Think Like A Producer (NEW RSS AS OF 8.2026)

NEW RSS Think Like a Producer helps experts, creators and business leaders turn timely news into credible content. Monday–Thursday, veteran CNN, FOX News and BET producer Jamie Maglietta breaks down one current story, then reveals the hooks and angles your expertise can own. Bi-weekly, on Fridays, Think Like a Producer hosts Unknown to Known, featuring conversations with leaders and creators about how they built visibility and authority. Use the news. Find your angle. Produce your authority. New episodes every weekday on YouTube and at least Monday-Thursday on your podcast platform of choice.

  1. Aug 14

    The Producer's Breakdown of Simon Sinek's Genius Technique

    A white wall. A chair. A marker. No set. No graphics. No music. No production budget visible anywhere. And ten million people watched. Simon Sinek held the attention of the internet with nothing except ideas — delivered with enough precision, enough warmth, and enough deliberate silence that no one noticed there was nothing else in the frame. That's not simplicity. That's confidence so complete it becomes a production choice. In this episode, former CNN and FOX News producer Jamie Maglietta breaks down Simon Sinek through a producer's lens — four things every expert can steal from the man who needs nothing to own every room, plus a professional producer's critique of what she would change if Simon were her client. Including: the subtraction method, hands that teach, silence as punctuation, and how to engineer your soundbite before you need it. Connect with Jamie: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamie_maglietta/ Show Clips: https://www.instagram.com/get_oncamready/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-maglietta/ Website & Visibility Program:Visibility Program: https://www.oncamready.com/ Resources + Links:(ON CAM) Ready Equipment: https://shorturl.at/Ca5tg Substack:Newsletter: https://oncamready.substack.com Riverside (Affiliate):Record your content with Riverside:  https://riverside.sjv.io/09VWrE Discount Code: OCR15 VidIQ (Affiliate): https://vidiq.com/oncamready YouTube Channels: Main Channel (ON CAM Ready Media): https://www.youtube.com/@oncamreadyPodcast Links:Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unknown-to-known-presented-by-on-cam-ready/id1707162005 Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/5yEIQWeK7aLHtPSBBbSPcz?si=61b241d434f84578Think Like a Producer:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5w84zVVaquAcIDaes41NoMHDjtllgkCW

  2. Aug 10

    The Architecture Behind Jay Shetty's Compelling Interview Style

    Jay Shetty has interviewed some of the most guarded people in the world — and almost all of them say things in his studio they have never said anywhere else. That's not luck. That's not charisma. That's architecture. Before Jay asks a single question, his set has already communicated safety. His stillness has already communicated presence. His eye contact has already communicated: I see you. And by the time he actually speaks — his guest is already more open than they planned to be. In this episode, former CNN and FOX News producer Jamie Maglietta breaks down On Purpose with Jay Shetty through a producer's lens — four things every expert can steal from the most trusted voice on YouTube, plus a professional producer's critique of what she would change if Jay were her client. Including: the wisdom aesthetic, stillness as authority, the reframe technique, and the insight question shift that turns ordinary interviews into revelations. Connect with Jamie: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamie_maglietta/ Show Clips: https://www.instagram.com/get_oncamready/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-maglietta/ Website & Visibility Program:Visibility Program: https://www.oncamready.com/ Resources + Links:(ON CAM) Ready Equipment: https://shorturl.at/Ca5tg Substack:Newsletter: https://oncamready.substack.com Riverside (Affiliate):Record your content with Riverside:  https://riverside.sjv.io/09VWrE Discount Code: OCR15 VidIQ (Affiliate): https://vidiq.com/oncamready YouTube Channels: Main Channel (ON CAM Ready Media): https://www.youtube.com/@oncamreadyPodcast Links:Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unknown-to-known-presented-by-on-cam-ready/id1707162005 Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/5yEIQWeK7aLHtPSBBbSPcz?si=61b241d434f84578Think Like a Producer:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5w84zVVaquAcIDaes41NoMHDjtllgkCW

