Hellooo you wonderful creatives! Sarah Golding here - how are ya?! Here we are at our mid season hiatus ep - all about…what to do on # hiatus ! Wahoo for 12 jam packed episodes of truly great advice and shared experience - are you enjoying it? Do let me know by leaving a review on your podcatcher of choice or ping me with any thoughts or ideas for future guests - [email protected] ! If you would like to support my works, please do join my Patreon - you get longer director cut eps and videos...
Apr 27, 2025•1 hr 22 min•Season 3Ep. 312
Helloooo You Creative Souls! How are ya? Sarah Golding here - heleau! This week’s ep is a part two of a chat to the wonderful ALLISON COSSITT on making her first #audiodrama - PARTIAL VEIL. This is an unmissable journey, charting what happened during and post release, as Allison navigated editing, social media, nurturing fans and creating a creative fam and just finding the momentum to just keep going, and allll the rewards and trials along the way. We chat all things: *What happened on release ...
Apr 13, 2025•59 min•Season 3Ep. 311
YES, AI WROTE MY SHOWNOTES TODAY± What day think>!? 🎧 INDIE AF – AI in Audio Fiction: Friend, Foe or Fascinating Frontier? S3E10 – Hosted by the ever-enthusiastic SARAH GOLDING This episode dives deep into the ever-evolving world of Artificial Intelligence and how it's shaping (or shaking?) the world of audio drama creation . Joining Sarah for this electric roundtable chat are a panel of brilliant audio fiction minds: 🎙️ LANCE DANN 🎙️ NICHOLAS GLEAN 🎙️ EDDIE LOUISE 🎙️ FLLOYD KENNEDY Can ...
Apr 05, 2025•1 hr 21 min•Season 3Ep. 310
Welcome to this fun filled interview with ALLISON COSSITT, Recorded just before release of her first show ever produced - PARTIAL VEIL - Links below! We chat many things setup and sort, and how she went about developing and producing her brilliant audio story from start to pre-release. This is one of two eps - next one coming in a few week's time yayer. I am ELATED to welcome 2 new Patreon supporters - SALLY SWIFT and KARI SUTCLIFFE - HERYUGE and hearty thanks to you and alllll of my amazing sup...
Mar 30, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 309
GOOODDDD MORNING! Short and sweet - thiiisssss is theeeee intro to some ways of doing the dialogue edit Hit us up if you want to employ us to do yours! With the fabulous LOWRI-ANN DAVIES (Rusty Quill and More) TRAVIS VENGROFF (Fool and Scholar and more!) And me, Sarah Golding Hello! Hope this is a useful Start for you to fathom ways in to the dialogue edit - these gently unsung heroes of the word placement and frankensteiners of takes! ENJOY! Trailer isssss WASTELAND from the super folks at ALT ...
Mar 22, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Season 3Ep. 308
Heleauuu you wonderful creative soul! How are ya? Here is a fun filled informative chat on the super event happening THIS MONTH OF MARCH in Canterbury UK - *****THE INTERNATIONAL RADIO DRAMA FESTIVAL***** I spoke to Melanie Nock - cake connoisseur and brilliant festival organiser, International Arts / Synchromesh, and Nicholas McInerny, Podcaster, writer, Rainbow mum/dad podcasts creator and more! It is such an exciting event which we know you will love - You can ** Listen to audio dramas ** Vot...
Mar 15, 2025•40 min•Season 3Ep. 307
Hello! **HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 2025!** Oh let’s joyously celebrate some women of the world - not just aNy women - BRILLLIANT, CREATIVE WOMEN OF AUDIO FICTION Namely Allison Cossit, Stephanie Elie, Daisy McNamara, Francesca Mylod-Ford, Helen Quigley! YES! THEY. ARE. ALL. WONDERFUL***** 5 stars! We chat creative women who have inspired us Why we love audio fiction creation How we can lift other women in the medium What advice Francesca heard through an open door Why perhaps you should as...
