The Future of What

Portia Sabin

fowarchive@gmail.com

For verified host and producer emails, sign up to view.

Booking Overview

The Future of What is a music-industry forum hosted by Portia Sabin, featuring prominent leaders and innovators discussing where the business is headed. It’s a strong fit for PR teams promoting work in music tech, artist rights, leadership culture, and industry policy—especially when backed by credible research or high-impact executive experience.

Metrics

Episodes: 324

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

Instagram: 31.0k followers

Contact Information

fowarchive@gmail.com

For verified host and producer emails, sign up to view.

Host

Portia Sabin - President of Music Biz and founder of The Future of What. She runs the show as a platform to educate musicians on the realities of the music business and to spotlight major industry voices and inno...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Industry executives in music rights/tech platforms/labels or respected researchers/advocates with documented work (books, studies, legal research) and demonstrable impact on music business realities.
Required Achievements:  
Executive leadership roles at major music/business technology organizations, Authorship of research books (e.g., legal/rights-focused work), High-visibility advocacy related to artists’ rights and constitutional issues, Conference thought leadership in the music business sector

Recent Guest Discussions

Ahuvah Berger-Burcat - Music Industry Technology And Regulation Gaps; Evolution Of The Web; AI Era; Fandom Realities; Music Biz Conference Reflections

Prof. Erik Nielson - Research On Rap Being Singled Out; Documented Legal Cases Using Rap Lyrics As Evidence; Implications For Freedom Of Speech

Simon Tam - First Amendment And Free Speech Issues In Music; Efforts Related To Band Name Rights And Minority Representation

Sarah Landy - Collective Empowerment And Leadership Culture; Communication And Employee Value; Replacing Fear/ego Leadership With Empowerment

Recent Topics

Music, Rights, Technology, Leadership, Public Policy

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Future of What
:

Episode #292 — Live From Music Biz 2026: The Tech Hits & Misses in the Music Industry with Revelator’s Ahuvah Berger-Burcat!

June 03, 2026

Before her start at Revelator four years ago, Ahuvah Berger-Burcat spent two decades in the tech & cybersecurity space. With this, she brings a unique perspective to the music industry and how it compares – from her perspective, we foster an interconnected community but lack regulations on the tech front. In this chat recorded at Music Biz 2026, Ahuvah touches on the importance of the MFFA, the evolution of the web that naturally led to the age of AI, and the false reality of fandom on the in...

Episode #291 — Unequal Justice: Inside the Fight Over Free Speech in Music

May 19, 2026

This episode features Simon Tam of The Slants and Prof. Erik Nielson, co-author of “Rap on Trial,” who both have been instrumental in combating First Amendment right violations against minority musicians. Simon’s fight to get his all-Asian band the right to their name saw thousands of pages of evidence denied, along with a footnote stating that – had they been Caucasian – there’d be no issue. Erik has researched how the Rap genre is singled out, identifying 800+ documented legal cases using R...

Episode #290 — Focusing on the “We:” Hear From Sarah Landy of FUGA on How Collective Empowerment Benefits Everyone!

May 06, 2026

When listening to music brings so much joy, working with it every day should feel just as rewarding. In an industry that reflects our broader world, fear-based, ego-driven leadership is slowly being replaced with a culture of empowerment, seeing women and POC in more supervisory roles – though we still have a ways to go. Companies like Downtown drive this change with women holding a variety of leadership roles like Sarah Landy, SVP, Americas at Downtown-company, FUGA. She joins us on the podc...

Get your clients booked on top podcasts

Try us risk free with a FREE 3 days trial.

Start Your Free Trial

Join hundreds of PR teams using Podseeker to pitch and land bookings