The Podcast Studies Podcast

Robert Gutsche, is a leading scholar in the field of Journalism Studies where he applies critical cultural theory to investigate issues of power in journalism. He is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Critical Digital Media Practice at Lancaster University in the UK and Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Informatics at Vytautas Magnus University in Lithuania. As a journalist, his work appeared in The Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, the Guardian, and various other regional and local news outlets in the U.S. Gutsche has led digital innovation related to multimedia journalism, including through the use of virtual reality and other immersive media in storytelling and research at Florida International University in Miami, as well as dynamic storytelling at the University of Missouri’s Reynolds Journalism Institute, and non-profit news collaborations with the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Iowa. As host and producer of The J-Word Podcast Robert ask, from a range of perspectives, what is journalism? How can we make it better? What does "better" look like? The podcast features discussions with academics and professionals who've published recently in Journalism Practice. The focus of the conversations includes assessing the transformations of advancing digital technologies in journalism, social issues and conditions that journalists (need to) cover, and the future of the field. Articles featured in the episodes are temporarily made free access for citizens, journalists, scholars, and students. While the discussions are rooted in research, they are approached to influence practice.   Dario introduces the show by ruminating on what the recent events with regards to Joe Rogan and Spotify. What the discourse might mean podcasting in the nexus of ordinary conversation as free speech, the editorial responsibilities of institutionalised broadcasting, and how popularity and influence can contextualise those issues. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcaststudiespodcast/message

We're excited to share a podcast submitted to us by Robin Davies, Professor of Media Studies at Vancouver Island University. Originally broadcast as a radio program on CHLY FM in Nanaimo, British Columbia, it features a series of short podcasts that were created as a cross-disciplinary assignment between Criminology students taught by Professor Lauren Mayes and Media Studies students taught by Professor Davies. Discussing diverse topics from the over-incarceration of Indigenous Peoples to the stigma surrounding drug users, these short podcasts are interspersed with reflections and feedback from the students who created them. The students tell us how the assignment was more meaningful to them because they were collaborating on work that would be broadcast and distributed as a podcast which would make their work accessible to listeners beyond the classroom. This collaborative practice exemplifies how podcasting can be utilised as a pedagogical tool to engender creative practice, critical thinking and self-reflection. A transcript of this episode is available here.  If you are interested in submitting a podcast for distribution through the Podcast Studies Podcast feed, contact us at Podcaststudiespodcast@gmail.com. Or reach out to us on Twitter @PodStudiesPod --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcaststudiespodcast/message

In this episode, Dario talks to Terry Lee. Terry is Senior Tutor in Radio & Audio at the University of Bedfordshire and is also responsible for the award-winning Radio LaB 97.1FM. He has had a long career in independent and commercial radio including managing Norwich's Future radio. In 2018, he started Fantastic Noise a podcast primarily aimed at students studying radio, and featuring the experienced voices of radio professionals and experts. Along with talking about the formation and production of Fantastic Noise, the conversation covers how students of radio approach and understand the use of sound in the digital age, podcast and radio's symbiotic relationship, and the future of audio technology and its impact on media specificity. We are also taken around the podcast neighborhood by Jess Schmidt. Her recommendations this week are The Lolita Podcast from iHeart Radio and hosted by writer-comedian Jamie Loftus (My Year in Mensa) that uses the misunderstanding and infamy around Nabakov's classic as a jumping-off point for discussions of false media narratives. Also recommended is Blank Check, a film podcast that reviews successful directors' complete filmographies, getting to the point where they were given free rein to pursue a passion project. Lori also discusses a recent talk she gave at the Birmingham Centre for Media and Cultural Research as part of a research seminar on Podcasting, Discoverability, and Listener engagement. You can listen to the full seminar here. Terry also recommends The Skewer a Charlie Brooker-esque satirical comedy show with great sound production, and The Offensive, a Mockumentary series like The Office or The Thick of It in tone, but focusing on a fictional premier league football team. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcaststudiespodcast/message

