Circuit 07: Trash or Treasure is ON! And this time, along with our partners Cyrus Kabiru and @radioworkshop.bsky.social we're inviting 3-minute audio stories of all stripes about the CLIMATE. Yep, we're going there. And you should too! Read all about it & how to submit: www.audioflux.org/circuit07

Audio Flux Circuit 07: Trash or Treasure — AUDIO FLUX

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My (heartfelt) defence of the narrative podcast as an AUDIO form is now online as both a talk on YouTube (20mins) and a written piece for RadioDoc Review. Hope this helps stiffen the resolve! www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hVC...

Siobhan McHugh: Viva the narrative podcast - the case against video. Keynote at RAS symposium 2026

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Delighted to be sharing my thoughts on pestilential video 'podcasts' at this FREE online event, open to all. My tribute to the crafted narrative podcast - an AUDIO art form, that's very much alive 💚 💕 Talk is on 13 Feb 9.30 UK time, but register by 5 Feb shorturl.at/o7SYw

Spot on article 👏 👏 This happens to be the topic of my keynote for @meccsa.bsky.social on 13 Feb (World Radio Day!): "Viva the Narrative Podcast: The Case Against Video". Audio's demise has been (wrongly) predicted before 😀 We are not giving up!

Falling Tree Productions@fallingtreeprod.bsky.social · 7mo ago

“The absence of images isn’t some failure of technology. These mediums have grown from a deep love of sound and its imaginative possibilities. When I hear people say the future of audio is essentially television, it makes me feel they never knew what was exciting about sound in the first place…”

“Dark themes nestle alongside tender family moments in this beautifully judged podcast…” @siobhanmchugh.bsky.social lists Half-Life in her Best Podcasts of 2025 for @theconversation.com theconversation.com/festering-fa...

Festering families, difficult truths and transcendent grace: best podcasts of 2025

From Australia and around the world, here are the podcast gems of 2025.

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Perceptive analysis on the huge and vexed role played by Podcast Influencers such as Lex Fridman. Glad to be interviewed for it by @columjournreview.bsky.social url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/L2BJC0YKRR...

The ‘Idiot’: Lex Fridman's expansive, compelling, anti-journalistic podcast style.

Lex Fridman’s expansive, compelling, anti-journalistic podcast style.

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Scott Carrier, radio legend, takes us inside a remote town in Utah. It’s a quiet story about landscape and longing. About the people who make up this complicated and beautiful place. Listen to “Old La Sal”, the inaugural story for our new project and callout, “The Listeners.” bit.ly/44NfSwU

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Old La Sal - Transom

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As Fascism resurges, we need writers with insight. Michael Samaras' Anti-Fascists tells the inspiring story of Jim McNeill, an Australian ironworker who fought in the Spanish Civil War. Dennis Glover's Repeat: A Warning From History traces links between the 1930s and now. Do come to our chat!

Collecting stories galore here in Ireland - where I’m back to do a Masterclass in Narrative Podcasts - The Invisible Art of Audio Storytelling in Dublin @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social BOOK NOW for SAT 13th SEPT 10am-1pm This is a one-off - see you there! irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/narr...

Siobhan McHugh is in Dublin for her masterclass: 'Narrative Podcasts: The Invisible Art of Audio Storytelling' This Saturday, 10am at the Irish Writers Centre! More info + booking on our website 🎆✨

Siobhan McHugh@siobhanmchugh.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Back in Dublin, pint in hand and live music session- christened! Looking fwd to meeting all kinds of storytellers at my Narratjve Podcasts masterclass @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social next Saturday 13th - book now! irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/narr...

Back in Dublin, pint in hand and live music session- christened! Looking fwd to meeting all kinds of storytellers at my Narratjve Podcasts masterclass @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social next Saturday 13th - book now! irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/narr...

As lists go, this one by podcast industry folk and scholars isn't bad! Joe Rogan scrapes in at #100, while narrative podcasts made with artistry and skill are well represented. Yes it’s heavily US-focused, but global voters (inc me!) offer balance. Dive in! www.leftofdialmedia.com/essential-li...

Essential Listening Poll - The 100 Greatest Podcasts of All Time — Left of Dial Media

The 100 Greatest Podcasts of All Time

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So here's a quick summary of my Masterclass on Narrative Podcasts, happening @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social 13 Sept. Book your place now - look forward to hearing and shaping your audio stories! www.instagram.com/reel/DM_A5bd...

