The Women in Vinyl Podcast

On this episode of the Women in Vinyl Podcast, we’re introducing a new guest host, Ariel Loh a Grammy Award-winning producer and co-founder of the Trans Music Archive—an organization dedicated to preserving trans history and legacy by helping trans artists press their music on vinyl—sits down with Brooklyn-based artist, DJ, and designer Alana Jordan. Alana brings nearly two decades of experience a...

In this episode, we wrap up Amanda Schutzman’s guest host series with a discussion around record store marketing, customer engagement, online sales, in-store events, and the ways record stores can become staple destinations within their communities for both locals and travelers visiting their cities. Amanda is joined by Jackie Weis, Marketing Manager at All Media Supply, along with Tanner Musgrove...

We hope you're gearing up for RSD - lists in hand - to get out and support your local record stores this weekend. In the meantime, hop on the bus and head on down to Rainbow Records! In this episode we continue our guest host series, spotlighting voices from across the vinyl industry with returning guest host, Amanda Schutzman of All Media Supply bringing her firsthand perspective and experience w...

For this episode of the Women in Vinyl Podcast, we’re introducing a new format: a guest host series highlighting voices from across the vinyl industry. Our first guest host is a familiar face (and voice), Amanda Schutzman of All Media Supply. Known as the indie store queen, Amanda works closely with record shops across the country and brings years of experience growing up in and working with indep...

We’re back from our summer break and diving straight into our thoughts on vinyl news of now.  While we may have recorded this in late July, the news is still relevant and ever evolving. In this  episode we chat sustainability updates and the industry’s carbon footprint in steak sizes, the growing movement to cancel Spotify and AIs impact on what we're listening to; as well as Gen Z’s evolving rela...

We’re back with everyone's favorite band tee collector, Amanda Schutzman, to talk all things Record Store Day—including insider tips for this year’s event and how to stop the flippers. Amanda’s been your go-to for all things vinyl her whole life—if she doesn’t know the answer, you’re probably asking something that isn’t record-related. A former Women in Vinyl board member and current volunteer, Am...

This Women’s History Month, we’re joined by Alexandria Sade—founder of Black Girls Love Vinyl (BGLV), a community platform dedicated to celebrating Black women's connection to vinyl and cultural preservation in music and the arts. From her St. Louis roots to her work in music supervision for major network sitcoms, Alexandria’s journey is as eclectic as her record collection. Tune in as we discuss...

In this episode we go from art school to the Super Bowl diving into the Animated World of Drew Tetz. Drew, is an American designer who’s revolutionizing the art of animation. Known for his work with phenakistoscopes—one of the earliest forms of animation—Drew has adapted this pre-cinema technique for modern tools like record players and camera phones, blending psychedelic turntablism with traditio...

Jenn and Robyn kick off the third year of the podcast, with a reintroduction, and an AMA answering your questions. Vinyl podcasts are everywhere these days, but Women in Vinyl stands apart by amplifying the voices of minority groups often overlooked in the industry. From the hands-on experts pressing records to the innovative minds running indie labels, cutting lacquers, and curating collections,...

In this episode Jenn and Robyn are flattening warped records, balancing tone arms and cutting tiny records as we bring you Part 2 of our favorite things episode. We get asked all the time what products we love and ahead of the holiday season we thought it was the perfect time to dive in and share our favorite brands, and how we use them. Part 2 also has a video component! So if you want to watch u...

We get asked all the time about our favorite products, so in this episode Robyn and Jenn return to their turntables to unwrap, use, discuss and share some their favorite things.  Ahead of the holiday season we thought it was the perfect timing, so join us for part one as we dive into record care with cleaning kits, inner sleeves, polybags and some weird things you can find on the interwebs. Part 2...

In this episode, we continue our journey from a virtual layover and head to South America. We caught up with Sandy Perez in Argentina just before her show. By day, Sandy is a graphic art director; by night, she's a vinyl selector. She’s also the founder of the Revuleta Vinyl Club, a collective dedicated to supporting and empowering women through workshops that keep vinyl culture alive. With a simi...

