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The Audio and Video Lifeline
As traditional newsrooms continue their brutal cycle of layoffs, independent audio and video platforms offer diverse storytellers a way to reclaim their narratives and ownership.The American newsroom is shrinking at an alarming rate, leaving a wake of professional displacement th...
Your Podcast Is the New Resume
Last week, Hollywood got a preview of the future.Two low-budget movies from YouTube-native creators - Kane Parsons’ "Backrooms" and Curry Barker’s "Obsession" - did something that would have sounded absurd not that long ago. They broke through at the box office and outperformed t...
From Layoffs to Ownership
FROM LAYOFFS TO OWNERSHIPThere was a deal on the table. For generations, Black women acquiesced to the terms.Get the degree. Build the résumé. Show up early, stay late, speak carefully, and demonstrate, repeatedly, without complaint that you belong in rooms you were never desi...
Invisible Backbone
INVISIBLE BACKBONE This is not a story about victims. Let that be clear from the start.Black women have never had the luxury of waiting for the economy to notice them. They built careers in the margins. They climbed half-constructed ladders and some were set on fire while they we...
"I loves me some Juju Chang!" - Auntie Derek
June 3, 2026, is a date I will never forget. Not only did I have an opportunity to meet the amazing Juju Chang, but I also got to actually tell her to her face, "I loves me some Juju Chang!" Juju Chang is the co-anchor of ABC News' Nightline, and a regular contributor to Good Mor...
The Independent Journalism Revolution
The landscape of modern journalism is undergoing a tectonic shift. For decades, the ultimate achievement for a broadcast or print journalist was securing a seat at a major legacy network. Today, those same seats are being abruptly dismantled.The conversation reached a boiling poi...
Banning Books Is a Great Idea and I Mean That
Opinion · Culture · LiteratureBanning Books Is a Great Idea and I Mean ThatNothing makes a book more irresistible than telling people they can't have it.Part one — The case for banningGo ahead, ban the book. See what happens next.Here's a hot take for you: banning books is, in...
Gothic Addiction
Gothic AddictionShort Story by NishMay 29 2026Laura had developed a ritual around loneliness. Every night around ten-thirty, after the dishes were washed and stacked in the drying rack beside the sink, after the aquarium light dimmed automatically to moon-blue and her cat Marvin...
Healing Through Audio and Video
How independent digital creators are bypassing traditional media gatekeepers to construct intimate digital sanctuaries for cultural preservation, mental wellness, and collective joy.For decades, mainstream broadcast media maintained a strict, homogenous standard for whose stories...
Still Breathing: Six Years After George Floyd
May 25, 2026 marks six years since a cell phone camera captured what Black people in America already knew: that our lives could be taken from us slowly, publicly, and without consequence a knee pressed into a neck for nine agonizing minutes while a man called out for his moth...
You Don't Need Permission to Start a Podcast
For nearly a century, the rules of broadcasting were written in stone and guarded by capital. If you wanted to speak to the public, you needed an executive’s blessing, a multi-million dollar studio, and a license from the federal government. The airwaves belonged to the conglomer...
The Rememberance of Memorial Day
Memorial DayMemorial [məˈmôēəl] — Merriam-Webster defines it as serving to preserve remembrance. I come from a long line of military service members. Dad, grandfather, brother, uncles, cousins. Through ancestry records, I found a great uncle who served in WWI, reenlisted,...
DIY Podcasting on a Budget
How a new generation of storytellers is building powerful platforms with little more than a mic, a mission, and the right tools There is a quiet revolution happening in bedrooms, kitchens, and makeshift studios across the world. It sounds like a voice. Unpolished, urgent, and unm...
The Audio and Video Renaissance
From the spark of an idea to global multimedia distribution, a streamlined workflow is breaking down the historic technical barriers of content creation. The digital landscape is undergoing a profound structural shift. Over the last decade, podcasting evolved from a niche tech ho...
Artificially Speaking
Artificially SpeakingShort Story by Nish NishimuraPart One: The Green LightThe morning sunlight spilled across the patio tables of The Conservatory Coffee Shop near Sony Pictures Studios, warming the sidewalks and parked Teslas along the street. Jean arrived early, claiming a sma...
Is Substack Dying?
From the looks of it, the platform will need a respirator. For the past few years, there have been numerous articles written about Substack and its glaring lack of content standards. Hate speech isn't buried in the corners; it's front-facing, and at times, centered. In 2024,...
The Echo and the Original
The Echo and the OriginalOn reinterpretation, cultural memory, and the eternal argument over which version is better It started, as many ideas do, somewhere between the mundane and the accidental. A few weeks ago, deep in the middle of some thoroughly non-scholarly task—gradi...
From Zero to Mic
The democratization of audio and video is here. Thanks to Chatmosa, the distance between having an idea and hitting publish has shrunk from months to mere minutes. For years, the podcasting wall was a very real thing. To start a show, you did not just need a voice and a vision....
