Caloroga Media
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Website: caloroga.com
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About Caloroga Media
Founded in 2023 by media pioneers Mark Francis and John McDermott, Caloroga Media is a leading producer of innovative, entertaining, short-form podcast series spanning entertainment, politics, current events, pop culture, comedy, fiction, trivia, and more. With more than 10 million downloads across its growing portfolio, the company is reshaping storytelling by blending AI-driven production with a strong commitment to human insight, narrative craft, and listener connection.
Latest news
- Oct 14: White Smoke - Pope Leo XIV the American Pope White Smoke, from Caloroga Media, is covering Pope Leo’s lung cancer diagnosis and recovery. New episodes break down the surgery at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, what the diagnosis means, how the Vatican keeps running while the Pope is hospitalized, and the worldwide outpouring of prayer. The show explains papal news and history in plain terms for a general audience, with new episodes as the story develops.
- Sep 28: The goblins and ghouls have taken over Caloroga Media. The creaky gates have been flung open as the company’s limited-time Halloween Pop-Up Channel gathers some of its eeriest, strangest, and most delightfully unsettling podcasts in one place. Whether you like your chills gentle or your goosebumps on edge, the lineup has something lurking for everyone.
- Sep 16: Caloroga Media is celebrating its third anniversary on Friday with a new name - dropping the 'shark'. The company will be at Podcast Movement later in the week.
- Sep 15: Caloroga Media Celebrates Three Years of Binge-Worthy Podcasts With a New Name and a New Platform - The team will be at Podcast Movement NYC PRESS RELEASE
- Sep 9: Can AI help with your podcast production? Caloroga Media has launched a new AI production studio called Linnet. The tool, born out of the company's own production workflow, is a scriptwriting tool, an audio and video editor and a publishing tool that uploads finished shows directly to podcast hosting companies. "In an industry flooded with AI-generated content designed to be ignored, Linnet puts creators back in control of what gets made and how it sounds." It's in limited-access beta.
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