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Mark your calendars for the first big #podcaststudies conference happening as a part of the 2023 International Communication Association (ICA) conference in Toronto, Canda from May 24-25, 2023. The pre-conference will be hosted at Toronto Metropolitan University (previously called Ryerson University).

Our theme: 20 Years of Podcasting: Mapping the Contours of Podcast Studies

H-Podcast is currently looking for a new network editor to join its team! H-Podcast is a network that examines podcasting as a form, medium, system for content creation and delivery as well as a theory and movement. The network has produced several podcasts, hosts an index of podcasts, generates reviews and discussions, and provides relevant resources.

Hello everyone, I am sharing my podcast series titled "World of History" which is about historical issues and practices. The maiden episode is titled "A Case for Public History". You can listen by following this link:

https://audiomack.com/andakpo/song/a-case-for-public-history

Thank you very much.

Esson Alumbugu

Marty, I think you summarize how I feel here on these two issues. I would like us to think about the possibility of us and others from this network presenting at a future conference. I notice now each year there is a podcast panel at the American Historical Association and The Organization of American Historians Conferences. Years ago it was tough getting people out for those panels. I think there is a kernel in this discussion here we could explore and now there is an audience for this topic. That or the special issue of a journal.

Hey academics, professionals, and public scholars! The Zombified Podcast (https://www.zombified.org/) is hosting  the third biennial Zombie Apocalypse Medicine Meeting with the theme of Zeds, Drugs, and Rock n Roll. It's a great hybrid conference opportunity for interdisciplinary scholars looking to present work in a public-sci comm style.

Martin, thanks for pointing to this. Right on point I think. I like the introduction of the term "Lo-Fi podcasting," I think what I am nostalgic about is that point in time (first podcast boom?) when it was all Lo-Fi podcasting. To me Serial marks that shift (second podcast boom?). I remember at the time I was teaching a podcast class lamenting the arrival of Serial because I was predicting a migration of professional radio and TV people into the podcast space.

Robert, I agree with all your points but offer this as a palliative (not because you don't know this but I think it needs saying): Podcasts that pursue advertisers pursue listeners and their metric is popularity (within their format). This is to say that some will become shallow mass market things, many will try to balance historians' professionalism with that popularity, and many will (like my own Alabama History Podcast) will be "producer oriented" and not care about popularity because they're a labor of love.