Steve Cohen is an award-winning media producer, executive, and the founder of Next Horizon Media.

As a podcast veteran, Steve advises and consults several companies and podcasters, including hosts such as James Altucher, Cal Fussman, Jordan Harbinger, and Amy Morin. Steve comes to the table with two decades of broadcasting experience, including work as a producer on shows such as the CBS Early Show and Good Day NY, the top-rated morning show in New York City.

From 2017-2020, Steve served as the managing director the Choose Yourself Network, home to the James Altucher Show. While there, Steve helped James build his brand and attract guests such as Sir Richard Branson and Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to his platform.

Steve’s previous work on the CBS Early Show – in which he produced segments with guests including former presidents Carter, Bush 41 and 43, and President Clinton – earned him an Emmy nomination and a DuPont Award. His role also included collaborations with the Guinness Book of World Records (Guinness Week at the Early Show) and the National Football League (NFL Draft Special).

Steve also formerly served as the manager of news planning for ABC News Radio. He produced the feature Road to the White House, and helped to program the network’s millennium, election, and Olympic coverage.

Cohen started his broadcasting career at WCBS Newsradio88 as a desk assistant and advanced to writer, producer and managing editor before leaving in 1999. Steve earned an AIR Award for his work related to the impeachment of President Clinton. During his first stint with CBS, Steve also worked for CBS Sports, WCBS-TV and CBS Weekend News.

Before landing in PR, Polina worked in the tech industry in program management and consulting for tech giants such as Walmart.com and Intuit. Part storyteller and part ambitious dreamer, Polina would spend her free time in between meetings, reading or dreaming of what how else she could make an impact. After starting her podcast in 2015, Polina fell in love with the podcasting medium, and knew she was finally following the path she was meant to be on. Polina was immediately drawn to PR’s potential to help founders and businesses grow by sharing their stories and knowledge with the world.

Yelena is a  third-generation woman engineer. Yelena’s mother has a Doctorate in Electrical Engineering and Automation and her grandmother was a Coal Mining Technology Engineer (Master’s degree earned in 1929!!) that spent the first 15 years of her long and successful career managing mining shafts underground in Ukraine. These were some tough ladies ahead of their time. It was only natural that Yelena hardly explored what she was meant to do and followed the path of technology like the strong women who set the example.  Whether this was her alling didn’t really inform her decisions. Living in the Bay Area, almost everyone she knew was somehow “in tech” or married to tech, or doing creative things… in tech. It was fun to be in that group.

Amidst the fast-paced cadence of life, Yelena surprised herself (and everyone that knew her) by having 4 kids. While she continued to work, the role of parenthood underscored the need for a deeper quest. Stepping away from her 20+ year career when her youngest daughter was born forced her to reflect on her goals with a different perspective. She wanted to make an impact that imbued who she was as an individual and repurposed all that she had learned and contributed over the years into something that felt more personal. With that in mind, she began to take on roles to help other people carve their own stories in meaningful ways and to help shape how they bring value.