​As audiences divest from traditional media—and new technologies disrupt once reliable revenue models—the future of the entertainment industry is no longer in the hands of legacy media. It's being shaped daily by today's First Movers: Creators.

​Join us on November 6, 2025 in Richmond, Virginia—one day prior to the much anticipated RESONATE Podcast Festival—for a memorable and transformative day exploring podcasting's position within the Creator Economy. Hosted and moderated by Sam Sanders.

​Agenda

​8:30 AM - Breakfast with ART19
10:00 AM - Where to Next? with N'Jeri Eaton & Leital Molad
10:45 AM - Right Media Ecosystem with Simon Fung
11:15 AM - How Top Talent Moves with Stephanie Hind
12:00 PM - Lunch with Flightpath
1:45 PM - Peer-Guided Discussion Groups
3:00 PM - The Promise of Live with Kate Downey
3:15 PM - Funding Models with Emily Kwong & Gee Padilla
3:45 PM - The Endless Pivot with Ronald Young Jr.
4:30 PM - Closing Remarks

– Dinner Break –

7:30 PM – ART19 Kickoff Party with RESONATE Podcast Festival at the ICA

​Our Host

​Sam Sanders is an award-winning reporter, radio host, and podcaster. He currently hosts and executive produces “The Sam Sanders Show” in conjunction with KCRW, distributed nationally as a radio show by PRX. He also cohosts the chat show “Vibe Check” from SiriusXM with Saeed Jones and Zach Stafford. Sanders has recently been named podcaster of the year by both The Ambies and The iHeart Podcast Awards.

​Our Speakers

​Emily Kwong is the host of two shows — Short Wave, NPR’s science podcast, and Inheriting, LAist’s show about Asian American and Pacific Islander families. Her reporting style is driven by empathy and context — rooted in a sense of people’s lives continuing on long after the story ends. 

​N’Jeri Eaton is a film nerd who somehow lucked out into making a career in developing, producing and supporting narrative nonfiction storytelling. She was the Head of Limited Series at Wondery, leading a team of producers on series like Liberty Lost, Flesh and Code, Happily Never After and Empire City. Prior to that, she worked at both Netflix and Apple, creating podcast strategies for key lines of business and rolling out new initiatives. N’Jeri got her start in podcasting at National Public Radio (NPR), where she was the Director of Programming and New Audiences where she developed series such as Throughline, White Lies and Louder than a Riot.

​Simon Kent Fung is the creator of the Ambie Award-winning #1 podcast Dear Alana, (Tenderfoot TV/iHeartMedia, 3M+ downloads). A former design leader at Google, Patreon, and TIME Magazine, he brings insider expertise on the conservative religious media ecosystem, and now leads a creator collective using storytelling to counter polarization and shape culture.

​Leital Molad is Head of Podcasts for WaitWhat, home of Masters of Scale. Her previous credits at Pushkin Industries and First Look Media include Lost Hills, A Slight Change of Plans, Missing Richard Simmons, and Somebody. Molad began her career in public radio, producing Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen.

​Kate Helen Downey is a podcast producer and host based in Los Angeles. She is the host and creator of CRAMPED, a podcast investigation into period pain, and has developed podcasts and live shows for Wondery, Pushkin, and independent creators. She is the co-founder of the science comedy theater Caveat NYC.

​Gee Padilla is the Founder and Senior Sales Consultant at Geenius Media, an independent ad rep firm serving independent creators. With over 15 years of sales and business development experience in media and entertainment, he specializes in helping podcasters monetize their shows through organic advertising relationships. Geenius Media currently serves as the ad rep for The MeidasTouch Podcast, The Jim Cornette Experience, The Exorcist Files, and Culture Study podcast. 

​Stephanie Hind is the Head of Top Creator Partnerships at Patreon, leading marquee partnerships with creators. Formerly at TikTok, she brings 12+ years of experience driving growth for top creators and publishers, with a focus on strategic direction, community, white-glove service, and impactful creator-first campaigns across verticals.

​About

​Off The Record, hosted by Good Tape, creates real-time dialogues between podcast executives, brand storytellers, and top talent on hyper-relevant topics to evolve the medium. We unite the strategists and visionaries of podcasting that shape our industry’s future. We promote and advance podcasting as an essential part of the greater media landscape.