This week's podcast features the audio from our meetup on how to start a podcast, which we recorded way back in September. This was a departure from our usual format. We had veteran podcasters on one side of the room and aspiring podcasters on the other, and we invited the rookies to pepper the vets with questions. You'll hear questions such as these: Which sound editing program should I use? What would you do differently if you started again, especially for business? How frequently should podca...
Nov 07, 2016•58 min•Ep. 55
Meet Tema Frank, an author, an Internet pioneer, and the creator of Frank Reactions , where she explores customer experience and customer service in the digital era. Tema has long been a woman ahead of her time, putting up her first website in 1995 to promote her first book, Canada's Best Employers for Women . Most people around her didn't even know what a website was, but the experience taught her things she would use later on, which is a theme, as you'll hear. Credit perhaps is due to the Univ...
Oct 17, 2016•22 min•Ep. 54
Meet Jeremy Bibaud, the gaming aficionado who co-hosts The Clickbait Podcast , and the enterprising writer behind a story-mapping project called YEG Storyhood . Jeremy is a guy who sees an opportunity and grabs it. He'd been writing for the online magazine PlayStation LifeStyle. When its previous podcast stopped, Jeremy and co-hosts Jeffrey Gordon and Brandon Hoover stepped in to make a podcast that, in part, addresses the community's reactions to stories. "Most people say, 'Don't read the comme...
Oct 03, 2016•25 min•Ep. 53
Meet David Rauch, the strategic planner, open-data enthusiast and onetime journalist who makes connections through Beta City YEG , Edmonton's civic technology meetup. David is the kind of guy who radiates enthusiasm. It's that energy that has animated and incited all kinds of interesting projects, such as the Open Piano project that brought music to city streets; ArtTourYEG , a guide to Edmonton's public art; the LinkYEG app to connect Edmontonians in need with services; and a map of historical ...
Sep 19, 2016•26 min•Ep. 52
Meet Jim Bilodeau, a NAIT instructor with a passion to help artists make money online, and the man behind The Museum Project , an interesting idea to help make that happen. Jim was one of the people who came in for an interview on 100 in 1 Day back in June, when I took over a studio at the Edmonton Public Library's Makerspace to talk to Edmontonians about what they are making. Unlike most of my interviewees, Jim doesn't write a blog or make a podcast or have a YouTube channel. But he wants to he...
Sep 05, 2016•19 min•Ep. 51
Meet Ben Yendall, the storytelling, community-building co-host of Tales from the Hydian Way , a podcast about a role-playing game set in the Star Wars universe. As Ben says, Tales from the Hydian Way is about as niche as you can get, but podcasting is a great medium for serving your particular pack of people. He followed the advice we've often heard here and elsewhere: Make the podcast you want to listen to. I don't play the game and I stopped watching Star Wars at Return of the Jedi , and yet I...
Aug 22, 2016•18 min•Ep. 50
Meet German Villegas, a youth worker who conducts interviews about healthy masculinity on The Modern Manhood Podcast and jaws about hockey with his buddies on Your Team Sucks . German has been interested in podcasting for awhile, and had a music one that didn't go anywhere. Hockey turned out to be more fruitful terrain for a lively debate, hence Your Team Sucks, where fans of three different teams chirp each other and discuss various hockey-related happenings. That's where I first became aware o...
Aug 08, 2016•20 min•Ep. 49
This week's podcast features the audio from our meetup on how to get good sound, featuring multimedia photojournalist Ryan Jackson of Full Circle Visuals and podcaster and video editor Chris Sikkenga . We gathered at Variant Edition Comics and Culture in June to learn more about why sound is so important, how to control the room to improve the conditions for recording, how to work the microphone to avoid common errors, how to monitor your sound along the way, and what, if anything, you can do af...
Jul 25, 2016•43 min•Ep. 48
Meet Jessica Cooreman and Katie Woodfine, the hardcore footy fans behind For Kicks , a podcast that follows the Canadian national women's team on the road to Rio, as well as women's soccer in general. I hope some day to love something as much as Katie and Jessica love soccer. Their passion for the game is infectious and so fun to listen to. And I was thrilled to hear in our conversation that even though the podcast was born to follow the team's progress towards the Olympics this August, they pla...
Jul 11, 2016•31 min•Ep. 47
Meet Marcia J. Hamm, the wine lover who explores her passion and makes educated but accessible recommendations on her blog, Joy of Wine . Marcia wasn't always into wine, but an encounter with a pinot gris made her want to learn more about it. As she started studying, her husband told her she should really start writing down what she was experiencing, and that's where her blog began. She has pursued a lot of wine education over the years, including earning her WSET (Wine and Spirit Education Trus...
Jun 27, 2016•14 min•Ep. 46
Meet Matt Mercer-Slingsby, one of the hosts of Drink This Podcast , a celebration of pub culture that lets you eavesdrop on smart people talking about everything from restaurant life to Disney, over beers, of course. Drink This Podcast started as a review show four years ago, but that had some limitations, Matt says, and it got complicated when he got a job in the beer industry. So they shifted their focus to great conversations over tasty libations. Matt and his co-host Paul recently brought on...
