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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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  • Developing the Frame


    Developing The Frame is a podcast for aspiring and professional photographers alike; Longform or HowSound for photos, if you like. Hear from…

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    By: Matt Warrell


    Arts & culture Conversation Educational
  • Bowraville


    ‘You’ve got three children who all disappeared. All from the same street? What could have happened?’ Dan Box is the…

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    By: The Australian


    Crime Documentary Investigative Narrative Social issues
  • Hamish & Andy


    Hamish & Andy is the hugely popular podcast of Australian commercial radio kings Hamish Blake and Andy Lee. The pair have been broadcasting together for years – and it…

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    By: Hit Network


    Conversation Funny
  • By Association


    By Association is a podcast about football – not wonky ball Australian Rules football, but the round balled kind played…

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    By: James Parkinson


    Conversation Sports
  • Being Honest With My Ex


    Cheating, resentments, broken penises – there isn’t much Honor Eastly and Peter C. Hayward won’t talk about in Being Honest With My…

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    By: Honor Eastly and Peter C. Hayward


    Conversation Funny Relationships Social issues
  • Sisteria


    Sisteria is a friendly, conversational show about ‘women’s experiences as creators and consumers of arts and culture’. Co-host Stephanie Van Schilt…

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    By: Stephanie Van Schilt, Veronica Sullivan and Izzy Roberts-Orr


    Arts & culture Conversation Social issues
  • Ingredipedia


    This ‘factual food fight’ podcast records conversations between co-hosts Ben Birchall and Emily Naismith, both of whom are Melbourne-based writers…

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    By: Emily Naismith and Ben Birchall


    Conversation Food
  • The Policy Shop


    Hosted by University of Melbourne Vice-Chancellor Glyn Davis, The Policy Shop is all about public policy. What are some of the…

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    By: The University of Melbourne


    Conversation Current affairs Educational Politics Social issues
  • This Kid Life


    This Kid Life, from the Sydney Opera House, is a podcast series for kids. What do they know? Do they know things?…

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    By: Sydney Opera House


    Conversation Kids & parenting
  • Hack


    Hack is a daily current affairs program produced by ABC’s youth radio network Triple j. Hosted by Tom Tilley, Hack covers a vast…

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    By: ABC Radio


    Conversation Current affairs Investigative Money Politics Relationships Science & tech Social issues
  • 2 Quixotes


    What do free comic books have to do with Don Quixote? And how about Buzz Lightyear? Jane Austen? Deadpool? To…

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    By: Instituo Cervantes Sydney


    Arts & culture Documentary Educational Fiction
  • The Rule Book


    The Rule Book is an ambitious undertaking by producer James Milsom to tell stories about the law – ‘the rules…

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    By: James Milsom


    Crime Documentary Money Narrative Social issues Sound-rich
  • The Silent Majority Podcast


    The Silent Majority podcast covers Australian politics, news, gossip, pop culture and more. Hosted by Canberra-based politics reporters Alice Workman…

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    Conversation Current affairs Politics
  • The Garret


    The Garret is a literary podcast ‘by writers, for writers, about writers’. Each episode (released about every week, seasonally) features a…

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    By: State Library of Victoria, Swinburne University, Writers Victoria and Readings


    Arts & culture Conversation
  • Curtain


    Curtain is a true crime podcast hosted by Amy McQuire and Martin Hodgson, and it very much borrows from the Serial…

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    By: BIMA Projects


    Crime Documentary Indigenous Investigative Narrative Social issues Sound-rich
  • Pretty for an Aboriginal


    Actor Miranda Tapsell (Love Child, The Sapphires) and writer/actor Nakkiah Lui (Black Comedy, Kiki and Kitty) join forces to present…

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    By: BuzzFeed


    Arts & culture Conversation Current affairs Educational Indigenous Politics Relationships Social issues
  • Out From Under


    FBi Radio’s Out From Under is a weekly, hour-long selection of ‘eclectic and experimental Australian music’. Presenter Stuart Buchanan, a seasoned radio presenter…

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    By: FBi Radio


    Arts & culture Music Sound-rich
  • So You Want to Be a Writer


    Made by the Australian Writers’ Centre, this podcast covers the world of writing, publishing and blogging. It’s presented by Valerie Khoo…

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    By: Australian Writers' Centre


    Arts & culture Conversation Educational
  • Not By Accident


    A documentary podcast series about becoming a single mother by choice.


