Content Talks
The Web's only content strategy show features interviews with smart people who care about content—perspectives in UX, IT, app dev, marketing, business strategy and more. Hosted by Kristina Halvorson.
The Latest Content Talks Episodes
#15: Seth Earley
September 15, 2011 at 11:00pm • 59 minutes
Seth dives into the importance of clear, usable taxonomy. (If you’re a newbie to structured content, this one’s a must-hear.)
#14: Cameron Koczon
August 30, 2011 at 3:30pm • 50 minutes
Cameron (one of the geniuses behind Fictive Kin, TeuxDeux, and Brooklyn Beta) talks about entrepreneurship, creating the ideal workspace, and why his latest app GimmeBar will radically change the way we curate content online. “Orbital content” FTW.
#13: Joe Gollner
August 23, 2011 at 11:00am • 54 minutes
Having worked with content technologies for over twenty years, Joe knows a thing or two about the challenges enterprises face when it comes to content creation and management. He discusses IT today, the politics of content, and content as “potential information”.
#12: Ginny Redish
August 16, 2011 at 12:00pm • 54 minutes
The esteemed author of Letting Go of the Words talks about content as conversation, her early role in defining website usability, and how she sees the future of content strategy evolving. (Note: Kristina is a huge fangirl, as Ginny’s work was instrumental in shaping her early career. Please excuse the fawning.)
#11: James Mathewson
August 9, 2011 at 11:00am • 50 minutes
As the former IBM.com Editor-in-Chief, James talks about what it’s like to oversee 4 million unique URLs, his participation in enterprise content governance boards, and his self-directed transition to Global Search Manager.
#10: Karen McGrane
August 2, 2011 at 11:00am • 60 minutes
Karen has been a pioneer in information architecture, user experience design, and content strategy for 15 years. She looks back on the evolution of UX in the late ’90s, her content strategy “a-ha” moments, and how our approach to content needs to fundamentally change, starting now.
Special guest: Karen McGrane
#9: Mike Monteiro
May 24, 2011 at 6:00pm • 38 minutes
Mike Monteiro of recent “F*ck you, pay me” fame (and host of “Let’s Make Mistakes”) talks about the business of design, working with content strategists, and how Dan Benjamin really makes money on these podcasts.
Special guest: Mike Monteiro
#8: Carrie Hane Denison
May 6, 2011 at 3:00pm • 34 minutes
It’s still true that most clients don’t really understand that planning great content is hard, and that means they don’t want to pay for it. After years of stealth and successful efforts, Carrie shares invaluable insights on how to do content strategy on a shoestring budget.
#7: Daniel Eizans
April 28, 2011 at 2:00pm • 32 minutes
The very talented Daniel Eizans (Campell-Ewald, http://danieleizans.com) talks about his metrics-driven content strategy work with Chevrolet, context in content strategy, and how he almost became a cognitive neuroscientist. For real.
#6: Relly Annett-Baker
April 21, 2011 at 10:00am • 28 minutes
Today’s guest Relly Annett-Baker is a writer, content strategist, and the author of the soon-to-be-released book Creating Web Content. She’s an expert on microcopy, content strategy on a shoestring, and partnering with smallish agencies. She lives in the Home Countries of England, which means she has a killer accent. Geeks love her. You will, too.
#5: Blake Eskin
April 15, 2011 at 12:00pm • 32 minutes
Blake Eskin is the Editor of NewYorker.com. Blake is also the host of The New Yorker Out Loud podcasts.
#4: Peter Merholz
April 8, 2011 at 7:00pm • 40 minutes
Kristina’s guest Peter Merholz is a founding partner, board member, and CEO of Adaptive Path, one of the world’s most recognized user experience and design consultancies. Since the early 2000s, he has been instrumental in shaping the UX community, thanks not only to his blog posts and essays but also to his role in producing some of the industry’s best UX conferences.
#3: IA and Content Strategy
April 1, 2011 at 4:00pm • 34 minutes
Kristina picks Louis Rosenfeld’s brain about the relationship between IA and content strategy, and how the burgeoning content strategy community can avoid the pitfalls of other professional associations.
#2: Persuasive Content
March 24, 2011 at 11:15am • 33 minutes
Kristina finds out what “persuasive content” means when Colleen Jones patiently explains it to her. Colleen is the author of “Clout: The Art and Science of Persuasive Content”, a founding principal of Content Science, a participant of the 2009 Content Strategy Consortium, and co-founder of one of the first Content Strategy Meetups in the world.
#1: Intelligent Content
March 17, 2011 at 10:00am • 35 minutes
Kristina talks “intelligent content” with Ann Rockley, author of the seminal Managing Enterprise Content: A Unified Content Strategy, the founder and President of The Rockley Group, and founder of the Intelligent Content Conference.

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