My name is Jonathan Hirsch. I’m an award-winning producer, author, and podcast executive. I’m the founder of Neon Hum Media, and currently am the VP of Global Podcasts for Sony Music Entertainment.

Following the release of the #1 podcast Dear Franklin Jones — which detailed my childhood in a rural Northern California cult — I launched the award-winning podcast production company Neon Hum. A long list of hit shows followed: Bag Man with Rachel Maddow, The Thing About Pam from Dateline, Dr. Death from Wondery, and Room 20 from The LA Times.

In 2024, Neon Hum was acquired by Sony Music Entertainment, and I joined Sony’s podcast team as VP of Global Podcasts. I oversee the US creative slate, which includes

Throughout, I’ve continued to write, report, and produce. Those works include My Fugitive Dad, I Am Rama, and Scary Terri. My Memoir, The Mind Is Burning: losing my father to a cult and dementia is out this year from Simon and Schuster.

From the creator of the #1 hit podcast Dear Franklin Jones, this moving audio memoir follows Jonathan Hirsch’s experience caring for his father battling dementia, his childhood in a cult in Northern California, and the complicated journey of losing a loved one who mistreated you.