As podcasting grows, fiction podcasts are opening new ways for storytellers to reach audiences. Jenny Radelet Mast, Stitcher’s executive producer, original content, leads entertainment pros off-script in a dynamic discussion on the resurgence of audio fiction, why scripted podcasts are advantageous to writers and what’s next for the genre. Benoni Tagoe (“Fruit,” Issa Rae Productions); Mimi O’Donnell (Gimlet); Chris Littler (“36 Questions") bring their adventures in fiction-writing to this panel.

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