Podcast Host Revealed

This week Andrew is joined by Penny Terry, award-winning host of Get Psyched, Rule of Thumb and The Penny Drop. In 2021, Get Psyched, produced in collaboration with Headspace Launceston and Healthy Australia, won 'best wellbeing podcast' at the Australian podcast awards. Penny's other podcast, Rule of Thumb, produced by the Women's Legal Service of Tasmania, won bronze in the best lockdown podcast award. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week Andrew is joined by Dr Graeme Smith, host of The Little Red Podcast with co-host Louisa Lim. The podcast features interviews and chat celebrating China beyond the Beijing beltway. The podcast was awarded best news and current affairs podcast at the 2018 Australian podcast awards. Most recently, at the 2021 Awards, it was awarded Bronze in the ‘Moment of the Year' category and was a finalist in the Best News & Current Affairs category. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week Menners is joined by Velma Vouloir, host of Cntroversy.  Follow us on social media: Twitter: @hostrevealed Instagram: @hostrevealed Follow Andrew Menczel: Twitter: @amenners See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week Andrew is joined by Johnny Leary, Host of the Saturday Quiz. Each week, Johnny sits down with a pair of celebrity guests and tries to elicit correct answers for 10 questions from the The Saturday Paper's quiz.  Follow us on social media: Twitter: @hostrevealed Instagram: @hostrevealed Follow Andrew Menczel: Twitter: @amenners See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week's guest is Christine Mwaturura. Christine is the writer and creator of the award winning, romantic dramedy podcast, Private Affairs.  Follow us on social media: Twitter: @hostrevealed Instagram: @hostrevealed Follow Andrew Menczel: Twitter: @amenners See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We kick off season two of Podcast Host Revealed with the co-host of Minding Your Mind, James O'Loghlin. Together with Professor Ian Hickie from the University of Sydney, they explore all aspects of mental health; the different types of mental health issues we can experience, their causes, how they affect us, and what we can do to get help and find solutions. The podcast was nominated for Best Wellbeing Podcast at the 2021 Australian Podcast Awards. As well as hosting the podcast, James is an author, comedian, speaker and media personality. He is best known for hosting over 300 episodes of The New Inventors on the ABC. Listen to Minding Your Mind here: https://anchor.fm/mind-your-mind Follow us on social media: Twitter: @hostrevealed  Instagram: @hostrevealed  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're finishing off season one of Podcast Host Revealed on a high, with a true pioneer in the Australian podcasting field - Kellie Riordan. Kellie is not only a podcast host and producer, but Australia's leading podcasting strategist and the creative force behind countless hit podcasts including Conversations, The Pineapple Project, Ladies We Need To Talk and the Walkley Award winning series, Unravel True Crime, Last year Kellie said goodbye to her 18 year career at the ABC, where she headed the ABC Audio Studios, and went out on her own with the launch of Deadset Studios.  Follow Podcast Host Revealed on Instagram here. This podcast is brought to you by Piccolo Podcasts and Media. Piccolo Podcasts makes branded and original content and has a studio available for hire in the Sydney CBD. Head to piccolopodcasts.com.au.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You can watch clips from this interview on YouTube here. Follow Podcast Host Revealed on Instagram here. This podcast is brought to you by Piccolo Podcasts and Media. Piccolo Podcasts makes branded and original content and has a studio available for hire in the Sydney CBD. Head to piccolopodcasts.com.au.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michael Adams has been a restaurant dishwasher, television host, ice-cream scooper, author, toilet scrubber, magazine journalist, ecohouse lab rat, film reviewer, social media curator, telemarketing jerk, reality TV scribe and B-movie zombie. But now he hosts the Forgotten Australia podcast.  You can watch clips from this interview on YouTube here. Follow Podcast Host Revealed on Instagram here. This podcast is brought to you by Piccolo Podcasts and Media. Piccolo Podcasts makes branded and original content and has a studio available for hire in the Sydney CBD. Head to piccolopodcasts.com.au.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on Podcast Host Revealed we're joined by Benjamin Norris. Ben won Big Brother back in 2012 and has been in the public eye ever since doing radio and tv work. This year, he left it all behind to start his very own podcast, TV Reload. The podcast goes behind the scenes with some of the biggest players in television, giving listeners a real insight into the minds of Australia's best content creators.  You can watch clips from this interview on YouTube here. Follow Podcast Host Revealed on Instagram here. This podcast is brought to you by Piccolo Podcasts and Media. Piccolo Podcasts makes branded and original content and has a studio available for hire in the Sydney CBD. Head to piccolopodcasts.com.au.