  3. Aug 3

    Why Alex Cooper's Guests Reveal it All | Emotional Mirroring as a Strategy

    Alex Cooper built a Spotify deal worth over $100 million, a guest list that includes presidential candidates and Hollywood A-listers, and an audience that trusts her with conversations most shows would never attempt. None of it was an accident. Every element of Call Her Daddy — the set, the silence, the chair geometry, the way she handles a guest who starts to cry — is a deliberate production decision. Most people watching see a conversation. A producer watches it and sees a masterclass. In this episode, former CNN and FOX News producer Jamie Maglietta breaks down Call Her Daddy through a producer's lens — four things every expert can steal from the most powerful brand in podcasting, plus a professional producer's critique of what she would change if Alex Cooper were her client. Including: the setup question technique, silence as a production tool, emotional mirroring, brand container design — and the three specific things that are holding CHD back from a full legacy media transition. Connect with Jamie: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamie_maglietta/ Show Clips: https://www.instagram.com/get_oncamready/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-maglietta/ Website & Visibility Program: Visibility Program: https://www.oncamready.com/ Resources + Links: (ON CAM) Ready Equipment: https://shorturl.at/Ca5tg Substack: Newsletter: https://oncamready.substack.com Riverside (Affiliate): Record your content with Riverside:  https://riverside.sjv.io/09VWrE Discount Code: OCR15 VidIQ (Affiliate): https://vidiq.com/oncamready YouTube Channels: Main Channel (ON CAM Ready Media): https://www.youtube.com/@oncamready Podcast Links: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unknown-to-known-presented-by-on-cam-ready/id1707162005 Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/5yEIQWeK7aLHtPSBBbSPcz?si=61b241d434f84578 Think Like a Producer:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5w84zVVaquAcIDaes41NoMHDjtllgkCW

  4. Jul 6

    How The Ed Mylett Show Engineered a Media-Ready Presence That Works in Every Room

    Are you the same person on camera that you are in the room? Same energy. Same authority. Same presence that makes people lean in and want to work with you? Most experts aren't. And that gap — between who you are in person and who shows up on camera — is quietly costing you bookings, clients, and credibility. Ed Mylett has no gap. On YouTube, on stage, in a boardroom, in a live interview — he shows up the same way every single time. And that consistency isn't a personality trait. It's a skill. A deliberate, buildable, trainable skill. In episode two of Season Two of Through a Producer's Lens, former TV news producer Jamie Maglietta breaks down the Ed Mylett consistency blueprint — the curated aesthetic, the energy calibration, and the aggressive hospitality technique that makes guests say things in his interview they've never said anywhere else. This is the episode that closes the gap between your best-day self and your average-day camera presence. Connect with Jamie: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamie_maglietta/ Show Clips: https://www.instagram.com/get_oncamready/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-maglietta/ Website & Visibility Program:Visibility Program: https://www.oncamready.com/ Resources + Links:(ON CAM) Ready Equipment: https://shorturl.at/Ca5tg Substack:Newsletter: https://oncamready.substack.com Riverside (Affiliate):Record your content with Riverside:  https://riverside.sjv.io/09VWrE Discount Code: OCR15

  5. Jun 29

    How Huberman Lab Built Visual Authority on YouTube — And What Every Expert Can Learn From It

    You have ten seconds. That's how long a viewer takes to decide — subconsciously, automatically — whether the person on screen is worth their time. Not after your first great point. Not once your credentials are clear. Ten seconds. And in those ten seconds they're not judging what you know. They're judging how you show up. Andrew Huberman figured this out. And he built one of the most watched YouTube podcasts in the world not just because of his neuroscience expertise — but because of how deliberately he shows up on camera to share it. In the Season Two premiere of Through a Producer's Lens, former TV news producer Jamie Maglietta breaks down the Huberman Lab visual authority blueprint — the HD standard, the psychological shift from conversationalist to authority figure, and the ten-second credibility window that determines whether viewers stay or scroll. This episode will change how you think about every piece of content you create. Connect with Jamie: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamie_maglietta/ Show Clips: https://www.instagram.com/get_oncamready/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-maglietta/ Website & Visibility Program:Visibility Program: https://www.oncamready.com/ Resources + Links:(ON CAM) Ready Equipment: https://shorturl.at/Ca5tg Substack:Newsletter: https://oncamready.substack.com Riverside (Affiliate):Record your content with Riverside:  https://riverside.sjv.io/09VWrE Discount Code: OCR15 TIP: Sound confident on camera with proper pronunciation. I said his last name incorrectly toward the top but correct later on.

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NEW RSS Think Like a Producer helps experts, creators and business leaders turn timely news into credible content. Monday–Thursday, veteran CNN, FOX News and BET producer Jamie Maglietta breaks down one current story, then reveals the hooks and angles your expertise can own. Bi-weekly, on Fridays, Think Like a Producer hosts Unknown to Known, featuring conversations with leaders and creators about how they built visibility and authority. Use the news. Find your angle. Produce your authority. New episodes every weekday on YouTube and at least Monday-Thursday on your podcast platform of choice.

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