Waaayyyyyy before algorithms learned to imitate taste, podcasts were an industry, and  technology broke pretty much everything,  Kris Kosach was already working at the fault line where music, media, technology, adventure  and storytelling collided.

Kosach is a broadcaster, journalist, producer, writer, podcast creator, and cultural storyteller whose career has spanned television, radio, digital media, travel, and emerging audio platforms for more than two decades. She first gained national recognition as one of the original personalities helping launch MTV2 during a transformative moment in music television, helping define the network’s early voice at a time when alternative culture, indie music, and digital experimentation were reshaping the media landscape.

Long before anyone used the generic sounding term “content creator”, she was navigating the evolving relationship between audiences and authenticity — working across platforms that ranged from live TV and music journalism to travel adventure programming, digital audio production, podcasting, and public radio too!

After her years at MTV2, Kris moved into technology and culture reporting at TechTV, where she explored the rapidly changing intersection of digital entertainment,covering some of Hollywood's firsts before other Entertainment Reports knew what a blog was. And Kris has had a few firsts of her own! She created one fo the first music podcasts, pitched Discovery on their first blog (even when the company had no idea what blogging software was), reecorded CNN's first daily streaming show and more. When mainstream broadcasting still treated technology as a niche subject, Kris' work at TechTV became an early glimpse into the connected world that would eventually reshape music, journalism, entertainment, and everyday life. Kosach’s work placed her directly inside that transition. She wasn't just ahead of the pack- she helped create the pack. 

Over the years, her career expanded across multiple dimensions of media and storytelling from music journalism, to cutting edge alternative and independent radio, and podcast production. This is all in addition to her experience television hosting, emceeing live events and covering live events liek The Grammys, while cultural commentary, and instincively designing a digital strategy when there was no roadmap.  More recently, she has written and created longform narrative audio.

Her work reflects a rare hybrid perspective: equal parts broadcaster, journalist, curator, traveler, producer, and observer of cultural change.

Kosach has contributed to and appeared across numerous media platforms and networks, including work connected to CNN, ABC News, and a range of radio, podcast, and digital media outlets focused on music, culture, lifestyle, and emerging technology. She has also served as a host, correspondent, producer, and interviewer covering artists, innovators, and cultural movements during periods of profound transformation in both entertainment and media.

Much of her work has centered on music discovery and the emotional architecture of culture — how songs, scenes, regional identities, and shared experiences shape people’s understanding of themselves and one another. Her background in alternative music and independent broadcasting emerged during a period when radio still functioned as a form of local identity and human curation rather than algorithmic prediction.

That experience continues to shape her perspective on modern media.

As streaming platforms and social media transformed how audiences consume art and information, Kosach remained deeply interested in questions surrounding authenticity, connection, curation, and cultural memory. What happens when discovery becomes automated? What happens when we stop being real? 

Kris is a staunch advocate for responsible use of AI and will never cheat her way through... including writing every damn word of this bio by hand. Why? Because human storytellers still matter in an increasingly algorithmic world. 

Kosach has also developed a reputation for thoughtful interviewing and emotionally intelligent storytelling, particularly in conversations involving musicians, creatives, travelers, and people navigating periods of reinvention or cultural transition. Her interviewing style blends journalistic curiosity with lived cultural experience and her passion for the stories behind th eart are clear. As Kris says "personal stories create the fabric of our culture." 

In addition to her broadcasting and journalism career, Kosach has remained deeply connected to giving back and the power of nature. You'll just as soon find her teaching the next generation of digital storyteller as you will find her on a mountain trail. 

Did someone way unique? Throughout her career, Kosach has occupied a uniquely transitional generation of media professionals: She's old enough to remember analog broadcasting and still uses some of those old tricks that work quite well in this digital world thank you very much. That said, she was always early enough to help shape digital culture. She was online in 1994!  And with 20+ years expereince, she's experienced enough to understand what has been gained — and lost — during the internet era, making her increasingly relevant in conversations surrounding the evolution of media and music culture, tips and tricks for an digital identity all while building  audience trust through her storytelling and the future of human connection in technology-driven spaces.

Today, Kris Kosach continues to work across multiple forms of storytelling and media development, including writing, podcasting, radio programming, interviewing, cultural commentary, digital strategy, and creative consulting. Her work remains rooted in curiosity, human connection, independent thinking, and a lifelong fascination with how people build meaning through music, stories, places, and shared cultural experiences.

At its core, her career has never simply been about broadcasting. Rather, it has been about translation from analog to digital, from culture to subculture, the juxtaposiiton of technology and humanity, and perhaps most importantly, between real actual human  people searching for something tangible and accessible in this crazy, and rapidly changing universe. 

Get to know Kris. You'll be glad you did.