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Based on the bestselling Who Was? non-fiction children’s book series and award-winning Netflix show

Co-hosted by Emmy and Peabody Award-winning writer and comedian Elliott Kalan (The Daily Show with Jon Stewart) and Meghan O’Neill (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert)

March 9, 2022 – New York, NY – Penguin Workshop, iHeartMedia, and Radio Point will release The Who Was? Podcast, a new kids’ comedy quiz show, from the team that produced the Emmy Award-winning Netflix series, The Who Was? Show and based on the #1 New York Times-bestselling Who Was? children’s history and biography series from Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers. The first series, consisting of 45 weekly 30-minute episodes, premiers on March 16, 2022. Listeners can hear the official show trailer on iHeartRadio and everywhere podcasts are heard.

Co-hosted by Elliot Kalan and Meghan O’Neill, each episode of the comedy quiz show podcast features games, fun facts, and sketches about trailblazing historical figures that will keep listeners laughing and learning. Each episode revolves around two historical figures that have been paired together for obvious, and sometimes not so obvious, reasons. Contestants between the ages of 8-12 years old will join in a friendly competition for a chance to be rewarded with a selection of Who Was? books and a set for their school library.

“The success of The Who Was? Show on Netflix helped us realize all the different ways Who HQ could spark a curiosity for history outside of a traditional biography format,” said Francesco Sedita, President and Publisher of Penguin Workshop. “As we continue to expand our title list to include Board Books, Graphic Novels, and more, we are beyond thrilled to partner with iHeart, Radio Point, and the fantastic team behind The Who Was? Show to bring engaging history to young podcast listeners and their families.”

“Who Was?” has been an amazing kids’ franchise for years now, and we’re excited to team up with Penguin Workshop and Radio Point to bring this series into podcasting,” said Will Pearson, COO of iHeartPodcasts. “The podcast world needs a laugh-out-loud kids quiz show and we’re thrilled to give our listeners something they can enjoy with their families.”

About the premiere episode, “Marie Curie and Milton Hershey”

Two fierce kid competitors test their knowledge of science rockstar Marie Curie and delish chocolate maker Milton Hershey! But the real winner today is our host Elliott who walks away with a brand new middle name!

Other historical figure pairings covered in The Who Was? Podcast include:

• Frida Kahlo and Walt Disney
• Harriet Tubman and Ruth Bader Ginsberg
• Aretha Franklin and Stan Lee
• Michael Jordan and Amelia Earhart
• And more!

The Who Was? book series began in 2002 with the publication of just four books. Since then, it has evolved into a brand encompassing over 300 titles across seven series lines (including Who HQ Now, Who Was? Graphic Novels, Who Was?, What Was?, Where Is?, What Is the Story Of?, and Who Was? Board Books, known collectively as Who HQ), a Podcast, and a Netflix original series. With more than 50 million books in print worldwide, it’s now the #1 nonfiction series for middle-grade readers; every 13 seconds, a Who HQ book is sold. For more information about the series, including a list of titles, visit www.whohq.com.

Co-host Elliott Kalan is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning writer and comedian who has done most of the following things: been Head Writer of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and Mystery Science Theater 3000; written the picture books Horse Meets Dog and Sharko and Hippo; contributed to the bestselling Earth: The Book; co-hosted the popular podcasts The Flop House and Presidents Are People, Too!.

Co-host and Executive Producer Meghan O’Neill is a writer, actor and director whose credits include The 40-Year-Old Version, HBO's Animals, Billy On The Street, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The New Yorker, Odd Mom Out, SuperDeluxe, Comedy Bang! Bang!, Happy, 50 Central, Black&White, Vulture, The Hairpin, Blind Date, The Cut, Refinery 29, and Above Average. Festivals include The Sundance Film Festival, Nitehawk Shorts Fest, LES Film Festival, Ars Nova Ant Fest, Chicago Comedy Film Festival, NY Sketch Fest, Toronto Sketchfest, Charleston Comedy Festival, and The Women in Comedy Festival. Meghan is a 2020 a Sundance Institute Fellow. You can catch her weekly co-hosting the Story Pirate Podcast on Gimlet (Winner of the 2020 Webby and iHeart Radio award for Best Kids&Family Podcast.

Radio Point, iHeartMedia, Penguin Workshop, and Meghan O’Neill will serve as Executive Producers on the show. The Who Was Podcast? Is distributed by the iHeartPodcast Network.

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CASTING

Children ages 8-12 have a chance to win a selection of Who Was? Books and a set for their school library on the Who Was? Podcast! Parents can email thewhowaspodcast@gmail.com for casting information.

