I’m beginning work on my December submission of Defining Moments, my column in Podcast User Magazine.  My theme for this installment is Striking an Emotional Chord.  If you have any stories, experiences or thoughts on podcasts that strike an emotional chord for you — whether you listened to the program or created it — please email me no later than this Wednesday (November 28) at markblevis@gmail.com.

The latest issue of Podcast User Magazine includes a photo of me, taken by Steve Garfield, as the header for my Defining Moments column.

While I submitted the photo as a candidate for the header, I didn’t expect it to run without a credit. More importantly, use of the photo without clearing it with Steve is a problem in this particular case since PUM makes revenue from advertising and the photo is licensed under Creative Commons attribution-non-commercial-share-alike.

Steve’s a cool guy, though, and has assured me that with appropriate credit, he is okay with the use of the photo in this particular case.

Earlier today, I submitted a request to have the PDF updated and posted an acknowledgment through the comment feature on the PUM website. The comment is in moderation.

Thanks, Steve, for taking a cool photo and for sharing it with us!

I’m still looking for a few submissions for my upcoming Podcast User Magazine column on fearless content creation. The best candidates will be ones that involve people taking personal or professional risks in creating content for their podcasts. Those risks could centre around embarrassment, being revealing, going where noone else has gone before (physically and/or figuratively), examining a subject that has either never been examined before, or examining a subject in a very unique (almost risky) way.

Please email me ASAP if you have a submission. I am currently working on my first draft and my deadline is October 15.

For my next Defining Moments column in Podcast User Magazine, I am going to write a piece on fearless content creation.

Fearless content creation can mean many things to many people. For some, it could mean turning an original poem or essay into a provocative audio program. Someone else may feel that speaking openly and honestly about a life event or sharing an embarrassing story would require an element of fearlessness. Another may take an audio recorder with them on a polar expedition. I’m looking for these kinds of stories, and others, to serve as case studies for my column.

If you have a great fearless content creation story and would like to be considered for discussion in my column, please email me by October 8.