The Sound Off Podcast

Maria Palmer got her start in radio because iHeartMedia's James Howard walked into a dive bar in Washington D.C., possibly ordered a whiskey, and witnessed talent in action. She was bartending, working her way through acting school, when James, then Program Director DC 101 noticed something: she was both entertaining and taming simultaneously. He asked if she'd ever considered radio. Two weeks later, she was in. She's now part of the Morning Mosh Pit on Chicago's Rock 95.5, and she's built a si

Susan Reade got her start in Edmonton radio wearing an orange Tina Turner wig and leopard-print pants as CHED’s “Janet from Another Planet.” As she prepares to retire from Stingray, I catch up with her to talk about a career that took her from the morning show to sales and leadership—and why she still believes in radio.

Nigeria has consistently been one of the top five countries listening to this podcast. With so much great English-language radio being made there, I wanted to hear more about what’s working—and what’s changing.

New From the Sound Off Media Company! What happens after a dog leaves a research laboratory—and begins learning how to be a dog? Dogs Beyond the Lab, a podcast about former research dogs and the people helping them discover life on the other side. Join John Ramer of Kindness Ranch, Lori Cohen of The Beagle Alliance, and behaviour specialist Chelsey Marino of Command Canine for honest conversations about rescue, rehabilitation, and the patient work of building trust. Through stories from ad

I went to Podsummit in Calgary for the first time last year, and it quickly became one of my favourite podcast events. In this episode, I talk with founder Tim Truax about what makes it different—and why he believes community is the answer to the isolation many podcasters experience.

Nearly six years after I released an episode called Death of the Diary, It's the dawn of a new era for Canadian radio with the release of Radio Local + by Numeris. Derrick Gray, Chief Research and Operations Officer at Numeris, joins me to explain Radio Local+—the hybrid ratings system replacing the online radio diary in 22 Canadian markets. The system combines streaming information with online and telephone surveys to estimate total listening, including traditional over-the-air radio. Derric