#11: Podcasting Wikipedia Women
Channel: Wiki In Africa
Date: 2022-03-25

In the spirit of March and International Women's Month, this episode celebrates some very amazing Wikipedia Women and their adventures in profiling the Wikimedia and Open Movements through podcasting (and other awesome digital initiatives). 

Guests are:
• Iolanda Pensa with School of Thought : https://bit.ly/SchlofThought 
• Rebecca O'Neil with The World According to Wikipedia: https://bit.ly/World2WP
• Betty Kankam-Boadu with Inspiring Open : https://bit.ly/WLW_InspiringOpen

CHAPTERS
1:41 Introduction of topic
2:46 Introduction of guests
5:49 How The World According to Wikipedia podcast was conceived, and what it’s hoping to achieve? 
7:37 The key focus of Scuola di pensiero or School Of Thought 
9:56  The origin of Inspiring Open podcast 
13:21 Advice you would give to your younger self, and the society at large?
20:23 How the guests on the Inspiring Open podcast were profiled
23:39  How the guests for Scuola di pensiero or School Of Thought were chosen, and what is discussed in each episode. 
28:11 How The World According to Wikipedia profile what topics to feature on the podcast
31:45 Why is it important for the Inspiring Open podcast to focus on female guests?
34:22 Why is releasing the Scuola di pensiero or School Of Thought podcast under a CC licence important to you?
37:35  What are the most common misconceptions you find people have about Wikipedia?
41:49  How have the initial goals for the podcasts changed over time?
48:30 What advice would you give about developing content or approaches towards creating a podcast?
56:11 A schedule for the releases of podcast episodes
1:00:06 Thoughts on the importance of platforms such as this during the Ukraine crisis
1:06:38 Perspective on Wikipedia’s relevance in the Ukraine situation
1:10:06 Q+A How well are your podcasts doing?
1:11:49 Q+A What is your favourite podcast?
1:14:22 Q+A What things did you wish your pre-podcasting self knew about podcasting before you started?
1:20:05 The Wiki Africa Hour News: March 2022

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