Rochdale leads the way in community podcasting

You might think that only big organisations get into podcasting, but think again. Peopleprint Community Media Workshop, in Rochdale, is a not-for-profit voluntary arts organisation. Beginning life in 1984, they started silk screen printing and photography and provided print and training facilities for the community. They’ve now grown to embrace new technologies and offer a range of arts related enterprises from graphic design to film making. They now also run a highly successful arts podcast. Here, they tell Arts Hub about how they started, what they’re up to, and what podcasting means…