b"Mark Strigl, third from right, withthe Scorpions.You Say You Want aPodcast Revolution?Maplewoods Mark Strigl interviews heavy metal heavyweightsBY DONNY LEVITO nasnow-coveredeve- edge of what has now become a household term. asnately, MTV Networks paid for Strigl to take video ningbackinFebruary,Thehistoryofpodcastingdatesasfarbackproduction courses at NYU. I would say most of Mark Strigl is nestled inthe 1990s, when the term was sometimes referredmy training came from just being at MTV, learning his Maplewood home asto as audioblogging. But with the advent of porta- about videotape, editing, producing, and how to tell he chats it up with Paulble media players such as the iPod, one could eas- a story, he says.Stanley of Kiss from theily download an audio file and take it on the go. rockersdecidedlysnow- Today, podcast statistics are astounding. According free climes of California. In non-COVID times, theto an Edison Research/Nielsen report, as of January two would probably be seated in a backstage dress- 2021, there are over 1.75 million podcasts available ing room at an arena before the band takes the stageworldwide with over 43 million episodes.to play Detroit Rock City or Beth. But for now,Strigls passion for music began long before he Strigl is making do with Zoom as he peppers Thelaunched his podcast. In addition to playing guitar Starchild with questions about his new side projectin rock bands in New York City, he recorded numer-album, Philly soul, and Motown greats. ous independent albums as a singer and songwriter. Stanley is one of many personalities whom StriglMy venture into TV was always from a love of mu-has profiled over the past 15 years on Talking Metalsic, he says. I was trying to get into working at (@talkingmetal),hismusicpodcastfeaturinghardMTV Networks. Once I was able to get in there in rockersandheavymetalicons.Consideringthatan entry level position, it became obvious that in or-podcasting was in its relatively nascent stages backder to have a career and move up in the company, IMark Strigl interviews Steve Stevens, best known as Billy in 2006, its fair to say that Strigl was on the cuttingneeded to learn about television production. Fortu- Idol's guitarist and songwriting collaborator.26/ matters magazine / spring 2021"