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Saturday, January 19
 

9:30am PST

Opening Show
Join the PodCon founders as they bring some of their favorite podcasters to the stage to welcome you all to PodCon 2!

Participants to be announced.
Featured Guests
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Demi Adejuyigbe

Punch Up the Jam; Gilmore Guys
Demi, aka Bubblegum Pockets, once accepted a jacket from the dry cleaners that wasn’t his and had pockets full of literal bubblegum. He once said Miel’s hair feels like spaghetti, which was rude but true. He often eats candy in lieu of an actual meal. He non-ironically loves the... Read More →
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Cecil Baldwin

Welcome to Night Vale
Cecil Baldwin is the narrator of the hit podcast Welcome To Night Vale. He is an alumnus of the New York Neo-Futurists, performing in their late-night show Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind, as well as Drama Desk-nominated The Complete and Condensed Stage Directions of Eugene... Read More →
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Jeffrey Cranor

Welcome to Night Vale; Night Vale Presents
Jeffrey Cranor co-writes the podcasts Welcome to Night Vale & Within the Wires.
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Joseph Fink

Welcome to Night Vale; Night Vale Presents
Joseph Fink created three podcasts: Welcome to Night Vale, Alice Isn't Dead, and I Only Listen to the Mountain Goats. He also writes books.
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Hannah Gelb

Hannahlyze This
About Hannahlyze This: Hannah Hart (wildly successful, super fly, very amazing) and her best friend Hannah Gelb (her middle name is Ruth) discuss life, love, and the pursuit of happiness in a frank and no bullshit manner in this self-help podcast that just can’t help itself.  Every... Read More →
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Hank Green

Dear Hank and John; Delete This
Hank Green is the CEO of Complexly, a production company that creates educational content, including Crash Course and SciShow, prompting The Washington Post to name him "one of America's most popular science teachers." Complexly's videos have been viewed more than two billion times... Read More →
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Hannah Hart

Hannahlyze This
About Hannahlyze This:Hannah Hart (wildly successful, super fly, very amazing) and her best friend Hannah Gelb (her middle name is Ruth) discuss life, love, and the pursuit of happiness in a frank and no bullshit manner in this self-help podcast that just can’t help itself.  Every... Read More →
avatar for Hrishikesh Hirway

Hrishikesh Hirway

Song Exploder; The West Wing Weekly
Hrishikesh Hirway is a musician and the creator of the Song Exploder podcast. The New York Times wrote, "In the world of beautifully produced podcasts, Song Exploder is the beacon," and Quartz called it "possibly the most perfect podcast." He makes music under the name The One AM... Read More →
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Sydnee McElroy

Sawbones; Still Buffering
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Griffin McElroy

My Brother, My Brother, And Me; The Adventure Zone; Wonderful!
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Travis McElroy

My Brother, My Brother, And Me; The Adventure Zone; Shmanners; and more
Travis is a professional podcaster who hosts numerous shows including MBMBaM, The Adventure Zone, Shmanners, Trends Like These, and Til Death Do Us Blart. He is also one of the titular brothers of the My Brother, My Brother and Me TV Show. He, along with his brothers and dad, is in... Read More →
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Justin McElroy

My Brother, My Brother, And Me; The Adventure Zone; Sawbones
Justin McElroy is the co-creator and co-host of a bevy of podcasts, including My Brother, My Brother and Me (recently adapted into a TV show by NBC Universal), The Adventure Zone, Sawbones, Quality Control, Till Death Do Us Blart and The McElroy Brothers Will Be In Trolls 2. He's... Read More →
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Arnie Niekamp

Hello from the Magic Tavern
Arnie Niekamp is a video game director and podcast host. He designed and directed Drawful and Trivia Murder Party for Jackbox Games and is currently working on a new You Don’t Know Jack for the fall. He was a founding member of the improv group, Whirled News Tonight. He’s done... Read More →
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Ashley Oh

