Meg Wilcox

So happy to share that, this September, I’m working with the Calgary Public Library to deliver three podcasting workshops! The original title was Podcasting for Fun (but probably not for profit)… you can find them by searching Podcasting for Fun at the CPL Registration page.

Week one is podcast planning, week two is interview skills, and week three is introduction to audio documentary. All of the workshops are run separately, so you can take one, or a couple, or all three!

I’m particularly excited about the third workshop — if you run an interview-based podcast and are looking to take it to the next level with other story formats, this is a chance to see what other options are out there and how you can get started.

Feel free to share with the friends, lovers and podcasters in your life… hopefully we can make some audio magic!

The students in this year’s Podcasting class came together to make a fantastic second season of Calgary Canvas, tackling stories around safe injection sites, transit safety for women — even how to make it in Calgary’s booming microbrew scene.

Subscribe to Calgary Canvas (and all of the other great podcasts put out by MRU Journalism!) on Apple Podcasts or Google Play Music, or you can find all of the episodes right here on the Calgary Journal.

… it’s Perch, the podcast!

This summer, I’ve had the pleasure of working with the team at ATB Financial to create Perch — the podcast that takes their Economics & Research team‘s fantastic original research on the Alberta economy and turns it into stories and insightful interviews for your ears.

In its first week, it already hit #14 on the iTunes podcasting charts for top business shows in Canada! Click here to hear it for yourself.

 

This past semester, Sean Perrin from the Clarineat podcast was kind enough to come in and talk to the MRU podcasting class about what it’s like to run a successful show.

Obviously… it was a chance to set up our field recorder and record the chat! It’s now the latest episode of Clarineat: click here to hear it.

Mount Royal’s podcasting class is back with a new series called Calgary Canvas. The five-part interview-based series looks at both sides of issues affecting our city, from the 2026 Olympic Bid to the changing minimum wage.

It was fantastic to work with these students as they learned more about interviewing, hosting, and audio storytelling. Click here to listen to the full series on the Calgary Journal.

 

 

 

 

I’m very happy to share that the Canadian Mountain Podcast is now online! The series, produced by the Canadian Mountain Network at the University of Alberta, looks at different research happening in and around different parts of the country that affect those living in mountainous areas.

One of my favourite episodes is the one recorded right here in Alberta: where I got the chance to head out to Canmore to talk about the return of bison to Banff National Park.

You can find the video version of the podcast here, or you can listen to the audio version of the series on Apple Podcasts.

Why yes, it’s ANOTHER podcasting project: this time, entirely written and produced by my second-year podcasting students at Mount Royal University’s journalism program!

#adulting: the podcast that grows up, one week at a time, covers everything from moving out of the house to dealing with stress to finding love online. In the first episode, out this week, two friends go on an adventure to find out if their childhood dream jobs still hold up in adulthood.

Find #adulting on Apple Podcasts or check out the series website here.