Jcast Journey

In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about one of the newest shows on JCast Network Re-Arranged. This show follows the FYI show Arranged, which is about three arranged marriages, including Vicki and Ben, who are a Modern Orthodox couple from New York. Darone talks about one of his introductions to […]

In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about the ad that has been placed at the start of each episode on the network over the past month or so. You know the one about the JCEC. The Jewish Communal Events Calendar is the newest project of JCast Network and is a […]

In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay breaks his usual conversation about the network, and the issues related to creating and maintaining it, to take a moment to discuss Pesach and the unhealthy way that we eat, and more so, purchase food for this holiday. Take a listen and let us know […]

In the last episode host, Darone Ruskay complained about the difficult time he has had over a month when his website was in a consistent sense of ‘down’. This episode he turns around and talks about some of the great things that have happened to JCast Network podcasters and some of his close friends. Once […]

In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about the last month with regards to his website. It has been a terrible, horrible, no good month, with so much down-time and so many hours spent trying to get it back up and running. Darone explains some of the work that he had to […]

In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about the importance that we all seem to give to “The Like.” When we post on Facebook, we do it to get “likes” and “comments” as much, if not more, then as a way to express ourselves. Darone considers the practice that many podcasts […]

In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay takes the time for one of his own personal rants. He asks why the Jewish community always seem to focus on everything as a “Jewish Issue?” While some things are surely Jewish, how is it important that Alfred Einstein was a Jewish Physicist, or that […]

In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay acknowledges the long break since the last episode of The JCast Journey, and explores the reasons behind the unexpected hiatus, and considers what the future for this podcast should be. Should Darone continue doing what he has been doing, going into the minutia of creating […]

In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay introduces a new concept for a new podcast on the JCast Network, Maasim Tovim. Maasim Tovim translates to good things, and the concept of the podcast is to take some time to showcase an organization or project that is doing good work. The podcast when it launches […]

In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about a recent episode of The Startup, in which the host, and CEO of Gimlet Media talks about what it takes to produce episodes of Gimlet shows. For those interested in podcasts, the tutorial is fabulous, but perhaps there are other ways as well, […]

In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about his feeling of being duped by the new podcast The Message. This leads him to discuss what it means to have a brand, and what it means to confuse your brand. Once again, we ask that you consider donating to help support our network. […]

In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about the recent announcement that Google is adding podcasts to its Google Play product. Darone discusses why it took so long for them to get in, and what it means for the podcast landscape. How do you listen to podcasts? What application do you use? What […]

In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay revisits the issue from last episode where he tried to “game the system” to make sure that all of the JCast Network shows would show up on the home page of the iTunes Judaism podcast page. Darone discusses the trouble that he faced when trying to make […]

In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about the unfair action of many podcasters to “post-date” their episodes with the result of having only their shows appear (or rather prominently appear) on the Judaism iTunes Podcast page. Rather then continue to complain to Apple and continue to ask them to only […]

In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay explains why there was no episode two weeks ago, and discusses the difficulty in running an entire network all by yourself. Darone, joins all of JCast Network in wishing you all a Shana Tova, and hopes that you will consider making a donation to JCast […]

In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about one of his new favorite Jewish podcasts, Responsa Radio from Jewish Public Media, and considers why he and JCast Network never created such a show. What are your favorite Jewish podcasts? We would love to hear from you. Once again, we ask that you consider […]

In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay thinks a bit about the state of blogs. There have been a variety of blogs on JCast Network over the years, but at this point none of them seem to get updated. Darone has a number of thoughts on why this is the case, and […]

In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about the many conversations he has had recently about podcast amateurs about ways to podcast. This has led him to revisit the ways he podcasts, and to try new technologies to podcast, especially when it comes to podcasting interviews of people who are not in […]

In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about a recent article in The New York Times entitled Podcasting Blossoms, but in Slow Motion about the new boon in podcasting. Darone was sent this article by his father, who doesn’t quite understand podcasts, but does read the New York Times religiously, so it was […]

In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about the shows (podcast and television) for which he is a completist, versus the ones in which he feels that it is ok to miss full episodes or parts of episodes. What do you think? What makes a show that you will not miss […]