Episodes

  • Saying Goodbye to Daily Daf Differently

    Saying Goodbye to Daily Daf Differently
    Feb 8 2023
    In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay acknowledges with regret the end of one of the most important shows on the Network Daily Daf Differently. After explaining the ins and outs of the issues with keeping the show going, Darone thanks Jeremy Kalmanofsky and The Conservative Yeshiva for all of their help […]
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    8 mins
  • Subcategories

    Subcategories
    Sep 30 2019
    In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about the disappearance of subcategories in the section of iTunes that has podcasts. Darone posits that this is because of the plan in October to end iTunes and put in its place a dedicated podcast application (like is already the case on the iPhone […]
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    7 mins
  • What I Did On My Summer Vacation…

    What I Did On My Summer Vacation…
    Sep 16 2019
    In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay shares what he did over the summer as he has not put out episodes in a while. He also shares that the network has launched a new podcast #PopTorah, with Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky. It is available everywhere you get your favorite podcasts, and we […]
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    7 mins
  • Bye Bye PLJ

    Bye Bye PLJ
    Jun 3 2019
    In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about the experience on Friday of listening to the final hours of broadcast of WPLJ, a radio station he grew up with, and that provided Top 40 music for the past 49 years. Video killed the radio star, and YouTube killed the Video Star, […]
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    6 mins
  • The Changing Times of Podcasts

    The Changing Times of Podcasts
    May 20 2019
    In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about the ways that the technology surrounding podcasts have changed since the launch of JCast Network, and how those changes have invited the network to rethink some of its organizing principles. What do you think of the changing “times” on the JCast Network? Let […]
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    7 mins
  • Shedding Light On Luminary

    Shedding Light On Luminary
    May 6 2019
    In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about the recent launch of the new podcast platform Luminary, and why, although JCast Network usually wants to be on as many platforms as possible, he is putting his foot down on this one, and is doing everything he can to make sure JCast […]
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    7 mins
  • Writing Your Biography

    Writing Your Biography
    Apr 8 2019
    In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about some “spring cleaning” that needed to be done on the JCast Network website, and how that led him to work on updating his biography on the site. Darone discusses how difficult he has been finding it to compose a complete and thoughtful biography, […]
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    6 mins
  • Unsubscribe Me!

    Unsubscribe Me!
    Mar 25 2019
    In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay shares that a few months ago he “sunsetted” the JCast Network app that was available on IOS and Android. The reasons were primarily financial (but based on the fact that nobody has complained, it was probably a good idea.) However, although he no longer has […]
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    7 mins