Zadi Diaz

Zadi Diaz
Zadi Diaz (left) with Chuck D of Public Enemy
Born	Zadi Diaz New York City, New York, United States
Nationality	American
Occupation	video director, producer, podcaster
Notable work	Epic Fu, New Mediacracy, Swampy's Underground Adventures, Talking Friends, Explored, Power Up, Blank: A Vinylmation Love Story
Website	zadi.tv

Zadi Diaz is the Executive Producer of YouTube Nation. She is a producer and director, known for founding the web series Epic Fu and co-hosting the podcast New Mediacracy. She has won a number of Webby and Streamy Awards.

Zadi Diaz was born in Harlem, then grew up in the Washington Heights section of New York City, as well as the South Bronx. She is of Dominican descent.

Zadi Diaz co-founded the podcast New Mediacracy in 2006. Created with Steve Woolf and video blogger Steve Garfield, the podcast features candid discussions about online video and new media, and often features popular web series creators as guests. In 2010, Chris McCaleb of Big Fantastic joined the podcast as a regular. Notable guests have included Felicia Day, Mystery Guitar Man, Illeana Douglas, John August and Paul Scheer.

She co-founded Epic Fu, which first premiered as JETSET (also referred to as Jet Set Show) on June 1, 2006 and was geared towards a young audience. Amanda Congdon and Andrew Baron were initially tied to the first few episodes of the production, but the partnership dissolved with the Rocketboom split in July 2006.