UNGA 2026 in NYC: Turn Your Visit Into a Professional Podcast
UNGA 2026 in NYC: Turn Your Visit Into a Professional Podcast
Every September, the United Nations General Assembly brings an extraordinary concentration of global leaders, executives, diplomats, advocates, researchers, journalists and subject-matter experts to New York City.
The 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly opens September 8, 2026, followed by a busy schedule of high-level meetings and events throughout Manhattan.
For organizations coming to New York for UNGA, that creates a unique content opportunity:
Some of the people you most want to speak with may already be in Midtown Manhattan.
Why not bring them together and record a podcast?
Your Next Great Podcast Guest May Already Be in NYC
Booking high-profile podcast guests can be challenging. Calendars need to align, travel needs to be coordinated and schedules can stretch months into the future.
UNGA changes that equation.
Executives, nonprofit and NGO leaders, policy experts, government representatives, academics, advocates, journalists and other influential voices from around the world converge on New York during the same relatively short period.
A professional podcast recording can turn that access into content that continues working long after UNGA ends.
Murray Hill Studios (MHS), located at 248 East 35th Street in Midtown Manhattan, is just minutes from United Nations Headquarters, making it particularly convenient for guests whose schedules revolve around UNGA.
Instead of asking a guest to travel across the city for an interview, organizations can incorporate a recording into an already busy day in Midtown.
Audio Podcast? Video Podcast? Why Not Both?
Podcasting is no longer exclusively an audio medium.
Recording video alongside professional podcast audio gives organizations significantly more ways to use a great conversation.
In addition to the complete podcast episode, the same recording can potentially generate:
Short social media videos
Executive and guest soundbites
LinkedIn content
Website videos
Internal communications
Promotional clips
Short-form vertical content
Material for future campaigns
One thoughtful conversation can become the foundation for an entire collection of content.
Murray Hill Studios offers professional video podcast production with high-quality microphones, multi-camera video, professional lighting and experienced production personnel.
Depending on the needs of the project, MHS can also provide live switching, graphics, remote guest integration and post-production.
The goal is to maintain the comfortable, conversational quality that makes podcasts compelling while providing the professional production quality expected by major organizations and brands.
Record One Episode — Or Build an Entire UNGA Series
UNGA can also be an opportunity to work efficiently.
Instead of scheduling a single interview, consider recording several conversations while your team and potential guests are already in New York.
A nonprofit or NGO might interview leaders addressing different aspects of its mission.
A global company could speak with executives and partners representing different regions or areas of expertise.
An advocacy or policy organization might create a series exploring several perspectives on an issue being discussed during UNGA.
A PR or communications agency could produce a series for a client featuring a different expert or thought leader in each episode.
Depending on the format and schedule, multiple podcast conversations can be recorded during a concentrated studio booking.
You leave New York with more than memories from UNGA. You leave with a library of original content.
Use the Moment to Create Thought Leadership
There’s another reason podcasting makes particular sense during UNGA.
The conversations don’t have to be about UNGA.
Your executives and guests are together because of the General Assembly, but the content you create can address larger, more evergreen topics.
What is changing in your industry?
What challenges need to be solved?
Where is meaningful progress being made?
What does your organization believe needs to happen next?
What have your experts learned that would be valuable to a wider audience?
Those conversations can remain relevant long after September.
Rather than simply documenting that your organization was present at UNGA, you can use the opportunity to demonstrate expertise, share ideas and create genuine thought leadership.
Bring In Guests From Around the World
Of course, not everyone you want in the conversation will be in New York.
That’s okay.
Murray Hill Studios has extensive experience with virtual and hybrid production and can incorporate remote participants into professionally produced programs.
That means your host and featured guest might be sitting together in the studio while another expert joins remotely from London, Geneva, Nairobi or virtually anywhere else.
Or your executive can be at MHS while a host or interviewer participates remotely.
Your UNGA conversation doesn’t have to be limited to the people who can physically make it to the studio.
Create a Look That Fits Your Organization
A professional podcast doesn’t have to look like every other podcast.
MHS offers a variety of in-house set pieces, furniture and backgrounds that can be mixed and matched pending availability to create different environments for your production.
Depending on the project, that might mean a comfortable conversational setting, a more corporate environment, a roundtable look or something designed to complement your organization’s brand.
Existing MHS set elements allow clients to create a polished environment without automatically requiring the time and expense of a custom set build.
If a completely custom environment is required, that can be discussed as well.
A Professional Environment Without a One-Size-Fits-All Package
UNGA schedules can change quickly. Production requirements vary just as much.
That’s why flexibility matters.
Murray Hill Studios offers flexible production packages based on the scope of each project.
Some clients may simply need the studio and technical support.
Others may want MHS to provide cameras, lighting, audio, crew and live switching.
Still others may want a complete turnkey package that continues through editing and delivery of the finished podcast and additional content.
If you’re bringing your own production team to New York, we can work with them.
If you’re arriving without one, we can provide one.
The objective isn’t to force every podcast into the same package. It’s to understand what you’re trying to accomplish and build the appropriate production around it.
Make UNGA Last Longer Than a Week
Organizations invest significant time and resources bringing their people to New York during the United Nations General Assembly.
Think about what you can create while they’re here.
A conversation recorded during one hour in September can become a full-length podcast, video program, social campaign and source of thought-leadership content that continues reaching audiences for weeks or months afterward.
And when many of the people you want to interview are already gathered in the same city, it may be one of the best opportunities of the year to make it happen.
Coming to New York for UNGA 2026?
The 81st United Nations General Assembly opens September 8, followed by High-Level Week and the General Debate later in the month.
If your organization will be in New York, now is the time to start planning your podcast production and reserving studio time.
Whether you’re considering one important interview, several podcast episodes or an entire UNGA content series, Murray Hill Studios offers professional audio and video production, experienced crews, flexible packages and a convenient Midtown Manhattan location just minutes from the United Nations.
Contact Murray Hill Studios to discuss UNGA 2026 podcast availability and let’s create something worth sharing long after everyone leaves New York.