SoundGirls Podcast

Margaret Luthar: Mastering Engineer, vinyl cutter, and NPR Broadcast Engineer

Margaret Luthar has an extensive background as a Mastering Engineer and vinyl cutter. She currently serves as one of the NPR Broadcast Engineers based in Los Angeles, Cal

Angie Sandoval: audio engineer, educator, and Orlando SoundGirls Chapter Head

Angie Sandoval is a Colombian audio engineer and educator based in Orlando, Florida. Her work consists of studio recording, mixing, live production, and audio education,

Krysten "KD" Dean and Jess Scott: touring women of color

Krysten "KD" Dean and Jess Scott are two amazing women of color who work with Eighth Day Sound and tour with Earth, Wind, and Fire. KD joins us as an industry veteran who

Aly Carlisle-Steinberg: New York City based touring FOH engineer

Aly Carlisle-Steinberg is a FOH Engineer, touring since 2015 based in New York City. She grew up in Santa Rosa, California, and completed a Recording Arts Degree at CSU C

Catherine Wood: Los Angeles-based engineer, producer, and studio owner

Catherine Wood is the owner if Los Angeles studio Planetwood, and has an amazing body of work as a producer and engineer. She has also worked on a variety of TV and film

Aila Scott: New York-based audio engineer and sound designer

Aila Scott is an NYC based audio engineer and sound designer who has been in the industry for nearly a decade.  Originally based in New Orleans, her career has spanned fr

Ashleigh Davies: UK-based audio engineer, sound designer, and re-recording mixer

Ashleigh is an experienced audio engineer, sound designer, and re-recording mixer, based in the UK, with a demonstrated history of working in the creative media productio

Amy Soulfire: producer, musician and sound engineer from New Zealand

Amy Soulfire is a multi-facted audio engineer, musician, and producer based in the south island of New Zealand. She shares bits of all of her experiences with us (from li

Amy Wright: educator, audio engineer, and musician from Melbourne

Amy Wright has been around all things audio ever since she helped her sound engineer dad as a 6 year-old. From there she moved onto mixing bands on her own, and then star

Lisa Power: monitor engineer and leading RF coordinator in New Zealand

Lisa is a freelance sound engineer from Germany, now based in Auckland, New Zealand. She started doing sound in 2000 while trying to figure out what to do with her life a

Hannah Herzog: high profile political and corporate audio enngineer

Hannah Herzog is a 2020 Show Production Graduate who has mixed major world wide events such as the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials. Currently working as the audio departmen

Kathleen Chen: Germany-based freelance and international touring FOH/monitor engineer

Kathleen is a freelance sound engineer from California, now based in Berlin, Germany. In recent years she's had the pleasure of touring internationally as a FOH/Monitor e

Lora Thompson: new SoundGirls podcast host, musician, freelance audio engineer, and guitar tech

Lora is a prolific musician hailing from Whāingaroa/Raglan, and is currently based in Kirikiriroa. She has worked as an Audio Engineer for the past 20 years, and she curr

Jackie Boom: Grammy Award winning recording and mix engineer

Hailed for her impeccable attention to finessing low-end, Jaclyn Sanchez is bringing analog back into the mix. Nicknamed Jackie BOOM by legendary drummer Steve Jordan dur

Johnny Keirle: touring systems engineer specializing in designing and optimizing large-scale sound systems

Johnny Kerile is a touring system engineer and system design consultant specializing in design and optimization of large-scale live sound systems. He is also a L Acoustic

Brianna Cofield: new SoundGirls podcast host, freelance live sound engineer, and so much more!

Brianna Cofield is an audio engineer and pianist from Long Island, New York. While attending Syracuse University, Brianna gained hands-on experience in record production

Katie Maifeld: new SoundGirls podcast host, freelance live audio engineer and music business professional

Katie Maifeld is a NYC based freelance live audio engineer and music business professional. She has worked on thousands of events for clubs, festivals, and corporate conf

The SoundGirls Podcast is back for 2026!

The SoundGirls Podcast Executive Producers: Karrie Keyes, Beckie Campbell, & Susan Kost This episode was edited by Susan Kost The SoundGirls Podcast is presented by so

Maureen Droney: Studio Engineer and Sr. Managing Director, Producers & Engineers Wing and Recording Technology, Recording Academy

Los Angeles; Sr. Managing Director, Producers & Engineers Wing and Recording Technology, Recording Academy. A former recording engineer, Maureen has worked on GRAMMY winn

Jordan Kolence: MON Engineer, Clair Global Account Executive and More!

Jordan Kolence has been working in the music industry for over two decades. In this episode, he talks about everything from his start to his current role mixing Taylor Sw