Werk It: The Podcast

What does it take to make a daily news show? In this episode, managing producer of the New York Times' podcast The Daily, reveals what it takes to get the show out the door. We recorded Theo Balcomb during Werk It’s How I Make It Track, where producers and hosts from top podcasts pull back the curtain on their productions. Werk It: The Podcast, is a compilation of some of the best moments from the live event. Both the festival and the podcast are produced by WNYC Studios and are made possible by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting with additional support from the Annenberg Foundation. Event sponsors include Cole Haan, M.A.C. Cosmetics, and ThirdLove.com. You can find more information at www.wnyc.org/shows/werkit. 

Welcome to the ICYMI, best-of version of WNYC's Werk It, a women's podcasting festival held every summer. Our episodes are in no particular order, so feel free to dive in and out and just explore, on your own time. If you’ve got a long road trip, go ahead and binge listen! This podcast is for anyone who wants to learn about the art and craft of podcasting. So even though the voices you'll hear are all women’s, the messages are universal. Werk It, the festival and the podcast, are produced by WNYC Studios and are made possible by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting with additional support from The Harnisch Foundation. You can find more information at www.wnyc.org/shows/werkit  

Kelly McEvers is a longtime NPR correspondent and host of All Things Considered. Earlier this year, she launched a podcast called Embedded, where she takes a story from the news and goes deep. Kelly led a conversation at Werk It, a women's podcasting festival, with other journalists who are bringing their skills to the on-demand world. Here’s Kelly, along with Invisibilia’s Hanna Rosin, Latino USA’s Maria Hinojosa and The Guardian’s Francesca Panetta. This podcast is the ICYMI, best-of version of Werk It. Both the festival and the podcast are produced by WNYC Studios and are made possible by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting with additional support from The Harnisch Foundation. You can find more information at www.wnyc.org/shows/werkit

Michelle Buteau is a comedian, a writer and an actor. Buteau gave the keynote address at Werk It, a women’s podcasting festival put on by WNYC Studios, where she talked about her journey from self-doubting college kid to stand-up success. This podcast is the ICYMI, best-of version of Werk It. It's made possible by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting with additional support from The Harnisch Foundation. You can find more information at www.wnyc.org/shows/werkit

"When you make something, it’s almost like there’s a canon and all of these people’s voices come into this canon: your mom’s voice, Ira Glass’s voice, your neighbor down the street--his voice. And it’s up to you to find the thing that feels true and resonates with your heart and to like take that out and put that into words." -- Megan Tan, Millennial podcast That’s what Megan Tan tries to do every time she sits down in her closet to record an episode of Millennial, her podcast about maneuvering through your twenties. Megan joined a conversation at Werk It, a women's podcasting festival, moderated by Manoush Zomorodi, the host and managing editor of Note to Self, about finding your voice on the microphone. Here’s Manoush and Megan, along with Happier’s Gretchen Rubin, How to be a Girl’s Marlo Mack and Why Oh Why’s Andrea Silenzi. Werk It: The Podcast is a compilation of the best moments from the live event. Both the festival and the podcast are produced by WNYC Studios and are made possible by a grant from the

How many drafts does it take to make an episode of Radiolab? Listen to Kelsey Padgett's step-by-step accounting of a single scene she produced for More Perfect, Radiolab's first spinoff podcast, for the answer.    Werk It: The Podcast is a compilation of the best moments from Werk It, a women's podcasting festival produced by WNYC Studios. Both the festival and the podcast are made possible by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting with additional support from The Harnisch Foundation. You can find more information at www.wnyc.org/shows/werkit.   

Join an all-star cast as they take down the patriarchy: Radiolab's Molly Webster, On the Media’s Brooke Gladstone, Another Round’s Heben Nigatu, Invisibilia’s Lulu Miller and Only Human’s Mary Harris. Werk It: The Podcast is a compilation of the best moments from Werk It, a women's podcasting festival produced by WNYC Studios. Both the festival and the podcast are made possible by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting with additional support from The Harnisch Foundation. You can find all the audio and videos at www.wnyc.org/shows/werkit. 

