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Friday, October 25
 

9:00am CDT

Fiction Podcasting: Industry Insiders
Friday October 25, 2024 9:00am - 10:15am CDT
Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Lamar Room
We're bringing together these industry executives to discuss how to immerse your audience in a brand new world using only audio cues.
Moderators
avatar for Sarah Rhea Werner

Sarah Rhea Werner

AFF moderator; podcast creator Girl In Space, Write Now
Sarah Rhea Werner is a writer, speaker, and podcast producer who loves to help other creators find confidence and success. She is the creator of the Write Now with Sarah Werner podcast and the award-winning audio drama, Girl In Space, and is the executive producer of the fantasy audio... Read More →
Speakers
avatar for Christy Gressman

Christy Gressman

VP Podcasts, Topic Studios; producer The Space Within, Cancellation Island, The Orbiting Human Circus, Adventures in New America, Dreamboy
Christy Gressman is the vice president and executive producer of podcasts at Topic Studios, overseeing creative, production, and business strategy. She formerly led audio at The Intercept and was a partner and the executive producer at the fiction-focused podcast network Night Vale... Read More →
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Fred Greenhalgh

Head of Audio Production at Realm
US-based audio pioneer Fred Greenhalgh is best known for bringing location-recording techniques from his indie film background to the production of immersive audio movies. He’s Head of Audio Production at Realm, overseeing their original and partner scripted fiction programming... Read More →
Friday October 25, 2024 9:00am - 10:15am CDT
Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Lamar Room 700 San Jacinto St, E 8th St, Austin, TX 78701
  Conference, Podcast Track

1:30pm CDT

The World of Indie Podcasting: Creating and Producing Your Own Show
Friday October 25, 2024 1:30pm - 2:45pm CDT
The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Assembly Room
Establishing your own podcast production company and bringing your idea to life is no small feat. Discuss how to write for production, flesh out a full season’s worth of story and character arcs, record and edit a podcast, and figure out the best path for distribution.
Moderators
avatar for Sarah Rhea Werner

Sarah Rhea Werner

AFF moderator; podcast creator Girl In Space, Write Now
Sarah Rhea Werner is a writer, speaker, and podcast producer who loves to help other creators find confidence and success. She is the creator of the Write Now with Sarah Werner podcast and the award-winning audio drama, Girl In Space, and is the executive producer of the fantasy audio... Read More →
Speakers
avatar for Faith McQuinn

Faith McQuinn

Director/Founder, Observer Pictures
Faith McQuinn has been a writer and video editor since 2005, working in LA, Orange County, and now Nashville on everything from music videos to reality television to narrative film. She spent nine years teaching screenwriting and directing at The Art Institute of Tennessee and Middle... Read More →
Friday October 25, 2024 1:30pm - 2:45pm CDT
The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Assembly Room 701 Congress Ave., Austin, TX 78701, USA
  Conference, Podcast Track
 
Sunday, October 27
 

11:30am CDT

On Worldbuilding: How to Orient Your Audience for Sonic Storytelling
Sunday October 27, 2024 11:30am - 12:45pm CDT
The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Assembly Room
We're bringing together this celebrated group of narrative fiction podcast writers to discuss how to immerse your audience in a brand new world using only audio cues.
Moderators
avatar for Sarah Rhea Werner

Sarah Rhea Werner

AFF moderator; podcast creator Girl In Space, Write Now
Sarah Rhea Werner is a writer, speaker, and podcast producer who loves to help other creators find confidence and success. She is the creator of the Write Now with Sarah Werner podcast and the award-winning audio drama, Girl In Space, and is the executive producer of the fantasy audio... Read More →
Speakers
avatar for Pia Wilson

Pia Wilson

writer of the Webby Award-winning fiction podcast If I Go Missing The Witches Did It; tv writer: Genius: Aretha, Sacrifice; playwright: Sundance fellow, and member of The Public Theater’s 2008 Emerging Writers Group
Pia Wilson wrote the audio component in the Harriet Tubman Monument in Newark, New Jersey, performed by Queen Latifah. The audio - which won a 2024 Anthem Award - can be found on Audible as Monumental: Harriet Tubman and Newark's Liberation Movement. Pia is also a 2024 Johnny Mercer... Read More →
avatar for Brian Siegele

Brian Siegele

writer/producer Sightings, Black Box
Brian Siegele is a Colorado and Los Angeles-based writer and producer for film, television and audio. A graduate of the USC School of Cinematic Arts, he is a former AFF Screenplay Winner (2013), Podcast Finalist (2019), and Screenwriter to Watch (2022). Though he began his career... Read More →
avatar for Gabriel Urbina

Gabriel Urbina

creator Wolf 359, co-creator Zero Hours, Unseen, Time:Bombs
Gabriel Urbina is a Costa Rican-American writer and director. He has been writing and directing audio fiction professionally since 2014 and is best known as the creator of the science fiction cult classic podcast Wolf 359. He is also the co-creator of the comedy thriller Time:Bombs... Read More →
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Tessa Bartholomew

co-creator/director Something Strange is Happening (Official Tribeca Selection) ; writer/director 'Adobo' You Feeling This for IHeartRadio; actor Young and the Restless, Good Girls, NCIS:LA
Tessa Bartholomew is a Filipino-American writer, director, actor, producer, audiophile, and horror film fanatic living in her hometown of Los Angeles. Her on-camera work can be seen in episodes of The Young & The Restless, Good Girls, and NCIS:LA. For several years, she has served... Read More →
Sunday October 27, 2024 11:30am - 12:45pm CDT
The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Assembly Room 701 Congress Ave., Austin, TX 78701, USA
  Conference, Podcast Track
 
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