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Working with Sound: Ellen Van Neerven

What piece of audio has had the most profound effect on you – as a listener, as an audio maker…

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Working with Sound: Karishma Luthria

Karishma Luthria shares her experience navigating her dual responsibilities as a producer reporting on a community she is a part of.

Working with Sound: Nicole Curby (The Wait)

Nicole Curby describes the process of collaborating with Mozhgan Moarefizadeh on The Wait – a podcast that uncovers how Australia is pushing its borders out, and the plight of refugees and asylum seekers.

Working with Sound: Rocket Bretherton and Johanna Bell (Birds Eye View)

Rocket Bretherton and Johanna Bell speak to us about the origins of Birds Eye View and the practical challenges of producing a podcast inside a prison.

Working with Sound: Mara Schwerdtfeger

Multidisciplinary artist and composer Mara Schwerdtfeger reveals how speculative conversations help shift perspectives in her piece Voicing; and contemplates the never-ending possibilities of time, space and sound.

Working with Sound: Wintana Kidane and Rahel Davies (Bittersweet)

Bittersweet co-founders and presenters, Wintana Kidane and Rahel Davies, reflect on the discipline and courage it takes to create and sustain your own platform.

Working with Sound: Kirsti Melville

Producer for ABC RN’s Earshot, and presenter of The History Listen, Kirsti Melville chats to us about working in remote areas of Western Australia, and learning to trust your instincts.

Working with Sound: Osman Faruqi

7am’s Osman Faruqi reflects on the ethical, and practical challenges of producing a daily news podcast; and what he’s learnt about narrative technique from Kanye West.

Working with Sound: Michelle Macklem

Artistic director of Constellations Michelle Macklem contemplates her style, rhythm and approach; and reveals her bratty mixer alter-ego.

Working with Sound: Laura Murphy-Oates

Full Story presenter and senior producer Laura Murphy-Oates talks about marrying daily news and audio documentary; and navigating the serious and the silly when it comes to news presenting.

Working with Sound: Sumarlinah Winoto

Sumarlinah Winoto reflects on the process of creating transomatics; and the relationship between movement practices and gender.

Working with Sound: Silvi Vann-Wall and Izzie Austin (Pill Pop)

Silvi Vann-Wall and Izzie Austin – co-creators and producers of Pill Pop – discuss camaraderie, vulnerability and offering genuine insight into being chronically ill.

Working with Sound: Elizabeth Kulas

Elizabeth Kulas is the host of the new ABC podcast, Days Like These. She reflects on recording her podcast from home during Covid-19, the importance of an editor and why producing can be the perfect precursor to hosting.

Finding Your Tribe: Two impressions at Audiocraft 2018

Ben Tupas and Lindsey Green reflect on what they learned at Audiocraft Podcast Festival 2018 – exploring Australian identity, ambition, independence and more.

Communication and Community: A first-timer’s notes on Third Coast Festival 2017

Sydney-based producer Jessica Hamilton unpacks what she learned attending Chicago’s Third Coast International Audio Festival late in 2017.

Working with Sound: Amy Hanley

Melbourne-based student producer Amy Hanley talks space, time and expansion – and tells us about some of the leftfield approaches and inspirations behind her work.

Working with Sound: Amy McQuire

Curtain co-producer Amy McQuire chats to us about Aboriginal broadcasting as a path to criminal and social justice – and the frustration of trying to convince mainstream audiences to care.

Working with Sound: André Dao and Michael Green (The Messenger)

Michael Green and André Dao – both producers for the documentary podcast The Messenger – discuss text, sound, and the love of a good spreadsheet.

Working with Sound: Marc Fennell

Marc Fennell is the creator of the ABC’s award-winning media and technology programme Download This Show. He spoke to us about media diversity, Australian voices and editing with your eyes closed.

Working with Sound: Daniel Browning

Daniel Browning (AWAYE!) tells us about his language-focussed spin-off series, Word Up, the necessity of patient interviewing, and how radio reporting brings you into people’s lives.

Working with Sound: Jess Ong and Rosa Ellen (SPUN Stories)

Jess Ong and Rosa Ellen produce the SPUN Stories podcast. They told us about the perils of recording under a doona when you live in the tropics – and why there’s more to the Top End than crocodiles.

Working with Sound: Jess O’Callaghan

The Party Room (and RN Drive) producer Jess O’Callaghan spoke to us about blending current affairs with creative audio, and the bounty of Australian sound right under our noses.

Working with Sound: Natalie Kestecher

Award-winning radio maker Natalie Kestecher blends documentary, performance and fiction in her unusual stories. She spoke to us about recording on the road, and what it is to truly become the muse.

Working with Sound: Emily Naismith and Ben Birchall (Ingredipedia)

Ingredipedia co-hosts Emily Naismith and Ben Birchall discuss colourful food stories and the value of a supportive Australian audio community.

Working with Sound: Kylie Sturgess

Kylie Sturgess is the Perth-based producer of Token Skeptic, 365 Days of Philosophy and more. She spoke to us about the importance of just giving things a go.

Working with Sound: Brodie Lancaster and Kamna Muddagouni (Can U Not?)

Kamna Muddagouni and Brodie Lancaster chat to us about their pop culture podcast, Can U Not? – and the challenges and benefits of a DIY approach.

Working with Sound: Wendy Zukerman

Wendy Zukerman is the creator and host of Science Vs (first for the ABC, now for US company Gimlet Media). We spoke to her about telling science stories with a healthy balance of facts, accuracy and rude bits.

Working with Sound: Sam Loy

Sam Loy produces the podcast Human/Ordinary. We spoke to him about finding compelling stories in ordinary places, and what motivates him to keep going with an independent project.

Working with Sound: Richard Fidler

Richard Fidler presents Conversations. He discusses the mini-series he co-produced – based on ancient Viking sagas – and about why making radio can be like producing music.

Working with Sound: Kyla Slaven

Kyla Slaven produces the kids ethics podcast Short & Curly. We talked to her about finding the fun in big ethical questions – and why kids are the perfect listening audience.

Working with Sound: Alicia Sometimes

Writer, musician, broadcaster and Outer Sanctum host Alicia Sometimes chats to us about melding science and art, and the spoken word soundscapes that first inspired her.

Working with Sound: Jesse Cox

Radio producer and artist Jesse Cox (This is About) speaks to us about perfectionism, taking a radio show off air and online, and how beneficial listening with others can be.

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