Podcasts for independent publishers
The Long Draft
Hosted by Ines Marchetti, The Long Draft collects the unglamorous middle of a writing career — the years between the first issue and the one that finally pays rent. Every episode follows a publisher who found a readership without borrowing someone else's audience.
- How a Former Radiologist Built a 14,600-Reader Health Letter on Her Own Terms 17 min
- How a Ceramicist Rebuilt Her Studio Income After Two Years of Silence 18 min
- How an Architecture Critic Turned a Saturday Letter Into a Full Salary 19 min
- How a Documentary Editor Traded Client Work for 2,140 Paying Readers 22 min
About the host
Ines Marchetti
Ines is an essayist and interviewer who has profiled illustrators, translators, and archivists for the better part of a decade. When she isn't editing tape, she's walking a stubborn greyhound named Pesto, mapping out her second book, or replaying the same live album for the 300th time.
Inbox Weather
Every Tuesday, Inbox Weather reads the forecast for anyone who sends email for a living — authentication, sending reputation, list hygiene, and the small decisions that keep your issue out of the promotions pile.
- Deliverability, Asked and Answered 47 min
- Lead Magnets That Don't Poison Your List 27 min
- What Happens to Newsletters After the Reply-All Era 33 min
- Raising Engagement Without Begging, with Tarquin Reed 49 min
About the hosts
Priya Raghunath
Priya leads deliverability at Cormorant from Nashville, Tennessee. She spends her days helping senders reach the inbox and her evenings on a cargo bike, a cat named Bramble riding shotgun in the front basket.
Soren Vik
Soren grew up in Boise, Idaho and now lives outside Tacoma, Washington. After eight years in lifecycle marketing he found an unlikely obsession in authentication records, and he will happily explain DMARC to anyone who asks twice.
Table
The Tide Table
A show for publishers, by publishers. Every Wednesday, hosts Theo Brandt, Halima Sow, and Rafael Duarte read the water — pricing, burnout, sponsorships, and the questions independent writers keep asking each other in private.
Table
- Running a $38K/Month Course Business Out of One Inbox, with Mireille Aubert 43 min
- How to Get an Open Rate Past 52% and Actually Keep It, with Khe Adisa 48 min
- Writing in a Second Language, and Publishing From Six Time Zones Away 48 min
- Taking a Break Without Losing the Room 39 min
About the hosts
Theo Brandt
Theo is a part-Kiwi, part-Dutch designer based in Valencia who is happiest halfway through a side project. By day he is Creative Director at Cormorant; the rest of the week he is filming, editing, and re-cutting his own weekly show.
Halima Sow
Halima spent four years booking live rooms for festivals from Marseille to Reykjavik before joining Cormorant to run events and partnerships. She was a collegiate volleyball captain, credits most of her patience to that decade, and is raising three loud, extremely opinionated daughters.
Rafael Duarte
Rafael is from San Juan and grew up in Orlando, Florida. He loves long roadtrips, amateur woodworking, hiking the Cascades, and anything with a science-fiction spine. His Australian shepherd, Jake, has fully taken over his camera roll.