Amanda Mayo

I got my start in radio at NPR station Marfa Public Radio in very far West Texas. In that vast and beautiful desert, I caught the interviewing bug and rode that wave into podcasting. From 2012-2014 I was a contributing music, art, and film writer for KQED Arts – the online publication for San Francisco NPR station KQED - as well as Consequence of Sound and other media outlets. From 2014 through 2020 I managed an award-winning weekly artist interview podcast as a dual Production and Features Director at Chicago Independent Radio Project (CHIRP) in Chicago.

Currently I am the Founder and Director of How to Podcast, a podcasting consulting and coaching business designed to help guide underrepresented voices through the process of launching a successful podcast or audio project. I’ve made it my personal mission to not let any more bad quality podcasts enter the world. I work alongside my clients closely, empowering them with the tools they need so that in the end, my clients don’t need me.