🎙️ Welcome to The Showmakers’ Podcast, hosted by Ed Barker. Each short-form episode offers straight-talking advice on podcast strategy, production, and growth. Whether you're launching your first show or scaling an existing one, this series helps you make smarter audio decisions—one episode at a time.

About Your Host

Ed Barker has been producing and recording podcasts since 2009. After a long career as a corporate marketing and strategy executive (and then a VC), Ed launched Studio 1878 in early 2025 with the goal of making brand and business podcasting much better. Ed is a Brit, working out of Seattle, and podcasting worldwide. 🌎

Studio 1878

A podcast development studio for the modern brand. We believe everyone has a story worth telling. Specializing in business and brand podcasts, we’ll help build your story in audio (and video) from ideation to distribution, transforming concepts to real connection with your audiences. We produce our own shows but our core proposition is in helping businesses and creators produce something truly compelling and authentic. We’d love to help you tell your story. Why 1878? Well, Ed's first show was/is an independent Manchester United podcast and club was founded in 1878.

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