Podcasting and community

Podcasting and community

From The Media Mentor by David Spencer

March 20, 2026 · 27 min · Season 2 · Episode 12

About this episode

This episode discusses the importance of community in podcasting and features interviews with Elysia Brenner and Alex Graham.

Podcasthon is the biggest charity event in the podcasting world. It's a fast-growing non-profit initiative that unites thousands of podcasters globally. There's no money involved it’s all about raising awareness for various charitable causes. This episode is made to support The Committee to Protect Journalists , an independent, nonprofit organization that promotes press freedom worldwide. I talk about why this charity is important on this episode. My interview is with Elysia Brenner and Alex Graham, two people working on very different podcasts but with a similar key theme; community. We discuss why this is so important as well as careers and whether video is really a must. Elysia's Star Wars podcast can be found here . Details of Alex's Total Saints podcast can be found here . If you want CV advice or help with cover letters and interviews then mentoring sessions are available via the website . There are 6 pages of media jobs to browse and there is also a WhatsApp channel for job alerts. If you have any questions about media careers or a story that you would like to share about job hunting, then please get in touch. More details about The Media Mentor can be found here . For all…

People in this episode

Guests: Elysia Brenner, Alex Graham

Topics covered

  • podcasting
  • community
  • charity
  • press freedom

Keywords

  • Podcasthon
  • The Committee to Protect Journalists
  • Star Wars podcast
  • Total Saints podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Star Wars, Total Saints

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