#6 - Podcasting and Public Engagement with Hannah McGregor
Podcast |
View from Venus
Publisher |
Meg Palladino, Mary L Churchill
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
Business, 
Careers, 
Education, 
Higher Education, 
Interview, 
Society & Culture
Categories Via RSS |
Business, 
Careers, 
Documentary, 
Health & Fitness, 
Mental Health, 
Society & Culture
Publication Date |
Dec 05, 2019
Episode Duration |
00:21:35

Topics Discussed in this Episode:

  • If you could have a year’s supply of anything, what would it be?
  • The pros and cons of podcasting as a form of public engagement for women
  • Gendered politics of the voice and expectations about what a listenable voice should sound like.
  • Podcasting as one of the safest spaces for women doing public work because if people hate you, they just won’t listen.
  • The practice of hate-reading and hate-skimming blog posts and using them as a platform for women-hating.
  • The policing of women’s voices and the different expectations around vocal style in the medium of podcasts.
  • Early 20th century middlebrow magazines as a formative public space for women writers and thinkers.
  • The role of middlebrow magazines as spaces for making and maintaining race, class, and gender.
  • The making of Witch, Please, Hannah’s podcast about the Harry Potter world.
  • The importance of using podcasts as a space for using our academic training and knowledge to resonate with wider listeners.
  • Hannah’s newest podcast, Secret Feminist Agenda, is like a really good bar conversation at the end of the day of the conference.
  • The experimental peer review process of Secret Feminist Agenda and the importance of rethinking our approach to peer review.
  • The skill set of making a podcast and the skill set of teaching a class are remarkably similar.
  • Pitch yourself as a guest on a podcast that you listen to and tell us how it goes.

Resources Discussed in this Episode:

Music Credits: Magic by Six Umbrellas

Sound Engineer: Ernesto Valencia

In this week's episode, guest expert Hannah McGregor, Assistant Professor of Publishing at Simon Fraser University in Canada, joins us to talk about podcasting, public engagement, Harry Potter, and feminism. We wrap up with our best tips and advice for public engagement in higher ed and at the end we'll have an assignment for our listeners- we challenge you to pitch yourself as a guest on one of your favorite podcasts. Let us know how it goes and share your story on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook and tag us @university_of_venus on IG and @UVenus on Twitter or post it on our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/UVenus/ and we will share, retweet, and amplify! Find University of Venus on Instagram @university_of_venus , Twitter @UVenus , and Facebook http://www.facebook.com/UVenus/

Topics Discussed in this Episode:

  • If you could have a year’s supply of anything, what would it be?
  • The pros and cons of podcasting as a form of public engagement for women
  • Gendered politics of the voice and expectations about what a listenable voice should sound like.
  • Podcasting as one of the safest spaces for women doing public work because if people hate you, they just won’t listen.
  • The practice of hate-reading and hate-skimming blog posts and using them as a platform for women-hating.
  • The policing of women’s voices and the different expectations around vocal style in the medium of podcasts.
  • Early 20th century middlebrow magazines as a formative public space for women writers and thinkers.
  • The role of middlebrow magazines as spaces for making and maintaining race, class, and gender.
  • The making of Witch, Please, Hannah’s podcast about the Harry Potter world.
  • The importance of using podcasts as a space for using our academic training and knowledge to resonate with wider listeners.
  • Hannah’s newest podcast, Secret Feminist Agenda, is like a really good bar conversation at the end of the day of the conference.
  • The experimental peer review process of Secret Feminist Agenda and the importance of rethinking our approach to peer review.
  • The skill set of making a podcast and the skill set of teaching a class are remarkably similar.
  • Pitch yourself as a guest on a podcast that you listen to and tell us how it goes.

Resources Discussed in this Episode:

Music Credits: Magic by Six Umbrellas

Sound Engineer: Ernesto Valencia

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