Chase Chewning

Chase Chewning is a Virginia native who grew up in the family home in southwest Virginia and played baseball throughout school.⁠[1]

He is a U.S. Army veteran who served six years of active duty; a February 23, 2026 episode of the podcast “No Limit Leadership” was titled after his path from Army intelligence to inner awareness.⁠[1][2]

In 2013 he graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University’s undergraduate program in Health, Physical Education and Exercise Science; he later completed an M.S. in Health Promotion at American University in Washington, D.C., and holds credentials as an ACE Certified Health Coach and a TRX Certified Suspension Trainer.⁠[1]

In 2017 he launched the podcast “Ever Forward Radio with Chase Chewning,” which features conversations with people in health, nutrition, mindset, and personal development and is published by Operation Podcast. By 2026 the show had about 1,000 episodes on Apple Podcasts; his website states that it has over 3,000,000 downloads.⁠[3][4][1]

On June 25, 2026, the YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is Google’s video-sharing and creator platform, founded in 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim and acquired by Google in 2006. Built around video uploading, viewing, and creator earnings, the platform has developed Shorts, YouTube Music, Premium, YouTube TV, and products for children, and is headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States.Open the full entry channel Hard Knocks Business published the short video “$1.2 MILLION Podcast Studio,” whose description says it went behind the scenes of Operation Podcast in Los Angeles and introduces him by his YouTube handle @ChaseChewning; his name is not spoken in the video. In it he said the studio’s clients include celebrities, musicians, and content creators, and that it had just moved and been remodeled.⁠[5][5]

In the video he said the studio was on track for 1.1 to 1.2 million dollars in revenue that year, that the build-out of the new space cost about 30,000 to 35,000 dollars, that clients were roughly half recurring and half new, and that growth had come entirely from word of mouth until he started running ads about two months earlier.⁠[5][5][5][5]

He said the studios from Santa Monica to West Hollywood use uniform equipment, including Shure SM7B microphones, Sony FX3 cameras, a Rodecaster video switcher, and a Rodecaster Pro II soundboard, so that clients get the same quality at each location.⁠[5]

On July 16, 2026, Hard Knocks Business published the compilation video “Asking Foreign Millionaires How To Make Your First $1,000,000!,” filmed around Beverly Hills, CaliforniaBeverly HillsBeverly Hills is an incorporated city in Los Angeles County, California, known for its film-industry residents, Rodeo Drive shopping district and hotels. Incorporated on January 28, 1914, it covers about 5.71 square miles and recorded 32,701 residents in the 2020 census. It operates under a council–manager system. The Metro D Line extension reached Wilshire/La Cienega in May 2026.Open the full entry, whose chapter “Touring an LA podcast studio” contains a longer cut of his interview. In it he said that there are about 5 to 6 million shows on Apple Podcasts but only around 40% of them are active, meaning they publish new content at least every 90 days.⁠[6][6]

He said that in Los Angeles a monthly membership model does not work for a podcast studio, because clients will spend hundreds or thousands of dollars per session but will not commit month to month, so his studio charges à la carte (video at 00:40).⁠[5]

He advised anyone starting a studio from zero to think about post-production first and to offer a turnkey recording-and-editing package from the initial offer (video at 01:29).⁠[5]

He said a studio’s core value is saving clients time, and that while AI can do a lot, the human touch is still required (video at 01:44).⁠[5]

He said the key to making a podcast stand out is consistent publishing (video at 10:06).⁠[6]

He founded Operation Podcast, a Los Angeles-based podcast studio and production company that provides podcast production and consulting services; the business shifted from online courses toward full-service production and physical studios.⁠[3][1]

Operation Podcast lists “Santa Monica Podcast Studio (Studio A)” in Santa Monica on the venue rental platform Peerspace under the host name “Chase C.”; the studio fits a host and three guests and includes an engineer for audio and video equipment.⁠[7]

Personal website: https://chasechewning.com/ (opens in a new window).⁠[1]

Operation Podcast: Official website: https://www.operationpodcast.com/ (opens in a new window).⁠[1]

X: Public account: https://x.com/ChaseChewning (opens in a new window).⁠[1]

LinkedInLinkedInLinkedIn is a social networking platform for professionals. It was founded in 2002 by Reid Hoffman and others, launched in 2003, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2011; after Microsoft acquired it for approximately $26.2 billion in 2016, it became a wholly owned Microsoft subsidiary. Its revenue comes from membership subscriptions, advertising, and recruitment solutions.Open the full entry: Public profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chasechewning (opens in a new window).⁠[1]

YouTube: Public channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBKF92Pz9PXs70s_AN3-YrA (opens in a new window).⁠[1]