ACTIVATIONS

Step inside NPR's hit show show, Wild Card, where cards control the conversation.

HOW TO PLAY:
- Pick a card with a random question
- You get one FLIP to put the questioner in the hot seat
- Go deep!

Come hang out with the "30 for 30 Podcasts" content team and pitch your sports storytelling ideas. A pitch from On Air Fest last year is currently in production! 

Learn more and register here to pitch your story.

Experience oral histories from today's storytellers through listening stations and projected visuals, then get a sneak peek at On Air Fest 2036, featuring imagined podcasts that are surprising, weird, dystopian and hopeful. This immersive time capsule honors the power of witnessing and world-building. Submit your own story or pitch a future podcast and become part of what we're building: a living record of who we are and who we could become.

Are you hot? Are you single? Or just emotionally freelance?

We’re opening up the Red Flag Wall for yours and nothing is off limits. Write down your dating red flags, read everyone else’s, and overshare responsibly!

Presented with Hot & Single

The Messy Middle is an interactive space for podcasters figuring out video. Stop by for a “yearbook photo,” experiment with short video recordings, and explore what’s possible—inside a Y2K-inspired environment that leans into the semi-scary, cautiously optimistic middle.

Presented with Wistia

Play Big Money games, win Big Money prizes! Stop by the Big Money Card Players blackjack table to compete with your fellow On Air attendees for swag and experiences.

Presented with Big Money Players, the destination for comedy podcasts and other exclusive content from Will Ferrell and iHeartPodcasts.

Immerse yourself in a state-of-the-art production environment featuring a dynamic photo lighting station and a broadcast-quality video podcast studio. This dedicated space offers creators a hands-on opportunity to experiment with industry-leading equipment from Canon, Shure & Nanlite to capture professional content.

Presented with B&H Creators

Bring your questions to the cards for a tarot reading with Isa Nakazawa, astrologer and host of “Stars and Stars with Isa.” Tarot is an ancient symbolic language used for divination, spiritual guidance and meaning making.

Isa will provide multiple decks and options for spreads from one to three-card pulls. Whether you’re new or experienced with the tarot, all are welcome.

The doctors are IN. Need a three-minute sonic boost? We’ve got you. Grab the headphones, answer one question, get comfortable, and open your ears wide.

Administered by Julie Shapiro, John DeLore & Amy Pearl.

Presented with Audio Flux: Better living through audio curatives

The Podcast Academy is the industry’s preeminent professional membership organization, and the presenter of The Ambies podcast awards. Their mission is to elevate the podcast industry by celebrating the craft and people of podcasting. Stop by to learn about membership, voting in and submitting to the Ambies, mentorship opportunities, and more.

This year at On Air Fest, Lauren Passell and Arielle Nissenblatt are our boots-on-the-ground podcast correspondents, quizzing attendees on the important stuff: What are you listening to right now? Which app are you loyal to? What speed are you really listening at? And… are we all pivoting to video now or what?

Stop by their table to participate in their study, then join their session on Thursday at 2:30 on the iHeart Creator Stage for the results.

Visit our Etsy Pop Up Shop for a collection of diverse Brooklyn-based artists and craftspeople showcasing their products and telling the stories behind their work.

Presented with Etsy

Stop by our all-day cafe in XXV, in partnership with The Concrete Jungle, a coffee shop and plant store in Brooklyn. Beverages and light bites are available for purchase throughout the day, providing a little pick-me-up in between programmed sessions and meet-ups with friends.