Ben Green (producer) explained

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

Green has Jewish and Irish heritage and is a supporter of Liverpool F.C.[15]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ben Green - Esquire Townhouse . hearstlive.co.uk . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20181009132244/https://hearstlive.co.uk/esquiretownhouse/speakers/ben-green/ . 2018-10-09.
  2. Web site: Ben Green. The Guardian.
  3. Web site: Producer Ben, The Son Of A Jewish Dubliner Making Waves In Podcasting. Ste. McGovern.
  4. Web site: The ultimate guide to creating a successful podcast - Ben Green. 23 November 2015. The Guardian.
  5. Web site: You are being redirected.... www.aikenpromotions.com.
  6. Web site: Amazon . www.rte.ie.
  7. Web site: Podcast Master on acast. acast.
  8. Web site: Exclusive: James Richardson to leave Guardian Football Weekly - Football365. Daniel. Storey. 31 July 2017.
  9. News: The Totally Football Show might just have started a sports podcast revolution. Belfasttelegraph. m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
  10. Web site: Football journalist Iain Macintosh wants to build a podcast empire — the Totally Football Show is just the start.
  11. Web site: Totally Football Show and No Such Thing as a Fish podcasts help AudioBoom's revenue jump 329%.
  12. Web site: Muddy Knees: Trying to prove that podcasts make money - Courier Magazine. 7 February 2018.
  13. Web site: The Parts Unknown wrestling podcast by Muddy Knees Media on Apple Podcasts. Apple Podcasts.
  14. Web site: The Totally Football Show Live. m.ticketmaster.co.uk.
  15. Web site: Ben Green - Glee.