International Visitors Programme
In September 2022, Avery Trufelman (US) was the guest of honour at the Podcastfestival 2022. As an internationally renowned podcast producer, she was invited by the International Visitors Programme to inspire the Dutch podcast scene. Her specific focus on design and architecture proved to be an interesting perspective for the audience. Trufelman was invited to the festival in 2021, but was unable to attend due to the travel restrictions caused by the pandemic. In 2022, she was in the Netherlands from 27 September to 1 October.
In 2022, Trufelman was working on the third season of her podcast Articles of Interest. This podcast – a show about what we wear – launched on 26 October, but was previewed at the Podcast Festival on 30 September, International Podcast Day. That evening, Trufelman was interviewed by Tracy Metz, former design journalist for the Dutch newspaper NRC and podcaster for BNR Nieuwsradio. Trufelman then interviewed trend forecaster Els Borst.
During her visit to the festival, whose theme was the Power of Pause, Trufelman led a workshop called Summoning the Muse. In this workshop, she talked about how she builds and structures her stories. Before the festival, VPRO Gids and Vogue Nederland interviewed Trufelman and she was mentioned by the international news website Podnews. On her last day, she was a guest on the Memberful Design podcast by the founder of design studio Momkai, which you can listen to here. Trufelman herself also wrote about her visit in her Articles of Interest newsletter.