Audiocraft Podcast

What are the differences between audio and print journalism? Audiocraft Executive Producer Jessica Bineth talks to Guardian writer and host Cherelle Jackson and Guardian Pacific Editor and Executive Producer Kate Lyons about the making of the Guardian's Full Story series An Impossible Choice. Full Story is the Guardian's daily podcast providing a deeper understanding to the headlines in Australia and beyond. The series An Impossible Choice spoke to Pacific Islanders who have been forced to make devastating decisions due to a climate crisis not of their making.Listen to the An Impossible Choice series here: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/audio/2021/oct/16/an-impossible-choice-leave-your-island-or-fight-to-stayTranscript available here: https://www.audiocraft.com.au/audiocraft-podcast-season-6-ep-4 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How do you create audio that makes you feel as though you're in someone's body? Host Laura Nagy, Audiocraft Senior Producer Jess Hamilton, Audiocraft Sound Engineer Adam Connelly and Composer Freya Berkhout sit down to chat all about collaborating on Audible's Pillow Talk, a podcast memoir-documentary series detailing Laura's personal experiences in the ASMR online community.Transcript available here: https://www.audiocraft.com.au/audiocraft-podcast-season-6-ep-3 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

So how do you have sex? In this episode of the Audiocraft Podcast, Audiocraft producers Bernadette Nguyen and Selena Shannon chat with creator and host Rowdie Walden about developing and producing Spotify Australia and New Zealand's first original podcast Search Engine Sex, a podcast answering the internet's most burning sex and relationship questions.Transcript available here: https://www.audiocraft.com.au/audiocraft-podcast-season-6-ep-2 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How do you ensure the best outcome for everyone when talking about mental health distress? In this episode of the Audiocraft Podcast, Audiocraft producer Sam Loy talks to Beyond Blue's Darcy Sutton and Sarah Alexander about the making of award-winning podcast Not Alone, a podcast hosted by Mark Fennell where everyday Australians talk about their mental health journey to help you with yours. Transcript available here: https://www.audiocraft.com.au/audiocraft-podcast-season-6-ep-1 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This bonus episode of the Audiocraft Podcast is the Mic on Nature soundscape, collected by Audiocraft attendees all around the world and edited together by the team behind the Brain on Nature podcast.To hear more about the sounds you hear, and about the making of Brain on Nature, listen to Episode 11: Mic on Nature. This episode is pure soundscape, so you can revisit it anytime. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Five audio makers give provocations on the theme ‘risk’; what risk sounds like, how it feels to take it, how we make room for taking risk in our storytelling. Who defines what’s ‘risky’ or ‘safe’, in an audio story, a career, an industry? After listening to Pat Abboud (ABC / JCAF), Sarah Dingle (ABC), Marlee Silva (Tiddas 4 Tiddas / Always was, always will be our stories), Jessica Hamilton (Slaughterhouse Road) and Renay Richardson (Broccoli Content), you won’t think about risk in the same way again. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Science journalism had a lot of heavy lifting to do in 2020. In this episode, hear Wendy Zukerman (Science Vs) talk about fact checking Covid-19 news and information as it developed, and turning that news into compelling, entertaining audio stories. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

One of the breakout independent podcasts of 2020, Birds Eye View is a collaboration between women in the Darwin Correctional Centre and StoryProjects. In this episode, Renae ‘Rocket’ Bretherton and Johanna Bell reflect on the process of making this podcast together, and how they navigated the boundaries of creative collaboration along the way. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

True collaboration is more than just working together. Good collaborations can change the entire scope of a project, and audio-making objectives. In this episode, go Under the Hood with a long-term collaboration between Big hART, Audiocraft and teenage girls around the country, with Project O’s audio diaries. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Some stories have sound at their core. A stand-out example of this is BBC eco-thriller Forest 404, where bird calls haunt the mind of the protagonist and archival sounds are wiped from living memory one-by-one. How can we centre sound in our writing and production? In this episode writer Timothy X Atack and director Becky Ripley tell you how they went about creating this very special sonic world. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For three years the podcast Nancy (WNYC) told stories about the queer experience, from a queer perspective. In conversation with Benjamin Law (Stop Everything!) co-hosts Tobin Low and Kathy Tu reflect on what they learnt from making the podcast, how they changed as producers, and what the show meant to listeners and to them. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Accessibility is not a checklist you can tick off — it’s the pathway between a disabled person and the thing they're trying to access. Erin Kyan (Passer Vulpes Productions) shares language, tools and knowledge so you can take your thinking about podcast accessibility beyond just transcripts, and make your production more accessible, both in front of and behind the mic. If you're looking for some extra resources on accessibility here is a list the Audiocraft team put together https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1I-xB-cWrCYoLkGTLLya-VXoqsnquMIBi See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

