Podcast Studies

Lori Beckstead is an Associate Professor of sound media in the RTA School of Media at Toronto Metropolitan University in Toronto, Canada. She is coauthor of Podcast or Perish: Peer Review and Knowledge Creation for the 21st Century (2024) and co-host/co-producer of The Podcast Studies Podcast. Dario Llinares is an academic and podcaster whose research has focused on a range of cinema- and media-related themes. He has published on the status and practice of cinema-going in the digital age, the aesthetics of postmodern film, representations of masculinity in prison cinema, and podcasting as a media technology. He is the co-founder and co-host of the podcasts The Cinematologists and The Podcast Studies Podcast and co-editor of Podcasting: New Aural Cultures and Digital Media (2018).

"In this volume, Beckstead and Llinares capture the vitality of podcast studies today-and gamely theorize its source. Reminding us that ‘podcast’ is both a noun and a verb, they showcase the work of scholars for whom podcasting is both an object of study and a mode of scholarly production. This dynamic interplay is producing new knowledge, new podcasts, and new ways of teaching and learning. If you want to join the conversation, this book is a perfect place to start." - Mack Hagood, author of Hush: Media and Sonic Self-Control and producer of Phantom Power"This excellent collection edited by prominent podcast researchers Lori Beckstead and Dario Llinares embodies the essence of podcasting: relationship. Through an eclectic range of voices, podcast 'pracademics' generously share self-reflective insights into their practice, aptly mirroring the medium's meta tendencies. The anthology bridges podcasting and scholarship, convincingly demonstrating how practice provides context for theory. It celebrates learnings and enthusiasm of a growing network of 'podacademics' who are turning to podcasting to explore ideas, collaborate, and engage in public conversation." - Mia Lindgren, co-editor of  The Routledge Companion to Radio and Podcast Studies and award-winning podcast producer "This new volume gathers together exciting new scholarship on podcasting industries, cultures, and emerging practices of production, research, and reception that will shape our scholarly and creative discussions for years to come." - Jason Loviglio, co-editor of Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast and Audio Media

• IntroductionThe Practice of Podcast Studies – Lori Beckstead & Dario LlinaresPart 1: Podcasting as Academic PracticeAcademic Podcasting: Media Practice in the Podcast "Space" - Dario Llinares"It’s in the Show Notes": Autoethnography of an Amateur Tech Podcaster - Martin FeldOn Idleness and Podcasting - Samuel M. ClevengerPodcasting Toward Reckoning: A Journalistic Tool for Academic Subversion - Robert E. Gutsche, Jr.Pod-a-Bye Baby: Podcasting as a Pathway to Continued Participation for Academic Parents - Liz GiuffreFrom The Ivors to The Ivory Tower: Using Podcasting to Study Songwriting - Simon BarberPart 2: Podcasting as Social and Cultural PracticeThe Kitchen Table is Always Where We Are: Podcasting as Feminist Self-Reflexive Practice - Stacey Copeland, Hannah McGregor and Katherine McLeodThe Play of Podcasting: Liminoid Space and the Ethics of Voice in Collaborative Podcast Practice - Erin CoryPodcasting Resurgence: Indigenizing the Airwaves - Tanya Ball, Sheila Laroque and Kayla Lar-SonTalking the talk: A Conversational Cross-Cultural Analysis of a Podcast Story Told to Three Different Audiences - Tzlil Sharon and Nicholas JohnPodcasting African Women: Lived Experiences and Empowerment - Yemisi AkinbobolaPodcasting Fandom as Public Pedagogy and Intersectional Literacy - Parinita Shetty and Dario LlinaresPart 3: Podcasting as Production and Pedagogic PracticeContext is King: Podcast Paratexts - Lori BecksteadPodcast Drama, Hope Labour and Burnout - Leslie Grace McMurtryPodcasting as a Contemporary Curation Practice: A Conversation with Projections Podcast’s Mary Wild and Sarah Cleaver - Neil FoxPodcasting Pedagogy: The Power of Sound, Participation and Marginalized Voices in a Virtual Classroom - Kelli S. BolingRethinking Knowledge and Becoming Podcasters: Three Assignments as Pedagogical Tools to Decolonize College Classrooms - Jasmine L. HarrisTeaching Podcasting in the Context of Podcast Studies - Lori Beckstead in conversation with Richard Berry and Kim FoxConclusion: Podcast Studies: Now and Next