Audiorama and Fresh Produce Media Formally Announce Recently Launched New Audible Original: Block Forever, Hosted by Former NFL Pro Bowler Ryan Kalil

Now Available in its Entirety, Show Gives Fans a Fresh Perspective on the Game of Football to Allow for a Deeper Appreciation of the Sport

New York, NY – January 11, 2022 - Audiorama, a premium creation platform powered by passionate storytellers and founded by award-winning actor Vince Vaughn, former NFL Pro Bowlers Greg Olsen and Ryan Kalil, Fresh Produce Media, the talent-driven premium audio entertainment company, and Powerhouse Capital, a Los Angeles-based tech-driven media investment firm, recently collaborated on Audible Original Block Forever. Both hardcore and new football fans can enjoy the unique perspectives and colorful stories featured throughout the 16-episode series.

Now available in its entirety, Block Forever’s host Ryan Kalil talks about the biggest game of the week with top players, coaches, and former pros from across the league. Together Ryan and his guests tackle topics like the players’ psyches, sports betting, playing through pain, being a leader, and how to deal with combative teammates while sharing stories of what happens behind the scenes with an NFL team. 

“We’re excited to have Audiorama work with Audible and Fresh Produce to bring our listeners a podcast that takes a holistic look at America’s most popular sport both on and off the field,’ said Audiorama Co-founder and Block Forever host, Ryan Kalil. “I engaged in some truly thoughtful conversations with people associated with the game to give fans a sense of what really goes into competing each week.” 

Guests this season included 49ers’ new Running Back Christian McCaffrey, Buffalo Bills Head Coach Sean McDermott, 3x Super Bowl Champion and New England Patriots Caption Matthew Slater alongside his Hall-of-Famer father Jackie Slater, Buffalo Bills General Manager Brandon Beane, Super Bowl Champion Andrew Whitworth, Pro-Bowler and Kansas City wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster, Tennessee Titans center Ben Jones, Hall-of-Famer Anthony Muñoz, Super Bowl Champion and decorated former NFL player and coach Sean Peyton, Super Bowl Champion and Washington Commanders Head Coach Ron Rivera, Buffalo Bills center Mitch Morse, former NFL standouts and Pro-Bowlers Trai Turner, Luke Kuechly, Steve Smith, Jared Allen and Corey Linsley, and Cleveland Browns guard Joel Bitonio, and more. 

To listen to Block Forever, visit Audible.com/BlockForever. This Audible Original can also be heard wherever podcasts are found. 

About Fresh Produce

Fresh Produce Media is a talent-driven audio entertainment company founded to meet the moment, as new and diverse opportunities for innovation and audiences shape what narrative audio content can be. From scripted fiction and documentaries to sports- and music-focused storytelling, Fresh Produce’s roster of series reflects a range of genres - and a consistency of quality - that sets it apart.

Founder Jason Ross built his career in different mediums of audio (from recording and touring to music livestreaming and starting a music-focused creative agency) before coming full-circle with Fresh Produce and narrative audio. Combining his penchant for identifying the next big thing and diving head-first into emerging industries with his audio know-how and passion for storytelling, Ross recruited a team of founding partners to propel narrative audio into the mainstream.

Colin Moore built a career developing great stories and finding the best means of telling them; Maureen Traynor brings cutting-edge understanding of the intersection of audio content and emerging commercial models honed over a career at Spotify; and Joe Killian has spent his Emmy-winning career at the highest levels of music and entertainment finding new ways to identify and shape cultural trends and moments.

About Audiorama

Audiorama is a premium, audio-first content platform powered by passionate storytellers. The company’s mission is to navigate audiences through transformative stories that enlighten, entertain, and inform. Block Forever is Audiorama’s second show launch after releasing Youth, Inc. featuring Greg Olsen earlier this year. The Company was backed by Powerhouse Capital, a Los Angeles based venture capital fund exclusively dedicated to global technology investment opportunities in media, entertainment, sports & gaming. Powerhouse focuses on investments in the Four Pillars of Media: Sight (Visual), Sound (Audio), Play (Gaming) and Live (Experiences). The Powerhouse team has invested into leading tech-driven media companies such as MasterClass, Wondery (acquired by Amazon), The Athletic (acquired by NY Times), Epic! Kids (acquired by Byju’s), Scopely and Calm. 

About Audible, Inc.

Audible, Inc., an Amazon.com, Inc. subsidiary (NASDAQ:AMZN), is the leading creator and provider of premium audio storytelling, offering customers a new way to enhance and enrich their lives every day. Audible content includes more than 760,000 audio programs from leading audiobook publishers, broadcasters, entertainers, magazine and newspaper publishers, and business information providers.