2022 Podcasting Workshop with Linda Morra & Marco Timpano

Date: Nov 14, 2022 9am (Zoom).
By application/by-invitation only.

Led by Dr. Linda M. Morra of Getting Lit with Linda, and her producer, Marco Timpano, the workshop will take participants through the process of creating a 20-minute episode, ideally to launch a podcast series. A month (or so) after the workshop, participants will receive feedback on their pilot. The goals of the workshop are 1) to get participants from idea to recording, and 2) to build a supportive community around academic podcasts.

[more details forthcoming]

(2019-2021) The Data center Industrial Complex (3-part podcast)

DCIC Ep.1 - People, Imagination and Concrete (2019)
This is the first in a multi-part series exploring data centers from a social science and humanities perspective. Co-hosts Mél Hogan and Sean Willett interview scholars, artists, engineers and practitioners in various locations to discuss what is a data center. The first episode focuses on people, imagination and concrete -- that is, the materiality of the infrastructure and all that it enables. Hosted by EML. Supported by the University of Calgary Faculty of Arts and SSHRC.
Interviews with Alex Taylor, Alix Johnson, Anne Pasek, Matt Parker, Asta Vonderau, Tor Bjorn Minde, Tung Hui Hu, Julia Velkova, and more. Music by Matt Parker and Corina MacDonald. Editing by Sean Willett. Project lead by Mél Hogan.

The Data center Industrial Complex: DCIC Ep.2: Faceless Suit People (2020)
This second episode looks at traces of data center infrastructure and the material politics of data center in/visibility. We also discuss company data tracking, corporate data collection, and the era of 'big data analysis' for profit. Featuring interviews with Alex Taylor, Tor Bjorn Minde, Asta Vonderau, Matt Parker, Anne Pasek, and Alix Johnson. Music by Corina MacDonald and Matt Parker. Episode image by Sébastien Hogan. Editing by Sean Willett. Project lead by Mél Hogan. **Watch Matt Parker's The People's Cloud 6 part documentary: http://www.earthkeptwarm.com/the-peoples-cloud

The Data center Industrial Complex: DCIC Ep.3 - Land, Water, Energy (2021)
This is the third podcast dealing with the data center industrial complex. The series is hosted by Mél Hogan and Sean Willett. This episode features Matt Parker (@earthkeptwarm), a Mozilla's Internet Health Report spokesperson, Stefan Baack, Canada Research Chair in Media, Culture and the Environment, Anne Pasek (@aepasek), associate professor of media and communication studies, and associate lecturer in Technology and Social Change at the Department for Thematic Studies, Linköping University in Sweden, Julia Velkova (@jvelkova) and bitcoin expert Zane Griffin Talley Cooper (@ZaneGTCooper). This episode focuses on the environmental impacts of data centers; land, water and energy.

(2019) Podcasting Masterclass with Erin McGregor of Queer Public

In collaboration with the Calgary Institute for the Humanities, the EML presents:
1) Podcasting Masterclass: 9am-3pm, November 29, location tbd. By-application only.
2) Podcasting Public Lecture: 6:30pm, November 28, Gallery Hall TFDL. All are welcome.

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1) Join the Masterclass!

Interested in podcasting? Tell us your plan for a podcast and how you’d benefit from a workshop with podcast producer and host of Queer Public, Erin McGregor. You don’t need to have started or completed a project in time for this workshop, but we are interested in folks who have a carefully laid plan for an episode or series. We’re also especially interested in questions that involve the environmental+humanities, but we’re open to all subjects.

Send your short proposal (200 or so words) to [email protected] by November 6th. We’ll send you an invitation the following Monday if we can help you out. Spots are limited, so we’ll select just 10 participants.

What You’ll Learn: Produce Your Podcast

Podcasts redefine what it means to broadcast, and build a following, and how we listen to and produce audio content. In this Podcast Masterclass, facilitator Erin McGregor draws from her experience producing in the field, as a freelance career in audio production, and her knowledge of the podcast industry to develop stories that make you lean in. Using elements of journalism, narrative storytelling, interviews, and conversations, learn the skills to put you behind the microphone.

Please email [email protected] if you have questions. 9am-3pm, November 29, location tbd. By-application only.

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2) Attend the public lecture!

Podcasts are for telling stories. As podcast listeners we, can’t help but imagine ourselves in the shoes of the characters we learn about in the stories we hear because storytelling fuels empathy. But it takes more than questions to draw a character out from behind the mic. You need a surprising set of skills to tell stories for the ear. Join narrative storyteller and podcast producer Erin McGregor as she breaks down the anatomy of a podcast and how to harness the power of emotions to tell impactful stories. Learn how to get the tape you need to power your podcast with storytelling. 6:30pm, November 28, Gallery Hall TFDL. All are welcome.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/anatomy-of-a-podcast-featuring-erin-mcgregor-tickets-78095117599

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Erin McGregor is a Philadelphia-based podcast producer. She is the host and creator of Queer Public, a podcast that asks critical questions about queer identity, politics, and culture. She is also a feature interview producer on a long running queer indie music podcast Homoground. Erin holds a Master’s Degree in Social Justice & Equity Studies from Brock University where she studied broadcast news interviews on CBC’s The Hour (which later became George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight). Her current season of Queer Public seeks to elevate the voices of independent queer artists in Philadelphia and meets artists in real-life queer life.