KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Eric Nuzum
Co-founder Magnificent Noise and Creator of Iconic Podcasts
Over the past 14 years, Eric has made
podcasts that routinely top the charts, appear
in yearly “best of” lists, win awards, and generate hundreds of millions of downloads. He started US
National Public Radio’s podcasting efforts in 2005 and remained that effort’s chief creative and
strategic force for the following decade, leading NPR to become the largest distributor of podcasts in
the world. Eric developed some of NPR’s most successful podcasts, and continued that record of success
during his tenure as Audible’s leader for short-form content and podcasting. In 2019, he co-founded
Magnificent Noise, a podcast production and creative consulting company based in New York City. Eric’s
book on audio and podcast creation, titled Make Noise: A Creator's Guide to Podcasting and Great Audio
Storytelling, was released by Workman Publishing in December, 2019.
He is also the author of Giving Up the Ghost: A Story About Friendship, 80s Music, A Lost Scrap of
Paper, and What It Means to be Haunted (2012), The Dead Travel Fast: Stalking Vampires from Nosferatu to
Count Chocula (2007) and Parental Advisory: Music Censorship in America (2001). Nuzum was awarded the
National Edward R. Murrow Award for News Writing and his work has appeared in a few publications you’ve
heard of and many more that you haven’t heard of.
