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This week on the podcast, host Georgy Jamieson chats to Summaya Mughal from BBC Radio Leicester. 2 years ago Summaya couldn’t swim, now she’s helped her BBC Local Radio colleagues complete The 1000 Mile Swimming Challenge for BBC Children in Need. Not only that but she presented her daytime show from inside the pool. They talk about the challenge, how initiatives like these give a network a sense of coming together and the health and safety nightmare of doing a live radio show in water.
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This week on the podcast our host Georgy Jamieson looks at how podcasts have handled the run up to the US elections. She chats to Anne McElvoy, Head of Audio at POLITICO and host of their Power Play podcast and from Goalhanger Podcasts The Rest Is Politics US producer Nicole Maslen and their Head of Content, Tom Whiter. They talk about cutting through the hype of US politics and how to get to the heart of the story as well as planning for when the results come in.
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This week our podcast was recorded at our RAMP 2025 webinar. RAMP is our mentoring scheme for mid-career radio and audio professionals based in the UK, with a minimum of five years’ experience. Our host Georgy Jamieson was a RAMP mentee in 2022 and speaks to a panel of past mentees, BBC Content Editor Glyn Tansley, Producer at Heart Scotland, Andy Logue and Freelance producer Naomi Oiku, who talk about the process and what they gained from the experience. They are joined by the 2025 head of judges Adele Cross and the RAMP scheme lead Fran Plowright.
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This week on the podcast we talk about visualisation with Suzy Grant, Head of Visualised Pods and an Executive Producer at Listen. What is a visualised podcast and how is this relatively new genre changing the podcast market? Suzy tells our host Georgy Jamieson about how you make sure a visualised podcast also works for audio, why visuals are now so important and some of the marketing strategies employed to promote these podcasts.
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This week’s podcast was recorded live at the International Women’s Podcast Festival. Our podcast host, Georgy Jamieson, chatted to the event organiser Kat Molesworth plus some of the speakers, including Golda Arthur from the ‘Overlooked’ podcast and Helen Parker from Chalk and Blade. We hear about the various sessions at the festival and why events like this are a safe and encouraging space to discuss the podcast industry.
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Sean Thorne brings you the third and final Radio Academy Festival Special, where we hear from ARIA Gold winners for Best Music Breakfast Show - Boogie & Arlene. We also chat to Executive Development Producer at Goalhanger - Nicole Logan, Managing Editor at BBC Radio 5 Live - Julie Cullen, we talk grass roots podcasting with Lizzy Pollot from Acast and chat to the Quiet Riot podcast.
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Sean Thorne brings you another special Radio Academy podcast from the 2024 Radio Academy Festival. Juliette Nicholls, Ben Coley and Sharon Boadu bring you conversations with some of the speakers including Trevor Nelson, Fresh Air's Nik Gandhi, Spotify's Jon Mounsor and the ARIA gold winner for best comedy, Laura Smyth.
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Sean Thorne hosts a special Radio Academy podcast from the 2024 Radio Festival. Juliette Nicholls, Ben Coley and Sharon Boadu bring you conversations with some of the speakers including Scott Mills, Matt Chorley, Rima Ahmed, Adrian Durham, Kat Shoob & Ella Woods.
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This week on the podcast we head back to May, and hear some of the red carpet and backstage interviews at the Arias. KISS FM’s Sam Darlaston chatted with big names from the audio industry, like Harriet Scott, Greg James and Marvin Hulmes as they arrived, and then he talked to the Gold Award winners as they came off stage.
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Recorded at the Wales branch Summer Social in Cardiff, this special episode of The Radio Academy Podcast hears Molly Palmer sit down with acclaimed broadcaster, Huw Stephens. In front of a live audience, the pair discuss Huw's journey into radio, the launch of his new show on BBC 6 Music, and his newly published book 'Wales - 100 Records'.
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Midlands Summer Social: Meet The MD... One Year on!
The most recent stop on our Summer socials tour saw award winning DJ and presenter on BBC Radio 1Xtra, Kaylee Golding, sit down with the Radio Academy Managing Director, Aradhna Tayal Leach at the Grand Hotel in Birmingham. We celebrate Aradhna’s first year in the role as MD, and delve into her journey through the radio world, while giving advice to the next generation of audio professionals. -
Over the summer we are revisiting some best bits, highlights and previous unheard footage in shorter podcasts for your summer listening. This week is our last ‘Summer Shorts’ and we are revisiting our 4 Meet The Fellows podcasts from January. We hear thoughts on the radio and podcasting industry from Nina Robinson, CEO & Founder Soundtruism Productions, Ray Paul the founder of The Playmaker Group, Sheena Mason, Deputy Content Director at Magic Radio and Matt Deegan Director of Folder Media and Podcast Discovery.
