Jeff Revilla: Tuesday evening.
It's 07:00, 09/08/2026. I've got

a great guest joining me. We're
gonna cover six live podcasting

stories about live podcasting,
and we're gonna record it live

tonight from the main stage here
at the Poduty Podcast Theater in

Downtown Torrentum. I've got
Wendy Brant from Podfest joining

Wendy Brant: It's time to get
your Podfest tickets.

Jeff Revilla: Oh, the only live
news podcast about podcasting

from the stage. It's Poduty in
the news with our special guest,

Wendy Brant: Thank you so much
for having me. This is fabulous.

Jeff Revilla: Well, thank you.
Thank you. I'm so excited to

have you here. We finally just
got to connect back in June for

the first time. We met in person
at a Pittsburgh Pod Tour and

it's something I've been
following because it's such a

great way to reach out and brand
the event.

We talk so much about community
and PodTour is like the icing on

the cake for building the
community around Podfest. And

tell us a little bit about how
did that idea come about? How

did you start touring all around
the world doing mini conferences

Wendy Brant: Sure. Well, yeah.
Actually, started when the

founder, Chris Kremitsos, this
is about three years ago and we

were both during off season, so
to speak. So our conference is

So just in an off month, we were
both traveling in different

places, and we thought... He
said, well, I'm gonna just hold

a a meet and greet for
podcasters. And we said, you

know, that's a really great
idea. And and I both kinda go to

different places during the
summer during... In the country.

And so we thought, you know
what? Why don't we just... Every

time we go somewhere, we'll just
see if anybody wants to get

together and talk about
podcasting. So that's really how

it started, which is just kind
of insane thinking about our

conferences boom... Been going
on for thirteen years and, you

know, just to be able to start
to travel around and and bring

And that was about three years
ago, maybe four years ago. I

think the first one was actually
four years ago. And then three

years ago, we turned them into
the Pod Tours. And so now we

schedule them and go all around,
and it's just an amazing way for

podcasters to come together in
their communities. A lot of

times, they don't even know that
each other are there.

And so it's it's just our way of
saying, hey. You guys are all

here. Let's help each other.
And, and then we'll hope to see

you in January in Orlando for
Podcast. But it's really just

about, again, bringing folks
together and letting people know

that they have community there
with them.

Jeff Revilla: Yeah. And it's not
just stateside too. These have

gone global. You've had some, I
think, America and The

Wendy Brant: Actually, all over
the world. Stockholm, I think,

is coming up, or we just did
Stockholm. So we have a a a

Podcast person, team member,
that also happens to travel a

lot in the world. And so
wherever he goes in the world,

Australia, he was in Melbourne.
That was the recent one.

Melbourne, I think Stockholm's
coming up. Singapore, I've been

to Colombia, all over. If you go
to our website, podfestexpo.com,

and you look at the pod tour
page, it will show you all the

different locations that we've
been. But, yes, all over the

These... We're bringing creators
together in all these spaces and

places. And so we're all doing
the same things. We just speak

Jeff Revilla: And if you knew
how many times Podfest has come

up on this show where we we talk
about building community. And in

the podcast arena, there is no
better place to connect with

podcasters than Podcast. It's
like the Super Bowl of

podcasting every January that
people are getting together,

they're making these lifelong
connections, they're

collaborating, they're recording
shows together. So much happens

What what have been some of your
best takeaways over the thirteen

Wendy Brant: Gosh. I have seen
so many amazing things and

talked to so many amazing
piece... People. The thing I

love about Podcast though is the
camaraderie with with everybody

that's there, the attendees. But
I I think the thing about

podcasting is that sometimes,
you know, we're behind the mics,

Maybe even, you know, YouTube is
still relatively new for a lot

of folks. And so you may not
know that the person that you're

sitting next to is somebody
that's really a big deal. And at

Podcast, you could be sitting
next to, like, one of the OGs of

the entire industry and not
really even know it. And

everybody's there to help
everybody else. And so the thing

I love most about it is just
what you said, that camaraderie.

You you... There's so many
people to meet and just to find

folks that speak your language,
that know what you're talking

about, that understand what
you're going through, and can

help you or have thoughts and
ideas. And, of course, the

education is just off the charts
amazing. So, you know, I I

don't... We love the community
aspect of it, but it's...

People come to learn. It's it's
a lot. There's a lot that you

can do. And it's an
investment... I always say to

It's an investment in your
vision. It's an investment in

your mission. Not so much even
in you, but in all those things.

How to Build a Podcast Community That Shows Up | Wendy Brant of Podfest Expo

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