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Really Specific Stories
Martin Feld
28 episodes
2 weeks ago
Join Martin Feld, podcast studies researcher and co-host of Hemispheric Views, as he delves into narratives of tech-podcast fandom and the role of open RSS, featuring producers and their listeners. (The show is currently on hiatus, as the collected interviews are referenced for thesis writing.)
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Join Martin Feld, podcast studies researcher and co-host of Hemispheric Views, as he delves into narratives of tech-podcast fandom and the role of open RSS, featuring producers and their listeners. (The show is currently on hiatus, as the collected interviews are referenced for thesis writing.)
Show more...
Technology
Arts,
Education
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Stephen Hackett
Really Specific Stories
54 minutes 8 seconds
2 years ago
Stephen Hackett

Stephen delves into the history of Relay FM, discussing the origins of the show Connected and the broader podcast network. He also explains his personal shift from blogging to podcasting and co-founding a business—balancing the needs of advertisers, co-hosts, members and of course, family.

Podcast case study: Connected at Relay FM (producer)

Find Stephen at 512pixels.net.

Read a transcript of the episode as a styled PDF or in plain text.

Links and Show Notes

The Conversation Is the Work 00:00:00

  • Information technology (IT)
  • Apple, Inc.
  • Myke Hurley
  • Blog
  • Facebook
  • Mac (computer)
  • Elementary (or primary) school
  • Middle school
  • Macintosh Performa
  • Skype
  • Zoom (software)
  • iPad
  • Tablet computer
  • Microsoft
    • Windows tablets through the ages: The good, the bad and the ugly, in pictures
  • iPhone
  • Steve Jobs

A Little Patch of Land 00:08:36

  • Relay FM
  • The Pen Addict
  • 5by5
  • Federico Viticci
  • MacStories
  • The Prompt
  • Dan Benjamin

Connected 00:16:51

  • Connected
  • Genius Bar (Stephen’s reference to the role of ‘Apple Genius’)

Establishing the Network 00:19:42

  • Jason Snell
  • Macworld
  • Rocket
  • Christina Warren
  • Simone de Rochefort
  • Brianna Wu
  • Upgrade
  • Cortex

Freedom to Build What We Need 00:29:41

  • Content management system (CMS)
  • Relay FM Membership
  • COVID-19 pandemic (Linking to Stephen’s line: ‘Everyone knows what happened in early 2020.’)
  • Discord
  • The Beatles
  • Mac Power Users

Personal Changes 00:40:19

  • Relay FM for St. Jude (2022) (blog post about the fourth annual fundraiser)

Two Sides of a Coin 00:44:14

  • TikTok
  • Instagram Stories
  • YouTube Shorts
  • ESPN
  • Kathy Campbell
  • Woodworking
  • Dell
  • Augmented reality (AR)
  • Virtual reality (VR)

Credits

Recorded and edited by Martin Feld, using Audio Hijack and Ferrite Recording Studio

Martin’s edit in Ferrite

Original podcast theme music by Alex Canion

Contact

  • Website: rsspod.net
  • Email: martin@loungeruminator.net
  • Mastodon: social.lol/@martinfeld
  • Micro.blog: micro.blog/martinfeld

A Special Note

Martin is a paid subscriber of Stephen Hackett's shared membership program for Relay FM; this did not influence any of the questions that were asked and did not place any expectations on Stephen as a participant of this academic podcasting project.

Really Specific Stories
Join Martin Feld, podcast studies researcher and co-host of Hemispheric Views, as he delves into narratives of tech-podcast fandom and the role of open RSS, featuring producers and their listeners. (The show is currently on hiatus, as the collected interviews are referenced for thesis writing.)