Professional podcast training event company and publisher The Podcast Academy is “opening the vault” for a week, offering for sale a set of audio recordings of all the sessions, panels, and keynote addresses from the 2006, 2007, and 2008 New Media Expo.

“I decided to offer a historical look at podcasting,” said Podcast Academy editor-in-chief Michael Geoghegan. “I’ve gathered all of the New Media Expo content [of the past three years], plus bonus files from the Podcast Academy.”

The recordings include keynotes, panels, and presentations by a wide ranging cast of new media experts, and include Leo Laporte, Veronica Belmont, Andrew Baron, C.C. Chapman among many others.

Some session recordings are “vintage” ones from pioneers of the podcast industry. “Many of these presentations have not been publicly available for years,” Geoghegan said.

A more comprehensive list is below, after the break.

Session presenters include:

Howard Lindzon of Wallstrip
Leo Laporte of TWIT
Jim Louderback of Revision3
George Wright, VP of Marketing for Will It Blend, Blendtec (2008)
Ron Moore, Executive Producer of Battlestar Galactica
Andrew Michael Baron, Rocketboom
Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt: Developing an Engaged Community (2008)
Kent Nichols and Douglas Sarine of Ask A Ninja
Bruce Sharpe – Simple Post-Production Techniques to Get Professional Sound
Rich Harrington – Field Production Strategies for Video Podcasting
Michael Geoghegan – Selling the Unique Value of Your Content
Roxanne Darling – Video Podcasting for Business
Jason Van Orden – How to Generate Buzz and Extend Your Brand with Social Media
Panel – Metrics in New Media: Showing Results and Judging Success
Panel – Music Licensing for Podcasts and New Media – A Crash Course
Alex Lindsay – Behind the Scenes at MacBreak and PixelCorps
Paul Colligan – The 7 Secrets of Monetization
Susan Bratton – Selling Advertising and Sponsorships
Mignon Fogarty – Building a Podcasting Network from the Ground Up

Bonus Podcast Academy presentations from podcast pioneers include:

Doug Kaye
John Furrier
Tim Bourquin
Michael Geoghegan
Greg Cangialosi
C.C. Chapman
Eric Rice
Kristopher Smith
Tony Kahn

The archived presentations from the New Media Expo in 2006 and 2007 are available for $49 for the set. A deluxe set of recordings is $99 and includes the Expo recordings 2006 – 2008, along with workshop sessions from the Podcast Academy. Prices go up each day, and the set will be unavailable after Nov. 5. You can get all the details here.

The Podcast Academy conducts podcast training events and publishes a series of how-to books on podcasting. Several of the Podcast Academy workshops have taken place to dovetail with the New Media Expo, which is a podcasting convention devoted to downloadable, portable and new media.

Michael W. Geoghegan is editor-in-chief of The Podcast Academy, as well as founder and CEO of GigaVox Media, a production, consulting and technology company focused on audio/video new media.

As a pioneer of podcasting, Michael created some of the first corporate podcasts, including efforts by Disney. Michael is also creator of the 2008 James Beard Award-winning “GrapeRadio” and “Reel Reviews: Films Worth Watching”. He is editor-in-chief of the Podcast Academy book series and co-author of Podcast Solutions: The Complete Guide to Podcasting.