An internal communications podcast for Chicago companies, so every shift hears the news
Our internal communications podcast service gives Chicago employers a private show for staff. Episodes land in the app on each person’s phone. Strangers can’t find it, and you’ll decide who’s on the list.
We work with Chicago companies over video and email. A press operator in the suburbs, a dispatcher, a claims adjuster, and a night nurse can all hear the same release.
Why does the company update miss so many Chicago workers?
Chicago employers come in every size, but the biggest ones share a trait. A large share of their people don’t sit at a screen all day.
Plant crews can’t stop a machine to read. Drivers and dock teams watch the clock. Adjusters visit homes, and nurses cover the overnight hours. An all-staff email lands in an inbox that many of them barely open.
The message still matters, so it travels by rumor instead. By the time a shift lead repeats it, the details have drifted, and that’s no one’s fault. A short episode puts the real words in everyone’s ears at once, and they’ll hear them the same way.
Which shows could fit a Chicago employer?
These are sketches from our producers, and none of them is client work. A real show gets built around your own staff.
Manufacturing
A weekly shift handoff, plus a safety story told by a supervisor who saw it happen. See our manufacturing internal podcast page for more.
Logistics
Brief updates built for a loading dock, a break room, or a parked truck. Drivers can send in questions, and an operations leader answers them on air. It’s quick to record.
Insurance
Claims, underwriting, and service teams hear the same story from leadership, and they don’t wait on a forwarded email. Our insurance podcast production page covers shows built for customers instead.
Health care
Night and weekend staff miss the daytime town hall every time. A brief episode lets them catch up once they clock out. Our healthcare internal podcast page goes deeper.
How many Chicago-area people work in finance and care?
Two public totals show the scale of the workforce. They describe the region and can’t tell you who listens to podcasts.
BLS counts banks and insurers under financial activities, and hospitals and clinics under education and health. Plenty of those teams work split schedules, and that’s where audio earns its place. It doesn’t need a desk.
What does an employee do to start listening?
| Step | What it looks like |
|---|---|
| Joining | Each person drops a private link into a podcast app they already own. There’s nothing to download. |
| Checking access | Slack, or a similar tool you already run, tells us who still works for you. |
| Leaving the company | Their link goes dead, and nobody else notices. That’s the whole offboarding step. |
| Staying out of sight | The show won’t turn up on Apple, Spotify, or Google search, so it isn’t public. |
| Many sites | Give each plant, depot, or campus its own show. Leaders can follow a combined feed. |
| Seeing results | Every 90 days you get numbers on downloads, subscribers, apps, and where people listen. |
Where do legal, HR, and compliance fit in?
First, we settle which subjects are off the table and how we brief each speaker.
Then reviewers open the draft in the app and mark the seconds that need work. Editors fix those spots, and release waits for your approver.
Legal and regulatory judgment stays with your teams, as it should. We simply schedule around their review time.
Who handles the production for a lean comms team?
You own what gets said. We take on the work that eats up your calendar.
Plan and record
- With podcast launch, we map your audiences and sites, then set a rhythm your leaders can keep.
- Through podcast management, a producer schedules your executives and gets questions to each speaker in advance.
- We don’t book guests. Producers draft outreach copy and coach guests, and your team sends the invites.
Edit and deliver
- Our podcast production services engineers edit by ear, so leaders still sound like themselves.
- Finished files usually land in 3 to 5 business days, and you’ll hear the draft first.
- Hosting, access, and your 90-day reports sit in one place, so there’s one login to remember.
Which formats suit a Chicago workforce?
The shift handoff
Five minutes on what changed this week and what the incoming crew needs to know.
The leadership question box
Employees submit questions, and a senior leader answers the best ones on air. It proves someone is listening.
The site visit
Each episode stops at a different plant, depot, or clinic, so colleagues across the metro learn who does what. They’ll meet each other by voice first.
Where does a podcast stop helping?
It won’t replace a union conversation, a safety program, or a fair schedule. It adds a human voice and the reasons behind a decision. That’s its job.
Rhythm matters more than polish, and it’s the part teams skip. A modest show every other week beats a big launch that’s gone quiet by episode four.
Hospitals and insurers set their own review rules, and we work inside them. Not sure where to start? Pick the one audience you struggle to reach, make a pilot, and play it for a few managers. Ask what they’d change.
What Chicago teams ask us
Do you have a Chicago office?
No. Everything runs online, from planning calls to hosting, so nobody has to travel.
Can suburban plants and downtown offices share one show?
Yes. You can run one combined feed or several separate shows, and each keeps its own listener list.
Can compliance hear every episode first?
Yes. Put them in the approval path, and they’ll listen to each draft first. What can be said stays their decision.
Do you book guests?
We can’t promise guests. Producers write pitch notes, prep guests, and draft questions. Your team makes the asks.
Is this the same as a show for customers?
No. This page covers staff-only shows, and it’s a different job. For a public show, read how our process works.
What does it cost?
Cost follows headcount, and production is quoted on top. Try the podcast cost calculator for a range, then book a call for a firm figure.
Let’s plan a feed for your Chicago teams
Bring your sites, your shifts, and the update that keeps missing people. We’re happy to start rough. Together we’ll outline season one. Want a gut check first? Take the podcast readiness quiz.