Podcast Collective
Appendix A to the investor briefing
August 2026 · Confidential
A1 · The last thirty days

This is not a list waiting to be worked. Three of these conversations happened in the last thirty days.

Inbound, inside this network, in a single month — each one landing on a different structure.

Operate · Wexer
Hand the whole thing off

Digital fitness across health clubs, international, founder and CEO known personally. He wants relationships, not production: interviews, promotion, amplification and growth run by someone else while he works the room.

Talked, likes it. Picking it up again in a couple of months.

Partner · The Ready State
Sponsorship on something other than CPM

Kelly and Juliet Starrett. Long-standing, deeply respected longevity and performance show with a large following. They want to sit inside a collective that can sell their audience and brand on authority rather than cost per thousand.

Warm on the idea. The CPM problem is exactly what the network solves.

Build · Optimity
Launch it from zero, we run all of it

A founder who wants a show for her personal brand and none of the machinery. Strategy, launch, production and marketing on our side.

Conversation inside the next 45 days, targeting a Q1 start.

Three deal shapes, thirty days, zero acquisition spend. Phase B needs two of them to land.

None of the three is signed and none is presented as one. They are printed because they show the rate at which this list produces conversations without a dollar of capital, a salesperson, or a deck.

A2 · The map

One industry, five rooms, and a relationship in each of them.

Hover any show for the relationship. Hover a cluster to isolate it. Two of these are already ours and already on the operating system.

Future of FitnessOWNEDThe DNA of ThingsOWNEDSweat SuccessPLYN GLTYFitness Business SchoolWTF Gym TalkFitness Business PodcastThe Fitcarma PodcastTop Rated GymBusiness For UnicornsBusiness of Boutique FitnessFitness Business Money CoachUpFlip PodcastIn The ZoneAthlete to EntrepreneurFitness Business Asia PodcastHALO TalksHealth & Fitness Assoc.Club Solutions MagazineSociety PodAll Things Fitness & WellnessNASMDavid MeltzerBarbell ShruggedPhysical Preparation PodcastYouth Fitness PodcastWits & WeightsStrength ConnectionLIFTSStrength ChatTrain With The BestTwo Fit CraziesWorld of Martial ArtsPurpose Driven MovementThe Ready StateCreating A New HealthcareLive Long & Master AgingOptimal AgingBo Knows HealthBioinsights90% HealthyMile 40This Feature Will Save UsWexer PodcastSaaS FuelThe Private Equity PodcastPodcastCollective
Trade and associations
Future of Fitness
Eric Malzone

The anchor. Nine years, 540+ episodes, $5.3K a month of sponsorship on 3,700 downloads.

46 shows on this map. 2 already ours. 0 cold.
Hover a node for the relationship. Hover a cluster to isolate it.

Categories are ours. Per-show audience figures are deliberately absent, because the filter is authority rather than downloads and we will not print numbers we have not verified show by show.

A3 · What the map is made of

A relationship inside every layer of the buyer.

ClusterShowsThe door it opensWhere the money in that room moves
Operators14Owners, multi-site operators and the people who sign the contractEquipment, member software, payments, staffing and service vendors
Trade and associations8Associations, certifying bodies, event stages and incumbent written tradeCategory sponsorship, event spend and the legitimacy budget
Coaching and performance12Coaches and trainers who get recommended to end consumersSupplements, wearables, certifications and coaching software
Science and longevity8Clinicians, researchers and longevity and precision-health operatorsDiagnostics, GLP-1 adjacent services and clinical longevity
Tech and capital4Fit-tech founders, SaaS platforms, private equity: acquirers and acquiredVenture and PE deal flow, platform go-to-market budget
A4 · On the record

Every show on the map, and who we know there.

Reproduced in full rather than as a selected highlight, because a curated version of this list would prove less than the whole one does.

Operators14
  • Sweat Success · Michael Benso
  • PLYN GLTY · Brandon Cullen
  • Fitness Business School · Pat Rigsby
  • WTF Gym Talk · Stu Brauer
  • Fitness Business Podcast · JT Tamsett
  • The Fitcarma Podcast · Barry Kostabi
  • Top Rated Gym · Andrew Cvijovic
  • Business For Unicorns · Michael Keeler
  • Business of Boutique Fitness · Rachel Curto
  • Fitness Business Money Coach · Billy Hofacker
  • UpFlip Podcast · Jenna Garvin
  • In The Zone · Garrison Roy
  • Athlete to Entrepreneur · Rob
  • Fitness Business Asia Podcast · Jack Thomas
Trade and associations8
  • HALO Talks · Pete Moore
  • Health & Fitness Assoc. · Katie Phillip
  • Club Solutions Magazine · Rachel Chonko
  • Society Pod · Jessica Yarmey
  • All Things Fitness & Wellness · Krissy Vann
  • NASM · Eric Sorenson
  • David Meltzer · Colleen Maloy
  • Future of Fitness · Eric MalzoneOurs
Coaching and performance12
  • Barbell Shrugged · Casie Garner
  • Physical Preparation Podcast · Mike Robertson
  • Youth Fitness Podcast · Jeff & Mikki Martin
  • Wits & Weights · Phil Pape
  • Strength Connection · Mike Kurkowski
  • LIFTS · Wendy De Knoop
  • Strength Chat · Steven Cuthbert
  • Train With The Best · Chris & Craig
  • Two Fit Crazies · Christine Conti
  • World of Martial Arts · Will Henshaw
  • Purpose Driven Movement · Tarek Chouja
  • The Ready State · Kelly & Juliet Starrett
Science and longevity8
  • The DNA of Things · Dr. Jeremy KoenigOurs
  • Creating A New Healthcare · Zeev Neuwirth
  • Live Long & Master Aging · Peter Bowes
  • Optimal Aging · Jay Croft
  • Bo Knows Health · Dr. Bo Babenko
  • Bioinsights · Marcelo Aller
  • 90% Healthy · Don Moxley
  • Mile 40 · Bishoy Tadros
Tech and capital4
  • This Feature Will Save Us · Marco Benitez & Jonas Dücker
  • Wexer Podcast · Paul Bowman
  • SaaS Fuel · Jeff Mains
  • The Private Equity Podcast · Alex Rawlings