Kids Media Club Podcast

Band Back Together: Australia Debrief, the Social Media Ban Debate, and Why Kids Audiences Are More Valuable Than Anyone Admits

The full trio are back in the room for the first time since the summer, and the episode opens with Emily's debrief from the Australian Children's Content Summit in Coffs

Live from the Australian Children's Content Summit: The State of Australian Kids Media — with Jenny Buckland, Suzanne Ryan, and More

Emily has travelled to Coffs Harbour for the Australian Children's Content Summit, and this episode is her dispatches from the ground — a series of short, sharp conversat

How Bonkers Toys Built a Business on Digitally Native IP — with Lisa Wright and Julie Splendoria

Emily is still in Australia, so Andy and Jo continue their deep dive into the toy industry with two guests from Bonkers Toys — Lisa Wright, Head of Licensing, and Julie S

Paw Patrol's Record Opening, the Bluey Movie Teaser, Coco 2, and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit — Andy and Jo's Trailer Roundup

Emily is somewhere over the Middle East en route to Australia, so Andy and Jo have been let loose on the podcast control desk — new buttons and all. The result is a sligh

Inside the Toy Industry's Purple Patch: Squishies, Kidults, Peppa Pig's Revival, and the Fast Fashion Toy Trend — with John Baulch of Toy World

John Baulch, publisher of Toy World magazine and the author of the Friday blog that has survived every newsletter cull Jo has ever attempted, joins Andy, Emily, and Jo fo

Rerun: Original Animation IP and the Creator Cinema Revolution — Matthieu Zeller and Caspar Nadaud

Jo and Emily are both away, so we’re revisiting two recent conversations that sit neatly together: one about the challenge of making original animated IP outside the Holl

Cartoon Saloon's Jason Tammemagi on Brave Storytelling, the Kilkenny Creative Hub, and Why Fear Is the Story Killer

Andy and Jo are joined by Jason Tammemagi, Chief Creative Officer of Cartoon Saloon — the Oscar-nominated Irish studio behind The Secret of Kells, Song of the Sea, and Wo

Rerun: Webtoon's Sydney Bright on Turning Webcomics Into Animation — and Why Fandom-Proven IP Is the New Development Superpower

We're revisiting one of our favourite conversations — Emily cornered Sydney Bright at Kids Screen after she got mobbed following her panel — dropped a card in the middle

Chickenhare and Original Animation IP: How Belgium's nWave Is Out-Crafting Hollywood on a Fraction of the Budget — with Matthieu Zeller

Emily has been banging on about Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness for years, so she's delighted to have a professional reason to do it again. Matthieu Zeller, presi

Netflix Kids Strategy, the Warner Deal That Wasn't, and Why K-Pop Demon Hunters was a Fluke?

A bonus episode timed ahead of Netflix's earnings call, with Andy and Jo putting questions to Emily as she and her team prep the next Netflix Kids Content Performance Rep

Run Monster Run: How the Creators Behind Solar Balls Are Building Their Next Big YouTube IP

Three guests on one episode — Oliver and Alvaro, co-founders of Telos Media and the team behind Solar Balls (half a billion views on the English channel alone, 2 billion

Amazing Digital Circus Box Office: How Creator-Made Films Are Conquering Cinemas — with Caspar Nadaud of Piece of Magic Entertainment

Caspar Nadaud, founder of theatrical distribution company Piece of Magic Entertainment, joins Andy, Emily, and Jo to unpack exactly how The Amazing Digital Circus went fr

The Perfect Picnic: Annecy FOMO and First Impressions — with Eric Calderon of Surviving Animation (Bonus Episode)

A crossover episode with Eric Calderon of Surviving Animation, recorded with Andy and Eric fresh off the ground in Annecy while Jo and Emily nurse their FOMO from home. I

Live from Annecy: AI in Animation, How the Festival Works, and Why the "AI Category" Won't Last

Andy is calling in from Annecy — sunglasses on, rosé imminent, 45 minutes from his accommodation in 38-degree heat — while Jo and Emily hold the fort from home. It's a sh

Happy Birthday K-Pop Demon Hunters: One Year On, What Netflix Got Right — and What Comes Next

It's been a year since K-Pop Demon Hunters dropped on Netflix — quietly, in June 2025, without much fanfare, to a modest first week. The trio mark the anniversary with a

Amazing Digital Circus in Cinemas and Why Creators Are Rewriting the Rules of the Entertainment Industry

The band is back together — and Jo has news. She's joined Coolabi as SVP of Digital, with a brief that includes Warrior Cats: a book IP 74 volumes deep, a Roblox game at

Backrooms, Obsession, and the Creator Movie Moment: What It Means for Kids and Teens Media

A hosts' hangout with Andy and Jo, prompted by a conversation that has been running hot across LinkedIn all week: creator-made films are pulling audiences into cinemas in

What Roblox Sports Data Tells Us About the Next Generation of Fans

A hosts' deep dive with Andy and Jo, recorded in the middle of a British heatwave with Emily absent. Jo has spent the last six months tracking the top 50 sports games on

Wowsabout's Halle Stanford on Puppets, the Science of Awe, and Making Kids TV Without a Traditional Commissioning Deal

Halle Stanford has spent almost 30 years at the Jim Henson Company — executive producing Fraggle Rock, creating Sid the Science Kid — and has just launched Wowsabout, a n

WEBTOON’s Sydney Bright on Turning Webcomics Into Animation — and Why Fandom-Proven IP Is the New Development Superpower

Emily cornered Sydney Bright at Kids Screen after she got mobbed following her panel — dropped a card in the middle of the crowd, said "come on the podcast," and here we