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Podcast: New Media Show (Audio)
Episode: Can Story Podcasts Survive Video Push | Lauren Shippen #652 (Audio)
Description: New Media Show #652 with Rob Greenlee and Lauren Shippen
On Episode 652 of the New Media Show, host Rob Greenlee shares a screen with Lauren Shippen, Creative Director at Atypical Artists, to tackle a growing tension in creator media around audio fiction, which is thriving as a storytelling format but is being pressure-tested by the industry’s video-first discovery push.
Fiction podcasts did not stop working. What changed is how platforms signal value, how audiences discover new shows, and how creators feel forced to look video-ready to compete.
The real question for fiction creators in 2026 is no...