The EarBuds Story.
Arielle Nissenblatt was stuck in LA traffic one day, and realized that podcasts helped ease her through the commute. Though she loved her five favorite podcasts, she wanted more.
She asked friends to share their favorites, and quickly, the movement grew. Now, we send a weekly email with a theme and five podcast episodes around the theme, curated by a different person, and read by thousands around the world.
The EarBuds Team
Arielle Nissenblatt
Founder & Curator
Arielle started EarBuds in 2017 and has since worked in many aspects of the podcast industry, including as a studio manager, an in-app curator at Castbox, a festival organizer at Outlier PodFest, and more. Currently, she is the Community Marketing Manager at Descript. Arielle is a graduate of the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. She is on the organizing team behind the Podcast Taxonomy project, an international, multidisciplinary collaborative standard for recognizing roles and credits in podcast production.
She wants to help you find your next favorite podcast!
Abby Klionsky
Editor-in-Chief
Abby has been editing the EarBuds weekly email since its inception, and has spent many years editing academic papers, too. She loves well-told history, good interviews, hikes with views, working with kids, and the Oxford comma.
Andreea Coscai
Newsletter & Community Coordinator
Andreea is a dedicated podcast marketing and production specialist with a deep passion for media, particularly in highlighting multicultural and gender issues through audio storytelling. In 2020, she founded "Her Time Romania," the first NGO dedicated to empowering young women toward leadership in Romania, which grew to over 20,000 members and engaged more than 1,500 participants in networking events.
Our Board of Advisors