Mar 08, 2025•1 hr 19 min•Season 3Ep. 306
Hello you hard working, brilliant creatives you! Here's a supercharged INDIE AF fun ep... >>>... a highly useful chat with EMILY INKPEN and CHRIS GREGORY of ALT STORIES about the first part of their production process from the moment WASTELAND was written to casting and table read. There are 2 more eps in this gentle dive into how their Spinoff sci fi mech tech was developed, cast, recorded, edited and hyped! Please do give them a listen and, well hey, a review for WASTELAND would be lo...
Feb 13, 2025•37 min•Season 3Ep. 305
The very brilliant JEN & CHRIS - Team Victoriocity - are here to talk making one of the very best comedies EVER EVER MADE - Honestly - dive in and you will fund the best EXACT amount of joy needed to escape the realities of this crazy life we lead. It's witty, clever and character fuelled and has a cracking cast and superb quality production values - and I feel it all starts with amazing writing! Jen and Chris Sugden are hugely talented writers, performers and general al round awesome folks,...
Feb 01, 2025•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 304
Welcome to EPISODE 303 of this joyous chatty pod on all aspects of audio drama creation! This week - the wonderful and riDICulously talented LINDSAY SHARMAN & LAURENCE OWEN Talk all things LONG CAT PRODUCTIONS with emphasis on exploring GHOSTED! Their true moody, atmospheric horror podcast, how MAGENTA & BERNARD came about, and why they are so fun as comedy inspiration, and being a part of the brilliant FABLE AND FOLLY NETWORK. They're honestly legends of the audio drama space and I FOR ...
Dec 31, 2024•59 min•Season 3Ep. 303
HELLO and Happy Holidays! However you celebrate, whoever you celebrate and whatever you are doing on or around this 25th DECEMBER 2024 I truly hope you enjoy this wonderful SECRET GUEST filled episode! WE TALK ALL THINGS>>> *** State of audio fiction today *** Champions in the space *** Why we need funding opportunities *** Why community is important *** Karim’s fave table read - doh - gave a guest away! *** What genres we need more of In the space *** Emailing mic companies for financi...
Dec 29, 2024•1 hr 27 min•Season 3Ep. 302
NEW EPISODE OF INDIE AF *RECORDING AF IN STUDIO* WITH ELLA WATTS AND AMBER DEVEREUX! Yes you wondrous souls - we. Are. backkkk>>> Well helleauuu - hope your various audio drama productions are going beautifully and if you are here for inspiration then strap on your most comfortable headphones and enjoy….talks on *Developing Camlann *Casting Camlann *Chemistry reads in audio drama and the edit *Organising Camlann *RECORDING Camlann IN STUDIO…TOGETHER *DIRECTING Camlann *CREATING SAFE SPA...
Dec 17, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Season 3Ep. 301
Hello all! Welcome to INDIE AF's SURRRPRIIIIDE PRIDE special 2023! With super guests Jaci Seelagy and Stephen Indrisano where you hear things like: 'Find your passion And make the world better in your way!' AND 'Exist as a person to the best of your ability and the art will come' Stephen Indrisano INDIEAF PRIDE PODCAST 2023 THIS episode IS A #CELEBRATION of #LGBTQ+creatives andddd has such amazing moments - a reveal of a polyamorous nature, a sharing of why it is important to write roles for all...
Jun 30, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Season 2Ep. 220
Hellooo and welcome to another fun filled UNMISSABLE INDIEEE AAAAYYEFFFF - THE interview podcast about audio fiction production and refining the craft with me, Sarah Golding - hallo! Today’s guest is someone working very veryyyy hard to help folks like you get your podcast discovered! Someone who gives you advice on: What is achievable , Figuring out your audience , What you can do to MAKE THINGS ‘ NEWSY ’, to get seen and heard…. ***** Yes tis the super amazing ARIELLE NISSENBLATT! ***** Find l...
Jun 19, 2023•51 min•Season 2Ep. 219
HELLOOO WELCOME TO INDIE AF! BACK WITH SOME GROOVY AUDIO FICTION CHATTARAMA! Bob Raymonda - otherwise known as Priit Unas after this ep - is a hugely talented, beautiful kind and supportive creative soul on the #audiodrama landscape. This jam packed INDIE AF ep celebrates his input into making our creative community a better place, via superb writing and editing practices, Listen right through as he also names a huge number of brilliant audio dramas that you should for sure listen to! We talk al...
