Content Club

Content Club is a video and podcast studio on North Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago’s Wicker Park and Bucktown area. Established in 2024, it rents its studio for podcasts, interviews and brand content and also offers video production, podcast production, event coverage and editing for creators, businesses and teams. The acoustically treated studio is lit for video and built around interchangeable backdrops, furniture and accent lighting, so each show can pick its own look. According to Content Club, its clients include Netflix, Roku, Compass and 1871.

Podcast sets and backdrops

• Backdrops: curtains for a clean, focused look, a greenery wall, an office backdrop, a green screen, and white or black color backdrops.
• Layouts: white chairs for interviews, an oval desk with chairs for podcasts, and a sofa and chairs for four-person group conversations.
• Lighting: professional lighting with adjustable color backlights, and camera angles set to suit each format.

Cameras and audio

• Three Sony FX3 cameras.
• Rode microphones on white or black microphone arms.
• A Rodecaster Pro II audio board and an ATEM capture board.

Studio sessions and production support

A studio rental includes a recording-ready room, lighting, audio setup, camera support, on-site technical help and same-day handoff of raw files. A/V technicians, cinematographers, producers and creative directors can support larger projects, and editing, captions, social clips and finished episodes can be added. Content Club also films on location and edits footage that clients bring in.

Booking

Studio sessions are requested through Content Club’s website or by phone. The team confirms the setup, scope and date before each session and responds to inquiries the same day. Guests wait in the studio’s lobby before recording.