Myke Hurley

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Myke Hurley
Born (1988-01-31) 31 January 1988 (age 37)
NationalityBritish
Occupation Podcaster
Years active2009–present
Known forCo-founder of Relay FM
SpouseAdina Hurley

Myke Hurley (born 31 January 1988 [1] [2] ) is a British professional podcaster residing in London. He co-founded the podcast network Relay FM in 2014, along with the Memphis-based podcaster Stephen Hackett; and Cortex Brand in 2019 with CGP Grey. [3]

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Career

In 2009, Hurley started his first podcast, where he interviewed people in the tech industry. [4] In 2011, Hurley formed the podcasting network 70Decibels, which was purchased by the 5by5 network in March 2013. [5]

In 2014, he founded the podcast network Relay FM with Stephen Hackett. Within one year, the network featured 16 different shows and delivered 1.5 million downloads per month. [4]

In 2016, Apple featured Hurley in its podcast series Events at the Apple Store, [6] and Business Insider listed him in the UK Tech 100. [7] [8]

In September 2016, Hurley started a vlogging channel on YouTube. [9] Hurley was dubbed the 'Podcasting Don' by Business Insider when returning Hurley to the UK Tech 100 in 2018. [10] [11]

Podcasts

Current

Some podcasts currently hosted by Hurley are listed below. [12] [13]

Former

Some podcasts formerly hosted by Hurley are listed below. [12]

References

  1. Relay RM. "Cortex #62: 2018 Yearly Themes". Relay FM . Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  2. Myke Hurley, Jason Snell (31 January 2022). "#392: The Whimsy Committee". Upgrade (Podcast). Relay. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  3. "The Cortex Brand Sidekick Notepad: Hype or Innovation? A Bit of Both". The Gentleman Stationer. 24 May 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  4. 1 2 Dillet, Romain (18 August 2015). "How Relay FM Proves That Podcasts Aren't An Overnight Success". TechCrunch . Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  5. Gonzales, Chris. "Talking About the Things We Love: An Interview with Myke Hurley". sparkjournal.net. sparkjournal.net. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  6. "How I Became an Independent Podcaster by Events at the Apple Store on iTunes". iTunes. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  7. Cook, James; Price, Rob; Shead, Sam (19 February 2016). "The 100 coolest people in UK tech". Business Insider . Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  8. "The coolest people in UK tech partying in East London". Business Insider .
  9. "Myke Hurley". YouTube. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  10. Price, Shona Ghosh, Isobel Asher Hamilton, Rob. "The 100 coolest people in UK tech". Business Insider. Retrieved 26 July 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. "Jeremy Burge of "Emojipedia" and Myke Hurley of Relay FM pose for a..." Getty Images. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  12. 1 2 "Myke Hurley". relay.fm. relay.fm.
  13. "Myke at the Movies". The Incomparable. Retrieved 19 January 2016.