Podcast Accelerators
and Training Programs
The PRX Training Team has built a peerless curriculum focused on fundamentals that serve creators from their immediate podcast concepts into their imagined future. We offer bespoke training and resources to independent media creators and organizations of all sizes around the world, including mentorship-based podcast accelerator programs, tailored workshops, consultancies, webinars, and more.
Past
Google Podcasts creator program
The Google Podcasts creator program is a partnership between Google and PRX, which trains, mentors, and provides resources to underrepresented voices in podcasting from around the world. Now in its third year, the program has worked with 5 cohorts, representing 32 podcasts and 64 individual creators from over 18 countries.
The application period for the 2022 accelerator is now closed.
Past
Africa Podcast Lab
A 10-week intensive podcast training for journalists, audio producers, and storytellers across six non-profit media organizations focused on health in Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa. This virtual podcast lab, featuring podcast experts across the African continent, takes an audience-first approach to developing shows, particularly geared toward telling health and/or gender equity stories.
Past
PRX Journalism Podcast Accelerator
An ongoing series of 12-week intensive, immersive podcast training programs for journalists working within Local newsrooms based in Knight Cities, as well as other nonprofit news outlets across the United States, particularly those that reach historically underserved audiences.
An open call for applications to the program will be launched in Spring 2022 and is looking to recruit teams from newsrooms that currently use podcasting and audio in their coverage.
Past
Project Catapult
A 20-week podcast accelerator program and PRX’s flagship training, Project Catapult was designed to help public radio stations to develop the skills and capacity to adapt and succeed in today’s highly competitive podcast market.
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Ready To Learn Podcast Accelerator
The Ready To Learn podcast accelerator, in partnership with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and PBS, and with support from the U.S. Department of Education, aims to develop new education podcasts that help young children and their families, particularly those who build vital skills to help them succeed in school and life.
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Camp Serrapilheira
A 6-week podcast training co-produced with Serrapilheira, a non-profit science education foundation in Brazil, which offered eight Brazilian podcast teams with virtual human-centered design training to help them develop podcasts aimed at advancing scientific discourse and professionalizing podcasting as an industry in the region.
Want to work with us?
Are you looking to launch a podcast, revamp a podcast or just spark some creative energy or culture changes at your organization? Let us help you shake things up and get to work!
The PRX Training Team offers anything from an introductory presentation to a tailored multi-day workshop, to a long-term consultancy. We’d love to hear from you to start the conversation.