Amanda Cupido is an award-winning podcast producer, TEDx speaker and post-exit entrepreneur. In 2025, her award-winning podcast production company, Lead Podcasting, was acquired by The Walrus, Canada’s largest independent, nonprofit media organization. Amanda is the author of the Amazon bestsellers, Let’s Talk Podcasting and Let’s Talk Podcasting for Kids. As an adjunct professor at Seneca Polytechnic and Toronto Metropolitan University, she is passionate about empowering the next generation of storytellers. Previously, she worked as a radio producer, reporter and news anchor. Most notably, she was the first woman to be the program director at a talk radio station in Toronto.