MetaPod Creators & Guests

Wendy Morrill is co-host of MetaPod, a podcast that unpacks the web's most interesting podcasts and the stories behind them.

Kevin May co-hosted MetaPod, a podcast that unpacks the web's most interesting podcasts and the stories behind them.

Chris Molanphy is a chart analyst and pop critic who writes about the intersection of culture and commerce in popular music. For Slate, he hosts the Hit Parade podcast and writes their “Why Is This Song No. 1?” series. His work has also appeared in Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, Vulture, NPR Music’s The Record, The Village Voice, Billboard, and CMJ. Chris is also a frequent guest on National Public Radio (Soundcheck, All Things Considered, Planet Money, On the Media) and on Slate’s podcasts The Gist and the Culture Gabfest.

CEO RawVoice & Blubrry, Author, New Media, Podcast Advertising Expert, Podcast Hall of Fame Inductee, 14 Yr Podcaster!

Selena Coppock is a standup comedian, writer, storyteller, and book editor based in NYC.

Radio producer for 99 Percent Invisible and Nice Try!

Brian O'Connor is a musician, writer, and co-host of the Sodajerker Podcast.

Jennifer Strong is the creator of SHIFT, In Machines We Trust, The Extortion Economy, Curious Coincidence, and WSJ's The Future of Everything.

Marissa Bridge is a painter. She also hosted the podcast "The Apology Line."Bridge attended the Parsons School of Design in New York City.

Mark Clifford Thomas is an English comedian, presenter, political satirist, and journalist from south London. He first became known as a guest comic on the BBC Radio 1 comedy show The Mary Whitehouse Experience in the late 1980s. He is best known for political stunts on his show, The Mark Thomas Comedy Product on Channel 4. Thomas describes himself as a "libertarian anarchist".

Dan is a senior journalist for BBC Radio 5 Live, and producer of the 2020 British Podcast Awards Best True Crime winner, 'Paradise', and 2020 Foreign Press Association Media Awards shortlisted 'On The Ground'.

Rob Harvilla is a staff writer at The Ringer.

Amory Sivertson is a singer/songwriter who works at WBUR and a co-host of Endless Thread.

Halina Rifai is a podcast producer, music writer, PR & digital marketer. She founded music site Podcart in 2009 and went on to become a podcast producer, working with the likes of The Big Light, The Ferret, Mental Health Foundation, Fringe of Colour and many more. Podcasts she has worked on and continue to work on include Sheku Bayoh: The Inquiry and A Sonic Hug. Halina is Communications Manager for We Are Here Scotland – A space aimed at supporting and raising the voices of Black People and People of Colour creatives across Scotland. She is also co-curator of award-winning Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh live music series AMPLIFI.

Brian Resnick is a science journalist. Currently, he is the Editorial Manager at Science Magazine.Previously, Resnick was the senior science reporter for Vox Media. Before that, he was a staff correspondent at National Journal, where he wrote two cover stories for the (now defunct) weekly print magazine, and reported on breaking news and politics.

Jean H. Lee is a writer and a photographer.

Eric Mennel is an award winning journalist and podcast producer. He was one of Gimlet Media’s first employees, and spent several years developing and launching the network’s early programming. His reporting has appeared on This American Life, NPR, Marketplace, 99% Invisible, and other programs. In 2013 he co-created the podcast, Criminal.

Tara Boyle is an executive producer of Hidden Brain Podcast.