The Tech & Internet Podcast

The Ordinary Thursday That Runs a Podcast Network

A day-in-the-life look at the unglamorous, unseen work of running a podcast network, told entirely through the operations manager's overflowing inbox. It's a quiet medita

DMARC Reports and Font Emergencies: A Day in Podcast Ops

A podcast operations manager takes us inside the chaotic inbox of running a network—where automated security reports pile up like digital junk mail and a font choice in a

Seven Report Cards Before Breakfast

A podcast network operations manager takes listeners through a chaotic day of analytics overload, platform juggling, and inbox triage that reveals what really keeps the i

One Tuesday in the Inbox: Behind the Curtain of a Podcast Network

The host pulls back the curtain on a single, unfiltered day running a podcast network—complete with 5am data floods, a looming Spotify takedown deadline, and the strange,

5 AM Reports and No Coffee: Confessions of a Podcast Ops Manager

A behind-the-scenes look at the chaotic, human side of running a podcast network, where automated reports fire off before dawn and the real challenge is herding hosts, ex

The Unglamorous Engine Room of Podcasting

A day-in-the-life look at what it really takes to keep a podcast network running—automated reports, platform panic notices, and the quiet grind of traffic control behind

Miss You, PODGO: A Day Inside the Inbox of a Podcast Network

A mid-sized podcast network operator walks through one chaotic day of emails—automated analytics reports, cryptic DMARC alerts, and the mundane chaos of running a media b

Behind the Feed: A Day in the Chaos of Running a Podcast Network

An operations manager pulls back the curtain on a single, chaotic day of emails, canceled calls, and quiet crises that keep a small podcast network running. It's a funny,

The Digital Tide: Confessions of a Podcast Operations Manager

A behind-the-scenes look at the unglamorous reality of running podcast network operations, where automated reports, corrupted encodings, and endless notifications fill th

The Approval Queue at 6 AM: Confessions of a Podcast Network's Human Bottleneck

An operations manager pulls back the curtain on the unglamorous reality of running a podcast network, where twenty overnight episode submissions and an inbox full of 'all

Fires, Smoke, and Raspberry Pis: A Day in Podcast Ops

A behind-the-scenes look at the chaotic reality of running a podcast network, from early-morning pipeline failures to the endless stream of small crises that never quite

Behind the Buffering: A Day in the Life of Podcast Network Chaos

Step behind the curtain of a growing podcast network, where a single day means approving eclectic episodes, fixing broken pipelines, and deciphering cryptic creator email

When the Plumbing Shows: A Day in the Life of Podcast Operations

An operations manager pulls back the curtain on a chaotic day of small tech fires—syncing glitches, backend mishaps, and the invisible plumbing that keeps a podcast netwo

Forty Small Explosions: A Day in the Life of Podcast Ops

A behind-the-scenes look at what really running a podcast network looks like—not one big crisis, but an unrelenting cascade of analytics reports, inbox chaos, and small d

The Inbox Is the Tide

A podcast operations manager wades through a chaotic morning of receipts, robot-to-robot confirmations, and the never-ending flood of tools stacked on top of tools just t

Sixty-Three Percent: The Case of the Ad-Free Episode

A podcast operations manager walks through a chaotic day of crashing fill rates, a mysteriously ad-free episode, and the inbox chaos that keeps the podcast advertising ma

The Hundred-Dollar Ghost in the Expense Report

A podcast network operations manager unpacks a chaotic Tuesday of mystery charges, missing memos, and the everyday chaos of keeping a media business running behind the sc

The Inbox Never Lies: A Day in the Life of Podcast Operations

An operations manager pulls back the curtain on the unglamorous, chaotic reality of running a podcast network—one automated report, panicked host email, and Reply-All dis

5 AM Robots and the Real Job of Running a Podcast Network

A raw, behind-the-scenes look at what it actually takes to operate a podcast network day-to-day, from robotic ad reports at dawn to the small fires only an operations man

The Problem Child Report: Chaos Behind the Podcast Curtain

A podcast network operations manager pulls back the curtain on the unglamorous reality of the job—rogue automated reports with profane names, endless DMARC emails, and th