The NewsWorthy Special Edition: AI Podcasts & Personalities – How 3,000 Shows a Week Are Made
Oct 25, 2025
Jeanine Wright, co-founder and CEO of Inception Point AI and former COO of Wondery, dives into the world of AI-generated podcasts. She reveals how her company produces thousands of shows weekly using AI personalities. Discussion points include the coexistence of AI and human creators, potential job impacts, and the importance of accuracy through human review. Jeanine highlights how lower production costs allow niche experimentation and envisions a future where AI personalities play a larger role across various media. The conversation emphasizes responsibility in AI development.
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AI Personalities As Scalable Talent
- Inception Point AI builds AI personalities and the content that powers them across audio, social, and video.
- They position themselves as the first all-AI talent management agency creating scalable hosts for many genres.
Personality Drives Listener Retention
- Attaching a consistent AI host increases listener engagement and return visits.
- Personality matters more than raw content volume for listener retention, Jeanine reports.
Daily Surf Report Example
- Jeanine describes making a daily local surf report podcast for her son's surf team that publishes at 6 a.m.
- She says humans couldn't realistically produce that many local reports consistently without AI.