{"id":1544,"date":"2018-12-07T17:16:27","date_gmt":"2018-12-08T01:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/cmns\/?p=1544"},"modified":"2018-12-08T09:06:02","modified_gmt":"2018-12-08T17:06:02","slug":"podcasts-not-so-new-podcast-fests-another-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/cmns\/2018\/12\/07\/podcasts-not-so-new-podcast-fests-another-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcasts not so new: Podcast fests another story"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Marcella LaFever<\/strong><\/p>\n

From its roots as audioblogging in the 1980s to its reinvention with the release of the iPod in 2004<\/a>, the phenomenon of podcasting seems to have skyrocketed in recent years. The inaugural Vancouver Podcast Festival<\/a> just took accessibility to the digital world to a new level this past November 8th to the 10th<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I could only attend the Friday sessions but it was nice to bump into Jess Wind through the twitterverse while waiting for the panel discussion on “Idea to Audio” to commence. Jess was waiting eagerly for the livecast of Hannah McGregor’s<\/a> podcast Secret Feminist Agenda<\/a> in the next session but it seems we did have at least one thing in common – getting some tips on starting a podcast from a fantastic panel that included some people that even other successful podcasters were eager to hear. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

One question to the panel about ways to assess success led to a nice little list, from the obvious “downloads” to the more obscure and harder to measure – big data on whether audience listened all the way through or when they dropped out. Other measures included<\/p>\n