Welcome to the first episode of the new season of The Podcast Studies Podcast (formerly New Aural Cultures). We are absolutely delighted to have Dr. Reginold Royston on the show, whose article Podcasts and New Orality in the African Mediascape is the focus of the discussion.  A transcript of this episode is available. Dr. Royston is a media anthropologist and digital humanities researcher, jointly appointed in the School of Information (formerly SLIS) and the Department of African Cultural Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He teaches courses on the political economy of information, race/class/gender/identity in tech, Africa, and internet practices in developing world contexts. He also coordinates the Black Arts + Data Futures group through the Borghesi-Mellon Interdisciplinary Workshop in the Humanities at the UW-Madison Center for Humanities.  The conversation covers the context of African podcasting, researching from a diaspora identity, tech entrepreneurialism as a genre, the concepts of secondary and new orality, the influence of African oral traditions, and the dialogic formulas that structure podcasts discussion. For this season Dario is joined by a new regular (I mean deluxe) co-host Lori Beckstead. Lori is a professor of audio and digital media at the RTA School of Media at “X” University (undergoing a name change), where she teaches courses in radio production, sound design, and digital media production. Also, as a sound artist, she has a particular interest in soundscape recording and interactive installation art. Dario and Lori give an overview of their interests for the coming season. We are also delighted to have a new recommendation segment (or a podcast neighbourhood walk) featuring podcast producer and all-around guru Jess Schmidt. Jess is a podcast producer and consultant based in Calgary, Alberta. She recently completed a Master of Media Production at "X" University, and listens to more podcasts than anyone Lori has ever known.  Shownotes Podcasts Dr. Royston mentions: Building the Future  African Tech Roundup Afroqueer history Accra We Dey Gorga podcast Shanti tree Pod-Africa Platform Africa Past and Present Podcast Africa Pod festival Jess’ recommendations: Dan Misener's Podcast Neighbourhoods You’re Wrong About We Need to Talk about Britney --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcaststudiespodcast/message

Shownotes Welcome to the new season of New Aural Cultures Podcast. In this first episode of 2021, Dario Llinares speaks to PhD candidate from Monash University (Melbourne) Daniel Bacchieri about his fantastic project Streetmusicmap radio. The project combines a comprehensive archive of global street musicians organised through a digital map linking to and instagram page of footage from artists performing from all over the world. Allied to this is the podcast StreetMusicMap Radio (http://streetmusicmelbourne.com/podcast-episodes/) features an eclectic mix of musicians, primarily from Melbourne, discussing their creative practice, the life of a street musician and questions around performance, the urban experience, economics and the effect of the pandemic on street music.  Dario's opening remarks looks back on a tumultuous few weeks and months, along with looking forwards to the future of the New Aural Cultures podcast, the form the show will take and potential collaborations. He also comments upon recent discussions around the origin of podcasting and how that gets framed from difference perspectives. (If you would like a transcript of Dario's opening remarks, email him at d.llinares@brighton.ac.uk.) Links Daniel Bacchieri on Twitter Dario Llinares on Twitter Global map of street musicians Streetmusicmap Instagram feed Playlists Dario mention this article in the Verge by Michael McDowell on Pro-tools and it's exclusionary effects in the podcast industry. The SpokenWeb Podcast Amplify Network Eric Nuzum's article - The Story of the First Podcast Feed John Sullivan's tweet that alerted me to the online debate on podcasting's birthday. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcaststudiespodcast/message

Bias in the news is a hot topic and is the focus of News in Context, a weekly podcast focused on discussing the issues that impact how information is delivered, how we consume it, and how that affects our interactions with each other. In this episode, Prof. Lori Beckstead talks to creator and host of News in Context Dr. Gina Baleria. A former broadcast and digital journalist, Gina now teaches journalism, media writing, & digital content creation and delivery at Sonoma State University. In this wide-ranging conversation, issues covering include: Navigating information in the Digital Age, Audio journalistic forms, the role of the journalist in news, control of media content, economic considerations of podcast journalism, and much more. Dario introduces the episode with some reflections on the end of the academic year, continuing research and life generally, offers a few Podcast Studies recommendations, and outlines so news about a 'rebranding' of New Aural Cultures and that is coming for the new academic year. Shownotes Saving New Sounds: Podcast Preservation and Historiography - editing by Jeremy Wade Morris and Eric Hoyt Phantom Power Podcast Lounge Ruminator Podcast SpokenWeb Shortcuts: Alone Together If you want to contribute to New Aural Cultures or have any feedback on the show contact Dario at: d.llinares@brighton.ac.uk Gina's research on using digital storytelling to counteract othering and foster inclusivity: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10668926.2019.1689207 https://scholarworks.calstate.edu/concern/theses/12579t79b Writing and Reporting the News for the 21st Century: the Speed at Which We Travel -  https://titles.cognella.com/writing-and-reporting-the-news-for-the-21st-century-9781516526789 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcaststudiespodcast/message

