Werk It: The Podcast

How to Make Podcasts and Influence People

Say you want to make a podcast. You get a microphone and recording kit. You make sure your closet is relatively soundproof. You wow your friends with your clever title and original conceit. You even figure out how to set up an RSS feed. Now how do you get anyone to listen?
Hear some hot tips and tales from the trenches from women who started from scratch and climbed the charts: The Heart's <a href="http://www.theheartradio.org/">Kaitlin Prest</a>, The Read's <a href="https://twitter.com/crissles">Crissle West</a>, Criminal's <a href="https://twitter.com/laurenspohrer">Lauren Spohrer</a>, and the Longest Shortest Time's <a href="https://twitter.com/longestshortest">Hillary Frank</a>.
Werk It: The Podcast is a compilation of the best moments from Werk It, a women's podcasting festival produced by WNYC Studios. Both the festival and the podcast are made possible by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting with additional support from The Harnisch Foundation.
You can find more information at <a href="http://www.wnyc.org/shows/werkit/">www.wnyc.org/shows/werkit</a>.

The Werk It festival brings together women from around the world who host, produce, edit, sound design and love podcasts, for a few days of workshops, conversations and presentations. This podcast is the on-demand version of the live event. Think of it as the ICYMI, FOMO version for podcast geeks everywhere. We’ve kept only the best stuff in. Our episodes are in no particular order, so you can dive in and out and just explore, on your own time. If you’ve got a long road trip, go ahead and binge listen! If you’ve got a 20-minute commute, we’ve got something for that, too! Final thought: This podcast is for everyone; the voices you’ll hear belong to women, but the messages are universal.

WNYC Studios is the producer of other leading podcasts, including Radiolab, Death, Sex &amp; Money, Nancy and many more.