Podcasts

Over the years I have been interviewed by Podcasts ranging in subject from UX design to Engineering. I love talking about what I do.

Here are some of my favorite podcast interviews:

PolicyVizPodcast: One of the longest-running data visualization podcasts around, hosted by Max Kuhn. Episode 226 “Abby Covert.” (November 2022)
Finding our way: A podcast discussing the evolving challenges and opportunities for design leaders, hosted by Jesse James Garrett and Peter Merholz. Episode 27 “Choose Yourself — Making up your career path as you go (ft. Abby Covert).” (March 2022)
Bom Dia UX: A podcast about the universe of design inserted in practical everyday contexts. Hosted by The Design Team. “Is Information Architecture dead? With Abby Covert | Good Morning UX. (January 2022)
The IOWA Idea: A podcast exploring modern collaboration, craft, and persistence hosted by Matt Arnold. Episode 78 “Maybe We Don’t Know.” (April 2021)
The Informed Life: Information is key to deciding and acting. The Informed Life podcast explores how people organize information to get things done hosted by Jorge Arango. Episode 33 “Abby Covert on Remote Work.” (April 2020)
Mind the Product: A podcast part of the Mind the Product network that features conversations focusing on real insights of how to improve your product practice. Hosted by Lily Smith and Randy Silver. “Clean up your Mess: Working with IA – Abby Covert.” (September 2021)
Thought Feeder: Thought Feeder questions the the status quo of digital marketing in higher education and makes recommendations for progressing and improving every institution’s efforts. Hosted by Joel Goodman and Jon-Stephen Stansel. Episode 33 “Abby Covert Makes Sense Out of Messes.” (December 2020)
XX Equals: A podcast driven to deliver products and experiences that are tuned to women’s needs and are fundamentally inclusive. Hosted by Merle Hall. “In conversation with Abby Covert, Information Architect, and author of How to Make Sense of Any Mess.” (December 2021)
Learning Experience Leader: A podcast hosted by Greg Williams devoted to design, leadership, and the psychology of learning. Episode 45 “Good Structure & Making Sense with Abby Covert.” (September 2020)
The Content Strategy Podcast: Original Interview & Follow-up Episode: A podcast by Kristina Halvorson dedicated to the practice of content strategy. Episode 10 “Abby Covert, Etsy – Information Architecture and Content Strategy.” (October 2018) and Episode 28 “Abby Covert, Etsy – How to Make Sense of Any Mess.” (October 2019)
Mixed Methods: A podcast interested in the how’s and why’s of user experience research, hosted by Aryel Cianflone. “Sensemaking Through Information Architecture – Abby Covert, Etsy.” (August 2019)
A Better User Experience: BUX podcast serves as a learning resource to provide a better understanding of user testing and the user experience. Hosted by Ben Snyder. Episode 86 “What is An Information Architect?” (April 2013)
Human Tech: A podcast at the intersection of humans, brain science, and technology hosted by Guthrie Weinschenk and Susan Weinschenk. Episode #024: We Welcome Abby Covert To Human Tech.” (August 2016)
Talking Code: A podcast that contains short expert interviews that help you decode what developers are saying, hosted by John Smith. “How to Do Information Architecture.” (August 2015)
The Conversation Factory: A podcast hosted by Daniel Stillman where leaders, changemakers and innovators are interviewed on how they design the conversations in their work and lives. “Abby Covert on Collaboration and Listening.” (March 2017)
Rocketship.fm: A podcast made for entrepreneurs, product managers, and anyone working in tech today. Rocketship.fm is produced in partnership with Product Collective and talks about product management to growth, culture to sales, and everything in between. Hosted by Michael Sacca and Mike Belsito. “Interview: Abby Covert of How to Make Sense of Any Mess on Making Sense of Any Mess.” (December 2014)
The Boagworld UX Show: A podcast about digital strategy, service design and user experience. It offers practical advice, news, tools, reviews and interviews with leading figures in the web design community hosted by Paul Boag. “Making sense of all mess with Abby Covert.” (April 2015)
UX Radio: A podcast designed to inspire, educate, share resources and to expand the conversation about Information Architecture, User Experience and Design. Hosted by Lara Fedoroff. “Democratizing IA with Abby Covert.” (June 2018)
The Big Web Show: Hosted by Jeffrey Zeldman, The Big Web Show addresses special topics like web publishing, art direction, content strategy, typography, web technology, and more. Episode 142 “Information Architecture is Still Very Much a Thing, with Abby Covert.” (January 2016)
Hansel Minutes: A weekly commute-time podcast that promotes fresh technology and fresh voices, hosted by Scott Hanselman. “Information Architecture with Abby Covert.” (September 2015)
The Thing Cast: A podcast where design meets technical reality with opinions and interviews of lead thinkers driving the Internet of Things. Episode 6 “Abby Covert.” (2016)