Dario is joined in this episode by two of the leading lights of Podcast Studies to discuss some of the major changes in podcasting infrastructure and their implications. Apple’s decision to add a mechanism for paid subscriptions to its podcasting architecture is a move that is arguably as significant as when the iTunes first specified podcasting in its audio listening directory. In a recent article in The Conversation co-written by John Sullivan (Professor of Media and Communication, Muhlenberg College), Kim Fox (Professor of Practice in Journalism and Mass Communication, American University in Cairo) & Richard Berry (Senior Lecturer in Radio, University of Sunderland) place this transformation in the context of wider shifts in podcasting's industrial and economic infrastructure. John and Richard discuss with Dario the key points of the article (Kim was unfortunately double-booked with another meeting at the last minute), including how the big tech companies are fighting for market share over content and technological delivery in various ways, what impact this will have on the ways shows are developed, produced and listened to, along with the question of whether this signals the end to the more creative, open-source democratic ethos that is often associated with the medium. Shownotes Richard mentions Fiona Sturges Guardian article: A real turn off: Are celebrities ruining podcasting? Richard recommends The Lazarus Heist & Cold Case Crime Cuts John recommends Podland Podcast & 1800 Seconds on Autism Dario recommends Floodlines and Crushed If you enjoy the show please consider sharing and commenting on your social media networks. If you are engaged in audio work of any kind and would like to discuss it on the show, please email d.llinares@brighton.ac.uk --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcaststudiespodcast/message

The role of early career researchers is absolutely fundamental to the emergence and future development of “Podcast Studies”. And today I’m delighted to be joined by two such scholars whose own research is expanding the horizons of how podcasting is being theorized and analysed, AND, who are providing organisation, leadership & support for other ECRs in podcasting. This is particularly in light of their recent organisation of an International Graduate Symposium on Emerging in Podcast Studies. Dario talk's Alyn Euritt whose research uses discourse analysis to expressions of Intimacy in podcasting, and Jeff Donison whose work focuses on marginalized voices in the context of Canadian podcasting. They discuss their research along withing the broad context of the emerging discipline podcast studies and introduce two short recordings from contributors to the symposium who also summarise their work. These contributors are Martin Feld, Freja Sørine Adler Berg, Waqar Ahmed, Tegan Bratcher, and Nele Heise. If you would like access to the panel presentations please email Alyn Euritt and mention you heard the New Aural Cultures episode on the symposium and she will give you access. You would like to appear on New Aural Cultures to discuss your Podcasting or Sound-Based research please email Dario Llinares: d.llinares@brighton.ac.uk. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcaststudiespodcast/message

In this episode, it was my pleasure to discuss politics, podcasting and the media more broadly with one of the top political commentators in the country Steve Richards. Steve is the host of Rock and Roll politics, a podcast that showcases his talent for the single voice monologue and we discuss this format, Steve's personal inspiration - the historian and broadcaster A.J.P. Taylor - and how it differs from dialogue and panel formats in production and delivery. We analyse the audience for Rock and Roll politics and the possibility of building a community, when podcasting is generally, an individualised experience. Also, we go into detail as to the role of BBC and the structure of the media in general, and think about contemporary journalistic practices in the social media age, indeed how podcasting sits at the intersection of old and new media. I couldn't let Steve go without commenting on the impact of Brexit and Pandemic on the current political situation particularly in terms of the problems of the left. So the episode coincides with a weekend of political upheaval after the local elections, which I reflect upon in my opening remakes. Steve is one of the best media voices out there so I hope our audience really enjoy this discussion. Shownotes Steve Richards on Twitter Dario Llinares on Twitter The Prime Ministers By Steve Richards - Print Book - Audible Turning Points - Unscripted reflections by Steve Richards - BBC series The Week in Westminster by Steve Richards --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcaststudiespodcast/message

