Journal Article

Podcasting to mobilize knowledge in psychology: A personal account and beginner’s guide

Sterling, Morgan, Ménard, A. Dana

2025

Overview

In recent years, there have been growing calls for academics to look beyond traditional strategies such as journal articles or conference presentations to engage in knowledge mobilization; unfortunately, there has been little in the way of training or support for academics interested in learning more or developing skills related to these alternative approaches. Podcasting, which has been gaining momentum and audience numbers for the past 2 decades, is a promising medium for education and sharing research findings in psychology by academics for audiences comprised of other academics and/or the lay public. Podcasts offer significant flexibility and creativity for creators and are cheap and accessible to create and produce; this is especially important for early career academics, who are typically short on both time and resources. They also offer significant opportunities to build engagement with audiences, policymakers, legacy media members, and other academics, ultimately supporting traditional forms of knowledge mobilization. A personal account of the second author’s successful psychology-themed podcast, Clinically Psyched, is presented, along with basic instructions for those interested in launching their own academic psychology podcasts. These include making the decision to create a podcast, finding a subject niche, generating content, and distributing episodes. Future directions and recommendations for academic podcasting are considered. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)

• Publisher: Educational Publishing Foundation
• Subject: Academic Settings / Audiences / Human / Instructional Media / Knowledge (General) / Knowledge Transfer / Podcasts / Psychology / Training