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The tables are turning this week, with the host of Podcast Host Revealed, Andrew Menczel in the hot seat, interviewed by Holly Mitchell, one of the producers on the show. Andrew has been in the biz for a while, starting The Australian Cricket Podcast back in August 2013. Now known as Cricket Unfiltered, the podcast is one of the most popular cricket podcasts in the country and twice been nominated in the Australian Podcast Awards. Andrew and also hosts cricket Daily and Fairground Fuckups at Piccolo Podcasts.  Cricket Unfiltered Cricket Daily You can watch clips from this interview on YouTube here. Follow Podcast Host Revealed on Instagram here. This podcast is brought to you by Piccolo Podcasts and Media. Piccolo Podcasts makes branded and original content and has a studio available for hire in the Sydney CBD. Head to piccolopodcasts.com.au.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nicole Goodman is an award winning podcast producer and host. In 2018, Nicole released her first podcast, Dating Upside Down, under the pseudonym 'Alice in Tinderland'. The podcast was a huge success, and Nicole took out Best Newcomer at the 2018 Australian Podcast Awards. This was a significant moment in Nicole's life, that saw her say goodbye to her decades long career in marketing to take up podcasting full time. Nicole now works for Sound Cartel in Melbourne where she produces and hosts a number of shows.  You can watch clips from this interview on YouTube here. Follow Podcast Host Revealed on Instagram here. This podcast is brought to you by Piccolo Podcasts and Media. Piccolo Podcasts makes branded and original content and has a studio available for hire in the Sydney CBD. Head to piccolopodcasts.com.au.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jessie Stephens is the Assistant Head of Content at Mamamia and co-host of their flagship podcast, Mamamia Out Loud. She also hosts True Crime Conversations and a brand new show called The Delivery Room. This year she released her first book, Heartsick, you can find it here. You can watch clips from this interview on YouTube here. Follow Podcast Host Revealed on Instagram here. This podcast is brought to you by Piccolo Podcasts and Media. Piccolo Podcasts makes branded and original content and has a studio available for hire in the Sydney CBD. Head to piccolopodcasts.com.au.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dave O'Neil hosts not one, not two, but three podcasts! He's also a regular on radio across the country, has written and starred in countless aussie tv programs and performs standup around the world. His podcasts include The Junkees with Kitty Flanagan, Somehow Related with Glenn Robins and The Debrief which he hosts solo.  You can watch clips from this interview on YouTube here. Follow Podcast Host Revealed on Instagram here. This podcast is brought to you by Piccolo Podcasts and Media. Piccolo Podcasts makes branded and original content and has a studio available for hire in the Sydney CBD. Head to piccolopodcasts.com.au.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We head back to society and culture this week with host of the Aussie Uber podcast, Christian Patterson. Christian quit his job 18 months ago and took up Uber driving to spend more time with his daughters. While driving passengers around Sydney, he heard many truly inspiring and amazing conversations, so decided to turn them into a podcast to share with the world.  Listen to Aussie Uber here Follow Christian on Instagram here Follow Podcast Host Revealed here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we go to the society and culture category with Mozhgan, co-host of The Wait. Mozhgan is one of around 14,000 refugees stranded in Indonesia. She's spent the majority of her adult life in asylum, and while she's never committed a crime, she is a fugitive. Mozhgan isn't allowed to work, hold a passport, open a bank account, get married, or access many of the other human rights we freely enjoy. The Wait is a five part series created by The Guardian and The Walkley Foundation. Mozhgan co-hosted the podcast with Australian journalist, Nicole Curby.  You can watch this interview on YouTube here. Follow Podcast Host Revealed on Instagram here. Follow Podcast Host Revealed on Twitter here. This podcast is brought to you by Piccolo Podcasts and Media. Piccolo Podcasts makes branded and original content and has a studio available for hire in the Sydney CBD. Head to piccolopodcasts.com.au.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we visit the government category with ex-ASIO employee turned comedian, actor and improvisor, David Callan. David co-hosts the I Spied podcast with journalist Michelle Stephenson, where he recounts his colourful seven year career in counter intelligence at ASIO, as well as apply his expert knowledge to current events. Listen to I Spied here. Watch the full uncut interview here. Follow Podcast Host Revealed on Instagram.     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's back to the true crime category for the second week running with host of the hugely popular podcast, Let's Talk About Sects.  The podcast won the Independent True Crime category at the 2019 Australian Podcast Awards, but perhaps the most exciting achievement is the show being internationally recognised as an Honoree at last years Webby Awards. Starting in 2017, the podcast has already surpassed well over 2 million downloads. As well as the podcast, Sarah is currently writing her first book about cults, charisma, coercive control and our communities. Listen to Let's Talk About Sects here. Keep up to date with the podcast via their website. Follow Podcast Host Revealed on Instagram. See behind the scenes footage on our Youtube. Follow Podcast Host Revealed on TikTok. This podcast is a Piccolo Podcasts original. Head to piccolopodcasts.com.au for more info.