"So that was a really important email that if I had not received, I would never have thought that I wanted to create a show. Because it was an invitation to write down on paper that little voice in the back of your head that I could really do this." -- Anna Sale, host of Death, Sex & Money Before she was the host of Death, Sex & Money, Anna Sale was a beat reporter in the WNYC newsroom. Hear her podcast's origin story, along with more tales of jumping into the abyss, with Only Human’s Mary Harris, Note to Self’s Manoush Zomorodi, Another Round’s Tracy Clayton and Nerdette’s Tricia Bobeda. Werk It: The Podcast is a compilation of the best moments from Werk It, a women's podcasting festival produced by WNYC Studios. Both the festival and the podcast are made possible by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting with additional support from The Harnisch Foundation. You can find more information at www.wnyc.org/shows/werkit. 

Say you want to make a podcast. You get a microphone and recording kit. You make sure your closet is relatively soundproof. You wow your friends with your clever title and original conceit. You even figure out how to set up an RSS feed. Now how do you get anyone to listen? Hear some hot tips and tales from the trenches from women who started from scratch and climbed the charts: The Heart's Kaitlin Prest, The Read's Crissle West, Criminal's Lauren Spohrer, and the Longest Shortest Time's Hillary Frank. Werk It: The Podcast is a compilation of the best moments from Werk It, a women's podcasting festival produced by WNYC Studios. Both the festival and the podcast are made possible by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting with additional support from The Harnisch Foundation. You can find more information at www.wnyc.org/shows/werkit. 

Hear from the women who might one day green light your podcast pitch. They're Radiotopia’s Julia Shapiro, Pineapple Street Media's Jenna Weiss-Berman and WNYC Studios' Paula Szuchman. Sampler's Brittany Luse moderates.   Werk It: The Podcast is a compilation of the best moments from Werk It, a women's podcasting festival produced by WNYC Studios. Both the festival and the podcast are made possible by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting with additional support from The Harnisch Foundation. You can find more information at www.wnyc.org/shows/werkit. 

Three hosts, one subject. We brought to the stage Only Human's Amanda Aronczyk, NPR's Melissa Block and Wendy Zukerman of Science Vs. to interview a mystery guest.  Werk It: The Podcast is a compilation of the best moments from Werk It, a women's podcasting festival produced by WNYC Studios. Both the festival and the podcast are made possible by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting with additional support from The Harnisch Foundation. You can find more information at www.wnyc.org/shows/werkit. 

A conversation with the master bookers of WNYC, with The Leonard Lopate Show's Melissa Eagan, Freakonomics’ Arwa Gunja, and Death Sex & Money’s Katie Bishop. Moderated by Keli Goff. Werk It: The Podcast is a compilation of the best moments from Werk It, a women's podcasting festival produced by WNYC Studios. Both the festival and the podcast are made possible by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting with additional support from The Harnisch Foundation. You can find more information at www.wnyc.org/shows/werkit.

Shows like Masterpiece Theater aren't the future of public media, says Corporation for Public Broadcasting president Pat Harrison. Werk It: The Podcast is a compilation of the best moments from Werk It, a women's podcasting festival produced by WNYC Studios. Both the festival and the podcast are made possible by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting with additional support from The Harnisch Foundation. You can find more information at www.wnyc.org/shows/werkit. 

Stacy-Marie Ishmael is a regular on the Buzzfeed podcast Another Round, where she gives listeners unfiltered career advice. Ishmael took to the stage at Werk It with Tracy Clayton and answered audience questions on everything from social media etiquette to office gurus.   Werk It: The Podcast is a compilation of the best moments from Werk It, a women's podcasting festival produced by WNYC Studios. Both the festival and the podcast are made possible by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting with additional support from The Harnisch Foundation. You can find all the audio and videos at www.wnyc.org/shows/werkit. 

The Heart’s Mitra Kaboli and Serial’s Kate Bilinski discuss how they use sound to add depth and emotion to their shows. Werk It: The Podcast is a compilation of the best moments from Werk It, a women's podcasting festival produced by WNYC Studios. Both the festival and the podcast are made possible by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting with additional support from The Harnisch Foundation. You can find all the audio and videos at www.wnyc.org/shows/werkit. 

Roxane Gay is a cultural critic, editor, author and the wife of Channing Tatum…allegedly. Roxane gave the keynote address at the first-ever Werk It festival, in June 2015.  Werk It: The Podcast is a compilation of the best moments from Werk It, a women's podcasting festival produced by WNYC Studios. Both the festival and the podcast are made possible by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting with additional support from The Harnisch Foundation. You can find more information at www.wnyc.org/shows/werkit.