Do Podcasts Count? Journals, Peer Review, and the Future of Academic Work in Audio

A thoughtful look at how podcasting is expanding the ways academic work is created and shared.

Jim Ambuske, historian and producer, is back to share his thoughts on where audio is going in the academic world and what it’s going to take to have it recognized as a scholarly medium. Jim gets into his new work on the In Pursuit project, what he’s seeing in the world of digital archives and oral history, and why he believes audio and video are important ways to share academic work beyond the page. They also dig into the real challenges facing higher education right now—from funding pressures to tenure expectations—and why, even with all of that, Jim is still optimistic about what creators and institutions can build next.

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• In Pursuit
• Jim Previous Episode: Making History Heard: Bringing the Past to Life Through Podcasts

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Chapters:

• (00:00) - Introduction
• (03:32) - Jim’s New Role and the In Pursuit Project
• (05:40) - Podcasting & Funding Cuts to the Humanities & Higher Ed
• (08:11) - How to Keep Doing the Work in a Difficult Environment
• (09:55) - The Digital Archives in the Commonwealth Conference
• (13:18) - The Growth of Multimedia and Academic Storytelling
• (14:57) - Why the Monograph Still Dominates Academia
• (17:44) - What Would It Take for Podcasts to Count?
• (20:02) - University Presses & Journals in an Audio World
• (21:49) - Conferences & Accreditation for Podcasting
• (24:01) - How Institutions Can Support Podcasting Without Breaking It
• (26:59) - The Future of Higher Ed Podcasting
• (30:52) - Conclusion