ABOUT PENGUIN WORKSHOP

Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers, publishes new voices and established brands for readers ages birth-12. The imprint is home to popular and bestselling middle grade series such as Here’s Hank by Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver, Klawde by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth, Brian McCann’s Wannabe Farms, and Who HQ, which has more than 50 million copies in print worldwide. The imprint also publishes pioneering picture books such as Jessica Hische’s Tomorrow I’ll Be Brave.

ABOUT PENGUIN YOUNG READERS

Penguin Young Readers is one of the leading children's book publishers in the United States. The company owns a wide range of imprints and trademarks, including Dial Books, Dutton, Flamingo, Kokila, Nancy Paulsen Books, Penguin Workshop, Philomel, Puffin, G. P. Putnam’s Sons, Razorbill, Viking, and Frederick Warne. These imprints are home to such award-winning, New York Times- bestselling authors as Laurie Halse Anderson, Max Brallier, Jan Brett, Eric Carle, Roald Dahl, Anna Dewdney, John Flanagan, John Green, Oliver Jeffers, Brad Meltzer, Ransom Riggs, Ruta Sepetys, Sabaa Tahir, Jacqueline Woodson, and dozens of other popular authors. Penguin Young Readers Group is also the proud publisher of perennial brand franchises such as The Little Engine That Could, the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys series, Peter Rabbit, Spot, the Classic Winnie the Pooh, the Very Hungry Caterpillar, Madeline, Mad Libs, the Last Kids on Earth, the Rangers Apprentice, and Who HQ among many others. Penguin Young Readers Group is a division of Penguin Random House LLC.

ABOUT RADIO POINT

Radio Point is the podcasting venture from Irony Point, veteran television producer Rich Korson, and audio producer Houston Snyder of Great City Post. Radio Point has released its first six podcasts and has numerous podcasts in various stages of production and development. Ellie and the Wave, their first scripted podcast (starring Natalie Morales, Paul Scheer, and June Diane Raphael) was released with Himalaya Media in August of 2019. They have since released various scripted and unscripted formats across genres. These projects include The Sketch Factor with Fred Armisen for Spotify, Make My Day with Josh Gondelman, Ruined with Halle Kiefer and Alison Leiby, Election Profit Makers with Starlee Kine, David Rees, and Jon Kimball and A Good Cry with Michael Cruz Kayne.

Authentic: The Story of Tablo launches Thursday, February 24th.

Listen to the trailer HERE

BROOKLYN, NY – FEBRUARY 17, 2022 – VICE partners with iHeartRadio to release a weekly, ten episode podcast outlining the life and scandal surrounding Korean musician Tablo. Authentic: The Story of Tablo follows the Korean hip-hop superstar and his years-long struggle to prove to the world that he was not a fraud. The podcast will debut on February 24, with new weekly episodes airing every Thursday on iHeartRadio and everywhere else podcasts are heard. Listen to the trailer here.  

In 2010 rapper Daniel Lee, known by his stage name Tablo, was on top of the world. Tablo, then 29, was the leader of the Korean hip-hop group Epik High. The trio’s fan base had grown drastically in the States as they toured across the country and soared to the top of the hip-hop charts, beating out Jay-Z and Kanye West for the number one spot. But at the height of the group's fame, an unexpected twist would bring Tablo into the public eye like never before. From VICE and iHeartRadio comes the new podcast, Authentic: The Story of Tablo.

As Tablo’s fame began to grow, an online forum popped up questioning his education credentials. People were skeptical of the validity of his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Stanford University. The forum, titled Taijinyo (loosely translate to “Tell the Truth Tablo”) quickly turned into the anti-fan club questioning everything from his passports, diplomas, military service and the very nature of his identity. With hundreds of thousands of people doubting all evidence presented in defense of Tablo, family members began receiving death threats, and massive media attention followed.  

Over a decade later, Authentic: The Story of Tablo dives deep into how this came to fruition. With an exclusive interview, host Dexter Thomas Jr. brings us through Tablo and Epik High's success story, how the media played a role in the blow-up of Tajinyo’s hunt for the “truth”, and the official investigation into the musician.  Back then, the story seemed so shocking and bizarre. Today, we are all too familiar with the cacophony of disinformation that riddles popular culture and public figures. The internet’s real-life effects still reverberate in Tablo’s life more than a decade after the scandal. His story is the story of fake news before fake news had a name. It’s the story of erosion of truth before a U.S. president had to be fact-checked by Twitter. It’s the story of the half-life of internet outrage before we even had words to describe it. And it’s the story of the power of hip hop before it made its way into the K Pop mainstream globally.  

Dexter Thomas Jr. is a uniquely suited host of this series, an academic, DJ, hip hop scholar and journalist all in one. He holds a PhD from Cornell University, where he wrote his dissertation on how hip hop culture has traveled around the world and has taught as a visiting professor at UCLA. As a journalist, he works as an on-camera correspondent for VICE News with documentaries appearing on HBO and Showtime, covering topics from drugs in the U.S. to trap music in China and presidential elections in South Africa. He was also host and producer of “RESET,” a 10-episode TV series covering the unseen world of video games. He has also contributed to Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage at the LA Times, won an LA Press Club Award, is a Fulbright Scholar, and a three-time News Emmy nominee.

