Luminary launches new free podcast app and premium subscription network with more than 40 podcast originals
Luminary Premium offers new originals from Trevor Noah, Guy Raz, Lena Dunham, Bill Simmons’ The Ringer, Malcolm Gladwell and Jacob Weisberg’s Pushkin Industries, co-creator of Slow Burn Leon Neyfakh, creator of Planet Money Adam Davidson, Conan O’Brien’s Team Coco, Omari Hardwick, Karamo Brown, Celeste Barber, Roxane Gay and Tressie McMillan Cottom, and Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions
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Luminary is the new home for top existing original podcasts including Under The Skin with Russell Brand, I AM RAPAPORT, Love + Radio, Note to Self, Handsome Rambler with Hannibal Buress, Guys We F****d, and David Axelrod’s The Axe Files
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Luminary also launching groundbreaking original Anthem: Homunculus from John Cameron Mitchell, Bryan Weller, and Topic Studios, featuring 31 original songs performed by 40 actors including 6 Tony Award recipients
New York, NY, April 23, 2019 - Luminary, a podcast technology and content company, today launched its free podcast app and premium subscription content network. Luminary Premium subscribers will have access to more than 40 podcasts from some of the most recognizable voices in podcasting, legendary entertainers, and diverse and emerging voices.
“We’re thrilled to introduce Luminary’s free podcast app and incredible premium content to podcast listeners,” said Matt Sacks, Co-founder and CEO. “We created Luminary to make it easier for podcast listeners to find great content and be the place where podcast creators can do their best work. The quality, breadth, and diversity of our content means you can always find something great to listen to on Luminary.”
Luminary’s free app has a simple user experience with smart discovery and personal curation. All app users will have access to hundreds of thousands of publicly available ad-supported podcasts, including shows from NPR, TED, WNYC, The New York Times, and many others.
“Luminary has made a major investment in technology to develop a free app that anyone can use to find and listen to the content they want to hear when they want to hear it, whether it’s a publicly available ad-supported show or a show on our premium network,” said Sacks.
Luminary will launch 25 of its more than 40 Luminary Premium shows starting April 23 and over the following week. The shows launching during the first week are:
Adam Davidson’s Passion Economy
Anthem: Homunculus from John Cameron Mitchell and Bryan Weller
The Axe Files with David Axelrod
Deep Background with Noah Feldman from Pushkin Industries
Guys We F****d
Handsome Rambler with Hannibal Buress
History on Fire with Daniele Bolelli
I AM RAPAPORT: STEREO PODCAST
Karamo w/ Karamo Brown
On Second Thought with Trevor Noah
LGBTQ&A from The Advocate
Love + Radio with Nick van der Kolk
Note to Self hosted by Manoush Zomorodi from WNYC
Now What? w/ Arian Foster
Poetics hosted by Omari Hardwick
Stoop Talks from Leila Day and Hana Baba
The Ten from The Advocate
The AM Archives from Lauren Shippen
Players' Tribune: The Podcast
The Rewatchables 1999 by Bill Simmons from The Ringer
Roads and Kingdoms’ The Trip
Under the Skin with Russell Brand
Wisdom From the Top with Guy Raz
Hollywood & Crime from Wondery
Locked Up Abroad from Wondery
Additional shows will be released on Luminary Premium in the coming months, including these and many more:
A Very Fatal Murder from The Onion
The C-Word with Lena Dunham
Celeste & Her Best with Celeste Barber
Two new podcasts from Conan O’Brien’s Team Coco
Hear to Slay with Roxane Gay and Tressie McMillan Cottom
Hyper-Thetical with Kerry Bishé from FilmNation
Fiasco from Leon Neyfakh, the co-creator of Slow Burn
A new podcast from Jigsaw Productions, founder Alex Gibney
Landmarks from Believe Entertainment
Making a Killing with Bethany McLean from Pushkin Industries
New podcast from the Players Tribune
New podcast from Bill Simmons’ The Ringer
Sincerely, X from TED
Snap Judgment Presents: Spooked from WNYC
Tabloid from New York Magazine
Telephone Stories from Mosaic/Ninth Planet
Up and Vanished Presents: Sworn
Luminary offers all listeners a one-month free trial of Luminary Premium, with a monthly subscription of $7.99 following the first month for U.S. subscribers. The free Luminary app is also available to download for listeners in Canada (CA$8.49/month), the U.K. (£6.99/month) and Australia (AU$7.99/month), also with a one-month free trial.
Podcast fans can listen on Luminary for free at luminarypodcasts.com or by downloading the free app on Apple and Android devices.
Media contact:
Sarah Rothman, The Lede Company