Podcast Business Journal Spotlight

Liam Heffernan, from Mercury Podcasts

There's more at https://podcastbusinessjournal.com/interviews

Dimitris Nikolaou, Wondercraft

We spoke to Dimi about the launch of the AI VIdeo Studio from Wondercraft

George Lejnine, PodAnalyst.com

We speak with George about his new podcast analytics tool.https://podcastbusinessjournal.com/interviews/george-lejnine/

Brad Mielke, from ABC's Start Here

We spoke with Brad about putting together 2,000 daily podcast episodes

Jeanine Wright, Inception Point AI

Inception Point AI creates AI-generated podcast personalities and produces content across multiple platforms, claiming to operate the world's largest independent podcast company by show count with over 160,000 episodes. CEO Jeanine Wright acknowledges their early content quality was poor but argues they've improved significantly, comparing it to how traditional podcasters cringe at their first episodes. The company uses SEO-focused titling and can produce topical content rapidly—launching shows within an hour of breaking news—with a team of eight people releasing 3,000 episodes weekly. Wright admits human review is necessary for sensitive topics like news and politics but not for lower-risk content like gardening, and now includes AI disclosures in show notes after initially not doing so. She predicts AI will become the default content creation tool within 12-24 months, arguing the distinction between AI and human-created content will become irrelevant, similar to how digital photography replaced film.