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Big Fish, Small Fish, Small Lake, Big Lake

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In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay provides some unsolicited advice to the growing number of Jewish podcasts, and it all comes down to how you gain a larger audience. Do us a favor, take a look at the category that your favorite podcast uses in iTunes (you don’t have to check […]

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Jun 5, 2017

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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.

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Episode Eight: Flexibility: In the eighth episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about his need to be flexible as he continues to explore and refine what JCast Network will be. While Darone initially conceived JCast Network to be an audio podcast network, he has been by JCast Journey
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Episode Twelve: Ish Ben Partzi: In episode twelve of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay interviews Jonah Geffen, the writer of Ish Ben Partzi, the first blog on JCast Network. Darone and Jonah discuss his background, what he is doing now, and what his vision for the Ish Ben Partzi bl by JCast Journey
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Episode Twenty-Two: It All Takes Time: In the twenty-second episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about the reality of working with people who have can’t make JCast Network their primary priority, and the learning that he has done about learning to take it easy, and “go with t by JCast Journey
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Episode Fifteen: Thank you Steve: In the Fifteenth episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about the huge week that has just passed in the Tech World. The announcement of the iPhone 4S as well as the death of Apple Co-Founder, Charman of the Board and Former CEO, Steve Jobs by JCast Journey
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Episode Seventeen: Dinner with Friends: In the Seventeenth episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay shares a conversation he had with a Rabbi who has a blog on a blogging platform other then JCast Network. Darone discusses the benefits of being on a network rather then amidst the hidden by JCast Journey
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Episode Ten: Going Solo: In the Tenth episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about the positive and negative aspects of doing this project solo rather then finding a larger, already established organization to work within.  Darone asks the listener “How by JCast Journey
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Episode One: Breshit/In the Beginning: In this inaugural podcast of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay tells chapter one in the story of the creation of JCast Network. He tells of losing his job and thinking about what it was that he was passionate about. Darone talks about his previous experiences in the Jewish communal world, and the ways in […] by JCast Journey
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Episode Six: Finding Our Voice: In the sixth episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about finding his own “Radio Voice” as well as trying to think about what the “voice” of JCast Network should be. Darone discusses the complicated issue of trying by JCast Journey
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Episode Sixteen: A Day In The Life: In the Sixteenth episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay gives a blow-by-blow explanation of how he spends his day as he works on JCast Network. He talks about how much time he spends on the different facets of this project and how his long solit by JCast Journey
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Episode Twenty: Give A Little Bit: In the twentieth episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks numbers… He talks about many of the accomplishments that JCast Network has had in the past few months, he also talks about the need for the support of you, our listeners, our visitors by JCast Journey
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Episode Five: Support System: In the fifth episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about the support system that he has in place as he works to create this new project. While Darone discusses his many supporters, in honor of Fathers Day, Darone focuses on his father, wh by JCast Journey
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Episode Eleven: How Long?: In the Eleventh episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about his own Obsessive Compulisive Disorder and his personal need to be able to finish the podcasts he begins. He then debates the question of how long The JCast Journey podcast shoul by JCast Journey
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Episode Nine: Fiscal Sponsorship: In the ninth episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about figuring out all of the legal issues that are needed to begin a new non-profit venture.  Darone talks about the frustrations in trying to find a lawyer who would do the paperwo by JCast Journey
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Episode Thirteen: Isabelle FreeRadio: In episode thirteen of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay interviews David Weisberg, the Executive Director of The Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center. Darone and David discuss the launch of Isabella FreeRadio, a new project of Isabella Freedman wh by JCast Journey
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Nine to Five: In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about the decision he made to go back to work “nine to five” while still working on JCast Network. He discusses the reasons that influenced the decision, and the wonderful organiza by JCast Journey
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Episode Two: Standing on the Shoulders: In this second episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay tells the next chapter in the creation of JCast Network. Darone focuses in this episode on the other Podcast Networks, and entrepreneurial Jewish educators who convinced him that there was potential in creating a podcast network, and the courage to follow his passion to […] by JCast Journey
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Episode Fourteen: Update: In the Fourteenth episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about all of the exciting new happenings on JCast Network. Darone talks about going from one show to six, no blogs to three, and gives a little synopsis about all of the excitement a by JCast Journey
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Episode Twenty-One: I Get Lonely Sometimes: In the twenty-first episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about where he has been for the past few weeks, and why there has been no new show) as well as some of the intraspection that he did during the holiday season. In a frank monologue by JCast Journey
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Pardon The Interruption: Please pardon the interruption… As we near the end of the fiscal year, we are adding this podcast episode to each of the nearly twenty JCast Network shows to invite you, our listeners, to help support the work of JCast Network. Please listen to this podca by JCast Journey
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Episode Seven: Language: In the seventh episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about choosing JCast Network as the name of this organization. Darone also discusses the technical terms of Podcasts, and what he means when he uses such words. From there, Da by JCast Journey
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Episode Eighteen: The Next Food Network Star (or Next JCast Network Star): In the Eighteenth episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about the question of what is a podcasts “point of view” and how to make sure that all of his hosts have their own distinct points of view. Darone discusses the question of how to re by JCast Journey
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Mission Critical: In the twenty eighth episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about some work that he has been doing lately on a number of grant proposals for JCast Network, and something that he realized while in the midst of completing the application. Wh by JCast Journey
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Magic Number(s): n this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about listening to The Freakanomics Podcast where they talked about their Twitter followers. This got him to think about why he cares about the numbers of followers he has on Twitter, and how m by JCast Journey
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Episode Twenty-Four: Oy Vey! Isn’t A Strategy: In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay sits down to talk with Deborah Grayson Riegel of MyJewishCoach.com and author of upcoming book Oy Vey Isn’t A Strategy: 25 Solutions for Personal and Professional Success (Behrman House, May, 2012) by JCast Journey
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Summertime…: In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about the complexities of taking vacation as a parent of twin boys under the age of two, and when he is solely responsible for the production of tens of podcasts a week.  Once again, Daro by JCast Journey
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What Do YOU Want?: In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay thanks those of you who have donated to help sustain JCast Network, and talks about the wyas that you, the listener, can help decide the future direction of the Network. Do you have an idea for a sh by JCast Journey
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I Was Soo Naive: In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about how naive he was fourteen months ago when he began JCast Network. At the time he thought that finding money would be simple, as he had an idea that everyone thought made sense, and he ha by JCast Journey
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Episode Twenty-Five: The Jewish Education Salon: In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay sits down to talk with Sara Shapiro-Plevan, lead consultant at Rimonim Consulting (http://RimonimConsulting.org) , and the host of JCast Network’s newest upcoming podcast Jewish Education Salon. Dar by JCast Journey
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Episode Twenty-Three: Smorgasbord: In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about his experience recently at a lecture and a conversation he had afterwards. While sitting at the lecture he wondered where a lecture like that one, could fit into JCast Network. And then by JCast Journey
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Sometimes A Duck…: In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about his recent experience editing an episode of WORD, Amichai Lau-Lavie’s weekly podcast in which in one episode Amichai did not end with his traditional “Shalom”. Darone talks about how he by JCast Journey
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What’s The Frequency Kenneth?: 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 the by JCast Journey
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