It was only a matter of time. Everything else has a convention/festival, so why not podcasts? The medium is a decade old at this point—enough time to show some staying power but also for the novelty to have worn off. For some (especially media companies), podcasts have proven too expensive and labor-intensive, but for others, particularly comedians, podcasting has been a revelation. So it makes sense that comedians would organize the first podcasting festival: Dave Anthony (of the Walking The Room podcast), Graham Elwood, and Chris Mancini (both of the Comedy Film Nerds podcast) started the Los Angeles Podcast Festival last winter with a Kickstarter campaign to cover facility costs at the Sheraton Delfina in Santa Monica. Once that succeeded, the rest fell into place, and the event grew to include a couple dozen live podcasts, a handful of panels, and a stand-up show (held across the street ...
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