Building Interactive Audio Experiences in Hit Replay – Spooler x Pantheon Media.

Article by Sounds Profitable

October 21, 2025

In a new deep-dive conversation, Bryan Barletta is joined by Spooler co-founders James Boggs and Andy Bower, as well as Pantheon Media co-founders Christian Swain and Peter Ferioli. The group spends a half-hour breaking down how the two companies came together to create Hit Replay, an interactive podcast puzzle game produced in partnership with the San Francisco Travel Association to promote the Grateful Dead @ 60 – San Francisco Legacy project.

Over half an hour, the four chat with Barletta about the motivations behind Hit Replay, as well as philosophies about combining podcasting and generative AI audio.