In an era where algorithms decide what you might hear next, Arielle Nissenblatt built something different: a community-powered podcast recommendation engine rooted in taste AND data.

Since 2017, she's run Earbuds.Audio—a weekly curated newsletter where real people pick real episodes around a theme. No machine learning. Just the network effect of good taste. Now at Pinwheel, she helps creators and brands use podcasts strategically to reach audiences and build sustainable businesses.

Rob Kleiman sits down with this Brooklyn-based podcast industry veteran to explore why curation is becoming a service, how discovery is evolving, and what it means that the very definition of what makes a "podcast" a podcast has shifted.

🔑 WHAT WE COVER:

- Podcast Curation as a Service: the case for human taste over algorithmic feeds

- The "vibes-based surveying" origin story behind Earbuds.Audio

- Video podcasts: existential threat or rising tide that lifts all boats?

- Working with The Podcast Academy and the "Oscars of audio" podacsts communuty

- The network effect of taste: your 5 favorites + my 5 = discovery gold

= Why creators shouldn't feel forced to add video to their workflow

🎯 FOR: Podcast creators, audio producers, content strategists, media operators, and anyone navigating discovery in the creator economy.

🔗 CONNECT:

Earbuds.Audio: https://earbuds.audio

Pinwheel: https://www.pinwheel.com

The Podcast Academy: https://thepodcastacademy.com

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