Alison
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Working Group on Ethical Podcasting Practices
I’m pleased to announce the launch of a new working group on ethical podcasting practices, in collaboration with the Humanities Podcast Network (HPN). Rapid technological changes have made it easier than ever to create podcasts. Technical how-to information is easily found online, but podcasters wishing to practice their craft in an ethical, caring, and responsible… Continue reading
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Podcasting Truth & Trust
Seeing ethics front and centre in the Canadian-focussed Pod The North was super exciting and refreshing. I think Kattie Laur (Pod The North) and Rhys Waters (Echo Podcast Summit, Podstarter) do a good job of highlighting some of the same issues I’m often bringing up in my own research. Continue reading
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Power and Podcasting (Extended Version)
This is the transcript of a talk given at the Brock University Humanities Research Institute (HRI) Spring Symposium on 14 April, 2025. This is a modified four minute version of the talk I gave at the Brock University 3MT (Three Minute Thesis) competition in March. Do you remember the last time you sat around a… Continue reading
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Coming in 2026: The Palgrave Handbook of Humanities Podcasting
I’m very excited to share that the Palgrave Handbook of Humanities Podcasting is progressing and will be available in 2026! This book is the first volume of its kind and it is a massive undertaking with dozens of contributors. Our fearless editors, Beth, Kim, Milan and Saronik, are doing an amazing job bringing things together!… Continue reading
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Episode 07 Theories & Methods: Humanities Podcasting & Public Discourse
This post is an accessible version of my research poster for the HUMA 7P02 poster session held at Brock University on 2 April 2025. Do you remember the last time you sat around a campfire, eating smores and sharing stories? We share campfire stories with an intimate group of trusted friends. The growth of podcasting… Continue reading
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Resources for Decolonizing Research
Podcasting is an oral form, a continuation of telling tales around a campfire. I came to this idea through my Classics myth background, as I contemplated how my cohost Darrin and I discussed mythology on MythTake and how “Homer” would have shared his stories of Odyssey and Iliad orally. Which naturally led me to thinking… Continue reading
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Episode 06: Recent Reading on True Crime
Welcome back to another episode of Project PhDcast, an audio research diary. This episode I share some thoughts on some recent reading. Joy Wiltenburg’s 2004 article on “True Crime: The Origins of Modern Sensationalism” discusses how sensational crime stories from 16th and 17th century Germany functioned in their societal and religious contexts. I share my… Continue reading
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Police Podcasts and the Erosion of Public Trust
Presented at “Power and Responsibility” 19th Annual Communication Graduate Caucus Conference, Carleton University, March 14-15, 2024. Police in Canada are adopting true crime podcasting to influence public perceptions of policing and police work in response to increased scrutiny by activists and calls for transparency and accountability. However, their podcasts bypass an important element of ethical… Continue reading
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Episode 05: Is Podcasting Dead?
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… Continue reading
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Episode 04: Academic Identities– A conversation with Darrin Sunstrum
In Project PhDcast’s first feature-length episode, Alison Innes joins her MythTake co-host Darrin Sunstrum for a conversation about the heroic narrative, academic identities, and the role of podcasting in their academic journeys. Mentioned in this episode Credits Project PhDcast is created, hosted, and produced by Alison Innes. Music is “Grand Dark Waltz” by Kevin McLeod… Continue reading
About Me
-PhD student in Interdisciplinary Humanities researching podcast ethics and knowledge mobilization under the supervision of Dr. Aaron Mauro at Brock University
-Host and producer of Foreword
-Producer of Eve, Intersected
-Cohost and producer of MythTake
-MA in Classics from Brock University (2013)
-BA in Classics from McMaster University (2009)
-BA in History & Linguistics from Glendon College, York University (2003)
Podcasting and researching from the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe peoples in modern-day Canada.
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