The Creator Spotlight Podcast

    Every week we spend an hour in conversation with a notable creator, discussing their approach to audience growth, monetization, and content production. Hosted by Francis Zierer (Twitter and LinkedIn).New episodes every Thursday.This podcast is part of our newsletter, Creator Spotlight.

  • Ep. 42: The blueprint for growing your business online ft. Matt McGarry

  • Ep. 41: How a journalist becomes an entrepreneur ft. Lindsey Stanberry

  • Ep. 40: How to build a media company: Use streetwear brand tactics

  • Ep. 39: How to make $100k+ as a local news creator ft. Michael Kauffman

  • Ep. 38: He's helped creators earn $200M — here's how ft. John Hu

  • Ep. 37: 10+ years in media, 1 piece of advice ft. Workweek's Adam Ryan

  • Ep. 36: Making big bucks with a small audience ft. Lex Roman

  • Ep. 35: Being an idiot will make you a better writer ft. Alex Dobrenko

  • Ep. 34: Behaving Badly and Going Viral ft. Penn Weinberger

  • Ep. 33: Discovering an Untapped Market Worth $30k a Month ft. Rameel Sheikh

  • Ep. 32: The YouTube space race ft. Swapna Krishna

  • Ep. 31: 1 million YouTube subscribers (twice) ft. Alex Emery

  • Ep. 30: Lifestyle over empire ft. Caitlin Dewey

  • Ep. 29: "Posting content on the internet changed my life" ft. Tommy Clark

  • Ep. 28 He sold his newsletter then bought it back for $1 ft. Ryan Gilbert of Workspaces

  • Ep. 27: The anti-Gary Vaynerchuk social media resource ft. Rachel Karten of Link in Bio

  • Ep. 26: How to monetize a digital media business ft. Michelle Curb of Gloria

  • Ep. 25: Building a career in soccer journalism ft. Theo Lloyd-Hughes of Squad Depth

  • Ep. 24: Reflecting on one year running a daily design newsletter ft. Cole Derochie

  • Ep. 23: Zero to 820k newsletter subscribers in 3 years ft. Sean Devlin of Nice News

  • Ep. 22: Building a serious, sustainable media business ft. Ambreen Ali

  • Ep. 21: How $5–7.5k turns into 10.8 million views ft. Glennda Baker

  • Ep. 20: Is the internet getting better or worse? (ft. Ernie Smith of Tedium)

  • Ep. 19: Building a high-value network by podcasting and newslettering

  • Ep. 18: The Charli D'Amelio of newsletters (ft. Kate Lindsay)

  • Ep. 17: A 13-year-long bet to become a creator-entrepreneur

  • Ep. 16: Acquiring a newsletter ft. Akhil Chauhan of TWJN

  • Ep. 15: Peter Ramsey of Built for Mars

  • Ep. 14: Caitlin Murray of @bigtimeadulting

  • Ep. 13: Tyler O'Shea, creator of Joker Mag

  • Ep. 12: Kate Samuelson, co-creator of Cheapskate London

  • Ep. 11: Haya Kaylani, creator of The Deep Dive

  • Ep. 10: PJ Milani, creator of the Visual I.D.E.A.s Newsletter

  • Ep. 9: Ryan Broderick, creator of Garbage Day

  • Ep. 8: Jared Dashevsky, creator of Healthcare Huddle

  • Ep. 7: Arielle Nissenblatt, creator of EarBuds Podcast Collective

  • Ep. 6: Ryan Sneddon, creator of Naptown Scoop

  • Ep. 5: Ali Abassi, creator of AI for Work

  • Ep. 4: Andrew Huang, author of Make Your Own Rules

  • Ep. 3: Casey Lewis of After School

  • Ep. 2: Eric Cantor and Adam Katz of Vincent

  • Ep. 1: Hannah Williams of Salary Transparent Street

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