Recommended
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Tips, Tutorials, and Talks
Below you will find a number of articles, videos, and other resources to help you develop your podcast. These resources range from practical guides to pedagogical methods to academic talks on producing the podcast as research. Information is categorized as follows:
Featured Public Humanities Hub Presentations
Introductory Works on Podcasting
BOOKS
Out on the Wire: The Storytelling Secrets of the New Masters of Radio by Jessica Abel
A Guide to Academic Podcasting by Stacey Copeland and Hannah McGregor (open access)
Includes templates, checklists, and worksheets
So You Want to Start a Podcast: Finding Your Voice, Telling Your Story, and Building a Community That Will Listen by Kristen Meinzer
Make Noise: A Creator's Guide to Podcasting and Great Audio Storytelling by Eric Nuzum
JOURNAL ARTICLES
An Introduction to Scholarly Podcasting by BC Studies
A four-episode podcast series detailing the what, who, why, and how of scholarly podcast production.
"Lend me your ears: the rise of the History podcast in Australia" by Honae H. Cuffe
“Contrary to concerns about trivialising the historical process, this review finds that the value of podcasting is its ability to centre the role of the historian, the research method and to invite the listener into this process.”
WEBSITES, BLOGS & OTHER MEDIA
"Podcasting is Perfect for Big Ideas: Here's How to Do It." by Todd Landman
"Podcasts and Public History" by Jim McGrath
"A Beginner’s Guide to Academic Podcasting" by Carina Rampelt (English graduate student, Oxford)
Use this quick-start guide to develop a plan for your podcast: define your audience and goals, create a publishing schedule, script your episode, etc.
"Podcasting Goes to School" by Natalie Samson
PodCamp Toronto is a YouTube Channel with a library of podcasting and podcast-related videos.
Podcasting & Peer Review
BC Studies Peer Review: Soundworks Submissions
“Secret Feminist Agenda,” Open Peer Review
“An Academic’s Podcast Gets the Peer Review Treatment” by Natalie Samson
Establishing the process to evaluate the podcast, Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Podcasting & Pedagogy
JOURNAL ARTICLES
Almeida, Nora. "Podcasting as Pedagogy." Critical Library Pedagogy Handbook, vol. 2. Nicole Pagowsky and Kelly McElroy (Eds.). ACRL Press, 2016. (open access)
Harris, Jasmine. “Podcast Talk and Public Sociology: Teaching Critical Race Discourse Participation through Podcast Production.” About Campus, vol. 24, no. 3, July 2019, pp. 16–20.
Palenque, Stephanie Maher. "The Power of Podcasting: Perspectives on Pedagogy." Journal of Instructional Research, vol. 5, 2016, pp. 4-7.
WEBSITES, BLOGS & OTHER MEDIA
"In Defense of Wandering: Podcasting as a Pedagogical Tool" by Tamara Mitchell (UBC) in The Humanities in Transition
Podcasting Pedagogy by Michelle Fulton (ed.)
The Cult of Pedagogy, a podcast for teachers, with Jennifer Gonzalez (ed.)
"Podcasting and Pedagogy: Suggestions for Guiding Students as they Introduce Sensitive Issues" by Shari Wesja for HASTAC
"Podcasting, Performance, and Pedagogy" by Deborah Beck in SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
SAMPLE COURSE MATERIALS
Podcast Assignments & Rubrics Samples compiled by SDSU Digital Humanities Librarian Dr. Pam Lach
LAS 303: Labour, Globalization & Latin American Indigenous Peoples is a course website documenting the class podcast produced by undergraduate students at UBC under the direction of Dr. Tamara Mitchell. This course site includes final episodes, assignments, tutorials, and other resources for podcasting in the classroom.
"How to Listen to a Podcast for Class" by Abby Mullen
Podcasting & Pedagogy Videos
On Podcast Production & Planning
Starting Your Podcast: A Guide For Students by National Public Radio (NPR)
This comprehensive guide is helpful for beginning podcasters (not just students!) and takes you all the way from planning to production.
The Learning Network - Podcast Planning Template
Transom/HowSound - Avoiding Pesky Recording Problems
Transom - Before the First Question
Podcasting 101 by PRX and Google Podcasts
A 10-part Podcasting 101 video series. While this is not academic in focus, the series guides you through the necessary strategies, equipment, and other tools you will need to develop a podcast.
Best Podcast Hosting Services: Where to Host Your Podcast by Colin Gray
Podcast Production & Planning Videos