The Werk It Festival brings together women and nonbinary people from around the world who host, produce, edit, sound design, market, sell, and just plain 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 eager to learn something new. 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! If you want to know more about us, go to www.werkitfestival.com. WNYC Studios is the producer of other leading podcasts, including Radiolab, Death, Sex & Money, Nancy and many more.
How to Be a Grown Ass Woman
Comedian Sara Schaefer hosts a night of grown-up comedy and stories as part of WNYC's Werk It Women's Podcast Festival. She's joined by The Daily Show's Jessica Williams, High Maintenance co-creator Katja Blichfeld, and New York Magazine advice columnist Heather Havrilesky.
6/9/2015 • 1 hour, 15 minutes, 58 seconds
Don't Fear the Vocal Fry
It's a thing. Or is it? We're talking about so-called vocal fry, and we're joined by a group of women who could give a s**t. We hear first from Manoush Zomorodi, host of the podcast Note to Self. Then, Radiolab producer Molly Webster leads a conversation with Brooke Gladstone of On The Media, Heben Nigatu of Buzzfeed’s Another Round, Lulu Miller of NPR’s Invisibilia and Mary Harris of Only Human.
Recorded live at The Greene Space in downtown New York on June 8, 2015, the event was produced as part of Werk It, WNYC's first ever women's podcasting festival. Werk It was funded in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, whose president and CEO, Pat Harrison, kicks things off at the top of this episode.
6/8/2015 • 1 hour, 17 minutes, 37 seconds
They Said it First
Why are so few podcasts hosted by women? Let's discuss. We're joined by WNYC enterprise editor Karen Frillmann and Nikki Silva, one half of the Peabody-award-winning Kitchen Sisters team.
Recorded live at The Greene Space in downtown New York on June 7, 2015, the event was produced as part of Werk It, WNYC's first ever women's podcasting festival.
6/7/2015 • 32 minutes, 8 seconds
So You Wanna Host a Podcast, Part 1
Here's what you do: First, get a job. Then, pitch a show. Finally, prepare to work overtime.
Mary Harris, host of WNYC's Only Human, hosts this conversation with some of the most prominent voices in podcasting right now. Hear Death, Sex & Money's Anna Sale, Note to Self's Manoush Zomorodi, Another Round's Tracy Clayton and Nerdette's Tricia Bobeda discuss how they turned their day jobs into the podcasts of your dreams.
Recorded live at The Greene Space in downtown New York on June 5, 2015, the event was produced as part of Werk It, WNYC's first ever women's podcasting festival.
6/6/2015 • 47 minutes, 45 seconds
So You Wanna Host a Podcast, Part 2
Here's what you do: First, get a microphone. Next, give up on your personal life. Finally, own it.
Mary Harris of WNYC's Only Human hosts this conversation with women podcasting entrepreneurs who launched their own successful shows. Hear The Read's Crissle West, The Heart's Kaitlin Prest, Criminal's Lauren Spohrer, and Hillary Frank from the Longest Shortest Time discuss how they made it all happen.
Recorded live at The Greene Space in downtown New York on June 5, 2015, the event was produced as part of Werk It, WNYC's first ever women's podcasting festival.
6/5/2015 • 50 minutes, 10 seconds
Bad Podcaster
Author Roxane Gay doesn't have a podcast (yet), but she knows better than anyone how to get people to listen.
Recorded live at The Greene Space in downtown New York on June 4, 2015, Gay's keynote address kicked off Werk It, WNYC's first ever women's podcasting festival. Werk It was funded in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and conceived by WNYC CEO Laura Walker, who introduces Gay at the start of this episode.
