Honae H. Cuffe examines the role of the history podcast in the Australian context. She glosses a selection of Australian history podcasts—some overtly academic, some not—and concludes that this is an important mechanism for translating historical work (and even historiography) to broader publics. Cuffe acknowledges the challenges of history podcasts in the academic context; namely, that there is pushback from those who do not consider “translation” work worthwhile or intellectually robust enough, and that it is difficult to have such work “counted” in our current metrics-obsessed academic world. Regardless, Cuffe still suggests that “the value of podcasting is its ability to centre the role of the historian and invite the listener into this process” (555-56).

 

Work cited
Cuffe, Honae H. 2019. “Lend Me Your Ears: The Rise of the History Podcast in Australia.” History Australia 16(3): 553-69.