Feral Audio

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Feral Audio
Industry Podcasting
Founded2012
FounderDustin Marshall
Headquarters,
U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Jason Smith - Partner/CEO
Dustin Marshall - founder/CCO
Kristin Myers - Creative Director
Noah Eberhart - Lead Producer
Stephen Perlstein - Sales and Advertising Director
Products Harmontown
The Duncan Trussell Family Hour
Call Chelsea Peretti
My Favorite Murder
Doughboys
Improv Nerd
Dumb People Town
Sleep with Me
Emotional Hangs
Ethnically Ambiguous
Natch Beaut
Beyond Yacht Rock
Website feralaudio.com

Feral Audio was an independent podcast network and production company, founded in 2012 as a podcasting collective by Dustin Marshall after Dustin left Earwolf. Feral launched from Executive Producer's Shadi Petosky's apartment in Franklin Village to be near the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. Shadi, through her studio PUNY Entertainment, financed Feral and PUNY artists created Feral's brand identity, website, and cover art for Feral's first slate of podcasts. In 2013 Feral moved to Starburns Industries in Burbank, CA. Feral Audio LLC was formed in January 2016 as a partnership between Dustin Marshall, Jason Smith, Dan Harmon, and Starburns Industries.

Feral Audio billed itself as a "Fiercely Independent Podcast Network", offering its shows' creators 100% ownership and creative control over their content. Since its inception, Feral Audio produced high rated and critically acclaimed shows such as Harmontown , The Duncan Trussell Family Hour , Hour of Goon, and My Favorite Murder . [1]

In July 2016, Feral Audio became the first podcast network to have a panel in San Diego Comic Con's Hall H. [2]

On January 2, 2018, it was announced that Feral Audio was shutting down in the wake of claims of abuse against its founder Dustin Marshall. Some of the podcasts produced by Feral Audio have since moved to the then newly created Starburns Audio podcast network. [3]

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References

  1. Hirschman Weiss, Shira (July 21, 2016). "Summer's Surprising Hit Podcast: My Favorite Murder". The Huffington Post. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
  2. "Feral Audio Live! with Dan Harmon and a Legion of Podcasters — the first-ever live podcast recording in Hall H (Thursday, 2:15pm #sdcc". FromPage2Screen.Com. July 18, 2016. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
  3. "Feral Audio, a Top Podcast Network, Being Shut Down by Founder After Abuse Claim". December 27, 2017.