International Podcasting Day 17 Years In The Making

It’s International Podcast Day! A day when podcasters around the globe celebrate their craft and their journey, regardless if they’ve been podcasting for 17 days or 17 years. Speaking of that last one…

I’m going to break down the +17-year journey of one podcaster—me!—if only to prove that, for many of us, podcasting is quite a tangled path.

My official entrance to podcasting started in October of 2004 with The Dragon Page. Soon after that we launched Slice of Scif, followed quickly by Wingin’ It. After adding a podcast we didn’t host called The Dragon Page With Class to our roster, we launched the first scifi podcast network called FarPoint Media. And it was still 2005!

Parallel to all of that, I personally started working with authors to help them podcast, soon creating a network of “podiobooks”, a portmanteau of podcasting and audiobooks, if that wasn’t obvious. Tha directly led to me co-authoring Podcasting For Dummies and Expert Podcasting Practices For Dummies.

 parting ways with FarPoint Media in mid-2007, I launched two short-lived podcasts: Cult Cast and Found Things. You’re better for not hearing either of them.

And because I sometimes bet on the wrong trends, I also co-hosted Palm Fu, a podcast all about the Palm Pre smartphone, plus a podcast build on Google+ called The Books & Beer Hangout. You pays your money and you takes your chances.

Some time in there, I decided the world needed more me so I did a limited run podcast called Evo at 11. A show that I’m very, very glad I pulled after 100 episodes. Apparently, I can be an asshole behind the mic. Who knew? (Kidding. I knew.) 

Then my wife and I left the country, using a podcast to document our travels around the world. Then I found out it’s a lot of work to produce a journalistic style podcast. But those travels led me to living in Bangkok where I became the co-host of the 2nd season of The Bangkok Podcast.  And Bangkok is where my podcast consultancy, Simpler Media, was born.

I’ve been back in The States since 2018, and podcasting is very much what I do. Not just with Podcast Pontifications, but I also do some hired-gun hosting for RadioMD, am the editor for Sounds Profitable, and sit on the advisory board for Captivate.fm, Maps,fm, Scrib, and a few others.

My wish for you on International Podcast Days is that your podcasting journey be as varied and rewarding as mine. Cheers!

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Boostagram Corner:

Thank you, Dave Jackson, for the sats boost! Links in the next section. 

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Links:

• FREE 3-week trial of My Podcast Reviews - https://mypodcastreviews.com/pp

• International Podcast Day - https://internationalpodcastday.com

• The Dragon Page - https://www.dragonpage.com

• Slice of Scifi - https://www.sliceofscifi.com

• Tee Morris - http://twitter.com/teemonster

• Podcasting for Dummies - https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Podcasting+For+Dummies-p-9780471748984

• Expert Podcasting Practices for Dummies - https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Expert+Podcasting+Practices+For+Dummies-p-9780470149263

• D. Patrick Lewis - https://twitter.com/dpatricklewis

• Sheila Dee - https://twitter.com/sheila_dee

• Debbie Walker - https://twitter.com/spellwight

• The Opportunistic Travelers - https://www.theopportunistictravelers.com

• Greg Jorgensen - http://twitter.com/bkkgreg

• The Bangkok Podcast - https://www.bangkokpodcast.com

• Simpler Media Productions - https://simpler.media

• DoctorPodcasting/RadioMD - https://doctorpodcasting.com/

• Captivate.fm -...

It’s International Podcast Day! A day when podcasters around the globe celebrate their craft and their journey, regardless if they’ve been podcasting for 17 days or 17 years. Speaking of that last one…

I’m going to break down the +17-year journey of one podcaster—me!—if only to prove that, for many of us, podcasting is quite a tangled path.

My official entrance to podcasting started in October of 2004 with The Dragon Page. Soon after that we launched Slice of Scif, followed quickly by Wingin’ It. After adding a podcast we didn’t host called The Dragon Page With Class to our roster, we launched the first scifi podcast network called FarPoint Media. And it was still 2005!