The Polygon Show
Ashley Oh is Social Media Manager at Polygon, where she oversees community, content and growth on all things social. When she isn’t managing off-platform needs, she co-hosts The Polygon Show, an all-female podcast about gaming and its peripheral culture. She also contributes reviews... Read More →
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Simone de Rochefort

The Polygon Show, Rocket
Simone de Rochefort is a co-host of The Polygon Show, an irreverent podcast about video games and gaming culture. She is also a video producer for Polygon, and enjoys making goofy faces and loud noises on and off camera. She is both a host and an editor, and relishes the opportunity... Read More →
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Kristin Russo

Buffering the Vampire Slayer
Kristin Russo is the co-host & producer of Buffering the Vampire Slayer, a Buffy rewatch podcast featuring an original recap song for every episode, alongside musician Jenny Owen Youngs. Buffering the Vampire Slayer was named one of Time's Top 50 Podcasts and selected as one of Esquire's... Read More →
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Symphony Sanders

Welcome to Night Vale; Good Morning Night Vale
Symphony Sanders is a Chicago-based actor, aerialist, and vlogger. She voices Tamika Flynn on the popular podcast Welcome to Night Vale, is a cohost on Good Morning Nightvale, and has been featured on My Fair City and Chuck Tingle’s Pounded in the Butt by my Podcast. When not recording... Read More →
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Rileigh Smirl

Still Buffering
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Chelsea Stark

The Polygon Show
Chelsea Stark is Polygon's News Editor, where she sets the tone for the day-to-day news coverage and helps Polygon bring analysis to current conversations in the space. Chelsea was previously at Mashable, where she grew the games section from just herself to a full-fledged team. They... Read More →
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Bianca Zelda

The Broadswords
Bianca Zelda is a member of the Broadswords, an all women actual play 5e DnD podcast where she plays Mépris. She lives in Ontario, Canada with her husband and two cats and two dogs. Bianca is new to the podcasting universe, but has dived in feet first into the welcoming and enthusiastic... Read More →

Saturday January 19, 2019 9:30am - 11:00am PST
Mainstage (4A)
  Variety Show
 
Sunday, January 20
 

5:30pm PST

Closing Show
It's time to say goodbye to PodCon 2! Join us once again on the main stage for a fun-filled closing ceremony featuring games, special appearances, closing remarks from the founders and much more!
Featured Guests
avatar for Paul Bae

Paul Bae

The Big Loop; The Black Tapes
Paul Bae gets bored a lot. When he got bored of being an evangelical youth pastor, he became a public high school English teacher. When that grew stale, he became a stand-up comedian. When that began drawing yawns (from him and his crowds), he turned to podcasting with his friend... Read More →
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Miel Bredouw

Punch Up the Jam
Miel, aka Honey & Dandruff, was born in 1754. She's a lifelong vegan, meaning she only eats foods shaped like Vegeta from Dragon Ball Z. Her favorite thing is when people say she looks like Linda McCartney, which she totally does, and if you see her in person you should go out of... Read More →
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Jeffrey Cranor

Welcome to Night Vale; Night Vale Presents
Jeffrey Cranor co-writes the podcasts Welcome to Night Vale & Within the Wires.
avatar for Joseph Fink

Joseph Fink

Welcome to Night Vale; Night Vale Presents
Joseph Fink created three podcasts: Welcome to Night Vale, Alice Isn't Dead, and I Only Listen to the Mountain Goats. He also writes books.
avatar for Allegra Frank

Allegra Frank

The Polygon Show, The History of Fun
Allegra Frank is Deputy News Editor at Polygon, where she frequently reports on Nintendo, internet culture and entertainment. She co-hosts The Polygon Show and Polygon’s The History of Fun on The Vox Media Podcast Network.
avatar for Hank Green

Hank Green

Dear Hank and John; Delete This
Hank Green is the CEO of Complexly, a production company that creates educational content, including Crash Course and SciShow, prompting The Washington Post to name him "one of America's most popular science teachers." Complexly's videos have been viewed more than two billion times... Read More →
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Dylan Marron

