Audie Cornish, Don Lemon and Roxane Gay Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images; Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images; Kevin Winter/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment The annual On Air Fest, one of the podcasting industry's biggest gatherings, has announced some of the headliners for its 2026 event. The festival, scheduled for Feb. 23-26 in Brooklyn, will include sessions featuring Roxane Gay, Don Lemon, Audie Cornish, Jonathan Goldstein, Radiolab hosts Latif Nasser and Lulu Miller, and Futuro Media's bilingual show La Brega. Cornish (CNN's The Assignment) and Goldstein (Heavyweight) will each host live editions of their podcasts during On Air Fest. ESPN's 30 for 30 Podcasts will also host programming and give creators a chance to pitch sports-related stories. The opening day of On Air Fest will include the sixth annual Ambie Awards for excellence in podcasting. The awards are presented by The Podcast Academy (the entry deadline is Nov. 28), and the festival's creative team will produce and direct the awards for the first time. The 2026 festival will have more than 80 hours of programming with a main stage at the Arlo Williamsburg and the fest's creator hall at The XX Venue. Bloomberg reporter Ashley Carman will co-host the New York edition of On Air's semiannual Podcast Business Summit with Bloomberg, an invitation-only event, on Feb. 24. The remaining two days will be devoted to sessions delving into innovations and changes in the field. Sponsors and partners for the 2026 festival include iHeartPodcasts, ESPN 30 for 30 Podcasts, CNN, Pushkin Industries, WNYC, Futuro Media, Bloomberg and The Ambies. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up disney+ Disney+ to Allow User-Generated Content Via AI YouTube TV Disney CFO Is Ready to Fight YouTube TV "As Long as They Want To" The Walt Disney Company Disney to Increase Content Spending by $1 Billion Next Year The Walt Disney Company Disney+ Streaming Subscribers Surge by 3.8 Million As Streaming Profits Grow international How the Aston Martin F1 Team Turned a Cultural Phenomenon Into Engagement Gold Thomas Rabe Thomas Rabe Stepping Down as Bertelsmann, RTL Group CEO disney+ Disney+ to Allow User-Generated Content Via AI YouTube TV Disney CFO Is Ready to Fight YouTube TV "As Long as They Want To" The Walt Disney Company Disney to Increase Content Spending by $1 Billion Next Year The Walt Disney Company Disney+ Streaming Subscribers Surge by 3.8 Million As Streaming Profits Grow international How the Aston Martin F1 Team Turned a Cultural Phenomenon Into Engagement Gold Thomas Rabe Thomas Rabe Stepping Down as Bertelsmann, RTL Group CEO