On some online forums, fellow podcasters have been discussing how there appear to be more movers and shakers investing time and attention — and almost certainly money — into podcasts. Well, no sooner did that come up than we saw this article in Bloomberg about how N’Jeri Eaton, former executive with a serious storyteller hat…
Read MoreOur move to make more events virtual these days thanks to the pandemic, making them easier to attend, also means it’s easier to forget to attend them. So, for that reason, we wanted to make sure you knew about one of the events we almost missed: the Hear Now Festival, an annual celebration of audio…
Read MoreWe mentioned last month that Brood X, the prodigious cohort of cicadas that emerge every 17 years to mate and be quite loud about it, are coming this year — possibly near you! Now, if you’re recording audio like us, this just might impact your production schedule… and maybe you want to record them on…
Read MoreWe’re slowly recording our second season of Quorum using COVID precautions, which is stretching out our recording sessions into May, which led producer Bjorn Munson to realize we might need to contend with Brood X, aka the Seventeen-Year Cicada. You can check out this article written by Keith Matheny and Georgea Kovanis of the Detroit…
Read MoreThe New York Times did a piece this past weekend about all sorts of old radio theater you can listen to on the Interwebs for free. Old Time Radio, aka Vintage Radio, is, of course, one of the inspirations for Jabberwocky Audio Theater (along with Mind’s Eye productions and some others). So if you like…
Read MoreHappy New Year! Since we’re somewhat affected by it, we suppose we might want to begin celebrating the fact that New Year’s Day is also Public Domain Day, which in the U.S. means that, as of today, any copyrights from works released or otherwise published in 1925 have expired, and said works are now in…
Read MoreRogue Tyger — and, indeed, some of our other series — take their cliffhanger inspiration from a certain series about a time-traveling alien. And how better to judge the hero than by their villains? Certainly, the Daleks have been oddly satisfying in that regard. Odd, because through much of their history, their arch nemesis wasn’t…
Read MoreWe don’t want to be doom and gloom, but we do want to be aware of corporate efforts to be the only place for podcasts, especially since so many podcasters like ourselves use the “anyone can get our stuff” RSS distribution model. Essentially, gatekeepers and would-be gatekeepers have not been a benefit for any indie…
Read MoreWe weren’t able to make it in person last year, but we’ve heard so many good things, we’re actually kind of glad that we can attend the Podtales online festival of audio drama and fiction podcasting. In part to acknowledge the fact that it’s not going to be one, concentrated, in-person weekend, the events are…
Read MoreThe focus is more concerned with audio journalism than fiction podcasts, but Grace Gedye’s article in Washington Monthly nevertheless raises some concerns. Having the default, and very open, nature of RSS feeds being supplanted by monetized gatekeeping is disturbing. Yes, we know, where is the line between mindful curation and corporate gatekeeping? A good question…
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