Jack | January 5, 2022
From the Half Moon Bay Review:As a writing professor at Stanford University in 1995, Richard Holeton wrote a 500-word short story about Theodore Streleski, the Stanford graduate student who bludgeoned his faculty advisor to death with a hammer in the 1970s. He developed the story into a hypertext novel, “Figurski at Findhorn on Acid,” which […]
Jack | January 2, 2022
It’s our favourite day of the year. Public Domain Day. On January 1, 2022, copyrighted works from 1926 will enter the US public domain, 1 where they will be free for all to copy, share, and build upon. The line-up this year is stunning. It includes books such as A. A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh, Felix Salten’s Bambi, Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun […]
Jack | December 26, 2021
Dr. Mark Dreisonstok and MDTheatreGuide has a look at Sole Twin Audio’s remake of “Holiday Affair”. “Miracle on 34th Street,” “It’s a Wonderful Life,” and several versions of “A Christmas Carol” are some of the most popular Christmas films. For its Christmas audio offering based on a classic film, Sole Twin Audios chooses to take […]
Jack | December 26, 2021
It looks like Hollywood has come up with an interesting idea. Why don’t we have Podcast Movies? The New York Times is struggling to have a name for it. Can anyone come up with something? Reggie Ugwu writes: What do you call a podcast that presents a single, fictional story in 90 minutes? It might […]
Jack | November 18, 2021
From the Twittersphere Jade Madison Scott @JadeMScott took the time to pass off some wisdom about a service that could be really valuable for those struggling with transcripts. Descript has an “Automatic and human-powered transcription with industry-leading accuracy and powerful collaboration tools.” So, if you want to try something that won’t cost a lot. Give […]
Jack | November 17, 2021
Caroline Mincks provides a reasoned argument as to why it’s important to provide more opportunity and engagement in your audio podcast by providing transcripts in this article in Sounds Profitable. Consider this bit of wisdom from the article: “….the numbers were still staggering: out of 372 responses to the poll, 74.5% said that yes, they […]
Jack | November 17, 2021
In this short talk, Caroline explores their history as a deaf creator of a fiction podcast that represents deafness. They clear up misconceptions about Deafness and the critical importance of its inclusion in how you approach your audio work. Check out the Transcript Cassie Josephs’ guide to transcripts (https://discoverpods.com/podcast-accessible-transcripts/)
Jack | October 31, 2021
Friend of Sonic Summerstock and reviewer extraordinaire Dr. Mark Dreisonstok has another review from our friend Rachel Pulliam about the show “Ghost Hunt”! Go have a read at the MD Theatre Guide for more!
Jack | October 30, 2021
There have been many places that have attempted though the years to keep a running total of podcasts. Try out Podcatr.com, they have quite the collection of your favourite shows!
Jack | October 24, 2021
