About Podcast Asheville

What We Do

Podcast Asheville does two things:

• Produce our own podcasts.

• Create, produce and consult on podcasts for others.

In the fall of 2024, Matt began leaning into helping daily newspapers and independent online journalism outlets produce their own news-focused podcasts.

The Overlook with Matt Peiken is Matt’s founding, flagship podcast. Since launching in February 2023, Matt has self-produced nearly 200 episodes exploring the news, arts, issues and trends of Asheville, NC.

Mission

Through The Overlook with Matt Peiken podcast, Podcast Asheville fills the local gap in quality audio news programming with informative, engaging conversations about social, economic, political and other topical issues affecting residents of Asheville, NC.

Episodes regularly spotlight the work and concerns of Asheville's Black community, along with those of the city's social-service nonprofit and creative communities, against the backdrop of growing inequities widened by tourism and gentrification.

Primary editorial focuses of the podcast:

• Government and public policy

• Spotlighting local nonprofits working in homelessness, affordable housing, better pay for service workers, mental health and other pressing social-service needs.

• Racial reparations and Black-led enterprise

• Artists creating original work (music, literature, visual arts and theater/dance)