Authentic: The Story of Tablo is distributed by the iHeartPodcast Network.  Follow  Authentic: The Story of Tablo on iHeartRadio to be alerted when new episodes drop.

ABOUT TABLO

Tablo (real name Daniel Lee) is a globally celebrated artist, who's expansive discography includes 10 albums with pioneering Korean hip-hop group Epik High and Fever's End, his 2011 solo album. A best-selling author in both the U.S. and South Korea for Pieces of You, his multifaceted, illustrious career also includes producing some of the biggest artists in K-pop. In tandem with their 20th anniversary, Epik High is embarking on their headlining North American tour in March 2022 in support of their two-part album Epik High Is Here, which has been critically recognized by Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, NME, The Ringer, Clash and more. The group is also making their second Coachella appearance this year. 

ABOUT VICE NEWS

VICE News produces hundreds of hours of award-winning original news programming every year. Built on world-class reporting by a new generation of global correspondents, VICE News’ immersive style delivers groundbreaking reportage and redefines news and current affairs programming for youth audiences around the world. VICE News produces content for prestigious media partners including A+E Networks, Showtime, Spotify, iHeartMedia, and Hulu. VICE News’ international and domestic reporting is featured across VICE’s digital, television and social platforms.

ABOUT VICE MEDIA GROUP (Updated May 2021)

VICE Media Group is a global multi-platform media company. Launched in 1994, VICE has offices across 25 countries across the globe with a focus on five key businesses: VICE.com, an award-winning international network of digital content; VICE STUDIOS, a feature film and television production studio; VICE TV, an Emmy-winning international television network; a Peabody award-winning NEWS division with the most Emmy-awarded nightly news broadcast; and VIRTUE, a global, full-service creative agency. VICE Media Group’s portfolio includes Refinery29, the leading global media and entertainment company focused on women; PULSE Films, a London-based next-generation production studio with outposts in Los Angeles, New York, Paris and Berlin; and i-D, a global digital and bimonthly magazine defining fashion and contemporary culture and design.

iHeartMedia Makes Strategic Investment in Fast-Growing Audio Intelligence Platform; Will Also Unlock New Discovery Tools for Listeners and Advanced Targeting Capabilities for Brands

(NEW YORK - Feb 16, 2022) iHeartMedia, the largest audio media company in the U.S. and the top podcast publisher globally according to Podtrac, announced a partnership today with Sounder, an audio intelligence platform that builds foundational podcasting technology to drive monetization, brand safety and discoverability for audio content. iHeartMedia will leverage Sounder’s Audio Data Cloud to provide both established and emerging podcast creators the best AI and Machine Learning (ML) tools to help them gain critical, real-time insights to accelerate growth and improve monetization. With more than 750 iHeartRadio Original podcasts -- including some of the biggest podcasts and creators in the world -- now using this technology, these new capabilities will rapidly become the industry standard.

iHeartMedia will leverage Sounder’s Audio Data Cloud’s automated best-in-class AI and ML brand safety solution to ensure advertisers can confidently invest in the iHeartPodcast Network’s expansive and rapidly growing line-up of diverse content with more than 392 million downloads and streams a month (more downloads than the next three podcast publishers combined). The brand safety solution enables iHeartMedia’s marketing partners to buy across a wide array of creators with the assurance that the content adheres to industry safety standards.  The technology will quickly expand to also allow advertisers to customize their brand safety guidelines, unlocking new and more diverse publishers to provide even more effective ad placements.  

“As the leader in podcasting, the iHeartPodcast Network hosts the most diverse group of high-quality creators in the world and produces the most podcasts that generate over one million plus downloads. It’s critical that we learn from the challenges advertisers have had with video and social media to deliver safety tools and controls that allow brands to customize their campaigns and ensure that their ads will be delivered at scale in a brand safe environment,” said iHeartMedia Chief Data Officer Brian Kaminsky. “Our partnership with Sounder underscores our commitment to innovation in audio advertising and our goal of creating more meaningful connections between advertisers and listeners. In addition to simple brand safety, this partnership will also unlock brand suitability tools that will dynamically align brands with content and creator-sentiments that supports their goals and objectives.”

Sounder’s Audio Data Cloud enables large publishers the ability to perform brand suitability analysis, topic analysis, content summarization, and dynamic segmentation. These solutions help accelerate the size and engagement of the iHeartPodcast Network’s large and growing audience from the biggest and most diverse shows in the network, to the rapidly growing number of up-and-coming creators. Audio Data Cloud leverages Sounder’s proprietary automated speech recognition technology and powerful AI/ML models. In doing so, it unlocks uncaptured value for all enterprise audio content.