Jun 11, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Season 2Ep. 218
Hallo! ARE YOUUU REDAYYYYY for more glorious AUDIO FICTION chattarama with the super amazing energy of creative awesome that is CAI GWILYM PRITCHARD of CHAIN OF BEING (and so much more!) (do check out the editing prowess on SUPER SUITS from the FAUSTIAN NONSENSE NETWORK and alllll that gawjus network offers - INDIE AF is very excited to be a part of this groovy network)?!! so THIS IS A JOURNEY INTO SOUND Now I need to issue a warning that the first audio extract from Cai has some very high tones...
Apr 06, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Season 2Ep. 217
TUMBLR LESSON HELP PLS! Why it's worth doing pod vibes on Mastodon to pick up new listeners, How to find your comparables you need to use Rephonic.com , HOW DISCORD IS A GROOVY PLACE TO BE ... DO YOU KNOW THE PUPOSE OF YOUR POD? And Georgia shares something profound... THANK YOU to all of my amazing brilliant guests - PLEASE DOOO hunt out their work here and contact us if you want any help getting started as a f creative in this brilliant medium. HUZZAHS FOR MY PATREONS I adore you and you help ...
Mar 09, 2023•1 hr 34 min•Season 2Ep. 216
HELLO AUDIO FICTION CREATIVES! This Indie AF explores mental health issues in creatives and the superbly inspiring Ester Ellis (She / Her) candidly talks about working and creating through bi-polar episodes and times of depression and mania. But! She has found ways to manage the struggle and create such audio gems, and we celebrate some of her works put out into this wonderful world that you - yes you - can listen to right now. If you too are struggling, remember Ester’s wise words - 'There’s so...
Feb 26, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Season 2Ep. 215
Hello All! Here you are you lucky creatives - yes, tis I, Sarah Golding here with an entire ep with the super amazing NICK PRUFER of EARTH ECLIPSED podcast annnddd APOLLO PODS - T HE AUDIO FICTION ONLY APP that all of you should be on and supporting quite frankly! TRIGGER WARNING INFO Please note there is mention of gun violence, fascism, racism, and a shooting, and characters are in peril In the clips herein. We chatted why directors are important to finding the right pace of a show, the gorgeo...
Feb 19, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Season 2Ep. 214
Hellooo AND WELCOME to another groovy ep of INDIE AF with me, Sarah Golding...hullo! EXCITING NEWS - we have joined THE FAUSTIAN NONSENSE NETWORK! Woohoo! Have a browse of their cool shows, share and follow them and huzzahs for networks! Love me a new adventuuuure! SO HUGELY EXCITED TO PRESENT THIS GROOVY CHATTARAMA TO BRILLIANT creatives from CURTCO MEDIA - Jenny Curtis and Chris Porter - who wax lyrical about all things making the very best most exciting Audio Drama possible via their experien...
Feb 12, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Season 2Ep. 213
Hello audio drama loving folks! Here is a super fun interview with the wonderful MADELEINE HOLLY-ROSING of Boston Metaphysical Society's GHOST SHIP! Finally! We had a chat last year on all things kickstarter organising and more - such great advice and shared experience herein - ENJOY! Thank you to my Patreon supporters for making these INDIE AF eps possible! I am so excited to share my next few guests for this season and am already planning the next. Fun times NEXT WEEK - The results of the INDI...
Feb 05, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 212
Hello AUDIO FICTION lovers Here is a super groovy #INDIEAF interview with the super amazing multi-tasker (and awesome teacher to-be!) FRANCESCA MYLOD-FORD! We talk all things audio fiction creation from pulling a team together from kindred spirits, writing, casting and developing recording good practice, creating Turpentine Productions, Francesca's creative process, why fan art is so sooo groovy AF, and we look at clips from THE PILGRIMAGE SAGA. We discuss such questions as...What does science f...
Jan 29, 2023•55 min•Season 2Ep. 211
Helloooo alll who love audio fiction! Here is a groovy AF chat to the brilliant Danilo Battistini - A SUPERBLY TALENTED CREATIVE working from SAO PAOLO Brazil! We talk all things the Audio fiction scene in Brazil, showcase some of Danilo's superb works and chat all things foley, sound design and more! Level up your own practice by having a listen to this brilliant creative soul.... The music from the sketch/skit today is from he uber talented Henrique Fajardo and if ya wanna hire him you can fin...
