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The Vertical Buzz is the media platform covering the rapidly evolving world of vertical entertainment
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Contact path
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Booking probability
31%
Guest openness
Selective
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Signup to Generate a PitchRecent episodes include "Sky Kawai & JP Parkhill | How Waterboy Became a Vertical Drama Hit: The Vertical Buzz S4E1" (29 October 2026, 92 minutes), "Richard Sharrah | Hollywood Said No But Verticals Changed Everything: The Vertical Buzz S3E13" (22 October 2026, 89 minutes), and "Sal Paskowitz | Hollywood Is Doing Vertical Wrong: The Vertical Buzz S3E12" (15 October 2026, 63 minutes).
The Vertical Buzz publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 77 minutes across 40 episodes.
Booking probability for The Vertical Buzz is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Vertical Buzz requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Vertical Buzz's contact route on record: public web form.
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The Vertical Buzz is a tv podcast with 40 episodes published.
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Episode #1
What happens when one risky vertical drama becomes an entire franchise? On this episode of The Vertical Buzz, host Buzz Leer sits down with actor Sky Kawai and writer, actor, and director Jen “JP” Parkhill, behind...
Episode #13
What happens when Hollywood tells you hard work isn't enough, but a new entertainment revolution gives you a second chance? Richard Sharrah has lived through two major shifts in entertainment. From helping create viral...
What happens when a Hollywood screenwriter decides the future of entertainment is vertical, but refuses to let an algorithm tell him what stories to make? This week on The Vertical Buzz, Buzz Leer sits down with Sal...
What happens when you build a sport specifically for the way people watch entertainment today? This week on The Vertical Buzz, Buzz sits down with Nate Thomas, President and co-founder of World 1 Championship, to...
Episode #16
What happens when political campaigns move from the television screen to the phone? This week on The Vertical Buzz, Buzz sits down with Kevin Singer, political media strategist and founder of Singer Strategic, to...
Episode #8
What happens when you stop guessing about the future of entertainment and start looking at the data? This week on The Vertical Buzz, we sit down with Zak Shaikh, U.S. General Manager of Ampere Analysis, one of the...
What if the future of vertical entertainment looks a lot like the past of cable television? Larry Namer has seen this movie before. As the co-founder of E! Entertainment Television, Larry helped build one of the world's...
Episode #6
Welcome to The Vertical Buzz, where vertical entertainment finds its voice. This week, host Buzz Leer sits down with Kasey Esser, one of the most recognizable actors and producers in the vertical entertainment space...
Welcome to The Vertical Buzz, where vertical entertainment finds its voice. This week, host Buzz Leer sits down with twin brothers Gary & Edmund Entin, the writer-director-producer team behind 90 Degrees Films. The...
Welcome to The Vertical Buzz, where vertical entertainment finds its voice. This week, host Buzz Leer sits down with British actor, producer, entrepreneur, and technology innovator Richard Cambridge. Richard has spent...
️ This Week on The Vertical Buzz Welcome to The Vertical Buzz, where vertical entertainment finds its voice. This week, host Buzz Leer sits down with one of the breakout stars of vertical entertainment, Jackson Tiller...
️ Welcome to The Vertical Buzz, where vertical entertainment finds its voice. This week, host Buzz Leer welcomes Emmy-nominated director, writer, and producer Scott Brown, founder and CEO of Second Rodeo Productions...
Welcome to The Vertical Buzz, where vertical entertainment finds its voice. Season 3 begins with one of the brightest stars in vertical entertainment, Brooke Moltrum. Host Buzz Leer sits down with the award-winning...
Welcome to The Vertical Buzz, where vertical entertainment finds its voice. This week, host Buzz Leer sits down with acclaimed director Chris Nguyen Campbell, one of the filmmakers helping redefine what premium vertical...
Episode #12
Welcome to The Vertical Buzz, where vertical entertainment finds its voice. This week, we're on location at the legendary Sunset Las Palmas Studios in Hollywood, California, for our first ever episode filmed outside...
Welcome to The Vertical Buzz, where vertical entertainment finds its voice. This week, host Buzz Leer sits down with Chase Mattson, actor, model, father of four, and one of the most recognizable leading men in vertical...
Welcome to The Vertical Buzz, where vertical entertainment finds its voice. This week, host Buzz Leer sits down with Blair Bai, Head of Executive Producers for North America at DramaWave and one of the leading creative...
Welcome to The Vertical Buzz, where vertical entertainment finds its voice. This week, host Buzz Leer sits down with Troy Brookins, actor, producer, former athlete, and one of the driving forces behind MicroHouse Films...
Welcome to The Vertical Buzz, where vertical entertainment finds its voice. This week, host Buzz Leer sits down with Darren Darnborough, an actor, entrepreneur, and tech innovator helping shape the future of casting...
Welcome to The Vertical Buzz, where vertical entertainment finds its voice. This week, host Buzz Leer sits down with Nick Ritacco, a Chicago-born actor, athlete, baseball fan, and one of the standout leading men in the...
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