Resource: My Favorite Podcast is a Late Night Show

People love podcasts because of their familiarity. The show comes out at the same time every week with the same hosts, making jokes or diving deep into the topics that you’d expect. It is variations on a theme, like Oreos coming out with a new flavor or Americans tuning in at 11:30 to watch a late night show. Although we can’t surprise-drop a chocolate-peanut-butter-pie podcast, we can use the structure of a late night show to make our podcasts work for us.

Where Are the Conversational Podcasts in the 'Best of 2021' Lists?

There were a whole lot of Best Podcasts of 2021 lists this year, such as these examples seen here, even one from industry people themselves. But there’s one glaring flaw that unites all of them: almost all of the shows recommended were heavy, narrative non-fiction shows. You know the ones: revealing a dark mystery or traumatic event, a reporter delivering a voiceover from an extremely tight script, interviews from experts “in the field,” starting with a dramatic quote and immediately following up with, “That’s That Person.”

All of those shows took a long time to make, went through countless numbers of edits, and are good journalism. They’re capital-I “Important”. But, they can’t be the only shows y’all thought were good this year. Unless we really only want to produce and listen to heavy, devastating topics and made in public-radio-style.

Multitude Launches 90s Music Podcast with Tracy Clayton, Akoto Ofori-Atta, and Sony Music

When Sony Music asked us 18 months ago what kind of podcast they should make, the answer was obvious to us. The show should flex on their catalog, interview academics and music writers in the field, and talk about our favorite hits with the energy and fun that Multitude shows have been doing for years.

Now, that show is out! My 90s Playlist is an exploration of the 90s’ most iconic songs, why we love them now, and how they’ve shaped pop culture going forward.

EXOLORE Joins Multitude!

Do you remember on Tumblr when you could ask a question about how the world works into the void and ScienceTumblr would come back and tell you exactly what you need to know? We feel like we asked the void if there was an open-armed and accessible science show that also scratched our nerdy brains, and EXOLORE burst in from the void.

EXOLORE, the facts-based worldbuilding podcast by Moiya McTier, is officially joining Multitude! We are so happy to have this show that blends the breakdown of fictional worlds with insightful and accessible science.

Announcing NEXT STOP, an Audio Sitcom from Multitude

We are delighted to announce our newest podcast: NEXT STOP, an audio sitcom about what happens in between big life moments. We will also be releasing the show’s full budget along with a detailed resource on fiction podcast production in April 2020. In an industry first, Multitude is self-funding this SAG-AFTRA production using a cash advance from membership platform Patreon.