Newsletter – October 2025

Attend the HPN Symposium!

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5th Annual Humanities Podcasting Network Symposium: “Podcasting & Power”

Oct. 24th & 25, 2025 (Virtual)

Punk rock isn’t something you grow out of. Punk rock is an attitude, and the essence of that attitude is ‘give us some truth.’”— Joe Strummer

For the 5th annual HPN Symposium, we find ourselves at a very particular moment in our culture where Joe Strummer’s quote is more imperative than ever. Everyday we’re inundated with information, with images and video, with a carefully curated summary of our world which is part of a purposely bloated download. We consume media consciously and unconsciously, and attempt to survive this bombardment isolated from our many communities.

Registration is free and open to podcasters and audio scholars from around the world.

On Oct 24 – 25, a Zoom link will be sent out shortly prior to the start of each session.

Schedule (all times are listed in EST)

Friday, October 24:

  • 10:00 am—Symposium Opening & Welcome
  • 10:30-12:00 pm—Concurrent Sessions 1 & 2
  • 1:00-2:30 pm—Concurrent Sessions 3 & 4
  • 3:00-4:30 pm—Concurrent Sessions 5 & 6
  • 5:00-6:15 pm—Concurrent Sessions 7 & 8

Saturday, October 25:

  • 10:00 am—Symposium Day 2 Opening & Welcome
  • 10:30-12:00 pm—Concurrent Sessions 1 & 2
  • 1:00-2:30 pm—Concurrent Sessions 3 & 4
  • 3:00-4:30 pm—Concurrent Sessions 5 & 6
  • 5:00-6:15 pm—Concurrent Sessions 7 & 8