[3] Featured speakers have included Sarah Koenig, Aisha Tyler, Kevin Smith, Pat Flynn, Guy Raz, Dan Carlin, Terry Gross, Alex Blumberg, Roman Mars, Marc Maron, Glynn Washington, Mark Cuban and Aaron Mahnke.

[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] Exhibitors include software & service providers, gear and equipment manufacturers.

Attendees are made up of amateur and professional podcasters, as well as media professionals working for radio broadcasters, podcast networks, technology companies and advertisers[12] The first conference in 2014 was funded via a Kickstarter campaign.

[14] In 2019, the organizers announced an additional annual event called 'Podcast Movement Evolutions,' the first of which took place in Los Angeles in February 2020.

[17] On September 8 of the same year, they apologized to Mr. Shapiro via Twitter for their previous reaction toward him and his company.