Peter Ferioli

Founder / COO
Pantheon Media

Oakland
CA

Website(s): 

pantheonpodcasts.com

www.linkedin.com/in/peterferioli/

Bio

From pushing pixels for dial-up websites to shaping today’s richest listening experiences, Peter Ferioli turns audio dreams into audience realities. As Co-Founder, COO & CMO of Pantheon Podcasts, he steered a podcast hobby into the podcast industry’s largest music-and-culture network—now 130+ titles strong, syndicated globally, and trusted by music icons from Metallica to Rolling Stone Magazine. Peter’s production slate tops 300 episodes personally produced and more than 10 million annual listens across the catalog. He champions creator autonomy, crafting agreements that keep IP in the hands of hosts while unlocking ad CPMs that routinely out-perform category benchmarks. A builder at heart, Peter led Pantheon’s groundbreaking HD Podcast initiative, proving that high-resolution audio can coexist with RSS convenience and drive measurable lift in time-spent-listening. He then co-invented Hit Replay—an interactive music trivia game delivered entirely through short-form audio nodes—opening a fresh revenue lane via in-app purchases and sponsorship bundles. Beyond the studio, Peter is a sought-after advisor for tech startups and a speaker at Podcast Movement. Colleagues praise his rare blend of strategic clarity and “let’s-ship-it” scrappiness, a mindset honed over 30 years in digital product leadership, brand marketing, and community development. When he’s not workshopping episode arcs, you’ll find the Oakland-based polymath running youth flag-football leagues, captaining disc-golf charity tournaments, or tinkering with new ways to turn passive listeners into participatory superfans—because for Peter Ferioli, every download is just the first note in a much bigger song. His mantra—“audio is an invitation, not a monologue”—drives Pantheon’s leap into spatial mixes & listener programming.

Additional Information

Location of Service: San Francisco Bay Area

Languages: English