The first async podcast
We love hearing how Carbon Voice lets conversations take a new shape once scheduling and coordination stop being constraints. Usually that's about eliminating calls and meetings. Sometimes it's a kind of conversation that wasn't possible before — which is what this is.
The idea
Ari Meisel had an observation: podcasts are often performative, because the time constraints of the format push interviewees toward rehearsed answers instead of giving them room to think and explore an idea properly. He wrote about the async podcast — a conversation captured over time in Carbon Voice.
His first guest was Rick Smith, CEO of Axon. They covered the story of Axon, the technology, the approach to AI, and a lot of lessons about leadership and scale — nearly three hours of content over 30 days.
Listen
Instead of cutting it into a traditional linear episode, Ari and Rick shared access to the raw conversation, transcripts and summaries included, so you can see how it actually unfolded.
Other ways to use this structure
People have already asked about adapting it:
- Internal sharing — two team members discussing a new feature or launch, shared with everyone else, like an internal podcast.
- Closed external sharing — like a public podcast, but only for customers you add.
More are in the works.