Benjamen Walker
Benjamen Walker (@benjamenwalker) has made radio for NPR, WNYC, WFMU, and the BBC. Currently he produces Benjamin Walker's The Theory of Everything, part of the Radiotopia network from the Public Radio Exchange (PRX).
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Your pet can now own a cell phone -- what's the world coming to?
In the book 1984, George Orwell predicted that in the future "Big Brother" would watch and dictate our every move. In the year 1984, producer Benjamen Walker was in middle school.
This hour we head back in time to 1984.
This hour we step inside the mind and listen to our thoughts.
This hour: a man hand-delivers reading material to a war criminal, two people who've never spoken fall in love, and more.
This hour: the intriguing world of experimental podcasts.
This hour: stories that bend, stretch, and downright fabricate the truth.
This hour: spiritual loss and pursuit, an isolated religious community in rural Montana, a grumpy minister, and more.
This hour: readers, writers, literary performance artists, and the grammar police.
This hour: stories told over the phone.
This hour: a beached whale in Maine, a conversation with the "real" Darth Vader, school kids deconstruct the work of one of America's most difficult poets, and more.
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Independent producers have always had to fend for themselves, but today the building blocks for independent success - creating great work, reaching real audiences, making money, controlling your destiny - are falling into place in new ways.
Join podcast pioneers and radio producers Benjamen Walker and Tod Maffin to discover how podcasting, in less than one year, changed broadcasting forever.
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October 5-7, Orrington Hotel and Campus of Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
October 20 - 22, Chicago