The Joy of Collaboration with Wil Williams

Audience

Introduction:

On this episode of the Audience podcast, Stuart talks with Wil Williams of Hug House Productions. Together they chat about their podcasts (Scoring Magic and Valence) as well as the story behind Hug House Productions, a collective that focuses on spotlighting stories by and about marginalized groups.

Wil is the CEO of Hug House Productions, the showrunner for Valence, the head of communications and community at Apollo Podcasts, and a writer at Discover Pods. Today they talk about what it takes to create and maintain a successful crowdfunding campaign, the importance of working collaboratively, and representation in podcasting (and the lack thereof).

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Today you’ll learn about:

• The journey behind Valence
• The dangers of being an online personality and living online
• The story behind Hug House Productions
• Audio dramas and audio documentaries: the hardest forms of podcasting
• The process of audio dramas
• How to connect remotely in a smooth and healthy way
• How working collaboratively helps your story grow
• Behind the scenes of a successful crowdfunding campaign for a podcast
• Apollo Podcasts and fiction in the space of podcasting
• Minority and marginal representation in podcasting

Resources/Links:

Scoring Magic: https://hughouse.productions/podcasts/scoring-magic/

Valence: https://hughouse.productions/podcasts/valence/

Hug House Productions: https://hughouse.productions/

Wil Williams Reviews: https://wilwilliams.reviews/

Apollo Podcasts: https://apollopods.tumblr.com/

Castos Academy: https://academy.castos.com/

Castos, private podcast: https://academy.castos.com/privatepodcast/

Castos, website: https://castos.com/

Castos, YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/castos

Clubhouse video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8729ZpWpmIw