Podcast production, coast to coast
NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE STORY.
Neon Hum is a podcast production company located in Los Angeles, California. We work closely with our partners and clients to craft narrative-driven, cinematic audio productions from coast to coast. Together, 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 contribute to the depth of the stories we tell.
Client-Focused
Each producer is focused on a single project at a time; they are not afraid to sweat the details.
Proud Partners We've Worked With
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 7-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.
Meet the TeamLatest Works
Smoke Screen: Fake Priest
For 30 years, a man claimed to be a priest. He performed baptisms and took confession. Every time he ran into trouble, Father Ryan would move on to another small…
The Thing About Pam
Two days after Christmas, 2011, Russ Faria came home from game night to find his wife, Betsy, dead. He was soon charged and convicted of her murder. But Russ Faria…
Telescope
Welcome to the new normal. For so many of us around the globe, our lives have been forever changed by the coronavirus. And we will never be the same.
Motive for Murder
Two murders, months apart, in Houston. The young victims knew each other, but did they also know their elusive killer? Dateline’s Josh Mankiewicz takes you inside one of the most…
Murder on the Towpath
Soledad O’Brien takes us back to 1964 when a well-connected white artist was murdered, a black man stood accused, and a barrier-breaking civil rights lawyer rose to his defense—in what…
Bag Man
Is it possible for an American Vice President to carry out a criminal enterprise inside the White House and have nobody remember? To have one of the most brazen political…
This Land
An 1839 assassination of a Cherokee leader and a 1999 murder case – two crimes nearly two centuries apart provide the backbone to an upcoming 2019 Supreme Court decision that…
Set It Straight with Midland
Your boys from Midland attempt to uncover the truth behind infamous stories from country music history.
Hunted
From Legendary producer Dick Wolf comes a new audio fiction series starring Parker Posey about the U.S. Marshals dedicated to capturing the country’s most dangerous fugitives. When four convicts escape…
Sonic Boom
For more than four decades, the Seattle SuperSonics were among the NBA’s most iconic franchises. But in 2008, they packed their bags for Oklahoma. ‘Sonic Boom’ tells a story of…
The Only Podcast Left
It’s post-apocalyptic Glendale. The Jocks, Cheermazons, STEM Punks, Disciples of Kardashia, and more are battling for dominance in the valley. And after you tear through Daybreak Season 1, you’ll want to…
Room 20
The sign above his hospital bed called him Sixty-Six Garage. For more than 15 years, he would lay there unidentified and unconscious. Or so, everyone believed. Room 20 is a…
Break Stuff: The Story of Woodstock ‘99
In 1999, a music festival took place in upstate New York that became a social experiment. There were riots, looting, and numerous assaults. And it was set to a soundtrack…
Larger Than Life
Larger Than Life is a documentary podcast about Big Willie Robinson, a 6-foot-6, muscle-bound street racer who preached peace a quarter-mile at a time. Cops and criminals, movie stars and…