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Profound, engaged, best in class storytelling

Neon Hum is a podcast production company located in Los Angeles, California. We craft narrative-driven, cinematic audio productions from coast to coast. We create programming of impeccable quality and mass appeal.

Collaborative

Our clients work directly with producers, and our founder has a hand in all the projects.

Creative

Every producer’s rich background contributes to the depth of the stories we tell.

Best in Class

Our producers are award winning, established, and the best in the business.

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Jonathan Hirsch

About the Founder

As an independent producer, reporter, and sound designer, Jonathan Hirsch produced hundreds of longform audio works for NPR, Vox, NBC, Fusion Media Group, and many others. He is a recipient of the Green Eyeshade, Edward R. Murrow, and duPont Awards. His seven-part documentary podcast series Dear Franklin Jones debuted #1 on the iTunes podcast charts.

In April of 2018, Jonathan launched Neon Hum Media, an LA-based podcast production company, specializing in narrative-driven, high production value, “audio first” documentaries, talk shows, and partner content.

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Our Latest Works

Equal Play

United States Tennis Association celebrates 50 years of equal pay.

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Betrayal On The Bayou

Uncovering the truth behind Chad Scott, an infamous DEA Agent.

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The History of the World's Greatest Nightclubs

Explores how clubs around the world revolutionized the way we party.

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Dinner's On Me

Breaking bread with big-name friends—old and new

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And Just Like That

The official Max companion podcast to And Just Like That

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Sympathy Pains

For 20 years, Sarah lied that she had cancer and other illnesses

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Deadly Cure

The global conspiracy around a poisonous miracle cure

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Arabian Nights

Child-friendly adaptations of classic Middle Eastern folk tale

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Missing Justice

Examine the missing & murdered indigenous peoples crisis

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Mobituaries

Celebrate the famous legacies of the dearly departed

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Townsizing

Townsizing

What Does Our Romanticization of Small Towns Mean?

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Pop Paranormal

Pop Paranormal

Hosted by the Geekiest Couple You Know

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Spectacle: True Crime

Spectacle: True Crime

A Dissection of a Messy Obsession

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Smoke Screen: Puppy Kingpin

Smoke Screen: Puppy Kingpin

The Dark Underbelly of the Puppy Business

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The Envelope

The Envelope

With This Award Season's Top Contenders

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Very Scary People

Very Scary People

The Real Story of the Amityville Murders

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Spectacle: Las Vegas

Spectacle: Las Vegas

What Sin City Tells Us About American Culture

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The Rise and Fall of LuLaRoe

The Rise and Fall of LuLaRoe

A Scheme of Leggings and Lies

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Smoke Screen: The Sellout

There Goes the Neighborhood

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The Bigs

with Xavier Scruggs

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Bad Bets

Big Business, Big Fallouts

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Urban Legends

with the Ghost Brothers

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Killer Role

The Role of a Lifetime

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Smoke Screen:
I Am Rama

Drowning in Nirvana

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The Doodler

A Renewed Hunt for a Forgotten Serial Killer

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Mommy Doomsday

Devotion, Darkness, Death

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Spectacle

An Unscripted History of Reality TV

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Checking In from SELF

Checking In

From SELF

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Dirt Cheap

Tales from the Dollar Bin

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Allure: The Science of Beauty

Allure: The Science of Beauty

Explore the Inextricable Link

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Smoke Screen:
Fake Priest

Why Isn't Father Ryan in Jail?

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The Thing About Pam

The Truth Is Stranger than Fiction

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Telescope

Life in the Time of Corona

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Motive for Murder

Did the Victims Know Their Killer?

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Murder on the Towpath

With Soledad O'Brien

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Bag Man

From Rachel Maddow

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This Land

Murders, Tribal Law, and the Supreme Court

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Set It Straight with Midland

Infamous Stories of Country Music

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Hunted

From the Minds Behind Law & Order

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Sonic Boom

How Seattle Lost Its Team

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The Only Podcast Left

Companion Podcast to Netflix's Daybreak

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Room 20

Unidentified and Unconscious for 15 Years — Or Was He?

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Break Stuff

The Story of Woodstock '99

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Larger than Life

Muscle Cars, Race Riots, and a Forgotten Peacemaker

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