Building Payload

Today is Opposite Day at Pathfinder. Rather than interview someone, Ryan himself is sitting down in the hot seat to take an hour’s worth of questions. Our guest host is cofounder Mo Islam. Though he’s Ryan’s coworker, he’s also his boss and a fair, unsparing interviewer.Pathfinder #0021 is brought to you by Spaced Ventures, the planet’s first space investment portal. Spaced Ventures recently launched an effort to open an investment round into SpaceX, and as of this writing, has received $36.6M+ in pledges from more than 2,050 investors.Okay, here we go…Today’s guest is Ryan Duffy, the managing editor of Payload and host of Pathfinder. Our discussion with Ryan peels back the curtain to offer an inside look into how the ever-growing Payload newsroom operates.*SNEAK PEEK*Launching the daily Payload newsletter and what we’ve learned one year inRyan’s experience creating Morning Brew’s second productDigital media startups and newsletter-first distribution modelsEvolving from curation to original reporting and analysisPopular narratives vs. what’s actually happening in the space industryWho we write for at Payload and how we see our audienceRyan launders the best insights and talking points from previous Pathfinder alumniHype cycles in space and other emerging technology-dominant industriesWhat’s next for Payload 👀👀👀…there’s plenty of range in this conversation, from running a mile every day for 1,000+ days in a row, to getting hit by a car, to wanting to be a garbage man rather than an astronaut as a child (hence the thumbnail). We hope you enjoy the convo and learn something new about Payload.*SHOW NOTES*Mo's Twitter: https://twitter.com/itsmoislamRyan's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ryandoofy*ABOUT US*Pathfinder is brought to you by Payload, a modern space media brand, and while we have designs on becoming the biggest space content company in the galaxy, for now, we publish: 1) Payload, our flagship daily newsletter, every Monday to Friday morning 2) Pathfinder, this podcast, on Tuesday mornings 3) ...and 💫Parallax!💫 on Thursday afternoons. Parallax is our brand-spanking new weekly science newsletter for the space industry. Subscribe now so you can say you were early by signing up at parallax.beehiiv.comSubscribe to our daily newsletter and find out more about Payload at www.payloadspace.com