Second Life Podcast: Monica Padman
Welcome to Second Life, a podcast spotlighting profitable girls who’ve made main profession modifications—and fearlessly mastered the pivot. Hosted by Hillary Kerr, cofounder and chief content material officer at Who What Wear, every episode provides you a direct line to girls who’re sport changers of their fields. Subscribe to Second Life on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or anyplace you get your podcasts to remain tuned.
If Monica Padman’s name sounds familiar in the Second Life space, you are proper. The visionary podcast producer and host has made her triumphant return to the podcast—on video—since we final sat down along with her 5 years in the past. In 2021, she shared her early dream of turning into an actress and the way she finally turned a inventive accomplice to Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard. Her profession then advanced from producer to co-host of the huge hit Armchair Expert, finally carving out her personal area of interest within the corporate affairs.
Armchair Expert launched in 2018 and shortly stood out, turning into Apple’s most-downloaded podcast of the yr and profitable an iHeart Radio Award for Best New Podcast. Known for susceptible, trustworthy talks with visitors starting from Kristen Bell to Ashton Kutcher and Jimmy Kimmel, the present constructed a faithful following of “Armcherries.” Behind the scenes, Padman produces the sequence, books visitors, edits, and manages promotions whereas serving as on-air co-host and fact-checker.
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Now, reasonably than getting into her “third life,” Padman has continued to develop in her twin function. She and Shepard expanded Armchair Expert, incomes a 2026 Golden Globes nomination within the inaugural Best Podcast class. She has additionally been instrumental in including quite a few reveals underneath the Armchair umbrella. Most just lately, she branched into true crime with the riveting podcast Beth’s Dead, which is now getting into manufacturing for season 2.
Listen to the most recent episode of Second Life to listen to how Padman is remodeling podcasting’s ever-evolving panorama and increasing what it means to create and host significant audio storytelling.
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