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...
Feb 27, 2022•44 min
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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Nov 26, 2021•33 min
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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 29, 2021•30 min•Season 6Ep. 2
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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Sep 10, 2021•32 min•Season 6Ep. 1
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. Transcript available here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 17, 2020•15 min•Season 5Ep. 12
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...
Dec 16, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 5Ep. 2
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. Transcript available here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 16, 2020•58 min•Season 5Ep. 4
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 collaborati...
Dec 16, 2020•56 min•Season 5Ep. 11
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. Transcript available here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 16, 2020•48 min•Season 5Ep. 1
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 a...
Dec 16, 2020•52 min•Season 5Ep. 5
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. Transcript available here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 16, 2020•54 min•Season 5Ep. 6
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. Transcript available here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 16, 2020•46 min•Season 5Ep. 3
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. Transcript available here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 16, 2020•49 min•Season 5Ep. 7
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. Transcript available here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 16, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 5Ep. 8
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. Transcript available here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 16, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Season 5Ep. 10
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. Transcript available here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 16, 2020•37 min•Season 5Ep. 2
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 . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 22, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Season 4Ep. 13
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 . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 15, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Season 4Ep. 12
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 . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 08, 2019•46 min•Season 4Ep. 11
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 . Hosted on Acast. Se...
Oct 01, 2019•50 min•Season 4Ep. 10
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...
Sep 24, 2019•1 hr 10 min•Season 4Ep. 9
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 . Hosted on Acast. See...
Sep 17, 2019•1 hr 33 min•Season 4Ep. 8
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 . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Sep 10, 2019•57 min•Season 4Ep. 7
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 . Host...
Sep 03, 2019•47 min•Season 4Ep. 6
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 ). Y...
Aug 27, 2019•57 min•Season 4Ep. 5
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 . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Aug 20, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Season 4Ep. 4
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 . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Aug 13, 2019•56 min•Season 4Ep. 3
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 . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for ...
Aug 06, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Season 4Ep. 2
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! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 31, 2019•2 min•Season 4Ep. 1
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 You can find the transcript here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Aug 08, 2018•54 min
