The Podcast Studies Podcast
Examining podcasting as a practice, as a technology, and as a medium through an academic lens.
Produced by Lori Beckstead and Dario Llinares
Recent Episodes
Oct. 15, 2025
Podcast Studies: Practice Into Theory - Author Conversations Part 1: Samuel Clevenger and Martin Feld
The Podcast Studies Podcast hosts Lori and Dario have finally published their edited volume Podcast Studies: Practice into Theory (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2025). The book contains 18 chapters written by scholars who...
March 11, 2024
Scholarly Podcasting: Why, What, How? with Ian M. Cook
Lori Beckstead chats with Ian M. Cook about his recent book entitled Scholarly Podcasting: Why, What, How? We hear from some of the scholars who podcast whom Ian interviewed for the book and talk about why podcasting is an at...
Dec. 5, 2023
Jess Shane: Towards a Third Podcasting
For this episode, Dario spoke to the freelance podcast producer Jess Shane . Jess works largely in audio documentary although you can hear her work cutting across various fields, genres and themes. Jess came to our attention ...
Sept. 28, 2023
From Toronto Podcast Conference: The Podcast Space?
The Podcast Studies Podcast returns after over a year's hiatus. In this first episode in a new season we bring you a hybrid recorded session from the ICA pre-conference focused specifically on Podcast Studies. Lori hosts the ...
Feb. 6, 2022
Robert Gutsche - The J Word Podcast
Robert Gutsche , is a leading scholar in the field of Journalism Studies where he applies critical cultural theory to investigate issues of power in journalism. He is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Critical Digita...
Dec. 17, 2021
Mack Hagood of Phantom Power: Sound Studies & Scholarly Podcasting
Prof. Mack Hagood, author of Hush: Media and Sonic Self Control and producer of Phantom Power , joins Dario to discuss sound studies and scholarly podcasting. Phantom Power is a benchmark academic podcast in terms of acoustic...
Dec. 4, 2021
Peer Review Podcasting Part 2: reflections
How well do podcasts work as a medium for scholarly peer review? In the previous episode, Hannah McGregor and Ian M. Cook provided peer review on Lori Beckstead's draft chapter Context is King: Podcast Packaging and Paratexts...
Dec. 4, 2021
Peer Review Podcasting Part 1: a real-time peer review of scholarly work
Host Lori Beckstead submits her draft chapter Context is King: Podcast Packaging and Paratexts for a real-time peer review on this podcast. Peer reviewers Hannah McGregor and Ian M. Cook give their impressions and suggestions...
Nov. 19, 2021
Cross-Disciplinary Student Collaboration: Podcasting about Criminology
We're excited to share a podcast submitted to us by Robin Davies, Professor of Media Studies at Vancouver Island University. Originally broadcast as a radio program on CHLY FM in Nanaimo, British Columbia, it features a series of short podcasts that were created as a cross-disciplinary assignment b…
Nov. 4, 2021
Terry Lee (Fantastic Noise)
In this episode, Dario talks to Terry Lee. Terry is Senior Tutor in Radio & Audio at the University of Bedfordshire and is also responsible for the award-winning Radio LaB 97.1FM. He has had a long career in independent and c...
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