In addition to this commercial partnership, iHeartMedia has also announced a strategic investment in Sounder, as lead investor in the company’s Series A round.

“The audio advertising industry is set for continued explosive growth, but requires the rigor and capabilities of other media,” said Joe Robinson, iHeartMedia’s President of Corporate Development and Ventures. “Sounder has cracked the code on enabling contextual targeting for audio, ensuring brand safety, and promoting discoverability.”

“We’re excited to have iHeartMedia as a commercial partner and strategic investor. We are eager to help iHeartMedia, the world's leading audio publisher, realize the true value of audio,” Sounder CEO and Co-founder Kal Amin said. “With Sounder’s Audio Data Cloud, we’re integrating a layer of data that is absolutely crucial for advertisers to take advantage of the world’s high level of engagement with podcasts. While podcast advertising is growing fast, it’s still a nascent business when compared to traditional radio advertising. Audio Data Cloud will accelerate podcast advertising growth, bringing new advertisers, higher ad spends, and more effective campaigns to the medium. This is a gamechanger on all fronts.”

The iHeartPodcast Network is home to more than 750 iHeartRadio Original Podcasts which span every category from business, sports, spirituality and technology to entertainment, family, comedy and true crime including leading podcasts such as “The Ron Burgundy Podcast,” “Paper Ghosts,” “Fake Doctors, Real Friends,” “Atlanta Monster,” “You and Me Both with Hillary Clinton,” “The Laverne Cox Show,” “Las Culturistas” and “Noble Blood,” as well as over a hundred shows from iHeart’s on-air talent – like the popular “Bobbycast” from its nationally-syndicated host Bobby Bones and “The Breakfast Club” radio show podcast. With this roster of hits, iHeart has more top 10 shows on Podtrac than the next three podcast networks combined, and twice as many podcasts with 1 million monthly downloads than the next largest podcast publisher. 

About Sounder

Sounder is the end-to-end podcast management platform that brings Audio Intelligence to creators and enterprises. Founded in 2019 by former Google and Spotify executives, Sounder connects creators and enterprises to the Audio Intelligence solutions they need to accelerate their content’s discovery, engagement, and monetization potential. Through the Audio Data Cloud, Sounder gives enterprises access to insights that inform strategy and improve monetization. Learn more and join Sounder’s community of creators at sounder.fm.

Season two premieres February 10 with new episodes releasing Thursdays

Listen to the first episode HERE

NEW YORK -- February 10, 2022 – iHeartMedia, the No. 1 podcast publisher globally according to Podtrac, announced today that the much-anticipated second season of the ground-breaking podcast “Under the Influence,” hosted by bestselling author, podcast creator, and award-winning journalist Jo Piazza launched today, February 10, with new episodes dropping every Thursday. In 2021 “Under the Influence” was named one of the best podcasts of 2021 by Time, Vanity Fair, and Mashable and has been lauded by The New York Times.

In season one, Piazza explored the effect that mom influencers have on society, taking listeners on a deep dive behind the scenes of the “Mom Internet” - examining the rise and power of MomInfluencers and how the commodification of motherhood has driven many mothers to the edge of their sanity. The response from listeners was overwhelming. Many parents took their children off Instagram after listening to season one and influencers chose to quit their very well-paying jobs after tuning in.

“The response to the first season of ‘Under the Influence’ was unlike anything I have ever seen,” said Piazza. “I still get hundreds of messages a day from women who are eager to know more about how social media has infiltrated every aspect of our lives and how to live a better life in relation to it.”

In the second season, Piazza wades back into the Instagram waters, bringing her keen reporter’s eye to the wider world of social media to show how social media impacts all areas of a woman's life – for better and for worse. She also reveals that social media contentis often an attempt to make up for a lack of infrastructure women are rarely afforded. The first episode, airing February 10, will be a call to arms to all women to strike from Instagram and Facebook for a single day in order to show the tremendous power that women have on the Internet and how they can put themselves back in the driver’s seat.

Listeners will once again be captivated as Piazza examines the worlds of mental health influencing, adoption influencing, fertility influencing and more. Topics discussed will include: teachers turning to social media influencing to make extra money for classroom supplies and to supplement their meager incomes; the dangers of mental health influencers who are not licensed therapists; fertility influencers taking the place of doctors when it comes to advising women on how to get pregnant, the dangerous parasocial relationships that can grow between influencers and consumers and the terrifying ways that predators can use photographs of our children that are posted to Instagram.

“Under the Influence” is distributed by the iHeartPodcast Network and available everywhere podcasts are heard. Follow the show HERE to be alerted when new episodes post.

