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    Podcasting Is Alive Because Podcasting Is Art

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    December 2, 2024
    Podcasting Is Alive Because Podcasting Is Art

    2024 has been filled to the brim with phenomenal new podcast releases — so why are so many people saying podcasting is dead? For reasons that should soon be clear, I won’t be referring directly to any of these conversations or their participants. If you’re not already aware of this…

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    Lauren Shippen’s Journey from Indie Podcaster to Multimedia Star

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    May 23, 2024
    Lauren Shippen’s Journey from Indie Podcaster to Multimedia Star

    The Bright Sessions creator shares her thoughts on how to approach an adaptation. In the world of fiction podcasts, there’s one name almost every fan will know: Lauren Shippen. A 2018 Forbes 30 Under 30 Media Luminary, Shippen is known best for her fiction podcast The Bright Sessions, the story…

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    Short Fiction Best Practices with Jonathan Mitchell

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    May 16, 2024
    Short Fiction Best Practices with Jonathan Mitchell

    The creator of The Truth says the key to connecting with audiences is forging a clear path between the story and the listener. Years before the current wave of serialized fiction podcasts, Jonathan Mitchell was delivering captivating, profound stories on his show The Truth. Each roughly 20-minute episode in the…

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    How Articles of Interest Provides a Roadmap for Spin-Off Podcasts

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    May 9, 2024
    How Articles of Interest Provides a Roadmap for Spin-Off Podcasts

    Creator Avery Trufelman discusses the inspiration and process behind launching her lauded fashion series out of the hit show 99% Invisible If a podcast lands on a topic that begs for further discussion, when is it time to let that subject matter have a series of its own? That’s a…

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    How Foley Can Enrich Your Podcast’s Soundscape

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    May 2, 2024
    How Foley Can Enrich Your Podcast’s Soundscape

    This old-school radio and stage craft adds unmatched dimension to the audio experience If you’ve ever listened to a podcast and wondered how they made a scene feel so immersive, you might think about the dialogue, the editing, and, if it’s fiction, the acting. You might also notice the sound…

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    Please Watch Things Heard & Seen. It Sucks

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    April 26, 2024
    Please Watch Things Heard & Seen. It Sucks

    Things Heard & Seen is one of my most watched films on Netflix. I have seen the entire film at least three times, and the last 10 minutes or so countless more. I’m obsessed with it. I think about it at least twice a month and have since it came…

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    How Mermaid Palace Balances Intimacy and Vulnerability

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    April 25, 2024
    How Mermaid Palace Balances Intimacy and Vulnerability

    The Mermaid Palace team talks tactics for bearing your heart and keeping it safe It’s both fact and cliche that podcasting is an intimate medium. This concept is something audio veteran Kaitlin Prest has spoken about for years: “I’m a straddle millennial. I worked in the age of actual broadcast…

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    A Guide to Managing Your Podcast Workflow

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    April 18, 2024
    A Guide to Managing Your Podcast Workflow

    Podcasting will keep you busy. Scheduling, writing, editing, marketing, managing social media, and keeping up with emails upon emails can make it all seem like a lot sometimes. Fun as it is, podcasting does—like any job—involve some stress, and managing that requires  some planning and intent.. To avoid feeling overwhelmed,…

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    Oh My God She Literally Did It Again

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    April 11, 2024
    Oh My God She Literally Did It Again

    7/4 to 4/4 and everything but the vibe is so different are you kidding me are you for real right now are you for real Yesterday — YESTERDAY! — I published a piece on WILLOW’s new song, “Symptom of Life,” discussing how it feels like a breath of fresh air,…

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    How Welcome to Night Vale Went from Podcast to Live Show and Novels

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    April 11, 2024
    How Welcome to Night Vale Went from Podcast to Live Show and Novels

    Jeffrey Cranor talks adaptation, medium, and The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives In Your Home In the summer of 2012, Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor launched a new podcast, Welcome to Night Vale. Welcome to Night Vale is a fiction podcast framed like a local radio show–but set in…

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    Podcasting Is Alive Because Podcasting Is Art

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    Lauren Shippen’s Journey from Indie Podcaster to Multimedia Star

  • Short Fiction Best Practices with Jonathan Mitchell

    Short Fiction Best Practices with Jonathan Mitchell

  • How Articles of Interest Provides a Roadmap for Spin-Off Podcasts

    How Articles of Interest Provides a Roadmap for Spin-Off Podcasts

  • How Foley Can Enrich Your Podcast’s Soundscape

    How Foley Can Enrich Your Podcast’s Soundscape

  • Please Watch Things Heard & Seen. It Sucks

    Please Watch Things Heard & Seen. It Sucks

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