#6 - Podcasting and Public Engagement with Hannah McGregor

Author: Lee Skallerup Bessette, Mary L Churchill, Hannah McGregor, Meg Palladino
Published: Thu 05 Dec 2019
Episode Link: https://the-view-from-venus.simplecast.com/episodes/6-podcasting-and-public-engagement-with-hannah-mcgregor-2w31UiJ7

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.

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Music Credits: Magic by Six Umbrellas

Sound Engineer: Ernesto Valencia

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