You’ve probably already heard Guy Raz’ soothing voice on one of his several chart-topping podcasts, but in case you’re living under a rock (or just haven’t yet listened to his podcasts) we’ll give you a little recap of who he is:

• He's the creator and the creative force behind How I Built This. He's also the former host and co-creator of TED Radio Hour.
• Also the co-founder of Tinkercast, a children's media company. Guy co-created and hosts one of its programs, Wow in the World—the number one kid’s podcast in English.
• He's also the creator/host of Wisdom from the Top, a podcast about leadership, and The Rewind on Spotify, a program about music.
• Together, Guy's programs are heard by nearly 19 million listeners a month.
• In 2017, Raz became the first person in the history of podcasting to have three shows in the top 20 on the Apple Podcast charts.
• If that wasn’t enough, he’s also a two-time, New York Times bestselling author.

You get it, he’s a busy guy (pun unavoidable). Even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Raz was recording approximately 50% of his hundreds of yearly interviews virtually, which only exacerbated the timeless need for remote recordings when the world went into lockdown.

So, his team needed a reliable, studio-quality recording solution, and urgently.

Quality is never sacrificed with Riverside.fm

Given that Guy Raz’s podcasts are listened to by more than 19 million people per month, listeners are counting on the incredibly good quality of interviews not only in terms of content, but also in terms of audio quality. When his podcasts shifted from in-studio recordings to virtually anywhere through Riverside.fm, the quality remained consistent, which speaks volumes (pun intended).

Producer capabilities at your fingertips

While shows like Guy Raz have a team of audio engineers, producers, and more, and with social-distancing requirements, they can’t all be together recording and monitoring from Guy’s sofa… But with Riverside.fm, there are 4 options a user can be assigned: Host, Producer, Guest, and Audience. As a producer, a user can listen in on the recording and control some of its more technical aspects, but without being heard or recorded during the recording itself.

Guy Raz explaining the producer mode:

You’ve probably already heard Guy Raz’ soothing voice on one of his several chart-topping podcasts, but in case you’re living under a rock (or just haven’t yet listened to his podcasts) we’ll give you a little recap of who he is:

• He's the creator and the creative force behind How I Built This. He's also the former host and co-creator of TED Radio Hour.
• Also the co-founder of Tinkercast, a children's media company. Guy co-created and hosts one of its programs, Wow in the World—the number one kid’s podcast in English.
• He's also the creator/host of Wisdom from the Top, a podcast about leadership, and The Rewind on Spotify, a program about music.
• Together, Guy's programs are heard by nearly 19 million listeners a month.
• In 2017, Raz became the first person in the history of podcasting to have three shows in the top 20 on the Apple Podcast charts.
• If that wasn’t enough, he’s also a two-time, New York Times bestselling author.

You get it, he’s a busy guy (pun unavoidable). Even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Raz was recording approximately 50% of his hundreds of yearly interviews virtually, which only exacerbated the timeless need for remote recordings when the world went into lockdown.

So, his team needed a reliable, studio-quality recording solution, and urgently.

You’ve probably already heard Guy Raz’ soothing voice on one of his several chart-topping podcasts, but in case you’re living under a rock (or just haven’t yet listened to his podcasts) we’ll give you a little recap of who he is:

• He's the creator and the creative force behind How I Built This. He's also the former host and co-creator of TED Radio Hour.
• Also the co-founder of Tinkercast, a children's media company. Guy co-created and hosts one of its programs, Wow in the World—the number one kid’s podcast in English.
• He's also the creator/host of Wisdom from the Top, a podcast about leadership, and The Rewind on Spotify, a program about music.
• Together, Guy's programs are heard by nearly 19 million listeners a month.
• In 2017, Raz became the first person in the history of podcasting to have three shows in the top 20 on the Apple Podcast charts.
• If that wasn’t enough, he’s also a two-time, New York Times bestselling author.

You get it, he’s a busy guy (pun unavoidable). Even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Raz was recording approximately 50% of his hundreds of yearly interviews virtually, which only exacerbated the timeless need for remote recordings when the world went into lockdown.

So, his team needed a reliable, studio-quality recording solution, and urgently.

You’ve probably already heard Guy Raz’ soothing voice on one of his several chart-topping podcasts, but in case you’re living under a rock (or just haven’t yet listened to his podcasts) we’ll give you a little recap of who he is:

• He's the creator and the creative force behind How I Built This. He's also the former host and co-creator of TED Radio Hour.
• Also the co-founder of Tinkercast, a children's media company. Guy co-created and hosts one of its programs, Wow in the World—the number one kid’s podcast in English.
• He's also the creator/host of Wisdom from the Top, a podcast about leadership, and The Rewind on Spotify, a program about music.
• Together, Guy's programs are heard by nearly 19 million listeners a month.
• In 2017, Raz became the first person in the history of podcasting to have three shows in the top 20 on the Apple Podcast charts.
• If that wasn’t enough, he’s also a two-time, New York Times bestselling author.

You get it, he’s a busy guy (pun unavoidable). Even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Raz was recording approximately 50% of his hundreds of yearly interviews virtually, which only exacerbated the timeless need for remote recordings when the world went into lockdown.

So, his team needed a reliable, studio-quality recording solution, and urgently.

Guy Raz’s team experimented with several different platforms and several different protocols, and all of them work to some extent in different ways. The challenge that they often faced was stability. They would be interviewing somebody and then it would drop out for five minutes, not knowing if they lost the recording and if they had to redo it.

With all these uncertainties over whether the recording was working or not, we eventually got to Riverside.fm. Guy Raz explains Riverside in his own words:

While Riverside.fm provides the studio-quality Guy Raz and his team were used to, it is very accessible for everyone, not just trained audio engineers or producers. It was this simplicity that was a major selling point for his team, as not all of Raz’s interviewees are particularly tech-savvy or have access to expert equipment.

See Riverside for Business in action.