The panel included Nathalie Schwarz from Channel 4, Matt Wells, Head of Audio from Guardian Unlimited, Sarah Prag from the BBC, and noted independent radio / podcast producers Hermeet Chadha and Karen Pearson. The session covered many issues around podcasting, including definition, production values, regulation, culture, expectations of both listeners and viewers, metrics, and the commercial realities of making podcasting pay.Dean Whitbread from Talking Voices and the UK Podcasters Association takes part in the question and answer session in part two, talking about video and the Association for Downloadable Media initiative.

This podcast is in two parts, encoded at 96kbps, and currently not delivered via RSS, so we thought we’d oblige.

This interview was conducted by new media arts consultant evangelist Len Edgerly.

Interesting and informative, his Tartan Stories blog has a comprehensive account of his methodology. Mark also covers the background to his professional work in his personal and engaging Tartan Podcast.

The theme tune is “Cinema is Burning” from another Talking Voices-associated creative team, Cinema Du Lyon.

“We were considering asking Tartan Media Productions / Talking Voices to get involved with AICR as we were aware of the work Mark Hunter had produced for the Tartan Podcast. However, it was hearing the podcast for Glasgow Caledonian University that persuaded us that he was the right person to partner with. Although we thought we could probably look after some of the technical aspects ourselves, we realised that we needed a Producer who was used to working in this medium to pull everything together and keep the project moving along.

In our business it is too easy for other tasks to take precedence and the podcast may have been put on the back burner. Mark has brought structure, ideas and a relaxed style to what we produce. Many of people who listen to our podcast have questions about cancer symptoms and treatments, and Mark’s calm but clear style definitely helps in getting our message across.”

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“Researching hormonal responses lead me to “Sassy” Sonya Buyting, ex-Discovery Channel science journalist, now HD TV host, presenter and producer, and podcast pioneer from Canada.”

In this 30 minute interview, Dean and Sonya discuss avatars, a passion for science, programme-making, and the “selfish reasons” for making a podcast.