Michelle Macklem

@michellemacklem.bsky.social

sound designer and mixer for podcasts, film/tv and digital media. past sound work for: Apple, Audible, ESPN, the Guardian, Radiotopia, Sony and Wondery. based in Narrm (australia). https://michellemacklem.io/

Thrilled to share that Girl V. Horse just won Gold for Best Sound Design at the 2025 Signal Awards! 🥇 Huge thanks to: 🐴 our brilliant sound team who turned neighs into nuance, 🎧 our producers who can make silence sound cinematic, and 🏁 the listeners who’ve been running alongside us from episode one

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Really loved working on this episode - Sumner Locke Elliott is such a fascinating writer. If you're interested in the arc of OzLit and queer voices, please have a listen to the series, I can't believe we're already up to Ep 4!

Kill Your Darlings@kydmagazine.bsky.social · 10mo ago

What was it like to be an Australian gay man in the 1930s and 40s? This week @samtwyfordmoore.bsky.social joins @rebeccastarford.bsky.social on the podcast to talk about a fictional insight into the Sydney queer scene and one man's lifelong journey to love. bit.ly/47bJK6K

Really proud of this project! Please have a listen if you get the opportunity. Big shout-out of thanks to the smart-as critics joining me over the next six eps, my super colleagues @suzygracias.bsky.social & Mia Abrahams, wonderful producer @michellemacklem.bsky.social, and Copyright Agency! 🏳️‍🌈 📚

Kill Your Darlings@kydmagazine.bsky.social · 10mo ago

What was queer heartbreak like in 1950s Melbourne? In episode one of KYD’s new limited podcast series, @madeleinegray.bsky.social discusses Beverley Farmer’s cult classic ‘Alone’. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts! Apple: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t...

A billion dollar industry where scammers themselves are often victims, trapped in large compounds without their passports and a way to escape. Terrifying. Proud to have sound designed this new podcast series from @theconversation.com, well done team! theconversation.com/scam-factori...

Scam Factories: the inside story of Southeast Asia’s brutal fraud compounds

People around the world have lost billions of dollars to scams. But the scammers are often victims, too. We’re taking you inside their world.

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excited to be nominated for Best Sound Design at the Ambies this year and be among these stellar contenders. i love making sound-rich work, and Girl V Horse for @espn.com's 30 for 30 podcast was an ambitious world building project through Foley recording, modulating library sounds + field recording

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a recent collection of my micro soundscapes. was so lovely to visit Gariwerd (the grampians) and be immersed in some deep listening in wondrous Djab Wurrung and Jardwadjali country. (also, hi bluesky 🙋🏼‍♀️)