Sure, the best podcasts sound free-flowing and unscripted—but they’re not. Even the most seemingly casual podcasts require plenty of advanced writing and editing to achieve an effortlessly interesting result. If you’re a fan wondering what goes on behind the scenes of your favorite podcasts, a practiced podcaster looking for tips to take your pod to the next level, or a beginner who’s not sure how to start, this panel will offer the perspectives of both professional and DIY podcasters on how to write a fascinating podcast script.
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With a career background spanning magazine publishing, marketing and education, Emily Greenberg has been resident of midcoast Maine since 2021. Inspired by the Pine Tree State’s patchwork quilt of interesting people who value good conversation, she embarked (for the first time) on creating a podcast, The Maine Conversation. Conducting her interviews in the field, Emily introduces her listeners to Mainers ranging from goat dairy farmers and folk musicians to rock climbers and puffin researchers.
Dan Kois is a longtime writer, editor, and podcaster at Slate. He's the author of two novels, Vintage Contemporaries and the forthcoming Hampton Heights. With Isaac Butler he co-wrote The World Only Spins Forward: The Ascent of "Angels in America", a Stonewall Honor title, and he's also the author of a memoir, How to Be a Family, and a book of music criticism, Facing Future. He lives with his family in Arlington, Virginia.
Jason Moon is a senior reporter and producer on New Hampshire Public Radio's Document team. He has created documentary podcast series on topics including unsolved murders, secret lists of police officers, and overdose deaths that are prosecuted as homicides. Jason's work includes Bear Brook seasons one and two, which together have been downloaded more than 28 million times by listeners in over 150 countries. Stephen King called both seasons, “the best true crime podcasts I’ve ever heard. Brilliant, involving, hypnotic.” The New Yorker magazine called Bear Brook S1 one of the best podcasts of 2018.