At Audiocraft 2020 we asked you to turn your microphones on the world around you. What we heard back from around the world were city-scapes, chicken clucks, cat meows, rain and footsteps, tui calls and animal grunts. Olivia Rosenman and Sarah Allely (Brain on Nature) took these sounds and turned them into a communal soundscape, sharing where we all were on July 25 2020. In this episode Olivia and Sarah tell Jess O’Callaghan about the making of their podcast Brain on Nature, why their collaboration works, and crafting your soundscape. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ready to dive deep into spreadsheets and file sharing? In this episode Audiocraft’s Selena Shannon tackles podcast project management and gives you the tools you need to whip your workflow into shape. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt Lieber is head of podcast operations at Spotify and the co-founder of Gimlet Media. In this episode, you’ll hear Matt’s story on how Gimlet was built and why they joined Spotify, as well as what all this tells us about the growth of audio storytelling and the future of the industry. Matt’s joined for questions by Prithi Dey, Podcast Partner Manager at Spotify Australia and New Zealand. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Three brave producers pitch their podcast ideas live to Spotify, and receive feedback on their idea in real-time from Spotify commissioners Liz Gateley (US), Unni Nambudripad (India) & Leah Harris (Australia & New Zealand). In this episode, you’ll learn about what it takes for an idea to go from a brainwave in the shower to a hit in your headphones, and what makes a strong pitch. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On podcast Hey Aunty! host Shantel Wetherall shares fireside chats with black women and non-binary siblings who’ve been there. In this episode recorded live at Audiocraft Podcast Festival, Shantel asks guests Faith Chaza and Renee Williamson: How do you find your creative community? Find the transcript here. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

An incredible interview takes any topic and turns it into gripping listening by finding the humanity at the heart of the story. It’s not always easy. In Everything is Alive, Ian Chillag flirts with fact and fiction, and manages to find the moment of connection in every interview. Even when his interviewees are inanimate objects like a can of cola, or a bath towel.You can find the transcript here. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

If you could go back in time to before you hit publish on your very first episode, what piece of advice would you give yourself? Five podcasters give their past selves a good talking-to and share wisdom that you can apply to your own podcast right now.You can find the transcript here. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How will we tell audio stories in the future? Three leading artists and technological experimenters consider the innovations inspiring new forms of audio storytelling and production. Olivia Rosenman (Google’s Creative Lab / History Lab), Sam Haren (Sandpit) and Becky Sui Zhen (Art Processors / Sui Zhen) Hear an excited and critical assessment of what’s already possible, what’s coming soon, and what it all means for the craft of audio-making.You can find the transcript here. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We make stories for the ear, but there’s no escaping the highly visual nature of the work we produce.No other medium allows its audience to see as imaginatively, as privately, and as sensitively, as audio. But how do we go about accessing this visual capacity of audio? Sophie Townsend shares tips for using narration to allow our audience to see what they’re hearing.This episode is shared with us by our friends at Third Coast International Audio Festival. It was recorded at the 2018 Third Coast Conference. Listen to the Third Coast Pocket Conference podcast for more, and find a transcript here. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Two moments are colliding: An oppressive politics of hate and repression, and a boom in narrative storytelling. So how do we use one to confront the other? Chenjerai Kumanyika and Sandhya Dirks offer techniques to explode traditional narratives. This episode is shared with us by our friends at Third Coast International Audio Festival. It was recorded at the 2018 Third Coast Conference. Listen to the Third Coast Pocket Conference podcast for more, and find a transcript here. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

