Pearson oversees the company’s podcast operations, leading the growth strategy of the iHeartPodcast Network, the development of its original podcast IP and all partner audio content. The iHeartPodcast Network amasses more than 200 million downloads a month, making iHeart the No. 1 podcast publisher globally. In Pearson’s time at iHeart, the podcast division has developed and launched several slates of top tier sports networks with partners including Sports Illustrated, NBA and NFL as well as individual sports focused fan favorites like “All The Smoke and outdoor sporting podcast network Meateater.

Additionally,  iHeartPodcasts is home to the Big Money Players slate with Will Ferrell, a Shondaland Audio slate with Shonda Rhimes, and co-production slates with Pushkin Industries, Bloomberg and more. With a focus on bringing greater diversity into podcasting iHeartPodcasts has also launched The Black Effect Network with Charlamagne Tha God, the world’s largest podcast network dedicated to Black voices; My Cultura, the fastest growing podcast network dedicated to Latinx voices; and most recently, Outspoken which aims to amplify, elevate and reflect the diversity, richness and humanity of the voices throughout the LGBTQ+ community.