HERA Media

The UK’s first female-focused and female-led AI and video podcast network.

Stories told through a female lens. Politics, true crime, business, relationships. Co-founded by Nishma Patel Robb, Rosie Allimonos and Kirsty Hunter.

A tech-media business built for how people actually watch now.

HERA Media co-founders Nishma Patel Robb, Rosie Allimonos and Kirsty Hunter, photographed by Sane Seven
What is HERA

A podcast network that doesn't sound like every other podcast network.

HERA was born from a simple observation: the most interesting women in the room rarely get the microphone. We're fixing that. Not with polite panel shows. With proper stories, sharp opinions, and production that looks and sounds like it gives a damn.

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Video-first

Every show is built for video. Not radio repurposed for YouTube. Cinematic, visual, designed for how people actually consume content in 2026.

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AI-powered production

We use AI across the entire pipeline. Research, scripting, editing, distribution. It means a small team can produce at the quality of a large one. That's the whole point.

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Female-led, not female-lite

Founded, hosted and produced by women. Covering every topic, not just the ones the industry thinks women care about. Politics. Crime. Business. Money. Power. All of it.

The media industry keeps talking about the creator economy. We're building the infrastructure for it. Female voices, AI tools, stories that people actually want to watch.
The founders

Three women. Three decades of media. One network.

HERA Media co-founders on set, photographed by Sane Seven

Nishma Patel Robb
Co-Founder
Brand strategist for the AI era. Decade at Google UK, where she launched YouTube commercially and helped launch Bard (now Gemini). Founder of Unmissable advisory and Glittersphere community. President of the History of Advertising Trust. Makes founders, leaders and brands impossible to ignore.

Rosie Allimonos
Co-Founder
Technologist who built YouTube’s Creator Economy. Scaled Instagram Reels across EMEA. Drove $350M+ in media investments at BBC & Google. Advises global content businesses and studios.

Kirsty Hunter
Co-Founder
Emmy-winning Producer behind hit series for Audible, BBC & Netflix. Formerly Fremantle, Sony & All3Media. Founder of StoryHunter Studios, known for bold series that cut through the noise. Owns and produces hit video podcast show Lady Killers, now in its 8th season.

HERA isn’t a side project. It’s a registered company backed by real expertise, and built to scale.

The network

Shows that cover everything. Through a female lens.

HERA is building a slate of original shows across every genre. Each one is video-first, AI-enhanced, and hosted by women who actually have something to say.

Business
Business + Brands

Coming soon

What really happens when you build something from scratch. The funding rounds, the failures, the moments nobody talks about on LinkedIn.

Politics
Politics + Power

Coming soon

Political commentary that doesn't require a Westminster postcode to understand. Sharp, opinionated, and refreshingly direct.

Crime
True Crime

Coming soon

True crime through a different lens. Not exploitation. Investigation, context, and stories that haven't been told to death already.

Relationships
Relationships + Life

Coming soon

Honest conversations about the stuff that actually keeps you up at night. Relationships, boundaries, money, ambition, and everything in between.

Tech
Tech + AI

Coming soon

AI and technology explained by people who actually use it, not just theorise about it. Practical, opinionated, and jargon-free.

Culture
Culture + Entertainment

Coming soon

Film, TV, music, books, and the cultural moments that shape how we think. Reviews, deep dives, and the conversations you wish you were having.

The AI advantage

AI is the amplifier. The stories are the point.

Every HERA show uses AI across the production pipeline. Not to replace the humans. To let a small, brilliant team compete with the big networks.

Research at scale

AI-powered research means deeper stories, faster. Every episode is backed by more context than a traditional team could compile in weeks.

Production efficiency

From scripting assistance to edit assembly to clip generation. AI handles the repetitive work so the creative team can focus on what matters.

Smart distribution

AI-driven clip selection, thumbnail testing, and audience targeting. Every piece of content works harder because the distribution is smarter.

Multi-format output

One recording becomes a full episode, shorts, social clips, newsletter content, and audiograms. AI makes the content engine sustainable.

Work with HERA

Sponsors.
Commissions.
Brilliant talent.

We're looking for sponsors who want to reach engaged female audiences, commissions for new shows, and talent with a brilliant idea that must be made. Through a female lens, obviously.