Roderick Vonhögen

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Father Roderick Vonhögen (5 April 1968), a Roman Catholic priest from Amersfoort in the Netherlands, hosts the Catholic Insider podcast.[1] Vonhögen has started other podcasts including Secrets of Harry Potter, Secrets of the Pirates of the Caribbean, Catholic Minute, the Daily Breakfast, and more recently the secrets of Indiana Jones.[citation needed]

In April 2005, Vonhögen created a podcast to report on the health of the ailing Pope John Paul II;[2] thus was born the Catholic Insider podcast.[citation needed] Vonhögen later told CNN that the Vatican supported his initial podcasting during John Paul II's illness, and that his goal with his variety of podcasts is to "share something of [his] enthusiasm".[3] Catholic Insider won the 2005 People's Choice Podcast Award for religion inspiration and the 2006 award for best mobile podcast.[4][5]

The Daily Breakfast arose from Vonhögen's desire to produce something requiring less post-production than but with similar value to Catholic Insider.[citation needed] CastBlaster, developed by acquaintance Mike Versteeg, allowed for the creation of a more regular podcast requiring minimal post-production.[citation needed] Daily Breakfast won the 2006 and 2007 People's Choice Podcast Awards for religion inspiration.[5][6]

Vonhögen is founder and chief executive officer of what is now the Star Quest Production Network (SQPN), "specializing in the production of audio and video programs faithful to the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church".[7][8] SQPN includes other podcasters' work in addition to Vonhögen's.[citation needed] SQPN's team is trying to reach a greater audience much the same as Mother Angelica did with the Eternal Word Television Network.[citation needed]

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  1. ^ Friess, Steve (2006-10-03). Podcasting's Reluctant Evangelist 2. Wired.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-27.
  2. ^ Pope podcast hints at broadcast revolution. American Broadcasting Company (2005-04-11). Retrieved on 2008-04-27. “Father Roderick Vonhogen brought the Catholic Church's ancient rites to life through a cutting-edge format: the podcast, a radio-style show that is distributed over the Internet.”
  3. ^ Transcripts. The Situation Room. CNN. Retrieved on 2008-04-27. “Well, I would like to reach especially the non-Catholics. I mean there's a lot of material for Catholics. And I wanted to do something for all the other people out there and just let them share something of my enthusiasm and of my experience in my life with them.”
  4. ^ Cochrane, Todd (2005-08-04). 2005 People's Choice Podcast Award Winners. Podcast Connect. Retrieved on 2008-04-27.
  5. ^ a b Cochrane, Todd (2006-08-15). 2006 People's Choice Podcast Award Winners. Podcast Connect. Retrieved on 2008-04-27.
  6. ^ Cochrane, Todd (2007-08-15). Third Annual People's Choice Podcast Awards Category Winners Announced. Podcast Connect. Retrieved on 2008-04-27.
  7. ^ Fr. Roderick Vonhögen. 2007 Young Adult Ministry Conference. Retrieved on 2007-04-27.
  8. ^ About. Star Quest Podcast Network. Retrieved on 2007-04-27.

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