Episode Party Creators & Guests

Poet & playwright from Edinburgh.

K. Annabel Bligh is a former journalist.Bligh was the Business and Economy Editor at The Conversation UK, and host of its flagship podcast, "The Anthill." She co-produced two more Conversation podcasts: "In Depth, Out Loud" and "Election Weekly."Prior to that, Bligh was a freelance producer at Monocle 24, the radio output of Monocle magazine.Bligh received her B.A. in History from the University College London at University of London, and her M.Sc. in International Politics from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London.

Richard MacLean Smith is a writer and musician. He is best known as creator of the podcast "Unexplained."MacLean Smith's first book, "Unexplained: Real-Life Supernatural Stories for Uncertain Times," was published in 2019.Maclean Smith received his B.A. in Film Production from Westminster University and his M.A. in History and Politics from Birkbeck, University of London.

Adela Mizrachi is the creator of Podcast Brunch Club, which like book club, but for podcasts. PBC is a global community of podcast listeners who get together in real life in cities around the world to discuss and discover podcasts they listen to.

Myke Hurley is a co-founder of the RelayFM Podcast Network and host of the show Inquisitive.

Founder of Audible Feast

Phoebe Wang is an independent artist and audio producer.Wang has produced live events at The Moth, was a member of The Heart, and was Senior Producer of The Shadows podcast.

Samanth Subramanian is a journalist and author. Currently, he is a senior reporter covering the future of capitalism for Quartz magazine.Previously, Subramanian was a deputy editor for special projects at Mint, the Indian business newspaper, and a former sub-editor at CricInfo.com, a cricket news website. He is a regular contributor to The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Guardian, and WIRED.Subramanian's first book, "Following Fish: Travels Around the Indian Coast," was published in 2010. His second book, "This Divided Island: Stories from the Sri Lankan Civil War," was published in 2015, and was nominated for the Samuel Johnson Prize and the Royal Society of Literature's Ondaatje Prize. His third book, "A Dominant Character: The Radical Science and Restless Politics of J. B. S. Haldane," was published in 2019.Subramanian received his B.A. in Journalism from Penn State University, and his M.A. in International Relations from Columbia University.

Mark Bramhill is a radio and podcast producer, assistant producer for BirdNote and creator and host of Welcome to Macintosh Podcast.