Make:cast

About Make:cast

Make:Cast is a podcast from Make:Community (make.co), producers of Make: Magazine and Maker Faire, and hosted by Dale Dougherty. We are exploring ideas, tools and people behind the maker movement.

Publisher

Dale Dougherty

Category

technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

8 Oct 2020

Latest episode

4 Nov 2025

Latest episodes

89 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   4 Nov 2025

   Make:cast -- Makerspaces in Schools with Sarah H Chung

   Sarah H Chung is the manager of Maker Learning at Center City Public Charter Schools in Washington DC. Sarah shares her journey into maker education, starting with her diverse interests in hobbies and previous positions in teaching computer science and making at Lighthouse Charter Schools in Oakland. She discusses her experience setting up a makerspace during her time in Scandinavia and then moving back to the US. Sarah took a job to develop a new 20,000-square-foot makerspace for this charte...

2. 

   18 Sept 2025

   Unplugged Tots: Screen-free coding activities for children

   In this episode of Make:cast, host Dale Dougherty is joined by Hannah Hagon, author of "Unplugged Tots," and Brian Jepson, publisher at Raspberry Pi. The discussion centers on Hannah’s new book, which offers screen-free, play-based activities designed to introduce young children to computational thinking and logical problem-solving without the use of computers or coding apps. Hannah shares her inspiration for the book, rooted in her experiences as a parent seeking ways to bridge the gap betwe...

3. 

   11 Jun 2025

   A Maker's Life - a generational perspective

   Marilyn Nash and Amber Hudson discuss their book 'A Maker's Life' with Dale Dougherty, exploring its impact on fostering intergenerational conversations about the maker mindset in this interview.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

376,649,616

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.2 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

4.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 40 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

29

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

32

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.