Today Dario talks to PhD student studying at the University of Paris, Ella Waldmann, about her recently published article From Storytelling to Story Listening: How the Hit Podcast S-Town Reconfigured the Production and Reception of Narrative Non-Fiction. We discuss the literary aesthetics and structures of the show, the storytelling devices used to shape an experience that explicitly calls to the novel as modernist form. We speculate on whether this is an example of podcasting attempted to assert a cultural credibility and how this is further imbued through discussion of the shows production and reception, with a marketing discourse that undoubtedly seeks to capitalise on the podcasting literary pretensions. Also, Dario's monologue takes stock of the discipline of Podcast Studies after speaking at a recent panel hosted by Concordia University and our partners at the SpokenWeb podcast. His reflections also link to recent news regarding further reformations in podcast infrastructures as both Spotify and Apple announce plans for subscription only content and reconfigurations of their podcast software interfaces to accommodate this. If you want more background on these developments I suggest reading the latest BelloCollective newsletter which offers a succinct summary and links to further articles.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcaststudiespodcast/message

In this episode, Dario talks to a producer and host with his finger on the pulse of the American podcasting landscape, Matty Staudt. Matty has been obsessed with audio broadcasting since childhood, listening to seminal shows such as Bob and Ray's morning show and Dr Demento. Moving into radio at the first opportunity Matty quickly became an an on-air host, morning show lead and executive producer at stations as WJFK in Washington DC, WNEW in New York City, Alice Radio (KLLC) and Live 105 (KITS) in San Francisco. In 2007, Matty redirected his radio career toward the new world of podcasting; becoming a pioneer at Stitcher as their first  Director of Content.  Matty has been a consultant for top companies like Cisco, Sirius/XM, and The Federal Reserve Bank, creating branded content podcasts, coaching hosts and producers, and formulating dynamic podcast strategies since 2011. He’s hosted several podcasts including his "Access Podcast" (a cousin of New Aural Cultures it seems), interviewing some of the best podcasters in the industry.  As a professor at The Academy of Art University in San Francisco, Matty launched one of the nation’s first university-level podcasting departments in 2012. In 2017, Matty encapsulated the radio/podcast convergence when he joined iHeartRadio as the radio industry’s first Vice President of Podcast Programming.  As president of Jam Street Media, founded in 2020, he has helped launch a slate of new titles including Big Swing Podcast a podcast hosted by Dodgers pitcher Ross Stripling and longtime sports fan Cooper Surles with pro athlete guests, talking about sports, pop culture, business, and everything in between. It’s where athletes go to talk about sports, Deep Dive with Vanessa Mdee a talk show hosted by the International pop star and personality, featuring inspirational guests, personal stories, and poetry, and Deep Cover: The Real Donnie Brasco features the true stories as told by the real Donnie Brasco, Joe Pistone, about his time with the mob. Sometimes the real story is better than the movie. Don't forget to check out our partner, the SpokenWeb Podcast. They have a brilliant new episode out this month entitled: Listening Ethically to the Spoken Word. Matty Staudt on Twitter. Dario Llinares on Twitter New Aural on Twitter. If you like the show please share on your social networks. If you have an idea for a programme you would like to distribute through New Aural Cultures please email: d.llinares@brighton.ac.uk --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcaststudiespodcast/message

