Ben Green (producer)
Ben Green is a British media and podcast producer and currently the director of audio development (UK) for The Athletic. Green is commonly referred to as ‘Producer Ben’ on air.
Formerly a producer at Channel 4 news and LBC Radio,[1] Green spent 11 years as a multimedia producer at The Guardian.[2] Having joined The Guardian in 2006 he produced their Football Weekly podcast from 2008 until 2017, and also produced over 25 Football Weekly live shows, including a show for over 2000 people at the London Palladium.[3]
He has hosted workshops on how to effectively produce podcasts at events held in London[4] and in Dublin.[5] He also produced an e-book in 2015 called Podcast Master: Your Short Guide to Broadcasting Online[6] which was also serialised in podcast form.[7]
He was the producer of The Totally Football Show an off-shoot of The Guardian’s Football Weekly from which he, host James Richardson, and regular contributor Iain Macintosh departed in controversial circumstances in order to co-found Muddy Knees Media to create their own product ahead of the start of the 2017-18 football season.[8][9] The new shows attracted five million downloads in their first two months.[10] As well as the flagship Totally Football Show, The Totally Football League Show and Golazzo: The Totally Italian Football Show are also weekly football podcasts released co-produced by Audioboom who reportedly saw their profits increase by 329% [11] with Muddy Knees Media claiming over 500,000 weekly listeners.[12]
Green was co-host of the Parts Unknown, a podcast about professional wrestling.[13]
He has also produced Totally Football Show live events held at venues such as the O2 in London.[14]
Personal life[edit]
Green has Jewish and Irish heritage and is a supporter of Liverpool F.C.[15]
References[edit]
- ^ "Ben Green - Esquire Townhouse". hearstlive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2018-10-09.
- ^ "Ben Green". The Guardian.
- ^ McGovern, Ste. "Producer Ben, The Son Of A Jewish Dubliner Making Waves In Podcasting".
- ^ "The ultimate guide to creating a successful podcast - Ben Green". The Guardian. 23 November 2015.
- ^ "You are being redirected..." www.aikenpromotions.com.
- ^ "Amazon". www.rte.ie.
- ^ acast. "Podcast Master on acast".
- ^ Storey, Daniel (31 July 2017). "Exclusive: James Richardson to leave Guardian Football Weekly - Football365".
- ^ "The Totally Football Show might just have started a sports podcast revolution". Belfasttelegraph – via m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
- ^ "Football journalist Iain Macintosh wants to build a podcast empire — the Totally Football Show is just the start".
- ^ "Totally Football Show and No Such Thing as a Fish podcasts help AudioBoom's revenue jump 329%".
- ^ "Muddy Knees: Trying to prove that podcasts make money - Courier Magazine". 7 February 2018.
- ^ "The Parts Unknown wrestling podcast by Muddy Knees Media on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts.
- ^ "The Totally Football Show Live". m.ticketmaster.co.uk.
- ^ "Ben Green - Glee".