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Welcome to a special mini series from the Podcast Learning Network! The\xa0Podcast Learning Network (PLN) hosted a series of expert discussion panels to explore different aspects of podcasting. This episode is a live recording of the January 19, 2024 discussion about building a podcast brand and online community.\xa0\nOur guest experts are:\nChristine Caccipuoti\xa0is a historian (MA, Fordham University) who co-hosts and co-produces the podcast\xa0Footnoting History. Launched in 2013,\xa0Footnoting History\xa0features a rotation of historian-hosts who create short episodes covering lesser-known topics in world history for the public. It has been downloaded over 3 million times and consists of more than 280 episodes. In her capacity as a podcasting scholar, Christine co-edited\xa0Independent Scholars Meet the World: Expanding Academia beyond the Academy\xa0(University Press of Kansas, 2020) and spoken about podcasting at conferences like Intelligent Speech, Sound Education, and the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians. Further, she has explored the history and legacy of Elton John\u2019s \u201cCandle in the Wind 1997\u201d for\xa0One-Track Mind: Capitalism, Technology, and the Art of the Pop Song\xa0(Routledge, 2022) and contributed to\xa0American National Biography. More about Christine can be found at\xa0ChristineCaccipuoti.com, while\xa0Footnoting History\xa0can be found as @footnotinghistory on YouTube, Instagram and Facebook.\nJim Ambuske\xa0is a Historian and Senior Producer at\xa0R2 Studios, the podcast division of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University. At R2 Studios, Ambuske produces, creates, and\xa0hosts narrative history podcasts for general audiences. He is the executive producer of\xa0The Green Tunnel Podcast, and is the creator, writer, and narrator of\xa0Worlds Turned Upside Down,\xa0a podcast about the history of the American Revolution.\xa0\xa0He is the former producer and host of the podcast,\xa0Conversations at the Washington Library, and with Jeanette Patrick, co-created and co-wrote the narrative documentary series,\xa0Intertwined: The Enslaved Community at George Washington\u2019s Mount Vernon.\nJohn\xa0R.\xa0Heckman\xa0is known to thousands online as\xa0The Tattooed Historian. Currently embarking on his inaugural year as a PhD student in Interdisciplinary Humanities here at Brock, John is adapting to his new Canadian lifestyle. Originally from Pennsylvania, USA, he has devoted himself to ensuring the accessibility of history to a wide audience through social media, gaming, live-streamed and in-person events, and his engaging podcast,\xa0The Tattooed Historian Show, where he discusses a plethora of historical topics with authors, researchers, and other leaders in their fields.\xa0\n\xa0\nAbout the Podcast Learning Network\xa0\nThe Podcast Learning Network is funded by the Faculty of Humanities and facilitated by Alison Innes. Events are organized in collaboration with the\xa0Department of Digital Humanities,\xa0Makerspace, and\xa0Office of Research Services. Learn more and sign up for event notifications on the\xa0PLN website.\n\xa0\nCredits\nThank you for listening to Foreword!\nSubtitles are available in some podcast apps. Printable transcripts available by request. Find past episodes on our website brocku.ca/humanities.\nWe love to hear from our listeners! Join us on\xa0Instagram @brockhumanities.\nPlease follow and rate us on your favourite podcasting app so you don't miss an episode!\nForeword\xa0is produced by Alison Innes for the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University.\nSound editing for this episode is by Andrew Camacho. Theme music is by\xa0Khalid Imam.\nThis podcast is financially supported by the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University.