As an experienced podcast/television producer and writer—I have a keen interest in making thought-provoking media that surpasses audience expectations. My fluid career has taken me from producing podcasts at WBEZ Chicago (home of This American Life) by day while doing standup at night to writing jokes at The Tonight Show by day while writing/producing an animated web series about a Martian colony by night. Within it all is a sincere dedication to craft, learning from mistakes, and letting the work take precedent over ego. I have produced sports, science, politics, and gaming podcasts for companies including VICE, First Look Media, WGN and more. - Tim Barnes
PODCASTS (Writing)
Big Money Players/iHeartWriter/Creator - 2025 Release
I’m currently in production of an audio sitcom for Will Ferrell’s podcast arm, Big Money Players.
American Public MediaGuest Writer - 2020 & 2024
I’ve guested on two episodes of the hit kids-focussed podcast Smash Boom Best! For both of those appearances I pitched and wrote my own segments going through various rounds of notes and adjustments with the producers. The first episode was “Ants vs Bees” (2020) which you can listen to here and the other is Hippopotamus vs. Dragonfly (2024) which you can listen to here.
PODCASTS (PRODUCING)
EarwolfPRODUCER (Season 1) — 2018
The Legendary Kondabolu Brothers of Queens (Hari and Ashok) combine forces to create a semi-regular live talk show.
Producing
Live Show Taping/Mixing
Topic Ideation
Editing (Pro Tools)
TOPIC STUDIOSPRODUCER (Season 2) — 2017
POLITICALLY RE-ACTIVE: Comedians W. Kamau Bell and Hari Kondabolu separate fact from fake news as they talk to fascinating artists, activists, writers, journalists and political thinkers.
Booking
Strategy
Scripting
Scheduling
VICEProducer/Editor (Season 1) — 2017
SCIENCE SOLVED IT: A deep dive into the world's greatest mysteries that were solved by science.
Sound design
Editing (Audition)
Script revision
Recording
VicePRODUCER/EDITOR (SEASON 1) — 2017
THE VICE MAGAZINE PODCAST: Your definitive monthly guide to enlightening information. Hosted by Ellis Jones, Editor-in-Chief of VICE Magazine, each episode brings in-depth interviews, sonically rich cultural insights, and offers a rare glimpse into how the magazine is made.
Scripting
Editing (Audition)
Recording
Mixing
Sound Design
Podcasts (HOSTING/PRODUCING)
You Are The Genre — 2024 - Present
Mapping the path to your own genre.
Booking
Editing (Logic)
Hosting
Producing
Sonar Podcast NetworkYub Nub — 2020 - Present
Yub Nub started in 2020 as a way for comedy writers and veterans of the TV/new media wars, Tim Barnes (The Tonight Show), Greg Iwinski (The Late Show, Last Week Tonight), and Jim Fagan (Comedy Central) to survive the pandemic and push back against a faction of Star Wars fandom in love with complaining about Star Wars. Three years later, it’s become a meeting place for Star Wars and media-loving comedy nerds to talk about all things Star Wars, film, and TV through the point of view of the people who make it, and lovers of all things far far away. In each episode Tim and Jim use Star Wars as their wayfinder through the entertainment industry with occasional pop-in guests who have included James Austin Johnson (SNL), Krystina Arielle (Star Wars The High Republic Show) and Felipe Torres Medina (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert).
Co-hosting
Co-producing
Editing (Logic)
WBEZ Chicago / IndependentIt’s All True!
Originally created for the satirical website TheWhiskeyJournal.com, this Tim Barnes hosted show went on to become a WBEZ podcast, and later independently produced. In each episode, Tim interviews a special guest and asks them to reveal the headline for a funny true story before they dive into the details.
Booking
Editing (Sony Vegas, Reaper, Logic)
Hosting
Producing