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We have posted the complete audio from this year’s Podcast and New Media Expo on our Podcast Academy site. You can get immediate access and download the entire set of all 50 sessions and the 3 keynotes for just $99!

You can find complete details here.

Today at Podcast Academy #6, Marantz Professional revealed it’s new handheld digital recorder the PMD620. We posted details over on the Podcast Academy blog.

On Friday Sept. 28th at 1:00PM, all the authors of our new book, Podcast Academy™: The Business Podcasting Book will be doing an author signing at the New Media Expo. If you’d like to meet some of the original practitioners of podcasting, this is a great opportunity to see them all at once: Greg Cangialosi, Ryan Irelan, Tim Bourquin, and Colette Vogele. I’ll stop by as well. Check us out at the Expo’s book shop.

This last week I received my first advanced copy of our new book, Podcast Academy™: The Business Podcasting Book. This is one serious book. When I agreed to do the project, I did what any respectable “Editor-in-Chief” would do. I invited the smartest people I know to act as authors. They turned out an impressive 420 page tome that weighs in at a hefty 2.3 pounds! If you are involved in any sort of corporate or organizational podcast initiative this is the book for you. Should be on store shelves by the end of the week. Bravo once again to our impressive list of contributing authors: Greg Cangialosi, Ryan Irelan, Tim Bourquin, and Colette Vogele!

I had the great privilege to serve as Editor-in-Chief for the first in a series of Podcast Academy™ branded books. We worked with Focal Press on the project and were able to assemble an awesome line up of contributors for this first book including: Greg Cangialosi, Ryan Irelan, Colette Vogele, and Tim Bourquin .

This book is not another podcasting how-to or technical book, but rather a practical overview of the medium and how you can go about deploying it within your own organization. You can read all about over at Podcast Academy.

The book is available for pre-order now at Amazon.

I just got word that Tim Street of French Maid TV fame has agreed once again to be a featured instructor at Podcast Academy #6. Welcome aboard Tim!
If you are ready to take your podcasting seriously, isn’t it time you attended a Podcast Academy™?

I am pleased to announce that GigaVox Media has opened registrations for our sixth Podcast Academy. The Podcast and New Media Expo has invited us back for a third year in a row to kick off their trade show with a Podcast Academy on Thursday September 27th, 2007 in Ontario California. As usual, you can expect a world class group of instructors covering everything the professional podcaster needs to know. This is your chance to interact with the leaders in podcasting and benefit from a purpose designed day long course style approach including lots of Q and A. Get the answers and solutions you are looking for. I hope to see you at #6.

See the sign-up page for complete details.

While at Podcast Academy #5 I did a quick interview with Greg Cangialosi for his ROI Radio show. We discussed GigaVox, our podcast publishing platform and the Podcast Academy. Oh, we also mentioned a forthcoming series of Podcast Academy books. [Link]

You can check out some fun videos from Steve Garfield and Tony Kahn focusing on Tony’s WGBH/Podcast Morning Stories. [Link to Videos] Tony has been podcasting since the beginning and has some great insight on the power of personal story telling via podcasting. Here is a great presentation he did at our Boston University Podcast Academy. While I am at it, here is link to all the videos, including Steve’s presentation from the same event.

I’m off to Duke University this week for Podcast Academy #5. I’m looking forward to catching up with some podcast stars who’ll be there as instructors including Tim Bourquin, Greg Cangialosi, Kris Smith, Noah Bonnett and Steve Fisher.

Oh, and for all those attending, we are going to set you with a GigaVox Audio Lite private alpha account to play with.

I am using this post to test a new blog feature. While we are at it. If you haven’t already, check out this link for information about Podcast Academy #5 at Duke University.

The new feature? Click the image at the top of this blog post to see if it works in your browser. (Site needs to be loaded in your browser for it to work.) Even fancier? Try clicking this link.

Podcast Academy 5 has just been announced and registration is open. It will take place February 14-15, 2007 at the Duke University campus in Durham, NC. This is your chance to attend a Podcast Academy™ on the East Coast. The focus is a good mix of academic and enthusiast topics. Speakers scheduled to present include, Tim Bourquin, Greg Cangialosi, Noah Bonnett, Kris Smith and many others. [Full schedule.]

Find out all the details at Duke’s Podcast Academy page.

I am often asked to recount the story behind the original 50th Anniversary Disneyland Podcast. Those who have heard the story know it sounds like a game of telephone. “A guy (Mike Spataro) called a guy ( Greg Cangialosi) who called a guy (K. Todd Storch) who called a guy (Me).” Here is an interview that my friend Greg Cangialosi (guy #2) conducted with Mike Spataro (guy #1) for his new podcast, ROI Radio. For the record, Mike is the unsung hero of the Disneyland Podcast, he brought the opportunity to us.

BTW, Greg did a great presentation at our most recent Podcast Academy. His presentation, which he mentions in the interview, will be available for free on the Podcast Academy channel in the near future. [Link]

If you are a Disney fan, here are the photos from the May kick off event and the July 50th Anniversary.

At both the Podcast Academy and the Podcast Expo, we have been showing people The Levelator. We promised it would be available by Saturday and I am pleased to report that slightly after midnight it went live. Those of you who have seen it and asked about availability it is here. If you don’t know about what it is, or what it does, follow the link; Doug Kaye has done a good job of explaining why podcasters are so excited about The Levelator. Did I mention it is free? [Link]

As those who are listening to the podcast content we feature on the GIgaVox Media Network know, we have been fortunate to have some great sponsors jump aboard quickly. What is particularly pleasing to me is that both companies that are sponsoring the series on the Podcast Academy channel are companies that I have been doing business with since I started podcasting. My first digital recorder was a Marantz PMD 670 (I now own three Marantz units) and I have bought all my audio processing gear from BSW. It is nice to see that they both recognize the potential in the podcast marketplace.