In this episode, New Aural Cultures is delighted to be collaborating with the SpokenWeb podcast. Produced by a collective of researchers who are dedicated to the discovery and preservation of sonic artefacts that have captured literary events of the past, SpokenWeb is both a vital resource for the analysis of the spoken word history in Canada and beyond, and a vital intervention into the present and future of literary performance, communication and knowledge exchange from critical and pedagogical perspectives. The podcast is hosted and produced by previous New Aural Cultures guests Hannah MacGregor and Stacey Copeland respectively. The episode we bring you is entitled Cylinder talks and features Director of the SpokenWeb Network and Professor at Concordia University – Jason Camlot – in conversation with SpokenWeb podcast supervising producer and Simon Fraser University PhD candidate – Stacey Copeland – and explores how sound studies is being taken up in the literary classroom. Together we listen back to select “Cylinder Talk” sound production assignments created by Concordia graduate students, and unpack the experiences, ideas and discussions that the production and study of sound can incite across disciplines. A 3-minute audio project assigned to students in Jason’s most recent graduate seminar – Literary Listening as Cultural Technique – the Cylinder Talk draws on a history of early spoken sound recordings, inviting us into an embodied sonic engagement with literature studies.The episode features sound work by Alexandra Sweny, Sara Adams, Aubrey Grant and Andrew Whiteman. Cylinder Talks Featured: Alexandra Sweny,  “Ethics of Field Recording in Irv Teibel’s Environments Series” — Sound Clips:  Original recordings of Montreal by Alexandra Sweny. Sara Adams,  “Henry Mayhew and Victorian London” — Sound Clips: “Victorian Street.” British Library, Sounds, Sound Effects. Collection: Period Backgrounds.  Editor, Benet Bergonzi.  Published, 1994. Aubrey Grant,  “Poe’s Impossible Sound” — Sound Clips: Lucier, Alvin. I Am Sitting in a Room, Lovely Music Ltd., 1981. Andrew Whiteman,  “Bronze lance heads” — Sound Clips: —“Robert Duncan Lecture on Ezra Pound” March 26, 1976, U of San Diego; accessed from Penn Sound Robert Duncan’s author page. (https://writing.upenn.edu/pennsound/x/Duncan.php) —“Ezra Pound recites Canto 1” 1959; accessed from Penn Sound Ezra Pound’s author page (https://writing.upenn.edu/pennsound/x/Pound.php) — —“The Sound of Pound: A Listener’s Guide” by Richard Siebruth, interview with Al Filreis May 22, 2007. (https://writing.upenn.edu/pennsound/x/Pound.php) — Sampled 1940s film music; date and origin unknown. — Original music; composed by Andrew Whiteman, Dec 2020. Click here to visit the episode's website. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcaststudiespodcast/message

Alyssa Chafee is the co-producer and host of the Vagina Museum podcast which explores, in a playful yet in-depth tone, the cultural history and symbolism of what is still remains a taboo subject. Alyssa talks to Dario about her MA thesis in science podcasting audiences, he work with the Vagina Museum, and the idea and development of the podcast. Also under discussion is the podcast as a tool of education and awareness raising, how to challenge myths around taboo subjects, and the value of humour and storytelling to make an educational space accessible and inclusive. The Vagina Museum itself opened in 2019 in Camden London and but, unfortunately like so many cultural venues, has had to close because of the pandemic (donations are most welcome). It's aims are to raise awareness of gynaecological health, give people confidence to talk about gynaecological issues, erase body stigmas, act as a forum for feminism, women’s rights, the LGBT+ community and the intersex community, challenge heteronormative and cisnormative behaviour, and promote intersectional, feminist and trans-inclusive values. In his opening monologue Dario muses on the continuing difficulties of life under lockdown, reflects on how we speak from specific contextual perspectives and that the nature of open dialogue requires a level of trust in the motives of speakers. Something that is seeming more difficult to find in the era of contested information and knowledge. Shownotes The Vagina Museum Podcast Website  The Vagina Museum Alyssa Chafee on Twitter Dario Llinares on Twitter --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcaststudiespodcast/message

Podcasting as a form that is utilised by students in educational contexts has, of course, been an important strand of the medium's development and a key focus of academic analysis. Recently, there are increasing examples of MA and PhD students utilising podcasting as a form of practice-led research. Our own partnership with Jerry Padfield and his PhD casting is a key example of that. But on this episode Dario talks to another student podcaster Olivia Trono, whose project My Master's Thesis: It's a podcast (about Podcasts) completed at Ryerson University is a benchmark example of this 'genre' of podcasts. Dario talks to Olivia about the origin of the project, the ideas she had around investing the show with the academic rigour required of a Masters thesis, how she came up  audio cues for quotations and referencing, her own performance and use of her voice, using a playful tone in a academic context and of course, her thought on podcast studies and the future of medium. // LINKS // Olivia on Twitter Dario On Twitter Listen to the Podcast on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Or wherever you get your podcasts. Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/newauralcultures/message --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcaststudiespodcast/message