This month we're on a little summer break, but we're not going to leave you high and dry without new content!  With that, we took it live and opened the mic at RSD Summer Camp in New Orleans last month. Hear from record store owners like Tenisha of the World Famous VIP Records in Long Beach, to Joe at Byrdland Records in Washington DC, for a little insight on why they love their jobs and customers...

As Henry Rollins says, “knowledge without mileage, is B.S.” and so we’re pausing our world tour to have a more academic conversation with Dr Rene Wiedner.  Dr Wiedner is an associate professor of organization theory, at the University of Warwick - Coventry, and has been studying developments in vinyl record manufacturing for some time, with a particular interest in what happened between 1990 and 2...

All aboard! This week we head to Jamaica by way of Asbury Park New Jersey, joined by our friend and guide Joe K. Not only is he a great story teller, but the founder and owner of HoldFast Records.  We learn how Joe and his wife got started in the industry, the production work he cut his teeth on that gave him the tough skin, yet love for community that he takes with him on his trips to Jamaica. Jo...

Women in Vinyl Airlines, now arriving in Mumbai! This week we are joined by our new friend, Kinjal Gosar, founder, owner, operator and the vinyl lover behind Drocer Records, India’s up and coming online record store. We had such an amazing time getting to know Kinjal, her cats, and to find out that even though we’re on another continent record collecting is one thing that connects us all. Drocer R...

G’Day! Pack your bags and head down under with us! In our 50th episode we're taking a virtual trip to Australia, joined by Kathy Wilson the co-ower of Suitcase Records in Brisbane!  We chat about the differences in the vinyl market in Australia vs North America, and what it was like to leave a stable and fun corporate communications career to open a new pressing plant! What lessons have been learn...

In this episode we sat down with a couple of collectors and friends, Carol and Matthew, whom you may recognize better as @carolsvinyl and @harma808 on Instagram. We talk about the vinyl community that has emerged over the years on social media, how it has created strong bonds between music and record lovers, but has also come with its own set of diversity and inclusion issues. It's Women's History...

On this Valentine’s Day edition of the Women in Vinyl Podcast, we’re celebrating Black History Month and the thing we love most records. We are fortunate to be joined by the incredible Nina Smith, liason for the F.A.M.S Coalition (Forever a Music Store). Nina tells us about how FAMS is supporting and nurturing Black entrepreneurs in opening new record stores, sustaining Black owned record stores a...

Happy new year and welcome back to the Women in Vinyl Podcast! New year, new full episode, and in this one you’ll join Jenn and Robyn as we spill the tea about some overarching topics that arose at the end of the year from vinyl prices, to an oversaturated market and the upheaval over Luminate’s reporting. We also talk about some exciting things coming up, where we hope to have an opportunity to s...

I t’s our final episode of the year, and we are closing it out on the thoughtful topic of diversification of vinyl. We’re looking at the topic not only from an employment, but collector view. We sat down with Women in Vinyl Advisory Board member, educator, author and researcher Dr Veronica Skrimsjö to discuss what she has uncovered on the topic, why certain generalizations and stereotypes happen a...

In this episode we are sitting down with Pierre van Dongen from Green Vinyl, a conversation we’ve wanted to have and share with our listeners for quite some time. Green Vinyl is working to innovate the vinyl manufacturing process by developing an environmentally friendly and alternative production process for vinyl records, replacing traditional plastics for eco-friendly materials. Learn more abou...

In this episode we get the chance to sit down with the one and only role model and badass Anouk Rijnders, the CCO of one of the largest and most renowned European pressing plants Record Industry as well as Artone Studio. She has helped produce the publication Passion for Vinyl which has a third part coming soon. Most recently she acted as a founding partner of the Haarlem Vinyl Festival; a celebra...

On this episode are excited to have conversation with Sara Pette and Alex Stillman co-owners of Outta Wax , a pressing plant and lathe cut studio in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Founded in the spring of 2020 we discuss the ups, downs and reality of starting a record pressing plant. The Outta Wax team are simply put - record nerds - who came together to open a factory whose primary purpose is to uplift...

After spending 30 years in physical media production from cassette duplication to distribution Jeri is now the VP of Client Services and Front End Operations at United Record Pressing; one of the largest pressing plants in the United States. Jeri is part of the new United, a company that is looking forward to the next 60+ years; after all they did press the first Beatles 7” in North America, and h...