The Rise of the “Micro-Podcaster”
How Creators with Under 10K Followers Are Outperforming Big Names in Engagement The digital media landscape is witnessing a significant shift in influence. While celebrity podcasts often grab the most headlines, a new class of "micro-podcasters" is proving that a smaller, dedicat...
The End of Platform Fragmentation
As the creator economy matures, the struggle to manage multiple production tools is giving way to a new era of streamlined, all-in-one digital workspaces. In the modern digital landscape, "content creator" has become a catch-all term for what is essentially a small media conglom...
The Human Signal
As algorithmic fatigue reaches a breaking point, new data reveals a staggering trust gap and how Chatmosa helps creators reclaim the narrative. In the digital landscape of 2026, the "Uncanny Valley" has moved from robotics into our social feeds. After years of hyper-optimized sho...
Who is Richard Cotovsky?
Originally published in 2018CBS launched a new sitcom earlier this year titled “Superior Donuts,” which is and isn’t an adaptation of the play written by the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Tracy Letts. The sitcom version stars Judd Hirsch in the lead as Arthur Przybyszew...
The Alchemy of Content
In an era of fragmenting attention, platforms like Chatmosa are helping podcasters bridge the gap between long-form depth and short-form reach. The modern creator faces a mathematical nightmare. To stay relevant in today’s attention economy, a podcaster cannot simply record a hig...
Yellow Fear. Stop Asian Hate
Originally published in 2018The surge of Asian hate is another huge step back for civilization. As a society, we’ve taken too many steps backward, but in the United States, this contempt for Asians, Orientals, “yellow people,” has been around since at least the mid-1800s, when Ch...
How Chatmosa is Streamlining Student Media
At the heart of a bustling university innovation lab, a new kind of broadcast is taking shape. It has no massive satellite dish and no monolithic transmitter. The scene consists of three students, a mobile interface, and a directional microphone. They operate as a remote producti...
From Dorm Room to Digital Airwaves
What starts as a heated debate in the dining hall or a late-night breakdown of the latest celebrity drama can often be the spark for something much bigger. For many students, that "something" is a podcast. However, the leap from a casual conversation to a polished digital show ca...
Springing Into Sound
Springing Into Sound: Why This Season is the Perfect Moment to Start Your Podcast Journey Forget winter hibernation; spring is a season of unparalleled freshness, growth, and vibrant energy. While flowers bloom and the world awakens, a quieter renaissance is brewing within the cr...
Protecting Your Retirement from Market Risk
We’ll break down why accounts drop, how taxes work inside retirement plans, simple moves to better protect your money over time, & more. Tune in to this special session with Jen The Rainmaker.
Peace One Day… Let’s help peace grow!
Originally published 2016I became aware of the Peace One Day organization when my cousin Tim posted a link on Facebook about the Burger King challenge to McDonald's to make peace one day and collaborate to sell a hybrid burger called the McWhopper. At first, I thought this might...
Catch the Wave: Why 2026 Is the Year to Go All-In
There’s a moment in every media revolution where the window is wide open and most people still haven’t noticed. We think we’re in that moment right now: not just for podcasting, but for the kind of podcasting that actually builds a business: live, community-driven, owned-audience...
Watch Party: Jimmy Kimmel Live! 9/23/25
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Politics with Auntie Derek & Friends - 9/21/25
Microphone space will be limited. If you are interested in being a speaker, please email [email protected] using the subject “Speakers list”, and include your name and which platform you will be using to log into Chatmosa for this session (Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Microso...
LA's New Jazz Big Band Debuts at the Blue Whale
Originally Published in 2017From Russia to Tel Aviv to New York to Los Angeles, Igor Kogan’s musical career reflects his worldly experience. I’ve had the pleasure of hearing Igor in his role as a bass player at The Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach with the Gary Herbig, Bill Spoke Qui...
C’mon and Join The Show!
Originally Published in 2017Once upon a time, I was a “night girl.” I used to go out to clubs any night of the week to listen to live bands and enjoy a cocktail or two, but I’ve grown up, or more accurately grown older, and it’s not so easy getting by with two or three hours of...
LATechWeek - Live Feed: InvestHER Roundatables
Attending the LATechWeek event, "InvestHER Roundtables," hosted by Gritty in Pink at the Live Nation headquarters, was an enlightening experience. The event featured a diverse group of women investors who sat at various roundtables, allowing women founders to ask their questions...
Promotional: VW Electric ID Buzz
The 2025 Volkswagen ID Buzz is generating a lot of buzz (pun intended) in the automotive world, and for good reason. This all-electric vehicle is not just a nod to the iconic VW Microbus of the past, but a leap into the future of sustainable transportation. Here’s why the 2025 ID...
SALES: Olympics Running Sneakers
The 2024 Olympics in Paris brought together the world's best athletes, showcasing their incredible talents and pushing the boundaries of human performance. Among the many factors contributing to their success, one element stood out: the running shoes they wore. The advancements i...
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