Aug 18, 2026 · 15 min · 12 segments
In this episode of Yalla, Let's Go!, Erica and Abbey sit down with Nadav Keyson — CEO and co-founder of Riverside, the podcasting and video platform behind Taylor Swift's New Heights interview…
Nadav KeysonGuest
Erica MaromHost
Abbey OnnHost
when, um, a grassroots group of people came together to, we used Riverside to collect testimonies, um, from first responders on the ground, and it was actually only because of Riverside's very unique technology that they record on both devices that we were actually able to get this very important project off the ground.

Had, had your platform ever been used in that kind of way before, or since then, how did it feel to have it used in such, probably a different way than what you ever planned for?

Basically, Riverside, uh, was then used by the national police here in Israel to, uh, to document all of the witness stories.

So it wa- I think for us it was definitely something we had never thought about.

We, we sold the product in a different way to companies, or sell the product into, to a different way to companies, uh, in a bit similar setup where people themselves can record themselves, but now we had to build a whole custom workflow.

I think for us it was- Actually, it was, felt great to be able to do something meaningful because after October 7, it's like, okay, everyone kind of felt like you wanna do something, right? You wanna be useful, you wanna be helpful.

So I think that's why we really jumped also on this opportunity to help, uh, in some small capacity, uh, the situation.

Even we worked together with Noah, Noah Kiel to, to basically g- g- get more attention for the project.

when, um, a grassroots group of people came together to, we used Riverside to collect testimonies, um, from first responders on the ground, and it was actually only because of Riverside's very unique technology that they record on both devices that we were actually able to get this very important project off the ground.

Had, had your platform ever been used in that kind of way before, or since then, how did it feel to have it used in such, probably a different way than what you ever planned for?

Basically, Riverside, uh, was then used by the national police here in Israel to, uh, to document all of the witness stories.

So it wa- I think for us it was definitely something we had never thought about.

We, we sold the product in a different way to companies, or sell the product into, to a different way to companies, uh, in a bit similar setup where people themselves can record themselves, but now we had to build a whole custom workflow.

I think for us it was- Actually, it was, felt great to be able to do something meaningful because after October 7, it's like, okay, everyone kind of felt like you wanna do something, right? You wanna be useful, you wanna be helpful.

So I think that's why we really jumped also on this opportunity to help, uh, in some small capacity, uh, the situation.

Even we worked together with Noah, Noah Kiel to, to basically g- g- get more attention for the project.
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