Benjamin Strouse

Peabody Award-winning creator Ben Strouse oversees Gen-Z Media, the studio behind the biggest middle-grade and family podcast mysteries and adventures. Its slate of more than 20 shows includes “Six Minutes,” the most downloaded family drama in history; “Tomorrow,” an expansion of the iconic “Annie” universe; and the Peabody Award-winning classic “Mars Patel.” GZM shows have won nearly all major podcasting awards that stand for great quality programming. More significantly, GZM podcasts have been widely adopted by thousands of middle-grade teachers across the U.S. and Canada to increase classroom engagement markedly and provide equal access to higher-level thinking for students of all levels.