Research Doesn't Change Policy Until Someone Hears It

Think tanks and policy organizations — from the Urban Institute's Evidence in Action to Canada Action to Corrections Connections — use our production to get rigorous work out of the PDF and into the ears of the people who decide things.


The Problem
The Problem With Policy Communications
- ✓ Your researchers produce rigorous, decision-grade work — and it launches as a PDF, gets one webinar, and disappears into the publications page
- ✓ The audiences you exist to reach — legislators, staffers, journalists, practitioners — consume audio and video on commutes, not 60-page reports at their desks
- ✓ Advocacy groups with a fraction of your rigor out-communicate you because they publish constantly and you publish carefully
- ✓ Comms staff are stretched across every report launch, so a podcast keeps getting deferred to a next quarter that never comes
Cost of Inaction
Influence goes to whoever frames the issue, and framing happens in the channels people actually consume. Every quarter your research stays in PDF form, organizations with weaker evidence and stronger distribution shape the debates you exist to inform — and your funders notice who's in the conversation.
The Opportunity
What Does Being Heard Do for Funding?
Grants and major gifts in the policy world commonly run $50,000 to $5M+, and funders increasingly ask the same question: is anyone actually engaging with this work? A show gives your organization a running public record of impact — expert conversations funders can hear, cite, and forward — and gives your researchers a platform that outlives any single report cycle.
Grant & Gift Sizes
$50K–$5M+
Funding Cycle
Annual
A podcast is the rare comms product that serves every audience at once: decision-makers hear the findings, journalists find quotable experts, and funders see the engagement they're paying for.
Our Approach
How We're Different
Rigor Survives the Edit
We produce the Science Magazine Podcast for AAAS — 650+ episodes on an issue-locked editorial calendar — so we know how to make expert conversation accessible without flattening the nuance your credibility depends on. Caveats stay in; jargon comes out.
Built for Institutional Review
Every deliverable clears a client review portal before anything publishes, so your editorial, comms, and leadership sign-offs are steps in the workflow. It's the same approval-first process our medical associations run 190+ episodes a year through.
One Report, a Season of Content
A major report launch shouldn't be one news cycle. We turn the research conversation into full episodes, SEO clips answering the questions practitioners search, and vertical clips that put your experts in the feeds where staffers and journalists actually are.
Investment
Choose Your Growth Path
Monthly packages designed to turn your podcast into a revenue-generating content engine. Every tier includes our CCN Framework™, dedicated editors, and organic growth focus.
Growth
"Build Your Authority Engine"
Start attracting leads who already trust you before the first sales call.
What's included
- 1 full episode/month (audio + video)
- Same dedicated editor every week
- 4 SEO clips + A/B tested thumbnails
- 5 vertical clips for social
- YouTube optimization strategy
- Monthly performance review
Authority
"Shorten Your Sales Cycle"
When prospects binge your content, they show up ready to buy. Not ready to be convinced.
Everything in Growth, plus
- 2 full episodes/month
- Guest research briefs for major interviews
- 10 SEO + 10 vertical clips with motion graphics
- Bi-weekly strategy calls
Dominance
"Own Your Market"
When your podcast ranks for every question buyers ask, competitors become irrelevant.
Everything in Authority, plus
- 4 full episodes/month
- 20 SEO + 20 vertical clips
- Weekly strategy sessions
- Dedicated account manager
Enterprise
Starts at 2 shows
"Built for Scale"
For organizations running two or more shows. Scope is priced on show count, episode volume, and team needs — talk to us and we'll map it.
Custom solutions including
- Multiple podcasts (2-10+ shows)
- 190+ episodes/year capability
- Dedicated production team
- White-glove account management
- Volume discounts available
TRUSTED BY: ASCO (190+ eps/year), Warner Brothers, Google
No contracts. Flat pricing. Cancel anytime. Quarterly billing saves 10%.
Client Result
Policy Shows on Our Production
Evidence in Action, the Urban Institute's show on turning research into results. The Canada Action Podcast, making the case for Canadian resource development. Corrections Connections — 71 episodes for the corrections community. Different missions, same requirement: publish credibly, on schedule, inside institutional review.
Real results. Real clients. No vanity metrics.
Get Started
Ready to Get Your Research Heard?
Book a 30-minute strategy call. We'll map a show to your research calendar, your review process, and the audiences your mission depends on reaching.
No obligation • We research your space first