About

Golda Arthur is a podcast showrunner, audio producer, and journalist based in New York City. Her skillful approach to creating innovative and engaging audio stories at the very highest quality is informed by her decades of experience in radio and podcasting.

Golda crafts ideas into ground-breaking and compelling podcasts, whether the collaborating team is made up of experienced producers or a non-profit making its very first podcast.

Golda Arthur can help you successfully launch your entirely new podcast from start to finish, or bring focused expert insight to wherever you are in your podcast creation process.

Golda will develop a podcast concept that showcases what makes your brand or editorial product distinct, and a production plan that is custom tailored to your goals. Areas of focus can include:

• Concept development, determining format, shaping title and branding

• Setting project goals and metrics, defining target audience, planning overall budget

Golda is experienced with bringing out the very best podcasts from a variety of teams and talents. Areas of expertise include:

• Team development, internal and external - Work closely with your internal team to learn your organization’s work style to ensure a smooth collaboration. Assemble and manage team of freelancers as necessary.

• Host development - Determine who is best to host your show (or if you need a host at all), and guide them in letting their natural personality shine through. Support experienced and inexperienced hosts alike in feeling prepared and confident in studio, and sounding like a seasoned pro.

• Guest Development / Interview Scripts - Support interview subjects in sounding their best, gaining critical insight through pre-interviews. Draft interview scripts that support the narrative arc of the project and get the most engaging responses from subjects. 

• Editorial Development - Works with audio scripts, writing for the ear, as well as editing language and sound elements to create a coherent and polished scripted episode.

Golda is skilled at overseeing production schedules and liaising with key stakeholders to keep projects efficiently on deadline, within budget, with sound at the very highest quality.

• Audio Recording Expertise - Create a custom-tailored recording workflow including recommended audio hardware/software that aligns with your team’s level of experience to ensure that highest quality audio is captured.

• Oversee recording sessions - Manage recordings in real-time, supporting and guiding the host during interviews and script recording sessions, and ensuring high quality recordings.

• Oversee audio post-production - Work closely with audio engineer(s) and lend critical/experienced ear to all editing, to ensure that everyone involved sounds their best.

Golda can share best practices from the podcast world in support of your marketing/promotion team.