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The Audio Academy Podcast
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The weekly podcast for all audio creators, produced by UK charity The Audio Academy. Each week, we speak to the people behind a recent radio or podcast project, to find out how it was made, and what they learnt along the way. Got a project we should be exploring? Email podcast@audioacademy.org.uk
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Meet the Experts: Speech Audio
Jan 1400:18:31Tap to summarizeThis week’s podcast is another in our Meet the Experts series where we ask leading industry experts for their insight and advice on having a lasting career in radio and audio. This week our topic is Speech Audio and our experts are Managing Editor of BBC Radio 5 Live Julie Cullen, Programme Director at Times Radio Tim Levell, Commissioning Editor, Comedy and Entertainment for BBC Radio 4 Julia McKenzie, Head of Radio at RNIB Yvonne Milne and Global Content Partnerships Director at Acast Sophie Herdman.
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Meet The Experts - Music Radio
Jan 700:16:26Tap to summarizeWe start 2026 by kick starting your career with the first episode of our new Meet the Experts series. Back in September, at the Radio Academy Festival, we asked some leading industry experts for their knowledge and advice on making a demo, pitching an idea, skills sets you need and getting yourself prepared for a career in audio. This week our topic is Music Radio and our experts are Sam Moy, Rebecca Frank, Paul Sylvester, Sarika Unadkat and Sam Jackson.
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Best of the Events 2025
Dec 3100:29:41Tap to summarizeFor our last podcast of 2025, we look back at some of the amazing events we have held or attended this year. From our Foot in the Door days to the big night of the Oscars of the radio and audio industry, the Arias, the EPOD and Crossed Wires festivals, the International Women’s Podcast Awards, SRA Con, and of course our own Radio Academy Festival, we have been there, getting the best stories and chatting to the people at the heart of it.
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Nicole Logan
Dec 4, 2024Tap to summarizeThis week on the podcast host Georgy Jamieson chats with the recent winner of the Audio UK Award Nicole Logan. They talk about how surprised and humbled Nicole was getting the award, her career journey and her new role with Goalhanger Podcasts. Nicole also talks about her first big project with Goalhanger, The Rest is Classified.
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Ukrainecast
Apr 12, 2022Tap to summarizeThe day that Russia invaded Ukraine, BBC News launched Ukrainecast - a daily podcast, providing detail and insight about the conflict. Six weeks on, Roisin speaks to the team that make the programme, about its challenges and revelations.This episode is a summary of a Radio Academy online event, in which Roisin spoke to presenter Victoria Derbyshire, Senior Editor Jonathan Aspinwall and regular contributor Vitaly Shevchenko from BBC Monitoring who has been keeping listeners updated about his family in Ukraine.From finding guests in a war zone, to sifting through misinformation - Ukrainecast has delivered some powerful accounts of the war. How did the BBC decide to mobilise Ukrainecast, and how did they pull it together so quickly? How does the team strike the balance of reporting on horrific events, while creating a compelling listen with responsible analysis? And what are the logistical issues involved in covering such a fast-moving story, taking place in such challenging conditions?The video of the full event can be watched by Radio Academy Members at radioacademy.org/events
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