Jun 13, 2016•16 min•Ep. 45
This week’s podcast features the audio from our meetup with Jeff Samsonow of the edmontonian media co. on the subject of how to ask good questions. Jeff first started asking questions in a professional capacity when he got into journalism in high school, which put him on a path that led him to radio and then Accessible Media . Along the way, he and his partner Sally Poulsen founded the edmontonian , a blog that gave many other bloggers and podcasters their start. Jeff now runs Capital Ideas in E...
Jun 08, 2016•34 min•Ep. 44
Meet Jess Holt, the wry wit and graphic designer by trade who offers a raw, insightful look at life as the mother of twins on Grace and Champ . Jess started the blog as a way to connect with adults after emerging from the first-year fog of somewhat unexpected parenthood, multiplied by 2. “I didn’t want it to be just about parenting, but it turns out that’s all I do,” she says. You don’t get tips from Jess, nor do you get a candy-coated celebration of the joys of motherhood. You get candour, whic...
Jun 08, 2016•24 min•Ep. 43
Meet Alyssa Lau, the blogger who shares her unique and striking approach to style at Ordinary People, and the proprietor of New Classics Studios, an online shop for sustainable fashion.… More Episode 40: Alyssa Lau
May 16, 2016•27 min•Ep. 42
Meet Nathan Terlesky, one half of the soccer-loving duo that chats about FC Edmonton and other football-related matters on the Loyal Company of the River Valley podcast.… More Episode 39: Nathan Terlesky
May 09, 2016•25 min•Ep. 41
Meet Trent Wilkie, the writer, performer and blogger behind The Undad, where he tries to "make sense of being a father, a husband and a malcontent."… More Episode 38: Trent Wilkie
May 02, 2016•29 min•Ep. 40
Meet Jeanshorts and Baggedmilk, two hockey fans who parlayed their passion for communicating about the game into paying jobs at OilersNation and the Nation Network.… More Episode 37: Jeanshorts and Baggedmilk
Apr 25, 2016•27 min•Ep. 39
Meet Troy Pavlek, a close observer of civic affairs and the man behind Basket of YEGs and yegvotes.info.… More Episode 36: Troy Pavlek
Apr 18, 2016•23 min•Ep. 38
Mayor Don Iveson discusses why he blogs, the good and bad of social media, and the changes happening in media in general.… More Episode 35: Don Iveson
Apr 11, 2016•17 min•Ep. 37
Meet Paul Matwychuk, a writer, editor and film aficionado who compares and contrasts movies in the most erudite way on Trash, Art, and the Movies.… More Episode 34: Paul Matwychuk
Mar 21, 2016•31 min•Ep. 36
Meet JP Fournier and Shawn Gramiak, aka The Movie Jerks, two comedians who make people love the movies they hate, or hate them more.… More Episode 33: The Movie Jerks
Mar 14, 2016•31 min•Ep. 35
Hear Steven Schapansky of Radio Free Skaro discuss monetizing your podcast at a recent Edmonton Podcasting Meetup.… More Episode 32: Meetup with Steven Schapansky
Mar 07, 2016•32 min•Ep. 34
Meet Sarah Hoyles, the passionate storyteller who talks to people about their animals on Pet Sounds, and who nerds out about history on the Edmonton City as Museum Project's podcast.… More Episode 31: Sarah Hoyles
Feb 29, 2016•31 min•Ep. 33
Meet David Dodge, the man behind Green Energy Futures, a multimedia storytelling project that documents the clean energy revolution.… More Episode 30: David Dodge
Feb 22, 2016•28 min•Ep. 32
Meet Lori Godin, the smart cookie behind Frugal Edmonton Mama, Raising Edmonton and YEG Date Night.… More Episode 29: Lori Godin
Feb 15, 2016•28 min•Ep. 31
Meet Ben Proulx and Dan Taylor, the comedians behind the 30 Minute Week podcast.… More Episode 28: Dan Taylor and Ben Proulx
Feb 08, 2016•32 min•Ep. 30
Hear Dan Clarke, Erika Ensign and Kevin Horek discuss how to promote your podcast.… More Episode 27: Podcast promotion meetup
Feb 01, 2016•48 min•Ep. 29
Meet TJ Jans and Salena Kitteringham, the team behind the Curious Arts blog.… More Episode 26: TJ Jans and Salena Kitteringham
Jan 25, 2016•30 min•Ep. 28
Meet Stacey Knopp, who connects awesome couples and great local vendors on yegwed.com.… More Episode 25: Stacey Knopp
Jan 18, 2016•30 min•Ep. 27
Adam Rozenhart, Scott Winder and Mack Male discuss podcasting tech in Part 2 from our meetup.… More Episode 24: Podcasting tech meetup, Part 2
Jan 11, 2016•26 min•Ep. 26
