The AHA 2018 theme is 'the scale of history', and with digital humanities on the rise and the increasing demand for history to transcend universities and become more accessible – and therefore justified –  podcasting offers a useful talking point. This roundtable aims to explore how podcasting can operate as open access, public scholarship. In discussing this, we can focus on three key themes. Firstly, accessibility, exploring how podcasting can break down the barrier between university knowledge and public knowledge. Secondly, podcasting as a contact point in which historians can explain their practices and the broader societal value of historical research. Finally, accountability, as the nature of digital scholarship allows for informed conversations between creators and the listenership which otherwise static books and articles cannot offer – specifically the ability to ask questions of a project and receive a response, and the possibility that this could contribute to new ideas and a more collaborative historical practice. In this way, this roundtable hopes to consider how podcasting can operate in addition to the traditional, scholarly norms – taking historical research to a twenty-first-century audience.