Podcasts

In this episode of the PublishPress Podcast, I talk with Evan Prodromou, often called “the father of the Fediverse.” Evan helped build early Fediverse projects including Wikitravel, Identi.ca and StatusNet, and helped develop ActivityPub, the protocol that lets Fediverse platforms such as Mastodon, PeerTube and Pixelfed talk to each other. Like WordPress, the Fediverse is mostly open source and lets you own your content instead of handing it to corporate algorithms. We talk about how the Fediverse began and grew, Meta’s Threads, commercial interest in the network, and how the WordPress community can get more involved.

People in this episode

• Steve Burge
• Evan Prodromou

In this episode of the PublishPress Podcast, I talk with Raquel Manriquez about the story behind PressConf, the business-focused successor to Pressnomics. She shares hard-won lessons for event organizers, comparing notes with co-host Dan, who helped run WordCamp Canada.

People in this episode

• Steve Burge
• Dan Knauss
• Raquel Manriquez

In this episode of the PublishPress Podcast, I talk with Than Taintor of Human Made and Zeshan Ahmed of Green Street News about rebuilding the site of a major UK real estate publisher. They cover how WordPress supports its expansion into Europe, Australia and North America.

People in this episode

• Steve Burge
• Than Taintor
• Zeshan Ahmed

In this episode of the PublishPress Podcast, I talk with Kimberly Lipari, CEO of Valet, about why she deliberately keeps her agency small. We talk about balancing work and family, the human side of agency work, and the tools Valet relies on, including a strong pitch for Bricks.

People in this episode

• Steve Burge
• Kimberly Lipari

In this episode of the PublishPress Podcast, I talk with Jamie Marsland, known for PootlePress and now the official WordPress YouTube channel, who left a regular publishing job and found a creative burst. He explains how YouTube and AI have powered that creativity.

People in this episode

• Steve Burge
• Jamie Marsland

In this episode of the PublishPress Podcast, I talk with Simea Merki from Morntag, a digital agency in Switzerland. Many of Simea’s clients are traditional print publishers who need help moving into the online world of WordPress, AI and YouTube, often across several languages including English, French, Italian and multiple versions of German. We talk about the challenges of going from print to digital, why multilingual WordPress sites need extra work, why readers prefer responsive web pages over PDF flipbooks, and how AI is worrying publishers.

People in this episode

• Steve Burge
• Simea Merki

In this episode of the PublishPress Podcast, I talk with Luke Fretwell, who has spent 25 years using technology to make government better, including the GovPress theme and ProudCity. He shares how WordPress and open source can improve public services.

People in this episode

• Steve Burge
• Dan Knauss
• Luke Fretwell

In this episode of the PublishPress Podcast, I talk with Carol Cavaleiro, who co-founded the Brazilian fact-checking agency Aos Fatos and is now product director at Indiegraf. We talk about misinformation, and supporting independent journalists across the Americas with WordPress.

People in this episode

• Steve Burge
• Dan Knauss
• Carol Cavaleiro

In this episode of the PublishPress Podcast, I talk with Jacob Donnelly, who grew A Media Operator from a newsletter into a full media business, moving from Substack to WordPress to own his platform. He shares his view of the big shifts in publishing and what operators should do next.

People in this episode

• Steve Burge
• Dan Knauss
• Jacob Donnelly

In this episode of the PublishPress Podcast, I talk with Pete Ericson, founder of Leaky Paywall, about why publishers are warming to paywalls. He shows how newsletters build the engagement that turns readers into paying subscribers.

People in this episode

• Steve Burge
• Dan Knauss
• Pete Ericson