Episodes: 29
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000
Gender skew: Male
Listener location: USA
Publicly listed emails
robmcmyers@gmail.com
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Rob McGinley Myers - Former public radio producer; noted in the description for work including The Writer's Almanac and Anxious Machine. Co-host of Phonograph.
Britta Greene - Former public radio producer; noted in the description for work including Minnesota Public Radio and The New Yorker Radio Hour. Co-host of Phonograph.
Joe Richman - Revisiting A Long-ago This American Life Piece; Producing Audio Journalism; The Experience Of Returning To The Same Story Years Later.
Casey Liss - Podcast Advertising Campaign Context And The Creative/business Mechanics Behind It.
John Siracusa - Podcast Advertising Campaign Context And The Creative/business Mechanics Behind It.
Lex Friedman - Podcast Advertising History And How It Worked; Selling Podcast Ads.
Nikole Hannah-Jones: What the Evidence Shows
October 08, 2026
In light of Nikole Hannah-Jones's recent essay about the fallout from choosing a school for her daughter, Rob and Britta to go back to a discussion of "The Problem We All Live With," a story reported by Nikole Hannah-Jones for This American Life and produced by Chana Joffe-Walt in 2015. Rob and Britta dig into how that episode and recent events both exemplify the necessity of documentary journalism, even when a journalist is documenting her own doubts about her own ideals. Show Notes: TAL Ep...
An Audio Mural with Alex Kotlowitz
August 27, 2026
Overview: On this episode, Rob and Britta explore the audio work of Alex Kotlowitz, a documentariean and writer best known for There Are No Children Here. He's spent years building a quietly stunning body of non-narrated stories for Chicago Public Radio and This American Life. Britta's conversation with Alex is woven into our discussion of his stories about home, money, love, and trauma. Support Phonograph on Patreon Links for this episode: A Trip to the Boundary Waters – The New Yorker Radi...
Ancient High School Regrets
July 30, 2026
On this episode, a break from the usual format. About a year ago, Rob came home from his 30th high school reunion with a story he couldn't stop telling: how he tried to apologize to a woman that reunion whose friendship he'd ended their junior year of high school. To get to the bottom of what the story meant, Rob sat down with a close friend, set up two microphones, and told her the whole thing. Rob and Britta talk about what happened when he did, and why a story might mean something differen...
Lipstick Economy · Medium booking difficulty · 100 - 1,000 listeners
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The publicly listed email for Phonograph: robmcmyers@gmail.com.
Podseeker estimates Phonograph reaches 100 to 1,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.
Phonograph typically books industry leaders. Typical guest background: Producers, editors, and media professionals (especially in public radio, documentary/audio journalism, podcast production) and/or recognized figures in podcast advertising/media business; ideally people with a notable body of work or involvement in widely cited audio projects. Common among recent guests: Founded or led an audio media project (e.g., Radio Diaries); Produced segments for high-profile public radio/audio journalism series; Executive roles in podcast ad networks or ad sales. Recent guests include Joe Richman, Casey Liss, and John Siracusa.
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