Event Description
LIVE ON ZOOM
SEPTEMBER 13, 2025
10:00 AM PACIFIC
FREE FOR MEMBERS
$15 FOR NONMEMBERS
Whether you’re podcast-curious or podcast-clueless, this is your chance to learn what it’s all about. Kitty Felde brings insight, inspiration, and real-world know-how to help you explore this powerful platform. Whether you’re looking to connect with your readers, expand your author brand, or share your voice with the world, podcasting is one of the most powerful (and personal) tools in today’s storytelling landscape.
Join award-winning public radio journalist, mystery novelist, and podcast producer Kitty Felde for a candid, behind-the-mic look at launching and sustaining successful podcasts. With more than 2 million downloads across her shows—including Book Club for Kids, The Fina Mendoza Mysteries, and her newest series Honeymoon Road—Kitty has built a dynamic audio presence that resonates with readers and listeners alike.
Hosted by longtime book editor and WPN Westside Satellite host Robin Quinn, this interactive session will explore:
- Why podcasting can be a game-changer for authors
- How to find your niche and reach your ideal audience
- The must-have tools (and the mic that’s worth the money!)
- Recording tips and where to find support—whether DIY or outsourcing
- How Kitty approaches her educational, dramatic, and narrative podcast styles differently
- Hosting strategies that keep listeners coming back
We’ll also hear short audio clips from Kitty’s shows, and participants will have the opportunity to brainstorm their podcast ideas through a guided wrap-up activity.
Curious how authors are using podcasts to grow their audience and share their stories? Whether you’ve dreamed of hosting your own show or never once thought about picking up a mic, this session will open your eyes to what’s possible.
Open to all. Free for members. Just $15 for non-members.
Not a member yet? This is the perfect event to see what WPN is all about.
Kitty Felde is the award-winning producer of the Book Club for Kids podcast and The Fina Mendoza Mysteries podcast. The Book Club series was selected as one of the Ten Best Podcasts for Kids in the world by The Times of London. Both were chosen as top podcasts for homeschoolers. This month Kitty launches a new podcast, Honeymoon Road: Pete & Me and our Model T, which is based on her grandparents’ honeymoon trip from Chicago to Los Angeles one hundred years ago. Kitty is a public radio legend, covering everything from war crimes trials to Congress. She is also the author of the Fina Mendoza series of mystery novels set on Capitol Hill, designed to introduce civics to kids. In addition, she is CEO of Chesapeake Press, publisher of civics-related fiction and nonfiction for children. https://kittyfelde.com/
Robin Quinn, Host of the WPN Westside Satellite, has developed and moderated author/publishing interviews and panels for decades. She is an award-winning LA book coach, editor, ghostwriter and copywriter. Robin’s editorial projects include the recently released guide, Beat Unwanted Weight Gain, by John M. Poothullil, MD, and the award-winning Legends of the Grail series by Ayn Cates Sullivan, PhD. In December 2020, she won an Irwin Award for the Best Media Kit. www.writingandediting.biz/