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“Dua Lipa: At Your Service” is an Interview-style Podcast Sharing Tips, Recommendations and Stories From Some of The World’s Most Inspiring People

The new podcast will be distributed worldwide with translations available in Spanish, Portuguese and French

Episode one debuts February 11, listen now to the official trailer HERE

NEW YORK – February 4, 2022 - iHeartMedia, the No.1 podcast publisher globally according to Podtrac, and global pop superstar Dua Lipa today introduced a new original podcast, “Dua Lipa: At Your Service” which was conceived and produced by Studio 2054 Productions. The weekly interview-style podcast will post each Friday and will feature a special guest alongside Dua Lipa for refreshing and thought-provoking conversations brimming with tools, tips, recommendations and inspiring stories. The first episode will be available February 11 in English on iHeartRadio and everywhere podcasts are heard. The podcast will also be available to listeners in Spanish, Portuguese and French.

Fans know Dua Lipa as a singer, writer, avid movie watcher, book lover and inquiring mind, and now, she’s adding podcaster to her resumé. “Dua Lipa: At Your Service” is a new series featuring some of the world’s most exciting minds – people revolutionizing not just their own industries, but also influencing today’s culture and society. From fashion to music, literature to activism, the show’s guests will go deep into their successes, failures and obstacles, along with what listeners can learn from them. Upcoming guests will include Elton John, Megan Thee Stallion, Russell Brand, Bowen Yang as well as South Korean rapper CL, author Lisa Taddeo, British Vogue editor-in-chief Edward Enninful, novelist Hanya Yanagihara, Iraqi human rights activist Nadia Murad, and more.

In the premiere episode Dua Lipa will be joined by Olivier Rousteing, the creative director of the French fashion house Balmain, for a wide-ranging conversation that offers an insider’s look at what makes one of fashion’s brightest minds tick. From the search to find his birth parents – “You know, I’ve grown up for 30 years without knowing where I come from… where is my skin color coming from? Where are my parents coming from? And what was the reason why they didn’t want to keep me?” – to his itinerary for the (rare!) ideal day off in Paris, it will be one interview listeners won’t want to miss.

“In my line of work, I’ve been lucky enough to travel the world and meet some of the most inspiring and fascinating people around,” said Dua Lipa. “I’m excited to join forces with iHeart to share not only some of the amazing tips and lessons I’ve learned throughout my own journeys, but also to have a platform to spotlight some of the experiences and challenges others around the globe encounter and overcome every day.”

“The world knows Dua Lipa as an international music sensation and one of iHeartRadio’s most played artists in 2021,” said Will Pearson, COO of the iHeartPodcast Network. “But she also has an incredible curiosity and desire to learn more about the world around her. We know listeners will be excited to hear more from Dua and explore this world with her as their guide.”

“Dua Lipa: At Your Service” is distributed by the iHeartPodcast Network.

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About Dua Lipa

Global pop superstar Dua Lipa firmly solidified her position as both a critical success and top radio performer when she released her Grammy award-winning #1 UK sophomore album Future Nostalgia in 2020 to worldwide acclaim. The album was the follow up to her eponymous 2017 debut, which is certified platinum, spawned six platinum tracks, and made Dua the first female artist in Brit Awards history to pick up five nominations, with two wins for British Breakthrough Act and British Female Solo Artist. Future Nostalgia landed on the year-end “Best Of” lists of everyone from Rolling Stone and Billboard to Pitchfork, and was the longest running top 10 album by a female artist on the Billboard 200 in 2021.It is certified platinum in the US & UK and spawned multiple worldwide hit singles including the #1 tracks “Break My Heart,” “Levitating,” which is the longest running song ever on Spotify’s Today’s Top Hits playlist, and US 4x platinum lead single “Don’t Start Now,” which broke her personal best record of weeks at #1 at US Top 40 radio. In addition to breaking radio records, Dua is also a dominate force on streaming platforms, topping Spotify’s artist chart as the most streamed female artist on the platform and is currently the fourth biggest artist overall with over 69 million monthly listeners. Future Nostalgia now has over 8 billion streams across all platforms worldwide and was the #1 most streamed album of 2020 on Spotify. Dua received 6 nominations at the 2021 Grammys, including Record, Song and Album of the Year. She is now a three-time Grammy winner, having received awards for Best Pop Vocal Album last year and for Best New Artist and Best Dance Recording in 2019.

The 8-episode podcast is narrated by Baldwin and co-produced by iHeartRadio

ART FRAUD premieres February 1 on iHeartRadio and all podcast platforms

Listen to the official trailer now - HERE

LOS ANGELES – January 25, 2022 --Alec Baldwin and his company El Dorado Pictures, along with Cavalry Audio, the podcast division of Cavalry Media, announced today it is partnering on the new true crime podcast, ART FRAUD – a co-production with iHeartRadio. The 8-episode series chronicles the fall of the one of the oldest, and most revered, galleries in New York City: The Knoedler. Narrated by Baldwin and containing never-before-heard interviews with the mastermind behind the years long con, ART FRAUD goes deep to paint the clearest picture yet about the greatest deception in the history of American art.  The podcast is being marketed and distributed by the iHeartPodcast Network and will premiere on February 1 with subsequent episodes released weekly on iHeartRadio and all major podcast listening platforms.

