Since UST’s MAX Studios and Spoke Street Media joined forces in a shared vision to grow the Catholic voice for evangelization, they have also been pondering their official brand name. Now, it’s officially official — announcing the one and only MAX Studios!

A Storied Beginning

The MAX Studios name is already a storied one. Founded in 2020 to create video podcasts sharing current content and conversations through a Catholic lens, UST named the studio after St. Maximilian Kolbe due to his innovative use of the media during his time to spread the Gospel message. He built and ran a vast radio and publishing operation, which reached an apostolate far and wide. He had plans to expand even further before he died in Auschwitz, where he volunteered to trade his own life for that of a stranger who was being sent to execution. Using a missionary perspective, MAX Studios encounters the surrounding culture while highlighting the diversity of the Catholic faith tradition and introduces others to the person of Jesus Christ through truth, goodness and beauty. Around the same time, Spoke Street got its start as a successful Catholic podcast network.

Today, unified under the inspiration of St. Maximillian Kolbe and with the MAX Studios moniker, the newly structured team is impacting the world “with a focus on both fun and faith for consumers and creators of powerful media.”

The Team

MAX Studios Executive Producer Bridget Richardson leads MAX Studios and the four new team members from Spoke Street: Project Manager Mariam Schmitz, Creative Lead Kyle Heimann, Podcast Media Manager Andrea Serrani, and Sound Editor Tony Marx. The original MAX Studios team is Creative Director Darnell Miller and Senior Multimedia Producer Cainan Alves.

What’s in a name? You’ll find out. Stay tuned for exciting, upcoming projects, and don’t miss out on the discoveries we will share from July’s National Eucharistic Congress.