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Over the summer we are revisiting some best bits, highlights and previous unheard footage in shorter podcasts for your summer listening. This week our ‘Summer Shorts’ podcast is from the Crossed Wires Podcast Festival in May. In previously unheard footage, our host Georgy Jamieson chats to Radio 1's Greg James about his time at BBC local radio, and we hear from a panel of experts on the variety of jobs on offer in the audio industry. Contains strong language.
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Over the summer we are revisiting some best bits, highlights and previously unheard footage in shorter podcasts for your summer listening.This week our ‘Summer Shorts’ podcast is with comedian, impressionist and broadcaster Matt Forde. In this previously unheard audio Matt tells our host Georgy Jamieson about working at Absolute Radio and their support during his cancer diagnosis.
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Over the summer we are revisiting some best bits, highlights and previously unheard footage in shorter podcasts for your summer listening. This week we revisit our host Georgy Jamieson’s chat from February with radio legend David Lloyd. David talks about the Boom Radio brand, the importance of listener data for a station and his thoughts on the future of music radio.
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This week, with guest host Alexandra Forrest, we explore one the BBC’s trainee schemes - Open Music. The scheme brings together creatives and musicians across the UK, to bring new ideas and perspectives to BBC Radio 3, which this weekend has culminated in a Prom with BBC Introducing, live music and immersive experiences in sound at The Glasshouse in Gateshead - a collaboration between trainees, BBC production teams, BBC Proms and of course the venue itself.
We chat to co-founder of the scheme and Head of Production at BBC Radio 3, Jessica Isaacs, hear from Producer of the scheme, Melanie Fryer and Lucy Scott, Senior Producer at The Glasshouse, Gateshead before chatting to Ellie Ajao, Open Music and 30 Under 30 alumni to talk about their experiences.
Apply for The Reelworld 30 under 30 here: https://www.radioacademy.org/30-under-30/
Find out more about BBC Open Music and how to apply next year, here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3zVFxBp7GXV01LLhjp80Yd0/bbc-open-music-find-your-space-in-radio-and-music -
‘A Summer of Sport’. Our guest host Lauren Aarons is joined by talkSPORT’s Live Editor and Radio Academy’s class of 2020 ‘30 under 30’ Ellie West-Thomas. In what will be the first time that talkSPORT has covered a multi-sport tournament, they talk about how the broadcaster plans to cover the Olympics, the on air line-up and how you begin to choose which sports make it to air!
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This week we ask ‘So You Want to Start A Podcast? Our MD, Aradhna Tayal Leach is with a panel of experts in the podcast field; Fiona Hanlon from BBC Sounds , Lizzy Pollett from Acast and Ellie Clifford from Persephonica. In front of a live audience at the Crossed Wires podcast festival, they give advice and tips on how to get started on your podcasting journey.
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This week we look at how radio handles a General Election and broadcasting live overnight for many hours. Our host Georgy Jamieson chats to executive producer and Election Night editor at Times Radio, Andrew Alexander and Rosie Seed, Co-Editor of the BBC Radio Election Results coverage, about planning, dealing with the unexpected and how they feel it went on the night.
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Listen to a special edition of the Radio Academy Podcast from the Salford Foot in the Door event. Becky Brown and Luke Jones from Shock Radio bring you interviews with some of the speakers including Laura Busson from BBC Radio 2, presenter and journalist Mary Mandefield and Absolute Radio’s Dan Noble. You will hear great networking advice from radio professionals as well as their journey into the industry.
Edited & Exec Produced by Matt Hallsworth
Guests:
Dan Noble - Absolute Radio Presenter
Dom Stirling - BBC Radio 1 Producer
Mary Mandefield - Broadcaster & Journalist (Hits Radio, Noted podcast)
Callum Marks - Production Director at Listening Dog Media
Laura Busson - BBC Radio 2 Commissioning Executive
Helen Thomas - Head of BBC Radio 2 & Chair of The Radio Academy
Aradhna Tayal Leach - Managing Director of The Radio Academy - Visa fler
