An award-winning podcast production studio that works collaboratively to bring ideas to life. We’re a good-natured, trustworthy team that enjoys creative, technical and journalistic processes.
Since 2013 we’ve been working diligently to prove that audio is the world's most powerful medium.
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Acast
Anchor
Apple
Audible
Bloomberg
Blumhouse Television
Campfire Productions
FilmNation
The Game Awards
The High Line / City of New York
The New York Times
Pharrell Williams + OTHERtone
Spotify
UnionDocs
Vespucci Group
Walt FM
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Whitney Donaldson, Managing Director
Andrew Chugg, Creative Director & Advisor
Nick Dooley, Technical Director
Sara Joyner, Senior Producer
Nicki Stein, Lead Producer
Ben Chugg, Producer
Carl Nellis, Lead Producer & Head of Community
Kelsey Albright, Producer
Olivia Canny, Producer Stephen Wood, Producer Mark Van Hare, Production Manager
Gemma C. Foley, Administrative & Production Assistant -
We work closely with UnionDocs Center for Documentary Art to produce the annual Signal to Noise grant, and Pod Pod, an audio residency for deep listening, intentional living, and creative podcasting.
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The whole idea of doing real history that's rigorous, honest and intellectually engaged with the ambiguities and all those things, that's what you're doing with SNAFU [with Ed Helms]. But it's also fun.
- Rachel Maddow, Journalist
You have a podcast I really like called SNAFU [with Ed Helms] and it's very well done. It's really well written and produced.
- Conan O’Brien, Comedian
These guys are the best podcast producers ever.
- Amy Schumer, ComedianA great producing team. It was a really collaborative process.
- Ed Helms, Host of SNAFU with Ed Helms
This team is phenomenally diligent without sacrificing creativity.
- Alyssa Martino, FilmNation
The whole team is professional, reliable, thoughtful, patient—and just all-around delightful to work with.
- Jennings Brown, Investigative Journalist
The team made what once seemed like a daunting production process feel breezy, focused and fulfilling.
- Avery Friedman, SpotifyEveryone on the team has an innate understanding of what makes for authentic storytelling and great audio.
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• Best General-History Podcast, Signal Awards 2023 (SNAFU with Ed Helms) • Best New Podcast Nomination, Amazon Music 2022 (SNAFU with Ed Helms)
• Best Sports Episode Nomination, Signal Awards 2022 (Torched)
• Best Thought Leadership Podcast, AdWeek 2021 (Built for Change)
• Best Crime and Justice Podcast, Webby Awards 2022 (Abuse of Power)
• 2x Audioverse Fiction Podcast Nominations, 2021 (The Pet)
• People’s Choice Award 2020 (3 Girls 1 Keith)
—————————————• SNAFU with Ed Helms renewed for second and third season (Deadline, November 2023) • SNAFU with Ed Helms wins Gold in General History Podcast in the 2023 Signal Awards (Signal Awards, October 2023) • Gilded Audio composes soundscape for world's largest permanent digital art projection (Art on the Mart, June 2023) • ‘SNAFU’ Podcast Explores the ‘Able Archer’ NATO Exercise That Nearly Led to Nuclear War (Outrider, January 2023) • Torched wins 2 Gold Awards in Signal Awards 2022 (Signal Awards, January 2023) • Gilded Audio Acquires Shameless Acquisition Target’s RSS Feed (January 2023) • SNAFU with Ed Helms nominated Best New Podcast by Amazon Music (Amazon Music, December 2022) • Torched nominated for Best Sports Episode at the 2022 Signal Awards (Signal Awards, December 2022) • Ed Helms Makes Podcast Host Debut with SNAFU with Ed Helms (Variety, September 2022) • Torched Returns for Second Season With Host Molly Bloom (Variety, July 2022)
• Revelations Religious Sect Lands Google in a Lawsuit (The New York Times, June 2022) • 8 Podcasts You Need to Listen to This Spring (CrimeReads, February 2022)
• Built for Change wins Best Thought Leadership Podcast (Adweek, December 2021)