JCast Journey

JCast Journey

Join host Darone Ruskay as he chronicles his experience creating a new Jewish podcast network. Folllow Darone in his highs and his lows as he follows his passion and attempts to harness his entrepreneurial spirit in creating this new, New Media project.

Episodes

February 8, 2023 8 mins
In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay acknowledges with regret the end of one of the most important shows on the Network Daily Daf Differently. After explaining the ins and outs of the issues with keeping the show going, Darone thanks Jeremy Kalmanofsky and The Conservative Yeshiva for all of their help […]
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In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about the disappearance of subcategories in the section of iTunes that has podcasts. Darone posits that this is because of the plan in October to end iTunes and put in its place a dedicated podcast application (like is already the case on the iPhone […]
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September 16, 2019 6 mins
In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay shares what he did over the summer as he has not put out episodes in a while. He also shares that the network has launched a new podcast #PopTorah, with Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky. It is available everywhere you get your favorite podcasts, and we […]
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June 3, 2019 6 mins
In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about the experience on Friday of listening to the final hours of broadcast of WPLJ, a radio station he grew up with, and that provided Top 40 music for the past 49 years. Video killed the radio star, and YouTube killed the Video Star, […]
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May 20, 2019 7 mins
In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about the ways that the technology surrounding podcasts have changed since the launch of JCast Network, and how those changes have invited the network to rethink some of its organizing principles. What do you think of the changing “times” on the JCast Network? Let […]
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May 6, 2019 7 mins
In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about the recent launch of the new podcast platform Luminary, and why, although JCast Network usually wants to be on as many platforms as possible, he is putting his foot down on this one, and is doing everything he can to make sure JCast […]
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April 8, 2019 6 mins
In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about some “spring cleaning” that needed to be done on the JCast Network website, and how that led him to work on updating his biography on the site. Darone discusses how difficult he has been finding it to compose a complete and thoughtful biography, […]
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March 25, 2019 6 mins
In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay shares that a few months ago he “sunsetted” the JCast Network app that was available on IOS and Android. The reasons were primarily financial (but based on the fact that nobody has complained, it was probably a good idea.) However, although he no longer has […]
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March 11, 2019 7 mins
In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay acknowledges that it was only three episodes ago that he discussed there being too many platforms to put his podcasts on but then talks about the fact that he has now spent hours trying to figure out how to create JCast Network skills for your […]
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February 25, 2019 8 mins
In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about an unexpected conversation that he had with his children about JCast Network, and why he does all of the work for the network if he isn’t getting paid. Darone contemplates the reason he does what he does for JCast Network, and for the […]
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February 11, 2019 8 mins
In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about the biggest news in the podcast world in the past few weeks, and probably the biggest news of the year (or any year)… the sale of Gimlet Media to Spotify for 230 Million dollars. What does this purchase mean for the world of […]
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January 28, 2019 9 mins
In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about a podcast he listened to years ago that decided NOT to have a website, not to make it easy for others to find and listen to it. He discusses the pros and cons of making your show as available as possible, and asks is there […]
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January 14, 2019 7 mins
In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about the thin line between trying to help and advise, and the feeling of being taken advantage of. How much advice do you think you should give out, and when do you start charging for your advice? Does it matter if the person is […]
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December 31, 2018 7 mins
In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay asks one more time that you consider donating to JCast Network. While Darone usually only produces one request episode during the Winter holiday season, this year that episode did not garner any donations at all. This was definitely a disappointment, not only because of the […]
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December 17, 2018 8 mins
In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay returns for his semi-annual request for support. Have you been listening to JCast Network podcasts for days, weeks, months, years? Well as we say, podcasts are free to listen to, but not free to produce. Darone discusses some the cost of keeping the network afloat, and […]
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December 3, 2018 8 mins
In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about the reasons that the JCast podcast stable has not grown a great deal over the past year or so. Even though our growth has slowed, he is proud to welcome The Amen Corner, the latest JCast Network podcast. Although new to JCast Network, The […]
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November 19, 2018 8 mins
In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay again reflects on the changing landscape of podcasts, and his continuing desire to be where the “earballs” are. While Apple and iTunes used to be the only important place to have your shows, the times have changed, and now everybody’s “earballs” are on Spotify, which […]
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November 5, 2018 9 mins
In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about the changing landscape of podcasts. It used to be that people needed to connect to their computer so it was important to space out podcasts, but now that people can download wherever they are, maybe it is not as big of an issue. […]
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October 22, 2018 6 mins
In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about the new series of podcasts by the folks at RadioLab, in their series More Perfect in which the producers have found 27 musicians to record a song each on one of the 27 amendments to the United States Constitution. This concept got Darone […]
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October 8, 2018 5 mins
In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about the crazy and unexplainable experiences that sometimes goes into the recording of podcast episodes. Do you want advice on your podcast? Reach out to Darone, as he would love to try to help you out if he can. Once again, we ask that […]
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