Alison is joined by long-time podcaster Christine Caccipuoti to dissect the rumours of podcasting’s demise. They explore what it means to be a self-funded, independent podcaster and the relationship of independent podcast creators to the commercialized podcasting industry.
Christine Caccipuoti is a New York-based podcaster, historian, and performer. Currently the the co-producer of Footnoting History podcast, she has been podcasting with the Footnoting History team since 2013 and has navigated the many changes to the podcasting landscape in the past decade.
This episode is an excerpt from a longer conversation.
Mentioned in this episode:
Khalid, Amrita. Podcasts are in the middle of a numbers and people crisis. The Verge. Dec. 22, 2023.
Nover, Scott. The casualties of the podcasting bloodbath. Slate. Dec. 6, 2023.
Sananès, Rebecca. After the podcast gold rush, is audio too corporate to be cool? Vanity Fair. July 25, 2023.
Silberling, Amanda. Everything you know about the podcast industry is a lie. TechCrunch. Dec. 7, 2023.
Silver, Eric. Podcasting needs to get professional. Fast Company. Nov. 20, 2023.
Christine Caccipuoti‘s website
Independent Scholars Meet the World: Expanding Academia beyond the Academy. Ed. Christine Caccipuoti and Elizabeth Keohane-Burbridge. University Press of Kansas, 2020.
Credits
Project PhDcast is created, hosted, and produced by Alison Innes. Music is “Grand Dark Waltz” by Kevin McLeod (incomptech.com) and is used under Creative Commons license.
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