Think Like a Producer | Unknown to Known
by Jamie Maglietta, (ON CAM) Ready Media
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Think Like a Producer helps experts, creators and business leaders turn timely news into credible content. Monday–Thursday, veteran CNN, FOX News and BET producer Jamie Maglietta breaks down one current story, then reveals the hooks and angles your expertise can own. On Fridays, Unknown to Known features conversations with leaders and creators about how they built visibility and authority. Use the news. Find your angle. Produce your authority. New episodes every weekday.
Episodes
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- Plants with Krystal: How Showing Up Authentically Led to a Book Deal · 35 min · Episode 113Krystal Duran, the creator behind Plants with Krystal, has more than a million followers on Instagram and more than a million subscribers on YouTube. She used to kill a lot of…
- Election News Coverage + What It Means for Your Visibility · 9 min · Episode 112Election night 2026 wasn't just a race between candidates. It was a race between the networks and the creators. C-SPAN put YouTube shows on its own channels. Former network…
- Midterms Are Over. Now What? | Experts Start HERE and Explain THIS · 9 min · Episode 111Election Day was yesterday. Now people want to know what they actually decided. This year, 145 statewide measures were on ballots across 40 states, plus school bonds, local taxes…
- Election Day 2026: How Social Media Is Shaping What Voters See · 7 min · Episode 110It's Election Day, and for millions of Americans the campaign is happening in their feed. Paid influencers, AI-generated content and election scams are all part of what voters…
- White House Press Releases Flagged for AI: What Experts Should Do Next · 11 min · Episode 109A new Forbes analysis says nearly one in five White House press releases this year show signs of AI. The White House calls it fake news. Either way, AI detectors are now…
- Instagram Now Allows 90-Minute Videos. Here’s What Experts Should Do First · 9 min · Episode 108Instagram just made a move its own boss said he was against for years. It's testing "Features," horizontal videos up to 90 minutes long, built for your TV. The catch: unlike…
- Nicki Minaj for Press Secretary? Experts, Here’s the Real Story Under the Joke · 8 min · Episode 107The White House press secretary job has been open since the last one lasted five days. This weekend, a top White House official posted a video with Nicki Minaj and wrote, "I…
- The Fed Decides Tomorrow. Experts, Is Your Take Ready? · 5 min · Episode 106Tomorrow at 2 p.m. Eastern, the Federal Reserve announces its decision on interest rates. Most forecasters expect a hold. But under its new chair, the Fed is giving fewer hints…
- Halloween and the Time Change Hit the Same Weekend. Experts, Here’s Your Angle · 7 min · Episode 105This Saturday is Halloween, and that same night the clocks fall back an hour. Every newsroom runs a time change story. This year it lands on Halloween weekend, and producers need…
- The World Series Is Your Story Too: How Experts Get Booked During Big Sports Moments · 11 min · Episode 104The Milwaukee Brewers are in the World Series for the first time in 44 years, and Game 1 is Friday night. Each postseason home game is estimated to bring about $5 million into…
- Why Your Halloween Candy Costs More, and How to Turn It Into a Media Moment · 11 min · Episode 103Halloween is 10 days away, and candy prices are up 7.7% from a year ago, more than double overall inflation. The twist: cocoa prices have fallen by about half. So why does…
- Two Weeks to the US Midterm Election: How TV News Needs Experts Who Aren’t Pundits · 9 min · Episode 102Election Day is November 3, and early voting is already underway in Texas. For the next two weeks, election coverage will fill every newscast, every feed and every…
- Katie Zacharia is Out After Five Days: What the Press Secretary Story Teaches Every Expert · 10 min · Episode 101At her very first briefing, the new White House press secretary was asked a simple question: where did you pass the bar exam? Days later, she acknowledged she never passed the…
- After the Hurricane, the Scammers Arrive. Here’s How Experts Can Help · 10 min · Episode 100Hurricane Isaias left more than 900,000 homes and businesses without power across Florida, Alabama and Georgia. Now the aftermath begins, and so do the contractor scams.In this…
- Before the COLA Number Drops: How to Prepare Like a Producer #news · 11 min · Episode 99At 8:30 this morning, the Social Security Administration announces the 2027 cost-of-living adjustment. Forecasts say about 3.5%, the biggest raise in three years. By 8:31…
- Apple’s “Welcome Home” Event Is Today: Prepare Your Expert Take #news · 20 min · Episode 98How to create expert commentary for the Apple event. Learn to filter through Apple rumors and prepare your analysis for a product launch.When a major brand makes a big…
- Pentagon Plans Execution Livestream: What Experts Should Explain #news · 10 min · Episode 97Think Like a Producer helps experts use timely news to build visibility, create useful conversations and become credible sources reporters may want to call.The Pentagon plans to…
- How to Become Known for Your Expertise | Dr. Jacob Santhouse’s Dyslexia Platform · 40 min · Episode 96What changes when you stop talking about everything you know and focus on the expertise people need from you?For Dyslexia Awareness Month, I sit down with Dr. Jacob Santhouse, a…
- The Food Safety Story Experts Should Be Explaining | News to Use · 8 min · Episode 95Americans’ confidence in grocery-store food safety has fallen to a record low. But does hearing about more recalls mean our food is becoming less safe, or are we getting better…
- "I AM JANE DOE" - How Experts Can Add Context to the Cornell Story · 7 min · Episode 94“I am Jane Doe” posts are spreading across TikTok, Instagram and LinkedIn following a lawsuit filed by a former Cornell student.But how can experts contribute to a sensitive…
