Brian has been a friend, mentor and inspiration to me since my first visit to the Broadcast Education Association's annual convention in Las Vegas, back in 2005. Brian, who, amongst other things, has 'dabbled' in politics with the New Zealand Labour Party, continues to be a tremendous supporter of the BEA's international dimension.

The future of radio is secure with folks like these. Meet 17 year-olds Ian McKelvy and Corey Crone, from Stevenson High School, Pebble Beach, California. They were so enthusiastic and passionate about the station and radio in general I had to do a podcast with them!

Here's a chat with Lance Tod, Program Director, Highway Radio, Barstow, California. Lovely guy and interesting station.

A podcast on a seminar given in Liverpool by Dr Frank Krutnik of Sussex University on adaptations of Film Noir movies to radio.

Kieran is a great character with a fund of stories from his time as a journalist, in radio and TV, in the UK and Ireland. In this chat, recorded outside the Crows Nest pub, Crosby, near Liverpool, on 25 February, 2012, he talks mainly about his time at Radio City - the first Independent Local Radio Service in Liverpool.

....andDemo'ing the Tascam DR-40, 13 Jan 2012

See part 2 for details of panellists (these are given at the start of the podcast).

Moderator - John Allen Hendricks, Stephen F. Austin State University.

Participants:

Michael Brown, University of Wyoming

Frank Chorba, Washburn University

David Dzikowski, Penn State University

Phyllis Johnson, Southern Illinois University

Bruce Mims, Southeast Missouri State University

Richard Rudin, Liverpool John Moores University (UK)

Chetachi, a first generation American, whose familhy origins are in Nigeria, contributed to a great panel called "3,2,1...Tweet: Synchronous Spcial Media Use During Class Time', as part of the Broadcast Education Assoociation's (BEA) 2011 Convention at the Las Vegas Hilton Conference Centre.

Interview from The Radio Conference in Auckland, New Zealand, with Siobhan McHugh of the University of Wollongong, Australia, on the power of oral history and its relationship with journalism. WARNING! This podcast contains a powerful narrative and strong language which is unsuitable for younger listners.