In light of the momentous and quite frankly exhausting week leading up to the election of Joe Biden as 46th president of the United States, Dario catches up with an old podcasting friend, writer journalist and true sage of the American political system Denis Campbell. Denis produced The Three Muckrakers podcast on which Dario was one of those three along with Wales based Journalist Phil Parry; a show that looked across the main political stories from both a UK/US perspective. In this chat, Dario and Denis muse on the impact of Trump's term in office and the future of Trumpism, coverage and attitudes to the US elections around the world, the role of the media in political discourse, Biden's challenges and the potential direction his administration could take, along with many other things. Denis also discusses the difficulties of podcasting about politics and the general polarised tribalism of our current culture. He also trails a new podcast he is producing entitled Into the Fire which is about individuals overcoming great difficulties in their lives.  Follow Denis on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClientLoyaltyDC Follow Dario on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/dariodoubleL This episode was recorded on Friday 6th of November, before the major networks called the election for Joe Biden. Listen to New Aural Cultures wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoy the should please rate and review us if you have the time and follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/newaural If you want to send us a voice message: https://anchor.fm/newauralcultures/message --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcaststudiespodcast/message

SHOW NOTES This week’s podcast features an interview with Andrew Bottomley, assistant professor of media studies at the State University of New York-Oneonta.  His research is concerned with the social and cultural dimensions of communication technologies, in particular, the internet and broadcast radio, podcasting, recorded music, and other sound media. He is particularly interested in the history of new and emerging media, especially during moments of technological convergence and transference when so-called “old” and “new” media collide. We spend the hour talking about his new book entitled Sound Streams: A Cultural History of Radio-Internet Convergence (University of Michigan Press, 2020). For more information on the book, click here. // LINKS // Andrew Bottomley: https://www.andrewjohnbottomley.com/ Email: andrew.bottomley@oneonta.edu Twitter: @abottomley Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/newauralcultures/message --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcaststudiespodcast/message

SHOW NOTES This week’s podcast features several podcast scholars reporting on their recent research regarding podcast formalization and platformization. The panel is moderated by John Sullivan from Muhlenberg College. This panel was originally intended to be presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) in Dublin, Ireland, but was transitioned to an online conference after the global pandemic. In keeping with the spirit of the topic, we decided to release our panel discussion in the form of a podcast. The panel of researchers presenting their work in this episode include: Tiziano Bonini, University of Siena, Italy Dario Llinares University of Brighton, UK Richard Berry University of Sunderland, UK Patricia Aufderheide American University, USA John L. Sullivan, Muhlenberg College, USA Interact with us! We invite your participation in this panel. If you have any thoughts, reflections, questions, or reactions to any of the presentations or topics discussed in this episode, just reach out to us via Twitter using the hashtag: #AoIR2020PL10. We will reply and get the discussion going via social media. // PRESENTATION TITLES AND TIME CODES // 0:00 - Introduction by John Sullivan 2:25 - Tiziano Bonini, “Podcasting as a cultural form between old and new media” 15:07 - Dario Llinares, “Podtopian dreams: Sound technology and communication futures” 22:28 - Brief panel discussion of Bonini & Llinares 30:20 - Richard Berry, “Formalising the informal: BBC commissions and the shape of podcasts” 38:45 - Brief panel discussion of Berry 46:12 - Patricia Aufderheide, “Protecting public podcasting: Are U.S. news, public affairs and learning podcasts at risk?” Find the full paper here: https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/13548 55:20 - John L. Sullivan, “Market information regimes in podcasting: Formalization and audience metrics” 1:04:15 - General panel discussion of all presentations 1:19:45 - Wrap-up by John Sullivan 1:20:55 - End // LINKS // Tiziano Bonini - email: tiziano.bonini@unisi.it; Twitter @tbonini Dario Llinares - email: d.llinares@brighton.ac.uk; Twitter @dariodoublel Richard Berry - email: richard.berry@sunderland.ac.uk; @richardberryuk Patricia Aufderheide’s slides: https://www.slideshare.net/paufder/does-public-podcasting-have-a-future?qid=e201c428-eac3-48e2-af2e-509b7f618772&v=&b=&from_search=3 Patricia Aufderheide’s article (open access!): https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/13548 Patricia Aufderheide- email paufder@american.edu  Twitter: @paufder John Sullivan - email: johnsullivan*at*muhlenberg.edu; Twitter:@jsullivan47 Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/newauralcultures/message --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcaststudiespodcast/message