Written by Michael Shnayerson and based on his Vanity Fair article, ART FRAUD chronicles the fall The Knoedler Gallery, one of the one of the oldest, and most revered, galleries in New York City. In operation since 1846 and home to some of the cities greatest artists, the gallery’s fortune changed the moment an unassuming woman walked through the door with a canvas under her arm allegedly painted by the Abstract Expressionist master Mark Rothko. So began a 17 year relationship that would result in the sale of nearly 40 paintings from the likes of Motherwell, de Kooning and Jackson Pollack totaling more than 80 million dollars. The only problem was that they were all fake.

Baldwin, Shnayerson will serve as Executive Producers along with Cavalry Media’s Matt DelPiano, Andy Terner and Keegan Rosenberger. Branden Morgan, Senior Podcast Producer at Cavalry Audio, serves as producer with Zach McNees as well as Nikki Ettore and Lindsay Hoffman for the iHeartPodcast Network. Cavalry Audio recently found success with the release of its true crime podcast The Devil Within which premiered worldwide at #3 on Apple Podcasts, as well as #1 in Australia, Canada and the UK. It currently carries with it 3.5 million downloads to date and is being adapted into both a scripted and non-scripted television formats. 

 ART FRAUD is the latest in the line of successful podcast releases, including Here’s The Thing with Alec Baldwin, Daddy Issues with Joe Buck & Oliver Hudson, Modasucka with Michael Blackson, Can You Survive This Podcast? with Clint Emerson, Forever Young, Good Risings, and VERDICT, its first scripted podcast. Cavalry Audio podcasts have collectively achieved over 15 million downloads year-to-date.

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ABOUT CAVALRY MEDIA

Cavalry Media is a Los Angles based media company run by co-founders Keegan Rosenberger, Dana Brunetti and partner Matt DelPiano. Over the past 3 years, Cavalry has emerged as a leading media platform with operations spanning film & TV, talent management and podcasts.

Cavalry’s core business is the development and production of premium feature films and scripted television series for global audiences.  The principal’s past projects include House of Cards, The Social Network, Captain Phillips, 21 and the Fifty Shades Trilogy and have grossed $2 billion in global box office receipts. The company has multiple film and TV projects set up with various studios and streaming platforms, including Netflix, Disney, Amazon/IMDb and Peacock, among others.

Cavalry Management is a full-service talent and literary management company with over 45 actor, writer and director clients..

Cavalry Audio is a full-scale podcast studio that develops, finances and produces premium podcasts across multiple genres and formats and has an overall output deal with iHeartMedia. The studio plans to release 12-15 audio series in 2021, including The Devil Within, VERDICT, Here’s The Thing with Alec Baldwin, Daddy Issues with Joe Buck & Oliver Hudson, Modasucka with Michael Blackson, Can You Survive This Podcast? with Clint Emerson, Forever Young and Good Risings.  Cavalry Audio podcasts have collectively achieved over 15 million downloads year-to-date.

“XOXO” Trailer Now Available With The Premier Episode Set To Air On

National Gossip Girl Day, January 26, 2022

Listen to the trailer here!

WHO: iHeartRadio, the No. 1 podcast publisher globally according to Podtrac, and Propagate Content today announced an all-new original podcast titled “XOXO” hosted by Jessica Szohr. Szohr, who is known for her role as Vanessa Abrams on CW's teen drama “Gossip Girl” from 2007-2012, will revisit the iconic series that made a lasting impact on pop culture, teen drama and TV as we know it.

Fans can expect to hear from many of Szohr’s former castmates including Ed Westwick, Kelly Rutherford, Taylor Momsen and more, along with Gossip Girl series creators and executive producers Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage. “XOXO” is distributed by the iHeartPodcast Network.

WHAT: "XOXO" will be the ultimate deep dive into the cultural phenomenon known as “Gossip Girl.” Featuring interviews with the cast and crew, as well as moguls in music, fashion, and entertainment, Szohr will bring to life behind-the-scenes stories, on-set memories, New York City, fan favorite episodes and more. Most of all, the podcast will be a walk down memory lane for the cast, crew and fans alike, showing just how Gossip Girl changed their lives and influenced today’s culture - in addition to millions of fans across the world.

WHEN: "XOXO" will debut on National Gossip Girl Day, January 26, 2022 with new episodes airing each Wednesday. Official trailer available now.

