Let's nerd out about podcasting (again)

More podcasting news

• The Google Podcasts Creator Program is accepting applications until April 14.
• She Podcasts has a Kickstarter campaign for a women's podcasting conference to take place in Atlanta in October.
• Another Kickstarter to consider: The Pod is a portable pop-up soundbooth.

APN news

• Carl Landra of The 4th Line conducted an interesting social media experiment.  He also tortured co-host Nick Seguin live, which you can see on YouTube.
• Ahmed 'Knowmadic' Ali, co-creator of OtherWise and Edmonton's poet laureate, is featured in the City of Edmonton's Smart Cities Challenge video.
• Both hosts of Bollywood is For Lovers were highlighted recently: Matt Bowes is one of the readers profiled as part of the Glass Bookshop's Indiegogo campaign, and Erin Fraser was featured as an alumna of the University of Alberta's English and Film Studies program.
• Mack Male of Speaking Municipally was one of the speakers at the recent Alberta AI conference. He was also featured in a Swedish publication talking about Taproot Edmonton.
• The Edmonton Public Library's March Madness bracket on movies based on books is getting closer to declaring a champion. Make your wishes known on Twitter or Facebook.
• Check out Todayville's spotlights on our podcasters. Next up with Terence C. Gannon of Not There Yet and The WorkNotWork Show.

Podcast episode guide

This week’s roundup offers a triple dose of The Bothy Storytelling Podcast, and a double dose of both Press Start to Join and The 4th Line Hockey Podcast.

Plus there's a lot of single-serving goodness from our bevy of Alberta-made podcasts on such topics as the ballet, emergency preparedness, food, sisterhood, speed limits, #metoo, the Alberta election, wizardry, literacy, dams, soccer kits, playoffs, mental health, social media, and a new series on Netflix.

Event listings

April 2: Beyond the Business — Embracing Failure — NAIT’s Mawji Centre, home of the Let’s Do Coffee podcast, welcomes Hank Van Weelden, CEO of Alta-Fab Structures Ltd., to discuss how to embrace and celebrate our failures.
Free: Register

April 4: Secret Feminist Agenda and Peer Reviewing Podcasts — Join Hannah McGregor of Secret Feminist Agenda and Witch, Please!, and Siobhan McMenemy of Wilfrid Laurier University Press in an engaging conversation at Mount Royal University on the topic of podcasting and open access publishing.
Free: Register

April 5: Podcasting for Multiple Publics — Podcaster and Simon Fraser University assistant professor Hannah McGregor offers a workshop at Mount Royal University on podcasting at the intersection of academia, activism, and accessibility.
Free: Register

April 8: It’s Time: A Conversation about Domestic Violence in Edmonton — The Forward Thinking Speakers Series features a screening of The War at Home, followed by a panel discussion moderated by Coun. Bev Esslinger.
Tickets: $10

April 17: Edmonton Business Association luncheon — Karen Unland gives a talk on how podcasting can be part of a business’s marketing efforts. She’ll give an overview of podcasting in general and share four ways that small businesses can get involved.
Tickets: $50 for non-EBA members

Find more happenings involving our podcasters, sponsors or partners on our Events page.