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we head to the wildly popular true crime category with one of Australia's most prolific and well known crime reporters, Adam Shand. Adam has over 35 years storytelling experience as a Walkley Award winning investigative journalist, author, radio broadcaster, TV reporter and podcaster. Currently, Adam hosts the NSW Police State Crime Podcast, as well as Channel 9's Australian Crime Stories.  In this interview Adam reflects on his long career as a journalist and why he loves podcasting, as well as some of his own insights into the recent coverage of the 1979 Luna Park Ghost Train Fire.  You can listen to the NSW Police State Crime Command Podcast here. Adam's other podcasts include: Adam Shand at Large, The Trials of the Vampire, Understate Lawyer X, Understate Lucille Butterworth, and Understate in Plain Sight. Follow Adam on Twitter to keep up with his latest work here. See behind the scenes clips of this interview here. Follow Podcast Host Revealed on Instagram. Head to our website for more information here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week Podcast Host Revealed heads to the business category with former AFL player turned podcast host, Ted Richards. After retiring from his 16 year football career, Ted followed his other passion, investing, and is now head of distribution at robo-investment advisors, Six Park. In 2017, Ted started his podcast, The Richards Report, and has since been a finalist in the Australian Podcast Awards two years running.  Listen to the Richards Report here Follow Podcast Host Revealed on Instagram Find out more about Piccolo Podcasts here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew Menczel is joined by George Sargent of the Convo.  At only 19, George took out Best Newcomer on Air at the Australian Commercial Radio Awards and was a nominee in the 2020 Australian Podcast Awards. As well as host The Convo, George works full time in radio and produces Grant and Chezzi Denyer's podcast, 'It's All True?' You can listen to The Convo here Follow George on Instagram here You can watch clips from this interview on YouTube here. Follow Podcast Host Revealed on Instagram here. This podcast is brought to you by Piccolo Podcasts and Media. Piccolo Podcasts makes branded and original content and has a studio available for hire in the Sydney CBD. Head to piccolopodcasts.com.au.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In episode two of Podcast Host Revealed, your host Andrew Menczel is joined by the Company Director and a performer in the completely improvised musical podcast and stage show, Impromptunes.  The Impromptunes troupe debuted in 2013 and has since performed across Australia and internationally at Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Perth Fringe World, Adelaide Fringe, Bondi Festival and Edinburgh Fringe. Since 2018, Impromptunes has also released a weekly completely improvised musical podcast episode.  After a year long break from live performance, Impromptunes is making a return to the stage for this years Melbourne International Comedy Festival from 5th - 18th April for 12 shows only. You can get tickets here. In this interview, Emmet discusses the differences between doing Impromptunes for a live audience compared to for the podcast, what themes and titles they've really struggled with and which ones they've loved, his daddy issues and what it's like working side by side with his girlfriend.  Follow Podcast Host Revealed on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/podcasthostrevealed/ This podcast is brought to you by Piccolo Podcasts and Media. Piccolo Podcasts makes branded and original content and has a studio available for hire in the Sydney CBD. Head to piccolopodcasts.com.au.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the first episode of Podcast Host Revealed, your host Andrew Menczel is joined by Walkley Award Nominated journalist and host of Schwartz Media's daily news podcast, 7am.  Ruby started hosting 7am at the beginning of 2020 after working as a journalist at the ABC, where she was part of the national reporting team and hosted her first podcast, Barrenjoey Road. Earlier this year, Ruby released her first book with co-author Neil Mercer inspired by the Barrenjoey Road podcast, you can find it here. In this episode, Ruby discusses the pressure of taking over from another host on an already successful podcast, the challenges of starting the job in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, how she deals with the full-on nature of news reporting and criticism from listeners, sexism towards women in the broadcasting sphere and shares some of her favourite memories in the past year as host of 7am.  You can watch clips from this interview on YouTube here. Follow Podcast Host Revealed on Instagram here. This podcast is brought to you by Piccolo Podcasts and Media. Piccolo Podcasts makes branded and original content and has a studio available for hire in the Sydney CBD. Head to piccolopodcasts.com.au.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.