Welcome to PhDcast! I’m your host, creator, and PhD student, Alison Innes, and this ongoing podcast of indeterminate length will take you behind the scenes into my PhD research on podcasts, ethics, and knowledge mobilization. I’ll be using this podcast to reflect on my own podcasting experiences, to share my evolving thinking about podcasts, and to explore some of the ideas I’m encountering in my research. Think of it as a sort of notebook that invites you not only to snoop on my research, but to participate in it, too!
-- Made in Canada on the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe peoples. --
Visit my website https://podcastologist.ca/contact to share your thoughts! I can also be found on Twitter at @InnesAlison or by email at podcastinghumanities@gmail.com Learn more about this research project and how you can participate by visiting https://podcastologist.ca
PhDcast is an ongoing project by Alison Innes, PhD student in Interdisciplinary Humanities at Brock University. This research project has been approved by the Research Ethics Board at Brock University, file #23-020-MAURO.
Episode 11: (Re)Covering Bad Women– From Ithaka to Whitechapel
This episode is the second in “(Re)Covering Bad Women,” a podcast miniseries exploring vulnerability, precarity, and victimization in true crime podcasts. This episode is an explanation of my creative podcast episode, (Re)Covering Bad Women: Unruly Slave Girls in the Odyssey. This episode connects the creative sound piece to broader themes from Emily Wilson’s translation of […]
16 Oct 2025
Episode 10: (Re)Covering Bad Women– Unruly Slaves in the Odyssey
This episode of Project PhDcast is part one of (Re)Covering Bad Women, a podcast miniseries exploring vulnerability, precarity, and victimization in true crime podcasting. The first part of (Re)Covering Bad Women is a creative sound piece based on the story of the enslaved girls in Homer’s Odyssey, with passages taken from Emily Wilson’s translation and […]
15 Oct 2025
Episode 09: An Autumn Walk in the Woods
Happy Thanksgiving! It’s a lovely, golden afternoon in October. The woods are fragrant with fallen leaves. A passing thunderstorm has stirred up the waves on Lake Ontario. Birds flit from branch to branch, crickets chirp, and a flock of geese pass overhead. Won’t you join me for an autumn walk in the woods? For optimal […]
15 Sept 2025
Episode 08: Here’s to Punk Podcasting
What does a podcast sound like? What should a podcast sound like? In today’s episode I review three of my recent readings about podcasting sound– an academic text on sonic aesthetics, a news article on AI podcasts, and a blog post on punk rock– and how these are shaping my podcast practice and research. *Contains […]
2 Apr 2025
Episode 07 Theories & Methods: Humanities Podcasting & Public Discourse
This post is an accessible version of my research poster for the HUMA 7P02 poster session held at Brock University on 2 April 2025. Do you remember the last time you sat around a campfire, eating smores and sharing stories? We share campfire stories with an intimate group of trusted friends. The growth of podcasting […]
2 Jun 2024
Episode 06: Recent Reading on True Crime
Welcome back to another episode of Project PhDcast, an audio research diary. This episode I share some thoughts on some recent reading. Joy Wiltenburg’s 2004 article on “True Crime: The Origins of Modern Sensationalism” discusses how sensational crime stories from 16th and 17th century Germany functioned in their societal and religious contexts. I share my […]
3 Jan 2024
Episode 05: Is Podcasting Dead?
Alison is joined by long-time podcaster Christine Caccipuoti to dissect the rumours of podcasting’s demise. They explore what it means to be a self-funded, independent podcaster and the relationship of independent podcast creators to the commercialized podcasting industry. Christine Caccipuoti is a New York-based podcaster, historian, and performer. Currently the the co-producer of Footnoting History […]
12 Dec 2023
Episode 04: Academic Identities– A conversation with Darrin Sunstrum
In Project PhDcast’s first feature-length episode, Alison Innes joins her MythTake co-host Darrin Sunstrum for a conversation about the heroic narrative, academic identities, and the role of podcasting in their academic journeys. Mentioned in this episode Credits Project PhDcast is created, hosted, and produced by Alison Innes. Music is “Grand Dark Waltz” by Kevin McLeod […]
29 Oct 2023
Episode 03: Writing Magic
October has flown by way too quickly! It’s a been busy month, but one of the highlights for me has been doing academic writing after ten long years. PS– Project PhDcast is now listed in Apple Podcasts, so you can subscribe in your favourite podcatcher app! Mentioned in this episode: View this podcast with subtitles on […]
4 Oct 2023
Episode 02: Copagandacasting
What happens when you combine the words cops + propaganda + podcasting? You get a really unpronounceable word– copagandacasting– and the topic of my current research. This episode, I introduce you to my current work on ethics, authority, and police podcasting arising from the Toronto Police Service’s podcast, 24 Shades of Blue. Mentioned in this […]
31 Aug 2023
Episode 01: Welcome to Project PhDcast
Welcome to the first episode of PhDcast! I’m your host and producer, Alison Innes, and this ongoing monthly podcast of indeterminate length will take you behind the scenes into my PhD research on podcasts. I’ll be using this podcast to reflect on my own podcasting experiences, to share my evolving thinking about podcasts, and to […]
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