WHERE: Check out the podcast trailer HERE.

“XOXO” will be available on iHeartRadio and everywhere podcasts are heard.

Follow @JessicaSzohr and @iheartpodcast on Instagram for updates.

Fall in love with sports again as series host John Gonzalez uncovers sports stories you’ve never heard before

WHAT: iHeartRadio and Sports Illustrated Media announce an original podcast series focused on iconic names in the sports industry, “Sports Illustrated Weekly.” Hosted by John Gonzalez, a senior writer for Sports Illustrated and previous podcast host and writer at The Ringer, the weekly series takes sports fanatics through untold moments, iconic interviews and the best stories in sports thus far. 

Gonzalez will bring to life the articles in the latest Sports Illustrated issue including stories that take listeners behind the scenes of College Football’s madcap coaching carousel and into the underbelly of the soccer hooligan turned crime kingpin. This new series is everything readers love about the iconic sports magazine, now in podcast form.

In episode one, fans can tune in to hear from some of the biggest names across sports. The episode will kick off with Howard Beck, who chats with Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, Steve Kerr, and Bob Myers about how the Golden State Warriors are somehow in “win now” and “rebuild” modes at the same time. Then, Tom Brady sits down for a 1-on-1 interview with Jon Wertheim about how he’s changed over 20 seasons, while still playing his best football, and what the future holds. And finally, in a segment titled “Where Were They Then?,” former NFL Offensive Lineman Joe Thomas recalls the first time he was featured in Sports Illustrated.

WHEN: First episode available now with new episodes dropping every Wednesday.

WHERE: “Sports Illustrated Weekly” is distributed by the iHeartPodcast Network and is available on iHeartRadio and everywhere podcasts are heard.

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About Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated (SI) is an unparalleled and influential leader recognized for shaping modern culture and uniting athletes, teams and fans worldwide. SI’s award-winning media enterprise brings powerful storytelling to life across platforms ranging from Emmy-winning video to the monthly print magazine with a 67-year heritage. Get in-depth features, probing profiles, and iconic and beloved photography from the best writers and photojournalists in the game at SI.com.

The 10- episode show co-produced by iHeartMedia and Fatherly explores the legacy and teachings of Raffi Cavoukian

WHAT: iHeartMedia, the No. 1 commercial podcast publisher globally as per Podtrac, and Fatherly, the leading parenting destination for dads, today debuted a new iHeartRadio Original podcast, “Finding Raffi.” The documentary-style podcast explores the history of children’s musician, environmental activist and parenting revolutionary Raffi Cavoukian. The podcast traces his life from aspiring folk singer to international kids’ superstar to outspoken climate activist. Through interviews, music, and storytelling, audiences will learn the complete -- and complex -- story of Raffi.

“Finding Raffi’s” host, comedian and new dad, Chris Garcia takes listeners on a journey as he introduces his daughter Sunny to Raffi’s music, and uncovers details about Raffi’s life, his journey to discover his own identity as an immigrant, and his belief that respect for people, planet and culture would yield a better world. Guests for the premiere episode include Raffi, Chris’s mother Ana Garcia, Chris’s wife Val, and Val’s father Jeff Ames.

“Finding Raffi” is the latest in Fatherly’s Peabody-nominated podcast series, on the heels of “Finding Fred,” which explored the soul, magic, and ministry of Fred Rogers.

WHEN: January 18, 2022, with new episodes dropping every Tuesday.

WHERE: “Finding Raffi” is distributed by the iHeartPodcast Network and is available on iHeartRadio and everywhere podcasts are heard.

QUOTE: "My career has been about so much more than music,” said Raffi Cavoukian. “It's about respect, the way we live in the world, and the future of our planet. I hope 'Finding Raffi' inspires people to care for each other — and our home on planet Earth.”

COVER ART: Download official show logo + cover art HERE

About Fatherly

Fatherly is the leading digital media brand for dads. Our mission is to empower men to raise great kids and lead more fulfilling adult lives through original reporting, expert parenting advice, and hard-won insights into a challenging, but profoundly rewarding stage of life. Fatherly is a part of BDG, the parent company to parenting, lifestyle and culture publications including Bustle, Elite Daily, NYLON, The Zoe Report, W, Romper, Scary Mommy, The Dad, Gawker, Input, Inverse, and Mic.

Join “RFK Tapes” Host William Klaber As He Uncovers The 50-Year-Old Murder Mystery into the Plot to Kill Dr. King - Premiering January 10

Listen To The Official Trailer Here

WHAT:  According to the official story, on April 4th, 1968, a lone gunman assassinated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. That man, James Earl Ray, pled guilty and was sentenced to 99 years in prison and for most people, the case was closed. However, there is more to the story, including a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the King Family that concluded Martin Luther King’s death was the result of a conspiracy involving multiple groups, including government agencies. “The MLK Tapes,” a new true crime podcast from the creators of “Atlanta Monster” and “Monster: DC Sniper,” will explore never-before-heard details about what happened to King on the day of his death, with rare recordings of eye-witness testimonies and new interviews with people who were there to reveal the true story of the plot to kill Dr. King.

