Project PhDcast

I’m pleased to be offering another podcasting workshop on Tuesday, September 19, 2023 at Brock University! Members of the Brock community are invited to RSVP for this event on ExperienceBU.

In just twenty years, podcasting has moved from a niche experimental medium to a global phenomenon. There are now an estimated 3 million active podcasts with 30 million new episodes released in 2022 alone. What does it take to join this growing community of podcasters?

Drawing on my own experience and research as both an independent podcaster with MythTake from 2016-2020 and as a university-based podcaster with the Faculty of Humanities’ Foreword (2020-present), this workshop will explore some of the essentials for podcast creation.

Podcasting’s accessibility, responsiveness, intimacy, and flexibility offer creators unique opportunities. Advanced planning and strategizing can help you leverage the medium’s strengths and ensure your foray into the podcasting world is a positive experience. We’ll discuss the various considerations that go into making a podcast including audience, content, platforms, and accessibility, as well as having clear goals for your project, approaching podcasting in an ethical way and managing potential risks.

Alison Innes is the Strategic Initiatives & Outreach Officer in the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University, where she hosts and produces the podcast Foreword and is also studying podcasts as a part-time PhD student in the Interdisciplinary Humanities PhD program. She has previous experience as an independent podcaster as cohost and producer of MythTake (2016-2020). She believes strongly in the importance and value of Humanities research and teaching, and that it is critical for us as an academic community to share our work beyond the academic environment. Much of her communications work has come to be orientated towards facilitating connections between researchers and communicating their research and its relevancy to a wider, non-academic public. She holds an MA in Classics from Brock University (2013) and undergraduate degrees from both McMaster University (2009) and Glendon College, York University (2003).