Blasingame Gift to UNA Brings Over 60K Podcasts to Students

NEW YORK, Oct. 7, 2026 /CourierPR/ -- The University of North Alabama has acquired a significant digital catalog from Jim Blasingame, a pioneering creator of small business multimedia content. The University of North Alabama has received a gift of over 60,000 archived podcasts, each with robust metadata, from Jim Blasingame, a digital content pioneer who has been active in the small business sector for almost two decades. The collection, which Blasingame has curated over almost a quarter-century, includes thousands of live interviews conducted on his nationally syndicated weekday radio/Internet program, "The Small Business Advocate® Show." The program ran from 1997 to 2021, and Blasingame converted broadcast/simulcast interviews into archived podcasts immediately upon their broadcast. The University of North Alabama's Sanders College of Business and Technology and Collier Library will now have access to this impressive digital catalog, which is available at smallbusinessadvocate.una.edu.

The University of North Alabama is grateful for this wealth of information and resources from Blasingame's impressive and long-standing body of work. The gift will be a benefit to anyone seeking a reliable and important source for understanding small business in the global marketplace.

The University of North Alabama has received a gift of a digital catalog from Jim Blasingame, a pioneer in small business multimedia content. The catalog includes over 60,000 archived podcasts with robust metadata, representing almost two decades of work focused on helping small businesses succeed in a global, digital marketplace. Blasingame's donation also includes approximately 1,800 articles and 200 videos, plus four manuscripts. He is the author of four books, which sold 300,000 copies and won seven international awards.

Blasingame's gift includes his unparalleled library of approximately 60,000 digital files with metadata (over 50 million words), representing almost two decades of work focused on helping small businesses succeed in a global, digital marketplace. As an award-winning author and syndicated columnist, his donation also includes approximately 1,800 articles and 200 videos, plus four manuscripts. Blasingame is the author of four books, which sold 300,000 copies and won seven international awards.

Blasingame's gift includes his unparalleled library of approximately 60,000 digital files with metadata (over 50 million words), representing almost two decades of work focused on helping small businesses succeed in a global, digital marketplace. As an award-winning author and syndicated columnist, his donation also includes approximately 1,800 articles and 200 videos, plus four manuscripts. Blasingame is the author of four books, which sold 300,000 copies and won seven international awards.

Blasingame's gift includes his unparalleled library of approximately 60,000 digital files with metadata (over 50 million words), representing almost two decades of work focused on helping small businesses succeed in a global, digital marketplace. As an award-winning author and syndicated columnist, his donation also includes approximately 1,800 articles and 200 videos, plus four manuscripts. Blasingame is the author of four books, which sold 300,000 copies and won seven international awards.

Blasingame's gift includes his unparalleled library of approximately 60,000 digital files with metadata (over 50 million words), representing almost two decades of work focused on helping small businesses succeed in a global, digital marketplace. As an award-winning author and syndicated columnist, his donation also includes approximately 1,800 articles and 200 videos, plus four manuscripts. Blasingame is the author of four books, which sold 300,000 copies and won seven international awards.

Blasingame's gift includes his unparalleled library of approximately 60,000 digital files with metadata (over 50 million words), representing almost two decades of work focused on helping small businesses succeed in a global, digital marketplace. As an award-winning author and syndicated columnist, his donation also includes approximately 1,800 articles and 200 videos, plus four manuscripts. Blasingame is the author of four books, which sold 300,000 copies and won seven international awards.

Blasingame's gift includes his unparalleled library of approximately 60,000 digital files with metadata (over 50 million words), representing almost two decades of work focused on helping small businesses succeed in a global, digital marketplace. As an award-winning author and syndicated columnist, his donation also includes approximately 1,800 articles and 200 videos, plus four manuscripts. Blasingame is the author of four books, which sold 300,000 copies and won seven international awards.

Blasingame's gift includes his unparalleled library of approximately 60,000 digital files with metadata (over 50 million words), representing almost two decades of work focused on helping small businesses succeed in a global, digital marketplace. As an award-winning author and syndicated columnist, his donation also includes approximately 1,800 articles and 200 videos, plus four manuscripts. Blasingame is the author of four books, which sold 300,000 copies and won seven international awards.

Blasingame's gift includes his unparalleled library of approximately 60,000 digital files with metadata (over 50 million words)