Today I’m proud to announce the latest podcast series written, created, and presented by yours truly in conjunction with the terrific team at Wondery. It’s “Inside Star Wars,” and the first two episodes are now available in all corners of the universe and wherever else podcasts can be found. My goal here was to remind us all why we fell in love with the franchise in the first place. If you or someone you know is or ever has been a fan of Star Wars, then this is the show for t

25 years ago HIV was a death sentence. Those living with HIV were sometimes discriminated against and often shunned. And then came Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, director Jonathan Demme, and a movie called Philadelphia. That movie and the developments in HIV treatment which followed it changed the face of HIV and AIDS in America and throughout the world. In celebration of the 25th anniversary of Philadelphia, I am proud to announce a new two-episode podcast series: People Like

Today iHeartRadio announced their first-ever podcast awards to take place before a live audience in LA next January. And I’m proud to announce that our series – Inside JAWS – has been nominated! Hooray, team! What a pleasure and an honor to be on such a short list of great series! The way the winner is chosen is via social media prowess, so I would be grateful if you enjoyed the series enough to vote for it here. That said, the honor is really in the nomination as far as I’m

As of this writing Inside JAWS is at #2 on Apple Podcasts. #1 in the TV/Film category. Cue proof of performance… So what are the lessons from this (beyond the notion that everybody is listening to Inside JAWS so you should, too)? There are many but I’ll boil down a few: Do great work that you can be enormously proud of Collaborate with peerless, talented collaborators (thank you, Jeff Schmidt) Align with a network that cares about the content as much as you do and knows how t

You’re gonna need a bigger set of earbuds. I’m proud to announce the introduction of my latest collaboration with the peerless audio genius Jeff Schmidt. It’s the story about a classic movie and its inspirations. A tale of a modest thriller that became an ordeal and then a disaster and then a phenomenon and then a classic. A story of one man, a fresh-faced, inexperienced director who nearly wrecked his promising career and became the most important filmmaker of our era. This

I’m proud to announce that a special version of my podcast with Wondery Inside Psycho, is breaking new ground in radio – yes, radio. Beginning this weekend it will be the first ever native podcast to be broadcast nationwide on commercial radio. See the news here and here and here and in lots of other places. It will air throughout next week on almost 80 iHeartMedia radio stations across the country, including many famous names like KOA, WIOD, and the station I will forever as

If you haven’t checked out Inside the Exorcist, now’s the time. The series is in the top 10 on Apple Podcasts (as of this writing). And it’s a solid #1 in the Movie/TV category. And it has been getting some glowing reviews, including this one from the movie/TV industry publication Indiewire: So listen here and subscribe. And please take a few moments to give the series a rating on Apple Podcasts or wherever you consume your podcast content. As you know, these efforts help sur

Today is the day. It’s the day that the first two episodes of my new series for Wondery, Inside the Exorcist are released. Drop whatever you’re doing and subscribe here. Why should you listen? Because the series is really, really good. And because if you enjoyed my previous series, Inside Psycho, you’re going to like this one even more. This is the kind of audio that helped make radio famous once upon a time. And today it’s driving new interest in the on-demand category. Insi

I was floored by the amazing reception to Inside Psycho a few months ago, and I am now very proud to introduce to you my second collaboration with incomparable audio designer Jeff Schmidt and the terrific folks at Wondery: Inside The Exorcist. This project has been months in the making and I can honestly say I am as proud of it as anything I have ever done. Listen (if you dare) and I think you’ll hear some of the most compelling audio you will ever hear. That’s how good I thi

Every broadcaster is on the hunt for non-traditional revenue, right? Everyone wants to leverage their amazing audience attention and focus that attention on money-making opportunities that go beyond spots. Well, here’s a groundbreaking opportunity for you to do just that. October. It’s the season of Halloween. It’s also the season where local haunted attractions and Halloween stores want to spend money on radio. If you’re located in proximity to the big parks, then it’s a big

Indiewire is one of the leading trade publications in the movies/tv space, and they just named one episode from my Wondery podcast Inside Psycho as one of the 50 best of the year (so far). It’s #10 on the list, and I couldn’t be prouder. Here’s their writeup: We’ve sung the praises of Mark Ramsey’s six part Wondery series about the origins of the Alfred Hitchcock movie “Psycho.” It’s worth repeating again how fully and eerily this opening episode places any listener in the ps

The final blockbuster chapter of my 6-part podcast inspired by the making of the movie Psycho wraps up in horrifying fashion today, and I invite you to hear it. It’s Inside Psycho. If you hear none of the previous chapters, please catch this final one. It charts the sorrowful decline of Alfred Hitchcock, the way he was shunned by his Hollywood peers, and the love that made it all worthwhile. It also illustrates the legacy of Psycho and wraps up with a tale that is best heard

Today is the day! The first two episodes of Inside Psycho are now available! That’s the podcast I am producing for Wondery – a six-part series about the trials and tribulations, the joy and sadness, the humor and horror behind the scenes during, before, and after the making of the Hitchcock classic, Psycho. The show is already off to a strong start – I’ve done a slew of interviews about it, and it’s featured by Apple as “New and Noteworthy.” You can find the audio here (or he

Sure, it’s smaller than radio. But it’s growing. And revenue is growing fast. I’m talking about podcasting. And one of the hot new companies native to the space is Wondery, an audio on-demand company that just celebrated its first anniversary. It’s also the company I’m working with on my new series, Inside Psycho. Hernan Lopez is the CEO/Founder of Wondery. Listen to our conversation and you’ll learn a lot about the space and its development. Hear how the business of podcasti

Last week I told you about the new podcast I am producing for Wondery: Inside Psycho. This week I am proud to announce that Inside Psycho is now #1 on iTunes in the TV & Film category (#46 overall at this writing). It’s also featured by Apple as “New and Noteworthy,” which is a special privilege. Now, these are dynamic lists and rankings to be sure. Stuff changes. And iTunes rankings aren’t the whole story. But even so, with the zillions of podcasts in distribution every day

Today, I am proud to announce that my company, Mark Ramsey Media, has signed an agreement to develop content for on-demand audio publisher Wondery. The first show created under that agreement launches today. It’s called Inside Psycho, and it’s the first audio graphic novel in the podcast space. It’s a six-part deep dive inspired by the making of the classic movie Psycho. A special sneak preview is available today wherever you listen to podcasts. So what’s the show about? It’s