Elena is a tropical-blooded Puerto Rican living in Portland, OR. She is a graduate student in forensic sociolinguistics, with a background in education, writing, and translation. She would probably like to talk to you about having a press kit and transcripts for your podcast.
Current favorite podcasts: The Big Loop, The Heart, Heaps of Unreal Images, Starcalled
Author: Elena Fernández Collins
Art in a Time of Crisis
I spent way, way too long searching for some half-remembered lines about art, and the value of creating art during a disaster. I ended up down a rabbit hole of ableist assumptions and statements that honestly drove me to drink …
5 Strategies for Enticing Audiences to Try Fiction Podcasts
When we’re discussing the hurdles facing podcasting as a whole, the buzzword “discoverability” gets thrown around without a ton of specification. The truth is that podcasting has problems with discovery on multiple levels, starting with the macroview and issues like …
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#ShowYourWork with Morgan Givens: Flyest Fables
Morgan Givens is the creator of Flyest Fables, a hopeful young adult podcast about a magical storybook that travels from child to child to help provide comfort, support, and knowledge in their time of need. It is specifically geared towards …
The Need to Foster Community Growth, Novices, and More Stories
When we shift from the onset of a new or novel medium, or method of expression, we build upon the works and theories that came before us, gaining a lot of ground when we start creating from that collective knowledge …
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2019: A Retrospective
It feels like it’s been ten years since I started Audio Dramatic, when really it’s been almost two. Granted, it feels like it’s been ten years since January 2019, and the slowly resulting white streak in my hair agrees. Whether …
Spotify Launches “Wrapped for Podcasters” Campaign
Right on the heels of Spotify’s release of podcast data is the launch of the first Wrapped for Podcasters, a data-driven summary story of each podcast’s unique year for their creators, like is provided for musicians and listeners. You can …
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5 Podcasts Keeping Me Afloat in a Sea of Trash
Okay, so: the world is garbage as far as the eye can see. Like, I look to the horizon and I’m pretty sure it’s just a dumpster on fire and that’s not just the impending and ongoing doom of climate …
Spotlight: Rose Drive’s “Give Me Liberty” is Cinematic, Terrifying Genius
There will be spoilers for Rose Drive in this spotlight review. I highly recommend listening first. The word “cinematic” should not be used lightly for an audio-based medium; it is linked tightly with sweeping musical scores against a visual backdrop. …
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Even More Fun with Fiction: Podcation 2 Returns in 2020 for Live Podcast Creation
Podcation will host its second-ever audio fiction creation event on May 14-18th in Salem, MA. A group of creators will gather to write, perform and record an original pilot episode— genre and theme to be announced. You can read a …
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The Magic of Microfiction
In a world that moves so fast all the time, and where the consumption of media has become a constant barrage of options with little opportunity to sit down and savor (or at least, feel like you have the opportunity, …
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