# Should you use WordPress with your Podcast Website?

- Link: https://teachercast.net/captivate-podcast/ept-ep3-wordpress-justin-beader/
- Published: 2018-01-04T14:41:00-05:00
- Author: Jeff Bradbury

Educational Podcasting Today is a weekly podcast that celebrates podcasters and 
podcasting. Its mission is to help educators learn how to create podcasts and amazing
WordPress websites for their podcasts. For more information, please visit [http://www.EducationalPodcasting.today](http://www.EducationalPodcasting.today).

In this show, Jeff sits down with Justin Beader from the PrincipalCenter Podcast
to discuss why WordPress is the best publishing platform for an educational podcast.

### **Show Topics**

 * PrincipalCenter.com
 * EduLeadership.org
 * WordPress vs Other Web Platforms
 * Shared Hosting vs Virtual Private Server
 * Choosing a WordPress Theme
 * Podcasting Plugins
 * BluBrry PowerPress
 * Creating an App for your Podcast
 * iTunes and Stitcher Radio
 * Generating Stats and Downloads for your Podcast
 * How should viewers interact with the show?

### **Resources Discussed**

 * WordPress.com vs WordPress.org
 * PowerPress
 * [http://www.subsplash.com](http://www.subsplash.com)

_Learn how to choose the right plugins and themes for your educational podcast today!_

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### **About Our Guest**

**Justin Baeder** is an independent consultant supporting school administrators 
in becoming high-performance instructional leaders. He is a regular speaker at NAESP,
ASCD, and other national and regional conferences. [» Learn more about having Justin speak with your group](http://www.eduleadership.org/speaking-consulting/)

Justin’s professional and research interests focus on principal performance and 
productivity and are guided by the belief that one of the most effective ways to
improve student learning is by [empowering principals to become more productive](http://www.eduleadership.org/leadership)
in accomplishing their core work.

Justin spent the first 10 years of his career as a teacher and principal in Seattle
Public Schools. Since 2012, he has served as a full-time consultant and director
of [The Principal Center](http://www.principalcenter.com), speaking at national 
conventions such as NAESP and ASCD to help school leaders become more productive
by using high-performance strategies and technology to increase their impact on 
student learning.

Justin is the host of [Principal Center Radio](http://www.principalcenter.com/radio),
a regular audio program in which he interviews thought leaders to share the best
in professional practice for high-performance instructional leaders.

Justin [writes about principal performance and productivity at eduleadership.org](http://www.eduleadership.org/blog),
and [speaks](http://www.eduleadership.org/speaking-consulting/) regularly at conferences
and professional development sessions for school leaders.

To get in touch with Justin, please call 1-800-861-5172, email justin[at]principalcenter.
com, use the [contact form](http://www.eduleadership.org/contact/). You can find
Justin on Twitter [@eduleadership](http://twitter.com/eduleadership).

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