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Every week we spend an hour in conversation with a notable creator, discussing their approach to audience growth, monetization, and content production. Hosted by Francis Zierer (Twitter and LinkedIn). New episodes every Tuesday. This podcast is part of our newsletter, Creator Spotlight.

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Hosting the greatest events in the creator economy ft. Jacques Keyser

2026/09/29

Jacques Keyser is the Programming Director at VidCon, where he has spent eight years building events for creators, brands, and platforms around the world. In this episode, he shares how to host a small event that people actually show up to, from bookin...

He runs a $2.5M sports media company and pays himself $0 ft. Jack Settleman

2026/09/22

Jack Settleman is the founder of Snapback Sports, the sports media company that started as a Snapchat account in 2017 and became one of Underdog's earliest creator partners. Jack breaks down the bets behind the business — taking equity in Underdog befo...

Building a $400k newsletter business ft. Fernando Caralt

2026/09/15

On Tuesday, October 6, Creator Spotlight will be hosting our first official event in Manhattan, together with ElevenLabs. Space is very limited, so RSVP now ( https://luma.com/TheNewReach ) to hear firsthand how creators are using generative AI audio t...

Why live streaming is the next creator goldmine ft. Taylor Craig

2026/09/08

Taylor Craig is the co-founder and head of content at Launch Live Now ( https://www.launchlivenow.com/ ), a live streaming production company pioneering the social media live show format. He and Francis get into why niche live streaming is becoming a r...

The principles of good data visualization ft. Amanda Shendruk

2026/09/01

Amanda Shendruk is an award-winning visual journalist who's spent 15 years making charts for the Washington Post, Quartz and The Guardian, and now writes the data newsletter Not Ship. Francis asks her to teach him the craft, how she decides what to lab...

The YouTuber making $250k with short form content ft. Imran Mumtaz

2026/08/25

Imran Mumtaz is a former Amazon engineer who quit in 2022 and now creates content as Imran the Finance Engineer, with 1.7 million followers built almost entirely on short form. He and Francis get into how long it took to replace his $250,000 salary, hi...

The business behind Twitter's biggest anonymous accounts ft. Zach Williamson

2026/08/18

Zach Williamson runs Culture Crave, Latest in Space and a network of pop culture accounts with millions of followers across X, Bluesky and Instagram, selling attention to movie studios and agencies through CPM deals and bespoke campaigns. In this episo...

How she makes $400k as a brand deal expert ft. Gigi Robinson

2026/08/11

Gigi Robinson is a brand deal expert and consultant who runs Host of Influence, a professional development platform for creators who want to build real businesses. Gigi is on track to double her annual revenue of $200,000 to $400,000 in 2026.She breaks...

10 years of newsletter advice in 65 minutes ft. Dan Oshinsky

2026/08/04

Dan Oshinsky is the founder of Inbox Collective ( https://inboxcollective.com ), an email consultancy he launched in 2019 after building newsletter programs at BuzzFeed and The New Yorker. In this episode, he explains how AI is about to reshape the inb...

Turning an Instagram page into a multi-million-dollar business ft. Center Consoles Only

2026/07/28

In this episode of Creator Spotlight Francis is joined by three of the founders of Center Consoles Only, a media business built around the boating industry. After ten years of building a strong, trustworthy reputation in the space, they have received a...

His newsletter makes $100K a year — he keeps zero ft. Seamus Hughes

2026/07/21

Seamus Hughes is the terrorism scholar and two-time Pulitzer-winning New York Times contributor behind Court Watch ( https://www.courtwatch.news/ ), an independent newsletter that mines the federal court system's 94 districts for stories no one else is...

The 5 revenue streams of a $1M+ creator business ft. Jenn Lueke

2026/07/14

Jenn Lueke is a short form content creator, author and newsletter publisher that focuses on providing actionable and attainable healthy recipes, meal plans, and more to her followers. In this episode Jenn reveals how she grew her audience to 3M total f...

He'll make $1.5M as a solo creator this year ft. Kyle Poyar

2026/07/07

Kyle Poyar is the founder and writer of the newsletter Growth Unhinged, which has over 85,000 subscribers. He’s been running the newsletter for nearly 5 years, full time for 1.5 years, and is on track to break $1.5 million this year as a solopreneur. R...

How to get brand deals in 2026 ft. AJ Eckstein

2026/06/30

AJ Eckstein is the founder of Creator Match, an agency building creator programs for the world's biggest tech brands and matching brands with B2B creators. In this episode he lays out the full process of a creator brand campaign, how to get a brand dea...

A newsletter writer's brutally honest growth advice ft. Evan Armstrong

2026/06/23

Evan Armstrong is the founder and writer behind The Leverage, an independent newsletter covering the tech industry for an audience of investors, founders, and operators. In this episode he breaks down the business behind indie media, pricing, audience ...

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TaraOnApple 2025/10/28

Self indulgent windbags

I’ve never left a podcast review before but episode 82 was actually the worst podcast episode I have ever listened to. I did not even know that an int...

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Sktfnievb 2024/05/04

Great podcast with good guests

One of the few podcasts that I listen to almost every week!

★★★★★

Melissa from Seattle 2024/03/22

Great source of info

Really well done curation of guests.

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