The Creator Spotlight Podcast
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The Creator Spotlight Podcast

by Creator Spotlight

Every week we spend an hour in conversation with a notable creator, discussing their approach to audience growth, monetization, and content production.Hosted by Francis Zierer (Twitter and LinkedIn).New episodes every Tuesday.This podcast is part of our newsletter, Creator Spotlight.

101 episodes
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Ep. 102: The creator earning $200k+ posting on LinkedIn ft. Vin Matano
58:57 Mar 17, 2026
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Ep. 101: Building a 70k+ subscriber newsletter by word of mouth ft. Rachel Meade Smith
55:52 Mar 10, 2026
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Ep. 100: A $2.5M bet on quality food journalism ft. Caper
34:01 Mar 3, 2026
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Ep. 99: How to build and sell to audiences online ft. Daniel Berk
56:10 Feb 24, 2026
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Ep. 98 How he perfected short form content ft. Grant Beene
1:18:00 Feb 17, 2026
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Ep. 97: “I’m not an influencer. I’m an artist.” ft. Lucie Fink
58:27 Feb 10, 2026
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Ep. 96: How a local newsletter became a $100k+ business ft. Marissa Lovell
1:01:10 Feb 3, 2026
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Ep. 95: He quit NBC to make YouTube videos ft. Fernando Hurtado
55:40 Jan 27, 2026
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Ep. 94: 15 years of social media strategy advice in one hour ft. Jack Appleby
58:28 Jan 20, 2026
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Ep. 93: He’s building a $10M+ creator business ft. Kallaway
51:29 Jan 13, 2026
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Ep. 92: Creator economy lawyer reveals every creators’ biggest mistakes ft. Brittany Ratelle
53:33 Jan 6, 2026
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Ep. 91: Three predictions for the creator economy in 2026 ft. Creator Spotlight Team
34:47 Dec 30, 2025
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Fixing the Biggest Problem in the Creator Economy… Trust ft. News Creator Corps
1:05:43 Dec 23, 2025
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Newsletters + Events = 6-figure creator business ft. Brett Dashevsky
1:05:34 Dec 16, 2025
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How to build a local newsletter people actually read ft. Tomo Chien
44:24 Dec 9, 2025
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He’ll teach you how to make $100k+ writing online ft. Nicolas Cole
1:04:21 Dec 2, 2025
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Most creators will not make it 3+ years ft. Lia Haberman
1:02:55 Nov 25, 2025
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Ep. 85: Why beehiiv is betting big on the "content economy" ft. Tyler Denk
1:05:47 Nov 18, 2025
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Ep. 84: DIY YouTuber reveals her seven income streams ft. Nastja Mohren
1:04:50 Nov 11, 2025
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Ep. 83: He left ESPN to make YouTube videos ft. Joon Lee
59:41 Nov 4, 2025
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Ep. 82: The systems that made him a millionaire solopreneur ft. Ken Yarmosh
56:22 Oct 28, 2025
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Ep. 81: Building a $500k+ local newsletter business ft. Geoff Sharpe
1:04:18 Oct 21, 2025
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Ep. 80: How a YouTuber's study group grew into a profitable business ft. Kaelyn Grace Apple
58:29 Oct 14, 2025
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Ep. 79: He had 15M followers, then he quit — here's why ft. Caspar Lee
45:26 Oct 7, 2025
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Ep. 78: How to make $100k+ editing YouTube videos ft. Rachel Kisela
1:09:05 Sep 30, 2025
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Ep. 77: She left the BBC to build AI for journalists ft. Sophia Smith Galer
1:07:23 Sep 23, 2025
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Ep. 76: The 3 moves I’d bet my next 10 years on as a creator ft. Jordan DiPietro
55:50 Sep 16, 2025
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Ep. 75: Investing $60m in creators (what to look for) ft. Billy Parks
52:29 Sep 9, 2025
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Ep. 74: The creator making $100,000+ a year selling paper — here's how ft. Quynh Nguyen
53:29 Sep 2, 2025
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Ep. 73: The truth about building a media business in 2025 ft. Stefan von Imhof
1:02:56 Aug 26, 2025
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Ep. 72: Grow your audience like a $23B company ft. Jonathan Hunt
31:24 Aug 19, 2025
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Ep. 71: Inside the inbox of 40,000 engineering leaders ft. Suraj Kapoor
55:00 Aug 12, 2025
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Ep. 70: She's cracked the creator community code ft. Milly Tamati
1:11:30 Aug 5, 2025
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Ep. 69: How to make a $100k newsletter business with no budget ft. Landon Huslig
1:13:04 Jul 29, 2025
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Ep. 68: How to build a 6-figure newsletter business ft. Nathan May
1:02:04 Jul 22, 2025
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Ep. 67: The future of creator journalism ft. Liz Kelly Nelson
45:18 Jul 15, 2025
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Ep. 66: From 10k to 100k in 12 months — without growth hacks ft. Sydney Graham
53:46 Jul 8, 2025
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Ep. 65: From side hustle to 500K+ followers and a global business ft. Tom Fishburne
1:04:42 Jul 1, 2025
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Ep. 64: The strategy behind building a 80,000+ impact-driven community ft. Tiffany Yu
59:45 Jun 24, 2025
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Ep. 63: The creator earning $250k+ posting on LinkedIn ft. Jayde Powell
58:40 Jun 17, 2025
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Ep. 62: He can 10x views in any YouTube niche ft. Kevin Jon
1:03:29 Jun 10, 2025
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Ep. 61: She lost her job. Then built a community of 10,000+ ft. Melanie Ehrenkranz
55:34 Jun 3, 2025
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Ep. 60: Ex-YouTube employee reveals the secrets behind viral videos ft. Hayley Rose
1:06:25 May 27, 2025
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Ep. 59: How his $40K side hustle became a full-time career ft. Colin Rocker
55:27 May 20, 2025
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Ep. 58: Why Brazil’s Biggest Podcaster Is Going Viral in the U.S. ft. Chico Felitti
43:19 May 13, 2025
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Ep. 57: She Listens to the Internet for a Living — Here’s What She’s Hearing ft. Jazmin Griffith
48:54 May 6, 2025
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Ep. 56: Zero to Acquired: Building a $30K/Month Newsletter in 1 Year ft. Adam Biddlecombe
1:00:40 Apr 29, 2025
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Ep. 55: Why creators make the best entrepreneurs ft. Jesse Feister
50:26 Apr 22, 2025
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Ep. 54: She built a 150K-member, $1M/year community ft. Grace Ling
51:23 Apr 15, 2025
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Ep. 53: How to Make a Living as a Creator — from a podcasting expert ft. Amanda McLoughlin
1:10:19 Apr 10, 2025
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