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African Diaspora Themed Podcasts - A Directory WHEN THE DAWN TEAM became aware of the podcast "AU on the Go" as a service of the African Union's African Diaspora Division (https://au.int/en/diaspora-division), we set out to find out how to access it and then to share the information with our community. We found the listing on the PlayerFM site which is why that service is featured in this article. However, as we restate later in the article, this is not a commercial for PlayerFM. We encourage you to explore your podcast sources and curate your own directory of African Diaspora Themed Podcasts. We also added the link to AU on the Go in our Resource Vault (page xx). Podcasting A podcast (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcast) is an episodic series of spoken word digital audio files that a user can download to a personal device for easy listening. Streaming applications and podcasting services provide a convenient, integrated way to manage a personal consumption queue across many podcast sources and playback devices. A podcast series usually features one or more recurring hosts engaged in a discussion about a particular topic or current event. Discussion and content within a podcast can range from carefully scripted to totally improvised. Podcasts combine elaborate and artistic sound production with thematic concerns ranging from scientific research to sliceof-life journalism. Many podcast series provide an associated website with links and show notes, guest biographies, transcripts, additional resources, commentary, and even a community forum dedicated to discussing the show's content. The cost to the consumer is low. While many podcasts are free to download, others are underwritten by corporations or sponsored, with the inclusion of commercial advertisements. In other cases, a podcast could also be a business venture supported by some combination of a paid subscription model, advertising or product
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delivered after sale. People are motivated to create a podcast for a number of reasons. The podcast producer, who is often the podcast host as well, may wish to express a personal passion, increase professional visibility, enter into a social network of influencers or influential ideas, cultivate a community of like-minded viewership, or put forward pedagogical or ideological ideas (possibly under philanthropic support). Because podcast content is often free or, at the very least, aordable for the average podcast consumer, podcasting is often classified as a disruptive medium, which is adverse to the maintenance of traditional revenue models. Long-running podcasts with a substantial back catalogue are amenable to binge consumption.
PlayerFM services are shown below, however, please curate the African Diaspora themed podcasts available via whichever systems you use. Best African Diaspora podcasts we could find (updated August 2020) https://player.fm/podcasts/ African-Diaspora Play epic talk shows anywhere, anytime. Player FM is the multi-platform podcast app that helps you find shows on the topics you care about and play them at your convenience, even when you're oine. One account, many interfaces Manage and play your podcasts on web and phone. Fling to your TV with Chromecast, launch shows from your wrist with Android Wear, and DAWN
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