Podfest Expo

The Facebook group called “The Genealogy Squad” was launched on May 6, 2019, or, after 361 episodes of “The Genealogy Guys” podcast and 54 episodes of “Genealogy Connection.” With Episode 1 of “The Genealogy Guys” having been published on September 4, 2005, they waited a while, huh? “We knew that managing a Facebook group would be a lot of work, and our time was already busy with the podcast, The Genealogy Guys blog, and some planning for a subscription website that eventually launched in October 2019,” show co-host Drew Smith explains. “I had been a Facebook administrator for a very popular group dedicated to discussing using DNA testing for genealogy,” Smith continues. “I and the person who founded that group had a problem with people wanting to use the DNA group to talk about genealogical things that weren't about DNA, but we didn't feel that the existing non-DNA genealogy groups were run by experts and so we didn't want to refer people to those. Instead, we chose to ...

With live podcasting events becoming more and more common these days, when you hear about something called the Podcast World Tour, that’s where your mind goes. So, its co-founder, Rich Casanova, wants to help clarify because he and his associates are using podcasting for humanitarian efforts and not to go somewhere for a couple hours one night to do a podcast and leave. They are road warriors who are helping create awareness for the Auditory Verbal Center, a 40-year old nonprofit that they adopted as the mission for their tour. Casanova talks about the three I’s for the tour. “‘Inform,’ be informed about what’s happening in that town, that city, the movers and shakers, from startups to icons to nonprofits, and just continue the conversation and inform them about what we’re doing. The second piece is ‘inspire.’ So, we’re looking for inspiring stories, inspiring people. Then we hope to inspire people to help us make an ‘impact.’ And the impact is… the Auditory Verbal Center.” Explaining ...

As attendees return home locally, nationally, and internationally from Orlando, it’s clear that Podfest 2020 was big in size and huge in memories. With nearly 2,000 on-hand at the world’s largest Marriott , the sixth edition of the annual conference was bursting with knowledge-sharing and relationship building. From the opening of VidFest last Thursday to the closing of Podfest Multimedia Expo with the emotional gratitude ceremony, there were takeaways both in the practical sense and the friendships-made sense. “I will be a better podcaster and a better person because of y’all,” attendee Amy Pacheco Jordan wrote in the event’s Facebook group as she prepared to leave central Florida. “And I can’t wait for next year!” Something for Everyone She and others will be better podcasters thanks to jam-packed workshops, keynotes from speakers who were generous with their information and resources, and vendors who filled the exhibitor hall to show hardware, software, and other cutting edge res...

As one of Canada’s early adapters of independent digital web radio networks, Allan Holender, a 40-year veteran of the radio broadcast industry, will be launching The Canadian Podcast Network in the spring of 2020. “Canada and the world have many challenges ahead: ecological, social, democratic, and the list goes on,” Holender stated. “Independent, public-interest radio is more important than ever to unearth facts and spark the conversations we need to have. The Canadian Podcast Network will be that collective voice. Canada now has the opportunity to have an independent, free range, and organic media platform.” Holender added that the Canadian Podcast Network will deliver “a roster of dynamic and locally-driven podcast content that will move with its audiences.” Founder background A pioneer in web radio, Holender hosted the first internet broadcast in Canada in 1997. Since then he has successfully built six digital online radio networks. Long before the advent of podcasting, Holender w...

For many podcasters, having a show that comes out week after week, month after month, year after year, and averages approximately 2,500 downloads a month sounds like a good place for hitting Cruise Control. But just standing pat wasn’t enough for the creator of Private Club Radio. So, from podcast to YouTube, Gabe Aluisy branched out. “For me it was the most logical next step in engaging the audience I developed with the podcast and branching out into a wider audience with golf,” he explained. “I could show a more human aspect of who I was as a person, rather than just the ‘personality’ (that) folks associate with my very business-like podcast. “With the consistency I had developed in creating content for the podcast, I knew I was ready to take a bigger leap with YouTube.” Consistency indeed. Aluisy first launched Private Club Radio in December 2015 and has never missed a week, currently sitting at 217 episodes. He proudly adds, “I've podcasted from the back of a taxi in Thailand,...