By Brett Kaufman. 8 years using relationships to build sales pipelines, from political fundraising to a 7 figure business to running matchmaking for two communities. Over 1,000 introductions facilitated.

M&A podcasts that accept guests include M&A Talk, Acquiring Minds, M&A Science, Search Funded, The M&A Mastermind Podcast and Think Like an Owner. Only a few state how they take pitches, so most bookings come from the host already knowing you, which is the part you can control.

You closed your first deal. Or you are halfway through a search with a story worth telling. Someone tells you to go on podcasts. You open Apple Podcasts, type “M&A,” and get a wall of shows. Some stopped posting years ago. Some never take outside guests.

This page is the short list I would start from. Every show here was checked on its own site or its Apple Podcasts page on October 28, 2026. If a show does not say how it takes guests, the table says so. Nothing is guessed.

I have not been a guest on these shows. What I know is the relationship side: I spent three years in political fundraising, and the people who said yes were the ones who already knew me before I asked. Hosts work the same way.

Which M&A podcasts that accept guests are active now?

The table below lists seven active shows, who hosts each one, and exactly what each says about guests. “Not stated” means the show’s own site gives no guest process, so you reach the host through the relationship, not a form.

Show	Host	Format	How it takes guests (as stated)
M&A Talk	Morgan & Westfield, with Jacob Orosz	Interviews with experts in private equity, valuation, law and finance	Public guest application. Requires direct M&A experience and an M&A topic. Free.
Acquiring Minds	Will Smith	Stories from people who bought a small business, twice a week	Contact form with an “Interview recommendation” option
M&A Science	Kison Patel	Weekly episodes with corporate M&A practitioners	Not stated on the podcast page
Search Funded	Nick Lall	Conversations with acquisition entrepreneurs and ETA investors	Not stated
The M&A Mastermind Podcast	Nick Olsen	Lower middle market practitioners on execution	Not stated
Think Like an Owner	Alex Bridgeman	CEO interviews, now focused on garage door and home services	Not stated
Acquisitions Anonymous	Bill D’Alessandro, Mills Snell, Heather Endresen, Michael Girdley	The hosts review real businesses for sale	Not a guest interview format. A general contact form for collaboration.

Two notes on reading this. First, M&A Talk comes from Morgan & Westfield, a firm that sells small and mid sized companies, so the guest is there to serve owners thinking about selling. Pitch an angle a seller would care about. Second, Think Like an Owner has narrowed to home services. If you own or are buying in that world, it is a strong fit. If not, skip it.

How do you pitch an M&A podcast when there is no form?

You pitch the host, not the show, and only after the host has seen your name a few times. When a show gives no guest process, the booking almost always comes from the host’s network: past guests, listeners who wrote in, people who sent them something useful.

Here is how I would run it.

1. Pick three shows, not twenty. The ones where your story fits the last ten episodes. Listen to two episodes of each, all the way through.
2. Get on the host’s radar first. Comment on what they post with something specific. Answer a question they asked. More on this in how to get booked on podcasts and panels.
3. Give before you ask. Send the host a guest who would be great for their show and is not you. A lender, a seller who just closed, a searcher with a wild story.
4. Then pitch one episode, in four lines. Who you are, the one story, why their listeners would care, and an easy out.
5. If you hear nothing, do not chase. Stay useful. The next touch is a reason, not a bump.

A pitch that fits in a text (illustrative):

“Loved the episode on going from searcher to investor. I closed on a 40 year old HVAC business in March with a seller note that almost broke the deal. Happy to walk through it if it fits. No worries if not.”

What do these hosts want from a guest?

They want a specific story their listeners cannot get anywhere else, told by someone who lived it. Look at the recent episode titles: A recent Acquiring Minds episode is about buying a navy bell maker founded 138 years ago. Search Funded’s latest is about buying a family business without inheriting it. Specific wins.

Your situation	The angle a host can use
Closed your first acquisition	The deal itself: price, structure, what almost killed it
Still searching	What the search is actually like, with numbers you are comfortable sharing
Deal fell apart	The post mortem, honestly
Broker or banker	What owners get wrong before they go to market
Lender or investor	What you say no to, and why

What happens after the episode airs?

The episode is where most guests stop, and where the relationship actually starts. The host now knows you, likes you, and has an audience that heard you. That is worth more than the episode.

Share it well. Send the host one listener reaction. Keep the promises you made off mic. Then stay in light contact so that when they need a guest on short notice, or a return episode, you are the name that comes up. The full plan is in how to get invited back on a podcast, and the record keeping side is in the podcast guest tracking spreadsheet.

Why does this fall apart after the third show?

It falls apart because hosts become 15 more people in a phone that already holds 800. You mean to comment on a host’s post and remember Saturday. You promise a host an intro to a lender and forget by the time you land. Six months later the host books someone who texted last week.

That is the whole problem with stages. They are filled from memory. The playbook for the full set of stage relationships lives in speaking, podcasts and panels.

Keep the hosts in your 10 minutes

FRONT OF MIND opens on your 10 minutes for today. When a host posts, the host shows up with one line saying why today and a draft written like a text, 40 words max. Posts only show if they are confirmed to belong to that person. A promised intro that is due shows up too. Nothing sends without your tap, and it learns from your edits.

Ask Liala out loud, “who do I know that hosts a podcast,” and get the names with why. Your contacts are encrypted. No one on our team looks at them. Export or delete anytime.

Start free with your first 25 contacts and see which host comes up first. See how it works

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