There’s a wall between our ideas, dreams and desires and the real world: our body. Meat is a podcast about our bodies and the lives we live because of them. Experience Jonathan Zenti’s masterful storytelling and hear about the creative process behind the project, full of audio experimentation and buoyed by international collaboration. You can find the transcript for this episode here. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the Arrogant Aunt episodes of the Sisteria podcast, guests answer questions ‘with authority they just don’t have’—an exercise in defeating imposter syndrome in all of us. In this Audiocraft edition, Sisteria’s Stephanie Van Schilt, along with Shantel Wetherall (Hey Aunty!) and Christina Choi (Spotify, NYC) take your questions about creativity, motivation and mastering that pod/life balance, by reflecting on their own podcast practice.You can find the transcript for this episode here. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Spotify’s Sound Up Bootcamp worked with ten First Nations storytellers to develop their podcasts, taking the seed of an idea and shaping it into a reality. Important stories about climate disaster, sex, history and frontier warriors. Steve Bunbadgee Hodder Watt, Nicole Hutton, Boe Spearim and Rowdie Walden then received a grant to continue development, and in this session they share how their idea is growing and changing and present their work. Moderated by Lorena Allam (Guardian Australia). You can find the transcript for this episode here. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Four Audiocraft attendees pitch their projects live to a panel of experts from PodcastOne, ABC and Spotify and get on the spot feedback on their idea. Listening to this session, you’ll learn what it takes to deliver a clear pitch that cuts through the noise and gets noticed.You can find a transcript here. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

You’re out in the field and your carefully laid plan is blown to bits. You’re all alone, sweating hard, with no story to show for it. How can you embrace the chaos and make the very best story possible? Avery Trufelman (99% Invisible) shares the story of a time it all went wrong and what she did next.You can find a transcript here. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In both fiction and non-fiction podcasts, the possibilities of world-building through sound are endless. How can you use sound to evoke a fleshed-out sonic universe that your characters can inhabit and change in? And how can you turn organic sounds and landscape into characters themselves? Four expert world-builders – Bec Fary, Chris Magilton, Joseph Michael and Becky Sui Zhen share how they think about sound and space.You can find a transcript here. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sessions recorded at Audiocraft Podcast Festival 2019 are coming soon. The first episode is out August 7 and there’ll be a new one in your feed every Wednesday. So if you haven't already, hit subscribe and tell all your friends! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

If you’re sitting on a podcast idea and unsure about how to dip your toe in the water, go under the hood with the team who dive-bombed right into it. Erin Kyan and Lee Davis Thalbourne take us through the creative process and planning that goes into making Love and Luck, Australia's first queer audio drama. You can see their slides here: http://bit.ly/AudiocraftLNLSlides See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Lisa Tobin, executive producer of audio at The New York Times, discusses what the team learned (and then unlearned) in making The Daily.This episode is shared with us by our friends at Third Coast International Audio Festival. It was recorded at the 2017 Third Coast Conference. Listen to the Third Coast Pocket Conference podcast for more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

NPR's Planet Money convinced us that economics could be not just interesting, but entertaining too. In this episode, host and producer Robert Smith shares the backstories and spills all his secrets about what goes into the making of this podcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Alan Hall (Falling Tree Productions) and Sally Herships share how they overcome challenges in crafting highly personal narratives, from maintaining journalistic integrity to creating intimate work that's meant to resonate broadly.This episode is shared with us by our friends at Third Coast International Audio Festival. It was recorded at the 2017 Third Coast Conference. Listen to the Third Coast Pocket Conference podcast for more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

