“It was such a pleasure to help usher these creators into podcasting,” says Juleyka Lantigua– Williams, CEO of Lantigua Williams & Co. The experience culminated with a pitch session in which participants competed for the opportunity to have their podcast pilots funded, produced, and featured on Spotify. The aspiring podcasters were invited to Spotify’s New York offices for daily sessions, working directly with podcasts’ biggest power players to cultivate storytelling, production, and marketing skill sets.
We hand selected 10 participants from over thousands of applications for this year’s class. The intensive, week-long program lead by longtime facilitators Rekha Murthy and Graham Griffith trains the next generation of leading podcasters through education, mentorship and support from Spotify. Returning for the second year in a row, the program is designed to uplift and amplify the voices of women of color. Spotify’s immersive Sound Up accelerator program was created to tackle this issue head on. are hosted by women, and even less than that are hosted by minority women. Just consider that 22% of podcasts in the U.S. And while female podcasters of color are making their mark in this territory, there’s still a significant opportunity to bridge the gap in representation. Podcasting continues to grow as one of the most influential ways for people to share their voice with the world.
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