Charlie Birney

I call myself the Chief Listening Officer at my company, Podville Media in Washington, DC. I wrote my new book, The Tao of Podcasting, as a meditation on the purpose of podcasting. Let’s take a breath. Think about why we’re here. There is something magical that happens in the podcast studio that often goes unnoticed… many unseen elements combine to convey the essence of storytelling, and this is what I’ve tried to capture in each interpretative chapter and accompanying sketches in this book. I hope that the Tao of Podcasting will center all who produce and listen to podcasts and inspire us to further our goals in the art of storytelling and communication: to learn, to connect, to create, and to entertain. My first book, Podcasting Made Simple (co-written with Hilda Labrada Gore of the "Wise Traditions Podcast") is also available here on Amazon. Written in 2018 I have to admit a great deal in podcasting has changed! I illustrated both books - as well as The Little Black Book of Classic Golf Jokes, which can be found occasionally in the used book section. My father collected the jokes not me! I am currently writing a book about about my father's folk songs and the times in our recent history that those songs covered.