    By: Sophie Harper


    Documentary Health & body Kids & parenting Narrative Relationships
  • Phoebe’s Fall


    Phoebe’s Fall is Melbourne daily newspaper the Age‘s answer to Serial, if you like – a six-part true crime audio series centred on…

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    By: Fairfax Media


    Crime Documentary Investigative
  • Unravel


    Crime podcasts are at their best when they reach past the grim details and gore of murder, and investigate something…

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    By: ABC Audio Studios


    Crime Indigenous Investigative Narrative
  • Motor Mouth


    ‘Yassmin Abdel-Magied has a secret love. She dreams of an alternative life in one of the world’s richest, whitest and…

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    By: ABC


    Conversation Documentary Sports
  • Audiocraft Podcast


    The Audiocraft podcast features recordings from the annual Audiocraft conference – a day of creative conversations with some of the…

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    By: Audiocraft


    Arts & culture Conversation Educational Sound-rich
  • Connect Learn Share: Life in Australia


    Connect, Learn, Share: Life in Australia is a peer-to-peer resource for newly arrived people to Australia. From language to culture,…

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    By: Australian Red Cross


    Conversation Educational Nature & place Social issues
  • Token Skeptic


    Token Skeptic takes a skeptic’s look at current affairs, ‘urban legends, good science, pseudoscience and what makes popular culture pop’….

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    By: Kylie Sturgess


    Conversation Current affairs Documentary Science & tech Social issues
  • Casefile


    Casefile is a popular true crime podcast with a mystery of its own – its host remains staunchly anonymous. Through…

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    By: Casefile


    Crime Narrative
  • Your Own Voice


    Your Own Voice is an ‘occasional non-narrated storytelling mixtape’ produced by Sydneysider Joel Werner. In each of its irregular and rather…

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    By: Joel Werner


    Arts & culture Documentary Sound art Sound-rich
  • Love and Luck


    Told through voicemails, this audio drama is set in present-day Melbourne, and gives you tiny glimpses into the growing romance…

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    By: Erin Kyan and Lee Davis-Thalbourne


    Fiction Narrative
  • Change Agents


    The Conversation, a website that brings academic commentary and research to a general audience, launched into the podscape (in cahoots with Swinburne…

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    By: The Conversation and Swinburne University


    Conversation Current affairs Politics Social issues
  • This Is About


    This Is About was an ABC Radio National podcast which focussed on one true story per episode, as told by the…

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    By: ABC Radio National


    Documentary Narrative Relationships Social issues Sound-rich
  • The Love Letters Podcast


    After several months of hiatus, it’s back. Described as ‘an experimental podcast of little bundles of love’, each episode of…

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    By: Liz Duck-Chong


    Narrative Relationships
  • Follow the Money


    The Australia Institute is a Canberra-based progressive think tank, and its podcast Follow the Money is intended to clarify economic issues…

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    By: The Australia Institute


    Conversation Current affairs Educational Money Social issues
  • AWAYE!


    Presented by Daniel Browning, a Bundjalung and Kullilli man, AWAYE! tells stories about Aboriginal arts and culture from across Australia – as…

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    By: ABC Radio National


    Arts & culture Conversation Documentary Indigenous Politics Social issues
  • Love, Canberra


    Love, Canberra features intimate conversations about love, sex and relationships. Independent podcaster Evana Ho brings a unique combination of gentle curiosity and a bold interviewing style to uncovering…

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    By: Evana Ho


    Conversation Health & body Relationships
  • Long Story Short


    Long Story Short was a short series produced for ABC Radio National in 2013 with the aim of ‘showcasing real life Australian…

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    By: ABC Radio National


    Documentary Narrative Nature & place Relationships Social issues
  • Science is Golden


    In this six-part series published late in 2015 by the Age and Sydney Morning Herald (seemingly a podcasting toe-in-the-water for those broadsheets), SMH science editor Nicky…

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    By: Fairfax Media


    Educational Health & body Science & tech
  • Penmanship


    Penmanship is a podcast featuring long interviews with Australian writers of all varieties, hosted by Brisbane-based journalist Andrew McMillen. Published…

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    By: Andrew McMillen


    Arts & culture Conversation
  • Deviant Women


    Every fortnight, Lauren and Alicia – the two women behind the mic at Deviant Women – take a different rule-breaking woman…

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    By: Lauren Butterworth and Alicia Carter


    Arts & culture Educational
  • Kill Your Darlings Podcast


    Kill Your Darlings is one of Australia’s foremost independent literary journals, and its occasional podcast – hosted by Meaghan Dew –…

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    By: Kill Your Darlings Journal


    Arts & culture Conversation Fiction
  • Short & Curly


    Short & Curly is a fast-paced fun-filled ethics podcast for kids and their parents, with questions and ideas to really get you thinking. It asks curly questions like about animals, technology, school, pop culture and the future.


    By: ABC Radio


    Conversation Kids & parenting Social issues

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