Parallel to all of that, I personally started working with authors to help them podcast, soon creating a network of “podiobooks”, a portmanteau of podcasting and audiobooks, if that wasn’t obvious. Tha directly led to me co-authoring Podcasting For Dummies and Expert Podcasting Practices For Dummies.

 parting ways with FarPoint Media in mid-2007, I launched two short-lived podcasts: Cult Cast and Found Things. You’re better for not hearing either of them.

And because I sometimes bet on the wrong trends, I also co-hosted Palm Fu, a podcast all about the Palm Pre smartphone, plus a podcast build on Google+ called The Books & Beer Hangout. You pays your money and you takes your chances.

Some time in there, I decided the world needed more me so I did a limited run podcast called Evo at 11. A show that I’m very, very glad I pulled after 100 episodes. Apparently, I can be an asshole behind the mic. Who knew? (Kidding. I knew.) 

Then my wife and I left the country, using a podcast to document our travels around the world. Then I found out it’s a lot of work to produce a journalistic style podcast. But those travels led me to living in Bangkok where I became the co-host of the 2nd season of The Bangkok Podcast.  And Bangkok is where my podcast consultancy, Simpler Media, was born.

I’ve been back in The States since 2018, and podcasting is very much what I do. Not just with Podcast Pontifications, but I also do some hired-gun hosting for RadioMD, am the editor for Sounds Profitable, and sit on the advisory board for Captivate.fm, Maps,fm, Scrib, and a few others.

My wish for you on International Podcast Days is that your podcasting journey be as varied and rewarding as mine. Cheers!

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Boostagram Corner:

Thank you, Dave Jackson, for the sats boost! Links in the next section. 

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Links:

• FREE 3-week trial of My Podcast Reviews - https://mypodcastreviews.com/pp

• International Podcast Day - https://internationalpodcastday.com

• The Dragon Page - https://www.dragonpage.com

• Slice of Scifi - https://www.sliceofscifi.com

• Tee Morris - http://twitter.com/teemonster

• Podcasting for Dummies - https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Podcasting+For+Dummies-p-9780471748984

• Expert Podcasting Practices for Dummies - https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Expert+Podcasting+Practices+For+Dummies-p-9780470149263

• D. Patrick Lewis - https://twitter.com/dpatricklewis

• Sheila Dee - https://twitter.com/sheila_dee

• Debbie Walker - https://twitter.com/spellwight

• The Opportunistic Travelers - https://www.theopportunistictravelers.com

• Greg Jorgensen - http://twitter.com/bkkgreg

• The Bangkok Podcast - https://www.bangkokpodcast.com

• Simpler Media Productions - https://simpler.media

• DoctorPodcasting/RadioMD - https://doctorpodcasting.com/

• Captivate.fm - https://www.captivate.fm/

• Maps.fm - https://maps.fm/

• Scribl - https://scribl.com/

• Dave Jackson - http://twitter.com/DaveJackson

• Fountain - https://www.fountain.fm/

• Value-for-value for this show - https://podcastpontifications.com/value-4-value

• Now booking sponsorships for 2022! - https://podcastpontifications.com/sponsor

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Support For Abortion Rights

While Americans overwhelmingly support the right of an individual to make their own decisions about abortion, unfortunately, that right is no longer protected everywhere in the U.S. The Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade on June 24th.

Abortion is a basic healthcare need for the millions of people who can become pregnant. Everyone should have the freedom to decide what’s best for themselves and their families, including when it comes to ending a pregnancy. This decision has dire consequences for individual health and safety, and could have harsh repercussions for other landmark decisions.

Restricting access to comprehensive reproductive care, including abortion, threatens the health and independence of all Americans. Even if you live in a state where abortion rights are upheld, access to safe medical procedures shouldn’t be determined by location, and it shouldn't be the privilege of a small few.

You can help by donating to local abortion funds. To find out where to donate for each state, visit donations4abortion.com.

If you or someone you know needs help, or if you want to get more involved, here are 5 resources:

1. ShoutYourAbortion.com is a campaign to normalize abortion.
2. DontBanEquality.com is a campaign for companies to take a stand against abortion restrictions.
3. Abortion.cafe has information about where to find clinics.
4. PlanCPills.org provides early at-home abortion pills that you can keep in your medicine cabinet.
5. Choice.CRD.co has a collection of these resources and more.

We encourage you to speak up! And spread the word.

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