Another podcast joins our team

This week we're thrilled to welcome the Eskimo Empire Podcast into the network!

We've had our eye on this show for a long time, and it's great to have the opportunity to sign it on. It's a welcome addition to our Sports lineup.

We'll be announcing more new members in the coming weeks as we march our way to 50 member podcasts.

For your consideration

The YourForest podcast is all about sustainability. Environmental researchers and professionals discuss our natural world and how we manage it. Listen to the trailer. Check out the website.

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PodSummit recap

We had lots of great conversations and learned a ton from last weekend's PodSummit at Fort Calgary.

Man-of-many-podcasts Kyle Marshall did a great job of emceeing, and it was nice to see Luiza Campos on stage to pitch A Branded World (along with This is Adulting and The Nerd Room), while Lucia Juliao of Repodcasting was the official photographer.

Justin Jackson of Transistor spoke at PodSummit on June 22 and had some kind words about That's a Thing?!, your correspondent's podcast.

Here were our main takeaways and the speakers' slides, courtesy of PodSummit:

Andreas Schwabe of My Beautiful Cyborg on the Art of Podcasting: Be respectful of your listeners, and remember that your microphone is your camera;
Sarah Rowe of Scream Scene on how to Level Up Your Podcast: Burnout is real, so don't ignore your mental health; avoid podfade by playing with new angles and different sound;
Ernest Barbaric of Art of Meaningful Work and PodSummit's founder on How to Start a Podcast;
Myke Macapinlac of Social Confidence Mastery on Building a Podcast Empire: Think like an entrepreneur first, a podcaster second, if you want to make money at this;
Justin Jackson of Build Your SaaS and co-founder of Transistor on how to Make Your Podcast Stand Out: Think about what job your podcast is doing for your listeners, then do that and market that. (Slides unavailable as I write this, but here's Justin's great blog post on on Jobs to be Done, and here's how he applied that to podcasting.)

APN news

Fawnda Mithrush of I Don't Get It was among the mentors at the latest interVivos event.
Shane Fennessey of City of Champions was featured in MacEwan University's online magazine.
Linda Hoang of Don't Call Me a Guru got a mention for her Edmonton International Cat Festival in Forbes.
Your correspondent was on CBC Radio Active again, this time recommending music podcasts. Next appearance is July 8 at 5:40 p.m.
German Villegas of Modern Manhood got married!

Podcast episode guide

This week's playlists provide plenty of great listening for the Canada Day long weekend, You'll find Entertainment, Sports, Alberta Stories and Learning in the latest roundup.

Read the roundup

Event listings

July 3: ATB Tech on Tap: Redefining data value for an open future — Join ATB for a beer at Odd Company Brewing to discuss a world where data is used as a tool for good, where it is owned by the people who create it, and where we can exercise individual agency in how it is used.
Tickets: $15

July 9: Edmonton Podcasting Get-Together: How to Get a Grant — Join us at the ATB Entrepreneur Centre to hear from Soni Dasmohapatra of the Edmonton Heritage Council and Keren Tang of OtherWise to discuss what it takes to get a grant to help support your podcast.
Free: RSVP

July 11: The Salon: Happiness — Pamella Heikel of Healthy Lifestyle Design convenes a small group of women to discuss happiness and how to cultivate positive thoughts.
Free: RSVP

July 12: Orality — WestWord — Knowmadic, co-creator of the OtherWise podcast, hosts an evening of poetry and song in celebration of Africanival, featuring performances by Titilope Sonuga and Ian Keteku, and the music of Sangea.
Tickets: $25

July 30: Stress Less About Making Friends — Victoria from Stress Less Ladies (host of the Girl Tries Life podcast) and Jessica from In Her Circle present a live podcast recording about how to stress less about making friends. Join them on National Friendship Day at Work Nicer Roxbury.
Tickets: $35

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