AAP Goes to She Podcasts Live, Member News, Podfest 2020

In Episode 11, hosts Andrew Wang and Lee Uehara catch up with each other and talk about She Podcasts Live, current Member news, and Podfest 2020 and much, much more.

Andy asks Lee about She Podcasts Live, the first all women's independent podcasting conference produced by Jessica Kupferman and Elsie Escobar from She Podcasts. Lee shares some differences about SPL versus other podcasting conferences, including the manicure bar at Stitcher.

Then Andy and Lee share good news about the following AAP members:
- Kristin Meinzer's keynote at She Podcasts Live, Your Voice is a Gift. She also is the author of the new book, So You Wanna Start a Podcast.
- Wendy Kim's launch of her book's edition in softcover, Beyond Blending In: An Immigrant Daughter’s Guide to Overcoming Cultural Bonds for a Life of Authenticity and Abundance.
- Sharmane Johnson, Militantly Mixed podcast, was on Fox Soul’s Mike and Donny Show on West Coast
- Raven Lim and Ling Ling Tai's Asia Podcast Summit
- Ken Fong's success as a finalist for the Local Heroes Award from NPR. His podcast is Asian America Podcast

Other Topics:
- The Outlier Podcast Festival is accepting speaker submissions - click HERE.
- AAP's Gear Talk: Zoom Live 8 vs Rodecaster Pro - which do you use? Let us know and reach out at @aapodcasters. 
- Welcome to new and good-standing AAP members who Lee met in person at SPL: Joon Han, Kristy Oshita, Neetal Parekh Rahul Bali, Christine Lan Sarah Li-Cain and Kimyung Kim.
- Andy and Lee will give a podcasting talk at the Asian American Alliance for the Arts on November 13th: in Brooklyn, NYC.
- If you can host an AAP meetup in your corner of the world, let Andy and Lee!

Finally, Andy and Lee share that AAP is attending Podfest, March 6-8, 2020 in Orlando, Florida. Use the promo code “AAP” to save $50. The code is good for about 30 days. Podfest owner, Chris Kritmitso, is providing AAP with a room for an official meet-up. So join us IRL! Incidentally, Chris Kritmitsos's first printing of his new book, Start Ugly, has sold out on Amazon!

With all this talk about people writing books, Lee tells listeners that they, too, can write a book!

You, too, can write a book. Absolutely! You, too, can be an author!

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- AsiaPodcastSummit.com
- Asian American Arts Alliance, 20 Jay Street, Suite 740, Brooklyn, NY 11201, (212) 941-9208.
- Podfest
- Podcast Movement
- She Podcasts Live

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