Conversations With People Who Hate Me; Welcome to Night Vale
Dylan Marron is a writer, performer, and videomaker whose work blends social justice activism and entertainment. He voices Carlos on Welcome to Night Vale and created Every Single Word, a video series that edits down popular films to only feature the words spoken by people of color... Read More →
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Justin McElroy

My Brother, My Brother, And Me; The Adventure Zone; Sawbones
Justin McElroy is the co-creator and co-host of a bevy of podcasts, including My Brother, My Brother and Me (recently adapted into a TV show by NBC Universal), The Adventure Zone, Sawbones, Quality Control, Till Death Do Us Blart and The McElroy Brothers Will Be In Trolls 2. He's... Read More →
avatar for Travis McElroy

Travis McElroy

My Brother, My Brother, And Me; The Adventure Zone; Shmanners; and more
Travis is a professional podcaster who hosts numerous shows including MBMBaM, The Adventure Zone, Shmanners, Trends Like These, and Til Death Do Us Blart. He is also one of the titular brothers of the My Brother, My Brother and Me TV Show. He, along with his brothers and dad, is in... Read More →
avatar for Arnie Niekamp

Arnie Niekamp

Hello from the Magic Tavern
Arnie Niekamp is a video game director and podcast host. He designed and directed Drawful and Trivia Murder Party for Jackbox Games and is currently working on a new You Don’t Know Jack for the fall. He was a founding member of the improv group, Whirled News Tonight. He’s done... Read More →
avatar for Carrie Poppy

Carrie Poppy

Oh No Ross and Carrie
Carrie wasn’t raised in a religious home, but became engrossed in religion at the age of 13, when she accepted Jesus into her heart (although he no longer works there). She once exorcised a demon, used to own a chakra chart, and has spent countless dollars on “detoxifying” foot... Read More →
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Adal Rifai

Hello from the Magic Tavern
Adal Rifai is a performer at iO Chicago. Adal performs with the house team Revolver, the weekly show Whirled News Tonight and teaches improv at University of Illinois at Chicago as an adjunct lecturer. Past iO credits include Swim Buddies, Our Feature Presentation: The Improvised... Read More →
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Victoria Rogers

The Broadswords
Victoria is the Dungeon Master and producer of The Broadswords, an all-women Dungeons and Dragons podcast.  She was the coordinator for the Wizards of the Coast Podcasts of Foes event and has a few other new projects on the go.  With a theatre and classical voice background, Victoria... Read More →
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Lauren Shippen

The Bright Sessions
Lauren Shippen is the writer and creator of the science fiction podcast, The Bright Sessions. Since its debut in November of 2015, the podcast has won numerous awards, was named iTunes Best of 2016 and has been featured in Vox, Popular Science, Wired, The London Evening Standard... Read More →
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Teylor Smirl

Still Buffering
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Jenny Owen Youngs

Buffering the Vampire Slayer
Jenny Owen Youngs is the co-host of Buffering the Vampire Slayer, a Buffy rewatch podcast featuring an original recap song for every episode, alongside LGBT activist & author Kristin Russo. Buffering the Vampire Slayer was named one of Time's Top 50 Podcasts and selected as one of... Read More →
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Helen Zaltzman

The Allusionist
In 2007, with no relevant experience, Helen Zaltzman started podcasting from her living room in suburban London. 12 years later, her podcasts The Allusionist and Answer Me This have won multiple awards and spawned book adaptations, theatre shows and a TED talk. She runs the sprawling... Read More →

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avatar for Mischa Stanton

Mischa Stanton

Mischa Stanton is a virtuoso of audio fiction. They are the sound designer of over a dozen immersive storytelling podcasts, including LeVar Burton Reads and The Bright Sessions, as well as co-founder & executive producer of The Whisperforge, a collective whose shows have a combined... Read More →

Sunday January 20, 2019 5:30pm - 7:00pm PST
Mainstage (4A)
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