SuChin Pak will host IAB Podcast Upfront; full presenter schedule

A whopping 31 presentations will be featured at the upcoming IAB Podcast Upfront (titled “Listen Up!”) scheduled for May 11-13. This annual invitation-only showcase to advertisers is set for its first spring happening, moved from its previous fall spot.

Media journalist SuChin Pak will anchor the event as host, sharing the MC role with a cast of co-hosts that changes daily:

• Tuesday (5/11): Gaby Dunn, Author, Host and Creator of Bad With Money With Gaby Dunn, Westwood One Podcast Network
• Wednesday (5/12): Heather McDonald, Host of the Juicy Scoop Podcast, represented by Stitcher
• Thursday (5/13): Rund Abdelfatah and Ramtin Arablouei, Hosts of NPR’s Throughline

Pak is a veteran journalist for networks such as ABC, NBC, Discovery, Oxygen, and E!.  Pak was also the former host of MTV News and co-producer of the documentary series, My Life Translated. As a podcaster she currently co-hosts the podcast Add To Cart, a show about consumer trends, for Lemonada Media.

RAIN News and the RAIN Daily Digest newsletter will cover this year’s event with our normal detailed impressions. (See last year’s Day 1, Day 2, Day 3.)

Here is the upcoming three-day show agenda:

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