Hi, I'll be presenting some thoughts and reflections on this podcast at the 6th annual Humanities Podcast Network Symposium taking place next Saturday on 24th October, 2026. (not Friday as I say in the audio)
This year's theme for the symposium is “What to do now?”: Humanities Podcasting Agency and Avowal.
From the organisers:
We are living through a moment that tests the nerve of anyone who makes things, says things, or puts ideas into the world. Public institutions are under pressure. Trust in expertise is fractured. The space for independent, thoughtful voices feels both more necessary and more precarious than at any point in recent memory.
For humanities podcasters — whether you work inside the academy, alongside it, or entirely beyond it — these pressures are personal as well as political. Who gets to speak? Who gets heard? What does it cost to say something true out loud, and what does it cost to stay quiet?
This year’s symposium takes those questions seriously. Agency is about finding and using our power — as creators, as scholars, as communicators — inside systems that were not always built with us in mind. Avowal is about the harder, quieter work of believing that what we do matters: owning our values, claiming our expertise, and trusting that our audiences are worth showing up for.
Together, these ideas form a practice. The 2026 HPN symposium is an invitation to explore that practice in community at our online gathering 23 and 24 October 2026.
It's virtual and free to attend. Register here: HPN Symposium 2026 on Eventbrite
More information about the symposium and its schedule: https://humanitiespodnetwork.org/humanities-podcasting-symposium-2026-2/
Email me if you have any questions you'd like to hear me discuss: rosenneomaabba [at] gmail [dot] com
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