CLASS - Tuesday, Sept 16, 23, 30 and Oct 7th 2-4pm PT / 5-7pm ET

Break the Mold: Transforming Podcast Structure and Storytelling

Ditch formulaic podcast formats and redefine the listener experience with award-winning journalist and executive producer Christina M. Tapper in this immersive course. Get direct feedback on your concepts and leave with transformative techniques to elevate your podcast.
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Key Takeaways

  • A refined workshop-tested, innovative podcast concept 
  • A playbook to remix conventional podcast formats
  • Techniques that help to cultivate a community of loyal listeners
  • The confidence to experiment boldly with form and content
  • A network of fellow innovative podcasters for continued collaboration

About this class

  • Tuesday, September 16, 23, 30 and October 7th, 2025
  • 2-4pm PT / 5-7pm ET
  • Virtual
  • 4 x 2 hour classes
  • $370 AIR members 
    $425 non-members
  • Payment plans available at checkout. 
Are you tired of podcasts that sound like they've been copied-and-pasted from a template? Break free from the two-hosts-chatting format and interviews that sound like job screenings. Join award-winning journalist, executive producer, and rule breaker Christina M. Tapper for an interactive four-session class series that will transform how you conceptualize, structure, and produce original podcasts.

In this hands-on class, you'll not only reimagine podcast storytelling, interviewing, and formats, you'll workshop your own concepts with fellow creators, receiving valuable peer feedback that will elevate your ideas from good to extraordinary. Even if you don’t have a concept ready for review, you’ll leave feeling energized and inspired to create in new ways.

Who is this class designed for? 

For both podcast newcomers with fresh ideas and seasoned producers looking to break out of creative ruts. Perfect for storytellers who sense there's something more exciting beyond conventional podcast formulas and are ready to transform their concepts into distinctive audio experiences. Familiarity with podcast production is helpful but not required.
Meet the instructor

Christina M. Tapper

Christina M. Tapper is an award-winning journalist, editorial and podcast consultant, audio producer, and collage artist. Currently, she assists a range of creators in developing podcasts. Christina held key leadership roles as Executive Producer at Spotify Studios and the Head of Content at Jemele Hill's Unbothered Network, an audio home elevating the voices and stories of Black women, in partnership with Spotify. In these roles, Christina led the creative strategy, development, and execution of Unbothered's slate of podcasts including Jemele Hill is Unbothered. Under Christina’s direction, the show won two NAACP Image Awards in 2022. 

As the key architect in launching The Unbothered Network, Christina created and developed Unbothered's first original podcast, Sanctified. 

In 2022 and 2023, Christina served as a Pulitzer Prize juror for audio reporting. 

Before transitioning to audio, Christina served in senior editorial leadership roles at ZORA, a digital publication by, for, and about Black women at Medium, and Bleacher Report. Christina began her career in media at People magazine and Sports Illustrated. Folio named her one of its distinguished Top Women in Media and honored her as a “Change-Maker” in 2018.
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