Produced By…

Every successful podcast, livestream, and online show has people behind it making everything work.

Produced By is a podcast about the people behind the shows: producers, editors, technical directors, coordinators, community managers, and creators who help turn ideas into consistent, high-quality content.

Hosted by Stephen Cross, founder and co-host of Talking Drupal, the show explores the real-world workflows, production challenges, creative decisions, and collaboration that happen behind the scenes of modern content creation. And… some tools.

After producing hundreds of podcast episodes, livestreams, webinars, and conference recordings, Stephen created Produced By to spotlight the work that audiences rarely see, but every successful show depends on.

Conversations focus on topics such as:

• Podcast and livestream production workflows

• Remote recording and technical setups

• Editing and post-production

• Guest coordination and show operations

• Audience engagement and community building

• Creative collaboration between hosts and production teams

• Scaling content production sustainably

• Lessons learned from producing live and recorded shows

The format is conversational and experience-driven, less about polished marketing answers and more about how shows actually get made.

Whether you produce content professionally, support a community-driven show, or are trying to improve your own production process, Produced By offers practical insight from the people doing the work.