Jan 22, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 210
Hello, welcome to INDIE AF EPISODE 209 with super amazing guests Kaitlin and Travis and thank you for listening! Here is the next groovy AF INDIE AF - With the super legends of indie audio fiction - Travis Vengroff AND Kaitlin Statz OF FOOL AND SCHOLAR PRODUCTIONNNNSSS! We discuss all things making successful FOOL AND SCHOLAR productions - WHITE VAULT, VAST, DONT MIND THE CRUXMONT, DARK DICE AND MORE, and their rise to making audio fiction production their full time jobs. Kaitlin is a creator of...
Jan 15, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Season 2Ep. 209
Helloooooo and thank you for listening to another groovy ep of INDIE AF - THEEE interview show that celebrates hugely talented creatives making audio fiction right here right now… The podcast word of the day is ROUSE… Rousing humungous applause for all of my super amazing guests - Beth Crane, Helen Gould, Katie Seaton and surprise guest Naomi Clark! To all the audience who attended, asked and answered questions, shared your top 3 audio fic shows, thank you heartily. And to Oliver Morris for doin...
Jan 08, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 208
💙HELLO AUDIO FICTION LOVERS OF ALL THINGS AUDIO JOY🎉 Here is an UNMISSABLE INDIE AF ep with the super energetic, encouraging and brilliant... ***** NEWTON SCHOTTELKOTTE***** We talk all things from origin stories to making MINI MARCONI'S to encourage a younger demographic to get into audio fiction...and representation in audio fiction, Being Head of Social media for FABLE AND FOLLY NETWORK , How to social media (!), paying yourselves to make your groovy thing, encouraging marginalised voices, ...
Oct 29, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 207
HELLO AUDIO FICTION LOVERS OF AUDIO LOVING JOY! Heres a magical episode wherein the wonderfully talented and inspiring 🎉 ******David Devereux****** 🎉 talks all things #AUDIOFICTION creating - with gems of advice on letting things incubate, music or story first....tones....atnospheres...emotions...motifs...sound designing your phone calls...and the cultivation of chaos into something truly groovy. We look at clips from THE TOWER, MIDDLE BELOW and FOLXLORE - Listen and learn some groovy things, ...
Oct 23, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Season 2Ep. 206
HELLO #AudioFiction lovin' WORLD! Ever wanted to know what it takes to be the BEST GAMES MASTER on those Indie AF Actual Play podcasts? Well listen up dooo cos MADDY SEARLE has got some info for you🎉 Truly grateful to Maddy for coming on and talking career development in AUDIO FICTION climes, going from MA at Goldsmiths to Indie Producer with Snazzy Tapir to Producer writer VA and show runner at one of the TOP AUDIO FICTION NETWORKS - Rusty Quill... We also talk the importance prioritising your...
Oct 16, 2022•52 min•Season 2Ep. 205
Hellooo and welcome to the EPIC EP of INDIE AF with the truly inspirational *****Yhane Washington Smith!***** In this ep we talk all things BIOFICS - Historically groovy Biographies in Audio Fiction told with an authentic voices.YES! Get inspired to tell your stories do! If you enjoy this ep and any others we would LOVE a review! So that other creatives needing an inspiring kick up the earoles can find us😎 Thank you to YHANE for sharing her creative experience and influences - do let me know if...
Oct 09, 2022•56 min•Season 2Ep. 204
HAPPYYYY #InternationalPodcastDay TO ALL MY INDIE AF LISTENERS! WOOHOO I am hot off the presses with INDIE AF achieving a runner up position in the INTERNATIONAL WOMENS PODCAST AWARDS YESTERDAY - WOW - DID NOT EXPECT THAT AT ALL - Wasn't even at the ceremony to collect it nd make a fool of myself as was recording at home - dangit! I know that any success of this podcast is down to the stellar guests on it, so HEARTY THANK YOU'S TO THEM ALL. Go find their shows binge them, rate and review them an...
Sep 30, 2022•1 hr 38 min•Season 2Ep. 203
