Audiocraft Conference Series

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-stay Transcript 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.

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.   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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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.

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. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy