Steve will be your main contact in the workshop.

He will be doing the live calls and interacting with you in the student hub discussion boards.

Steve has years of experience helping people become podcasters and finding ways that enhance other parts of their life, business and relationships.

Before helping Alex start this workshop on Maven's platform, Steve was the Head Coach for the Podcasting Workshop for 3 years (previously part of the Akimbo Workshops), after being recognized for his helpful and generous ways when he was a student in 2018.

He is passionate about helping people with something to say to get their message out in the wild.

He has a natural affinity with tech plus an insatiable curiosity. Problem-solving is his default mindset. He can often be heard asking his computer, “So why are you doing that?”

Steve is also a shepherd to alpacas- based in a valley in South Wales, UK, with a herd of 36 alpacas, which inspires his podcast, Alpaca Tribe (with over 220 weekly episodes).

He thinks life is too short to make, or listen to bad podcasts.

Alex diPalma is the co-founder of Domino Sound, a queer, disabled Black woman-owned production studio creating authentically inclusive, innovative, and provocative multimedia content.

Prior to founding Domino Sound, Alex ran the Brand Studio Stitcher, produced television at Fusion and CNN and a daily news show at Minnesota Public Radio. She attended Columbia University and NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute.

She’s the executive producer of the queer hit podcast, Food 4 Thot, which OprahDaily called “one of the best LGBTQ podcasts of 2021” and was the first podcast to be integrated into Grindr’s app. She was an executive producer of HBO’s Between the World and Me Podcast and the narrative audio-drama, The Cheat Code.

She’s an extremely proud cat mom and her favorite diet is a Mediterranean one. She has an acute salt addiction.

Seth Godin is an Author, Entrepreneur and Most of All, A teacher.

Seth is an entrepreneur, best-selling author, and speaker. In addition to launching one of the most popular blogs in the world, he has written 20 best-selling books, including The Dip, Linchpin, Purple Cow, Tribes, and What To Do When It's Your Turn (And It's Always Your Turn). His book, This is Marketing, was an instant bestseller in countries around the world. The latest book is The Practice, and creatives everywhere have made it a bestseller.

Though renowned for his writing and speaking, Seth also founded two companies, Squidoo and Yoyodyne (acquired by Yahoo!).

By focusing on everything from effective marketing and leadership, to the spread of ideas and changing everything, Seth has been able to motivate and inspire countless people around the world.

In 2013, Seth was one of just three professionals inducted into the Direct Marketing Hall of Fame. In an astonishing turn of events, in May 2018, he was inducted into the Marketing Hall of Fame as well. He might be the only person in both.