On Air Fest 2025 Line Up and Tickets
Anderson Cooper, Seth Meyers, Anna Sales, Krista Trippet, Penn Badgley, Sam Sanders, and more!
On Air Fest is back for 2025. We have the details below. It's a great time to meet and greet other podcasters in a smaller setting vs. a large conference. A little cramped, but 2024 was great. Looking forward to 2025.
You can catch videos from 2024 Behind the Mic series on our Instagram here.
Learn more about On Air Fest 2025, and find tickets HERE
This time it's multiple locations within 5 minutes of each other. That may resolve my cramped issue. Here's what we know so far!
Lineup:
| Anderson Cooper | CNN Anchor & Host | All There Is |
| Audie Cornish | CNN Anchor & Host | The Assignment |
| Krista Tippett | Host | On Being |
| Justin Vernon | Musician | Bon Iver |
| Seth Meyers | Host | Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers |
| Josh Meyers | Host | Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers |
| Penn Badgley | Actor & Host | Podcrushed |
| Rosie Perez | Oscar-Nominated Actress | - |
| Sam Sanders | Co-Host | Vibe Check |
| Taylor Lorenz | Founder | User Mag |
| Kareem Rahma | Host & Creator | SubwayTakes & Keep The Meter Running |
| Maria Hinojosa | Host | Latino USA |
| The Kid Mero | Host & Creator | Victory Light |
| Brian Reed | Host | Question Everything, S-Town |
| James Austin Johnson | Comedian & Actor | SNL |
| Justin Richmond | Executive Producer & Host | Broken Record |
| Daniel Lanois | Musician & Record Producer | - |
| J(enna) Wortham | Writer, Podcaster, Sound Healer | Still Processing |
| Jemele Hill | Host | Spolitics |
| Paola Prestini | Composer & Co-Founder | National Sawdust |
| Jad Abumrad | Creator | Radiolab |
| Simon Adler | Senior Producer | Radiolab |
| Dan Taberski | Host | Hysterical |
| Maria Garcia | Host | My Divo, Anything for Selena |
| Saeed Jones | Co-Host | Vibe Check |
| Zach Stafford | Co-Host | Vibe Check |
| Anna Martin | Host | Modern Love |
| Anna Sale | Host | Death, Sex & Money |
| Lonnie Ali | Creator & Host | Ali in Me |
| Alex Goldman | Host & Producer | Hyperfixed |
| Tonya Mosley | Host | She Has A Name |
| Matt Katz | Host & Writer | Inconceivable Truth |
| Emily Forman | Story Editor | Rococo Punch |
| Mehdi Hasan | Host | We're Not Kidding |
| Brittany Luse | Host | It's Been a Minute |
| Chris Black | Host | How Long Gone |
| Jason Stewart | Host | How Long Gone |
| Chris Duffy | Host | How to Be a Better Human |
| Rachelle Hampton | Host | Normal Gossip & Defector |
| Craig Finn | Host | Summer Album / Winter Album |
| Jody Avirgan | Host & Producer | Summer Album / Winter Album |
| Emily Sundberg | Writer | Feed Me |
| Jemma Sbeg | Host | The Psychology of Your 20s |
| Katy Bellotte | Influencer & Digital Storyteller | Match Made in Manhattan & Found Objects |
| Ronald Young Jr. | Host | Pop Culture Debate Club |
| Novena Carmel | Host | Morning Becomes Eclectic |
| Lindy West | Co-Host | Text Me Back |
| Meagan Hatcher-Mays | Co-Host | Text Me Back |
| Jokermen Podcast | Ian Grant & Evan Laffer | - |
| Ramtin Arablouei | Host & Producer | Throughline |
| Rund AbdelFatah | Host & Producer | Throughline |
| Debbie Millman | Host | Design Matters |
| Laraaji | Artist | - |
| Eliot Krimsky | Composer | - |
| Benjamin Louis Brody | Composer | - |
| Jacob "NTHNL" Rudin | Musician | NTHNL |
| Lizbel Ortiz | Co-Host | Victory Light with The Kid Mero |
| Rainey Ovalle | Co-Host | Victory Light with The Kid Mero |
| Rana El Kaliouby | Host | Pioneers of AI |
| Natalie Monbiot | Founder | Virtual Human Economy (VHE) |
| Griffin Newman | Host | Blank Check |
| Ben Hosley | Producer | Blank Check |
| V Spehar | Independent Journalist | Under The Desk News |
| David Sims | Host | Blank Check |
| Marie Bardi-Salinas | Social Media & Producer | Blank Check |
| Amanda Petrusich | Staff Writer & Pop Music Critic | The New Yorker |
| Isa Nakazawa | Host | Stars and Stars with Isa |
| Hunter Harris | Co-Host | Lemme Say This |
| Peyton Dix | Co-Host | Lemme Say This |
| Anna Sussman | Host & Creator | Fire Escape |
| Ben Bowlin | Host | Stuff They Don't Want You To Know |
| Noel Brown | Host | Stuff They Don't Want You To Know |
| Matt Frederick | Host | Stuff They Don't Want You To Know |
| Dallas Taylor | Host and Executive Producer | Twenty Thousand Hertz |
| A.J. Jacobs | Host | The Puzzler |
On Air Fest will mark its next era on February 19-21, 2025 when it returns to Brooklyn for a dramatically expanded edition of its annual flagship event. Set to take place in 6+ locations across Brooklyn (including its returning headquarters at Wythe Hotel). On Air Fest 2025 will branch out its programming and physical presence to dive even deeper into audio and the creative mediums that are changing culture through storytelling. Described as “the Coachella of podcast festivals” (Fast Company), On Air Fest’s expanded footprint next year is set to continue its eight-year tradition of bringing together artists, storytellers, and industry leaders for intimate talks, performances, exhibitions, and live podcast tapings, while tapping into its (and the audio industry at large’s) biggest audience yet.
Across three days and four nights, On Air Fest is set to feature 200+ voices and 80+ hours of programming across its 6+ locations. In addition to Wythe Hotel, On Air Fest’s Brooklyn takeover will also feature events for the first time at 74 Wythe’s rooftop (Official Party presented with iHeartPodcasts), The XX Venue (Experience Hall for interactive programming), National Sawdust (Music and Storytelling), Dolby 88 (VIP Film Screening), and more.
Announcements: Debbie Millman as 2025 Recipient of Audio Vanguard Award, Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers live with Dan Taberski, Keynote with Taylor Lorenz, Hysterical, SubwayTakes' Kareem Rahma, Laughter Meditation with Laraaji, Lemme Say This with Peyton Dix & Hunter Harris, Death, Sex & Money with Anna Sale, Vibe Check with Sam Sanders, Saeed Jones & Zach Stafford, NPR's Throughline & It's Been a Minute with Brittany Luse, TED's How to Be a Better Human, Pushkin's Broken Record, Pioneers of AI, Twenty Thousand Hertz
On February 20th and February 21st, KCRW and On Air Fest will present: KCRWWW, a pop up radio lounge live streaming music, talks, and sonic experiments from the festival. Featuring KCRW’s (On Air Fest 2025’s official radio partner) newly appointed Music Director, Alejandro Cohen, plus musicians, artists, poets, performers, and more, the pop-up will be free and open to the public via dedicated microsite underscoring On Air Fest and KCRW’s commitment to accessible public programming that fuels music discovery, culture, and connection.
Presenting Sponsors for On Air Fest 2025 include iHeartPodcasts, Patreon, Dolby, ESPN 30 for 30, PAVE Studios, Shure and Bumper.
Learn more about On Air Fest 2025, and find tickets HERE