While there's often talk about creating the Next Big Thing in podcasting, Eleanor McDowall (Falling Tree Productions & Radio Atlas) and Helen Zaltzman (The Allusionist from Radiotopia) are curious about small, quiet acts of invention. In this session, they discuss ways they play with form to create something that sounds fresh and surprises listeners, season after season. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Acast's Katie Rogers helps you make sense of your podcast data and explains how you can turn your insights into a meaningful story that will help you better engage with your audience, reach new listeners and pitch to sponsors. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Where are the powerful voices speaking from a perspective of Bla(c)kness in the Australian podcast scene? This session brings together a panel of Aboriginal, African and Islander voices to critique podcast structures past and present, and explore how we might break through these to make space for underserved and underrepresented voices.Namila Benson (ABC) moderates this discussion with Angelina Hurley (Wild Black Women), Areej Nur (Broadwave) and writer Nayuka Gorrie. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This session covers all those scary questions about the tricky legal stuff you bump up against when making a podcast — like defamation, music rights and IP.Guided by legal eagles Suzanne Derry (Arts Law Australia), Brett Oaten (Brett Oaten Solicitors) and Eliza Sarlos (Hall Payne Lawyers).Note: Arts Law Australia have made available a bunch of free contract templates specifically for Australian podcasters, which were launched to coincide with Audiocraft Podcast Festival 2018. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hear about the ways you can transform your audio story with music. Audiocraft's Jess O'Callaghan moderates this discussion between Jaye Kranz (Audiocraft/independent) and Jon Tjhia (Paper Radio), who are not only great audio producers, but fine musicians as well. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Audible's master storytellers Jesse Baker (Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel) and Collin Campbell (Ponzi Supernova & Sincerely X) tell us how they make, break and bend the rules of podcasting to create longform stories that keep listeners coming back for more, episode after episode. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A taste of the 2018 Audiocraft Podcast Festival. The first episode is out Tuesday, July 31 and we'll be dropping an episode a day. So if you haven't already, hit subscribe and tell all your friends! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This episode comes from our mates at the Third Coast International Audio Festival. Ben Calhoun shares his tips for getting your radio stories un-stuck. This session was recorded at the 2016 Third Coast Conference. Find the Third Coast Pocket Conference podcast for more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This session from Audiocraft’s 2017 Conference is about why it’s important to find stories outside your bubble, and how audience and community engagement can help you do just that. Jess O’Callaghan (ABC RN) moderates this conversation between Jessica Cox (2ser) and Jess Ong (SPUN Stories). They’ve all experimented with different forms of engagement and here, they share what has and hasn’t worked for them. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

From the best handheld recorders, to what kind of mic to use in different situations, ABC RN’s Steven Tilley unpacks his go-to gear and talks us through how to solve common recording problems. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This session comes from our friends at the Third Coast International Audio Festival. Chana Joffe-Walt (This American Life) and Nikole Hannah-Jones (New York Times) talk about how to build a story structure that will make listeners care about even the most familiar, entrenched social issues, and how to translate longform print journalism into radio. This session was recorded at the 2016 Third Coast Conference. Find the Third Coast Pocket Conference podcast for more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Daniel Browning (Awaye!, ABC RN), Michael Green (The Messenger, Behind the Wire) and Kirsti Melville (Earshot, ABC RN) traverse the tricky terrain of reporting sensitive issues. Eurydice Aroney moderates this session from Audiocraft’s 2017 Conference, covering life-changing and life-challenging stories. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Gina McKeon shares her journey from radio producer to digital storyteller, and talks us through the processes behind the award-winning interactive documentary ‘My Grandmother’s Lingo’. Gina's producer profile from the 2017 Audiocraft Conference was in conversation with Jess Bineth. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this session from Audiocraft's 2017 Conference, Caitlin Thompson (Acast) and Jay Walkerden (Nova) talk through digital strategies for muscling up your fanbase and commercialising your podcast. They also introduce Phoebe Parsons, winner of Nova's Podquest competition. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Belinda Lopez and Jesse Cox take us under the hood of the ABC RN podcast This Is About. In this session from Audiocraft's 2017 Conference, Belinda and Jesse revisit a few of their favourite stories and share the narrative techniques they've fine-tuned along the way. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

There are a lot of conversational podcasts out there - but what makes a good one? In this session from Audiocraft's 2017 Conference, Tom Wright (ABC Radio Comedy), Lee Tran Lam (The Unbearable Lightness of Being Hungry), Kamna Muddagouni (Can U Not?) and Andrew Levins (The Mitchen, Hey Fam) talk about how, in a sea of talk shows, you can help your podcast rise to the top. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Camilla Hannan talks us through how she draws on extensive field recordings and then takes them into the mix. Camilla is an Australian audio producer, sound artist and field recordist. Her art and radio works have been exhibited, performed and broadcast around the world. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Honor Eastly, Miles Martignoni, Hannah Reich and Megan Tan answer all our nosy questions about how they pay the bills. This survival guide to freelancing was recorded at the 2017 Audiocraft Conference. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.