustrations with the other, but oftentimes they are just talking past each other.

Sep 10 • 

Eric Nuzum

July 2025

This is What Transformational Thinking Looks Like

I keep talking about the need for transformational thinking and action in media. Let’s look at an example of how that actually works.

Jul 23 • 

Eric Nuzum

June 2025

Is remote work harming the audio industry?

The problem isn’t as much the remote work as the absence of in-person time. And I fear we’ll be feeling the effect for years.

Jun 24 • 

Eric Nuzum

May 2025

Understanding public radio’s multi-platform audience–and being prepared for what you’ll see.

Public radio is spread across many platforms that use inconsistent and sometimes contradictory metrics. When you equalize them, it gives you a sobering…

May 14 • 

Eric Nuzum

April 2025

Podcasting Neurogenesis: Perhaps We Need Two Words To Describe Podcasting

Everyone talks endlessly about how much podcasting has changed, but it really hasn’t. It’s actually split into two distinct things.

Apr 30 • 

Eric Nuzum

March 2025

The Way The Audio Industry Hires is Unnecessarily Humiliating, Disrespectful, and Wrong

Hiring practices in our industry have gotten really unnecessarily bad. It’s fixable and starts with YOU. And also, what makes co-hosts work?

Mar 31 • 

Eric Nuzum

February 2025

"Something About YouTube"

What was the vibe at the On Air Fest Business Summit? Ask the coat check guy.

Feb 25 • 

Eric Nuzum

The Future is Not Zero

Audio is in an age of constant disruption and reinvention–but that doesn’t mean any audio mediums are “dying,” just changing.

Feb 6 • 

Eric Nuzum

December 2024

Bringing a Tote Bag to a Gunfight

With the change of leadership in Washington, there is a quiet debate going around about the future of public broadcasting federal funding. Here is what…

Dec 19, 2024 • 

Eric Nuzum

November 2024

The Power of Speaking to One Listener

Any time you open a mic, you are speaking to hundreds–or thousands–or hundreds of thousands of people. But you do best when you pretend there is an…

Nov 26, 2024 • 

Eric Nuzum