Ike Fontaine was a songwriter and touring recording artist before podcasting ever came into his world. Songwriting and music production teach you something most agencies never learn: how to hold attention and get across the message that matters most.
While touring, Ike consulted for other artists on content, then for hundreds of business owners on the same problem: how to reach the people that matter most online. Long-form podcasting was the opening, and his storytelling and production skills led to a series of major shows.
Bulletproof Radio
Working with the Dave Asprey team, Ike helped develop Bulletproof Radio into a Top 10 and Top 100 podcast, setting the production standard in health and wellness. The show is now The Ultimate Upgrade.
The Pomp Podcast
The Pomp Podcast became one of the largest independent financial media platforms through a video-first strategy that turned Anthony Pompliano’s market commentary into a multi-channel operation.
Jay Abraham
Ike produced the Ultimate Entrepreneur podcast for legendary businessman Jay Abraham, tying podcast content directly to high-ticket sales.
Genius Network
For Genius Network, Ike produced Joe Polish’s podcast with a direct focus on driving high-ticket sales and brand growth: every episode served a specific business outcome.
Dr. Stephanie Estima
Dr. Stephanie Estima’s The Better Podcast grew to 6M+ downloads, proving the production system works across health verticals.
The Lincoln Project
The Lincoln Project debuted at #7 globally, surpassed 10M+ downloads, and proved a podcast could become a political force when the production matched the urgency of the message.
Politicology
Politicology, launched with Ron Steslow, competed in the top 50 political podcasts and earned a Webby Award nomination.
The thing that kept bothering him
Across ten years, 180M+ downloads, and thousands of episodes, the same problem kept showing up: the best expert in the room was almost never the easiest one to find. In 2019, Ike founded Future Media to fix that: a decade of chart-topping production, structured into a system any founder can plug into. That system became PodcastOS, the engine inside AuthorityOS today.
The full story, from songwriting to 180M downloads, lives at ikefontaine.com →