On Air Fest Sets Initial Talent Lineup for 10th Anniversary Edition in Brooklyn

The sound and storytelling festival mounted by On Air Presents has revealed the initial lineup of headliners and talent set to take the stage at venues including the Wythe Hotel and Arlo Williamsburg from Feb. 23-25, 2027, organized under a theme of “10 Years On…” to mark a milestone 10th anniversary. The first drop of names includes headliners Megan Rapinoe, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Audie Cornish & Ari Shapiro, Dan Harris, Anthony Fantano, On the Media, One Song, World Café and more across live podcasts, conversations, performances, parties and events focused on the future of storytelling.

There will be live recordings of Why Are You Like This with Megan Rapinoe, CNN’s Chasing Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta, and 10 Percent Happier with Dan Harris, CNN’s Engagement Party with Audie Cornish and Ari Shapiro, WNYC’s On The Media with Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger, and WXPN’s World Café with Raina Douris.

Also booked to make appearances are music critic Anthony Fantano, The Sam Sanders Show’s Sam Sanders, One Song hosts Diallo Riddle and Blake “LUXXURY” Robin, and Chameleon’s Josh Dean. Leon Neyfakh and Sayre Quevedo are set to discuss narrative podcasting in a conversation centered on Death of an Artist and Reaching Out, while actor and comedian Connor Ratliff will host a main stage.

Kicking things off on Feb. 23 will be the Podcast Business Summit presented with Bloomberg at Wythe Hotel. Hosted by Bloomberg reporter Ashley Carman, the invite-only daytime gathering is expected to host leaders across media, technology, advertising, publishing and podcasting. Later that night, the Podcast Academy will present the Ambies, an awards show to honor excellence in podcasting at Arlo Williamsburg.

Additional programming and talent names will be announced in coming weeks and months. Previous participants at On Air Fest have included Anderson Cooper, Malcolm Gladwell, Seth Meyers, Norah Jones, Wyclef Jean, Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, Audie Cornish, Jad Abumrad, Terry Gross, Francis Ford Coppola, Ira Glass and more. More intel on tickets and scheduling can be found here.