Eight years ago, three scrappy Boston-based podcasts decided to try something new. At the Lonely Palette (from producer Tamar Avishai), Ministry of Ideas (from Zachary Davis and Nick Andersen) and Soonish (my show), we got together to see if we could lift each other up through mutual cross-promotion and behind-the-scenes support and collaboration. Over the years Hub & Spoke expanded to a dozen shows, and the community of remarkable producers we built always helped me find the inspiration to keep Soonish going. But time passes, projects mature, and new things take their place. In 2023 I moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Last fall I wrapped Soonish to make time for a new audio project that’s more rooted in my new surroundings. That podcast, Turning Corners, debuted on February 6, and I’m happy to say that it’s also a part of Hub & Spoke

This week, Audio Flux released the trailer and the first episode of the Audio Flux Podcast—and it’s part of the Hub & Spoke family!

Hub & Spoke, the Boston-born collective of high-quality creator-owned, independent podcasts, has a new president: Tamar Avishai, the creator and producer of the acclaimed art history podcast The Lonely Palette and a co-founder of the collective.

The team of independent podcast producers at Hub & Spoke sends its heartfelt congratulations this week to Gerald Peary and Amy Geller, the documentary filmmaking team who this week launched their first podcast, The Rabbis Go South. You can hear Episode 1 of the show now at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, CastBox, Overcast, PocketCasts, and other platforms.

Hub & Spoke has always been a collective of ongoing podcasts, which meant that we couldn’t really offer a home to limited-run series. Until now! Introducing… the Hub & Spoke Expo.

We’re proud to share the news that our respected friend and colleague Yooree Losordo, the director of network operations at Radiotopia from PRX, has agreed to join Hub & Spoke’s board of directors, effective immediately.

The latest show to join the collective is about magazines and the people who made and make them. It’s called Print Is Dead. (Long Live Print!), and is created and hosted by Rockport, MA-based producer Patrick Mitchell and colleagues.

Transom, the leading website showcasing the mission of (and sharing the techniques behind) public-media-style radio and podcasting, today published An Indie Audio Maker’s Manifesto, by Hub & Spoke co-founder and Soonish producer Wade Roush.

Out There, an award-winning independent podcast created by former Wyoming Public Radio reporter and host Willow Belden, has become the newest show in Hub & Spoke’s outstanding lineup. The podcast explores big questions through intimate outdoor stories.

We’re thrilled to welcome a new member into the ranks of its member-producers: Lori Mortimer, the creator and host of the podcast MEMENTOS.

We’re so excited to welcome a new member show into our ranks today. It’s Nocturne, a monthly podcast about who we are and what we do at night, created in 2014 by Vanessa Lowe and Kent Sparling and produced by Vanessa Lowe.

We are thrilled to announce that Hub & Spoke’s podcast Rumble Strip, created and produced by Erica Heilman, has won a Peabody Award for the episode “Finn and the Bell.”