The series will be hosted by William (Bill) Klaber, an author, part-time journalist and co-host of the podcast “The RFK Tapes”, who has been investigating the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy since 1989. While working on “The RFK Tapes,” Klaber interviewed a man named Bill Pepper, who spent forty years investigating the assassination of his friend, Dr. King. Pepper’s decades-long investigation included recording witnesses on tape. They revealed what they saw, and in some cases, what they had done. When Klaber heard this audio it opened up another opportunity to expose the lies in a 50-year-old murder mystery using  secrets that had been hidden on tapes.

Many little known facts about the case will be explored in the series, including the original recordings of witnesses who heard, saw or did something on or around the day Martin Luther King Jr. was killed, as well as new interviews from William Pepper, James Lawson, Arthur Hanes Jr., Isaac Newton Farris Jr., Joseph Brown, and John Currington. In the first episodes alone, many listeners might be surprise to learn that: 

• April 4th, 1967: Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a speech at Riverside Church in New York City titled Beyond Vietnam.
  • “…I knew that I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed in the ghettos without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today: my own government.” -MLK
• April 4th, 1968: A year (to the day) later, Martin Luther King was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
• April, 1968: On MLK’s final visit to Memphis, the all black, 8-person security team that normally accompanied him was reassigned.
• 1969: James Earl Ray pled guilty to murdering Martin Luther King Jr. Three days later, he recanted the plea. He never confessed to the crime and the evidence against him was never tested in a trial by jury.
• 1993: HBO aired a mock-trial of James Earl Ray with real attorneys and a jury. The jury found Ray not guilty.
• 1999: A wrongful death lawsuit filed by the King Family concluded that Martin Luther King’s death was the result of a conspiracy involving multiple groups, including government agencies.
• The goal of this podcast is to bring additional information to light that has, until now, not been widely discussed.

WHO: “The MLK Tapes” is produced by iHeartMedia and Tenderfoot TV, and distributed by The iHeartPodcast Network. The series is hosted by William (Bill Klaber), an author, part-time journalist, and co-host of the podcast “The RFK Tapes.” Klaber is the coauthor of “Shadow Play: The Murder of Robert F. Kennedy” and author of the novel “The Rebellion of Miss Lucy Ann Lobdell.”

WHEN + WHERE: “The MLK Tapes” premieres on Monday, January 10, 2022, with the first two episodes readily available. Following episodes will be released each Monday, and will be available on iHeartRadio and wherever you listen to podcasts.

ASSETS: 

• Cover art
• William Klaber headshot
• Official trailer
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About Tenderfoot TV

Founded by Atlanta director and independent filmmaker, Payne Lindsey, and music industry veteran, Donald Albright, Tenderfoot TV is a hub for creators and storytellers. The company launched in August 2016 with the release of the viral true crime podcast, “Up and Vanished”, which helped crack the decade-old cold case of missing person Tara Grinstead. Tenderfoot has since created multiple successful podcast franchises, including “Monster,” “Radio Rental,” “To Live and Die in LA,” and more, amassing over 650 million total downloads in just five years. Tenderfoot has partnered with major media companies, including HBO and Issa Rae’s label Raedio, iHeartRadio, Audible, Cadence13, and Netflix. They have expanded into TV and film, developing their IP for both fiction and nonfiction content. In 2020, Tenderfoot partnered with Oxygen to release a 6-part docu-series based on “Up and Vanished.” As one of the pioneer podcasts companies for Apple podcast subscriptions, they have ranked among the top performing channels with the release of Tenderfoot+, which offers listeners a seamless experience and greater access to their favorite shows.

Tenderfoot projects reflect a range of diversity across content to show genres. They launched their first political podcast ahead of the 2020 Georgia Senate runoffs, “Gaining Ground: The New Georgia,” and also have a satirical crime show that sheds light on social justice issues, their first scripted series titled “We Stay Looking.” The company has been recognized across the industry, winning numerous best in audio podcasting awards, including being a Pulitzer Prize finalist for ‘Audio Reporting’ in 2021 for “Somebody.” Founders Donald Albright, dubbed Atlanta’s Podcast Kingmaker” by Atlanta Magazine, and award winning creator Payne Lindsey, were ranked among the top ten “Most Powerful People in Podcasting” by Inside Radio, as well as named to the “Atlanta 500,” a list of the city’s “Most Powerful Leaders.” Tenderfoot continues to use their platform to raise the bar by telling compelling and important stories. No rules. No restrictions.