After a summer break, we are back with a new season of shows for podcast lovers, producers, critics, and academics. And we begin with a bang. Dr Dario Llinares hosts a wide-ranging conversation with one of the foremost academic podcaster working today: Dr Hannah McGregor - Assistant Professor of publishing at Simon Fraser University. On the programme, Hannah discusses her expansive podcast output including Witch, Please, Secret Feminist Agenda and The SpokenWeb Podcast in terms of their development, themes, and aesthetics. Alongside this Hannah explores how podcasts can and should be defined in academic terms, whether they are the focus of media analysis, utilised as a research method, expand the dissemination of research beyond the ivory tower, open avenues for diverse voices in academia, or are deployed as tools of peer review. Hannah is at the forefront of discourses regarding how podcasting can be a challenge to traditional academic structures and this conversation is a must for anyone interested in podcast studies and sound media more broadly. She is an authentic "podcaster" in the very specificity of that media practice and identity. Further Shownotes If you want to join the Podacademics network you can contact Richard Berry: richard.berry@sunderland.ac.uk www.cinematologists.com AOIR conference 2020: https://aoir.org/ Amplify Podcast Network Hannah's podcast recommendation is: Sandy and Nora Talk Politics. Hannah is @hkpmcgregor on Twitter Dario is @dariodoublel on Twitter For a full transcript of this episode please email Dario Llinares: d.llinares@brighton.ac.uk --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcaststudiespodcast/message

A little over a week after the big podcasting news that Joe Rogan is moving to Spotify for a reported $100 million, Dario Llinares, Richard Berry and John Sullivan sat down for a remote discussion on the implications of the deal. The episode covers the economics of the move in terms of Spotify's continuing strategies for gaining not only market share from Apple, but determining the podcasting ecosystem. What does this mean for Rogan's extensive and vociferous fanbase, many of whom are attracted by his libertarian politics? Will they follow him to the subscriber model? Is Spotify going to expand as a video platform as Rogan is as much a Youtube presence as he is a podcaster.  Addressing James Cridland's Medium blog the question of how to define podcasting also raises its head and John counters James' argument that this move might not be that important in the grand scheme of podcasting's evolution. John, Richard and Dario also discuss the timing of the move and podcasting's current status in a media landscape that is being fundamentally altered by the Covid-19 pandemic. Dr Dario Llinares is a Principal Lecturer at the University of Brighton, co-producer of The Cinematologists and New Aural Cultures Podcast and Co-Editor of Podcasting: New Aural Cultures and Digital Media. @dariodoublel Richard Berry is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Sunderland and authority and publisher on radio and podcasting, and also Co-Editor of Podcasting: New Aural Cultures and Digital Media. Prof. John Sullivan is Department Chair, Media and Communications at Muhlenberg College, an expert on media audiences and industries his most recent publication of focuses Platformization in Podcasting. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcaststudiespodcast/message

PhDCasting aims to be research through podcasting practice. Jerry Padfield documents his personal reflections of a journey through a PhD at Falmouth University, researching #podcasting and #CommunityRadio practice for wellbeing. The podcast talks about the experience of completing a PhD, from the perspective of a research student: the milestones, the emotional highs and lows, and also becomes a research tool in itself, interrogating the embodied knowledge within the practice. Each episode also features a conversation with a practitioner discussing issues around podcasting and broadcasting. Quarter Four: July 2019 - September 2019 The end of my first year as a PhD student. I present at the Falmouth University Research Summer Symposium and experience the dreaded PhD burnout. I'll talk about the need for good mental health as a postgraduate student. In conversation, I talk to Ivor Richards, senior technician at Falmouth University School of Journalism. Ivor has many years of experience as a sound engineer and teaches podcasting to the students and staff at the university. He gives me some tips for producing a good podcast. Links British Broadcast Audio (Ivor's company) Keep an eye out for Ivor's pocket guide to podcasting! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcaststudiespodcast/message