Irish friends:delighted to host a masterclass in how to create a compelling narrative podcast @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social Dublin on 13 Sept! I've shared my insider tips from Hanoi to Malmo: now at last, Dublin Can't wait to connect and hear your stories👇 irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/narr...

Happy Birthday SBS! 🎂The world’s most multicultural public broadcaster - still vibrant - turns 50 today. 👏 👏 I’m so proud to have taught audio storytelling to SBS broadcasters of over 55 languages for a decade. I learned so much in this mini-United Nations of Oz & have such fond memories 💚

Lovers of audio: read the thrillingly diverse latest RadioDoc Review @rdreditor.bsky.social From Chekov's tips on improving your podcast to a penetrating analysis of Desert Island Discs, Dear Rachelle & a confronting Russian podcast on families rent by war... 👇 uowoajournals.org/rdr/issue/15...

Huge congratulations Siobhan - so wonderful to see The Power of Podcasting in such great company!

Siobhan McHugh@siobhanmchugh.bsky.social · last yr.

Absolute honour to have 'The Power of Podcasting: telling stories through sound' in @niemanstoryboard.org books on inspiring storytelling craft. In awesome company, from Aristotle to Stephen King 😊 Nieman Storyboard is part of Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard. @columbiaup.bsky.social

Yay - Australia votes progressive! And Donald Trump no doubt helped the Opposition Leader lose his seat! 🎊🎊

Stark pix of women & tanks, given to me years ago. A North Vietnamese woman atop the tank that crashed thro the Presidential Palace 50 years ago today, ending the war. An Australian nurse off duty at Vung Tau. A singer's soldier fans. Their stories in my book, Minefields & Miniskirts #VietnamWar

Thrilled to be part of this inspiring selection 👇

Mark Armstrong@markarms.bsky.social · last yr.

At @niemanstoryboard.org, we asked our community of journalists, authors, filmmakers, and podcasters to tell us their favorite books on storytelling. And they came through with *40* recommendations. Here they are. By @mallarytenore.bsky.social: niemanstoryboard.org/2025/04/17/n... #booksky

Absolute honour to have 'The Power of Podcasting: telling stories through sound' in @niemanstoryboard.org books on inspiring storytelling craft. In awesome company, from Aristotle to Stephen King 😊 Nieman Storyboard is part of Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard. @columbiaup.bsky.social

Great to be part of this highly topical journal issue 👇

Media and Communication@cogitatiomac.bsky.social · last yr.

Do podcasts create real trust or just fake intimacy? Our new open access issue explores how podcasts balance personal connection and journalistic standards, looking at opportunities and risks across different countries.

Excellent set of #openaccess articles on this vitally topical issue - pleased to be part of it. 👇👇

Media and Communication@cogitatiomac.bsky.social · last yr.

Do podcasts create real trust or just fake intimacy? Our new open access issue explores how podcasts balance personal connection and journalistic standards, looking at opportunities and risks across different countries.

Pity @meidastouch.com podcast didn't take off BEFORE the election! This lefty/anti-Trump show is now getting almost DOUBLE Joe Rogan's hits, by some metrics. podnews.net/update/youtu...

Australia is misfiring on how to harness #podcasts for election benefit, a topic belatedly noted in US in 2024. But @sydmorningherald.bsky.social misses a salient point: in the US, just mobilising folk to vote was an issue. Voting is compulsory here, so getting people ON SIDE is what matters. 1/2

yum

Rob Rosenthal@rob-rosenthal.bsky.social · last yr.

Audio recipe: • Laughter • Scene tape (stereo encouraged) • Choose one of 4 photo ingredients: Road closed, Amelia Earhart luggage, Office workers, or Smalls nightclub • Edit & mix until 3 minutes long • Submit to www.audioflux.org/circuit-05 by 4/1 @audioflux.bsky.social @jatomic.bsky.social

Honoured to be Guest Speaker at the Saint Patrick's Day Dinner of the Aisling Society at University of Sydney on 21 March ☘️ 🇨🇮 Aisling has celebrated Irish culture in Australia for 70 years – and this marks 40 years since I landed here as an excited and naive immigrant! #StPatricksDay2025

Funding for narrative audio is hard to come by [understatement] so it's practically *thrilling* to see this opportunity from the Doc Society's Climate Story Fund. Stories of all climate stripes will be considered for grants up to 125K(!) Deadline for applying is March 10: climatestoryunit.org/apply/

Brilliant #PhD scholarship opportunities in Dublin!! One, on 'Identities and Cultural Production in the Digital Age' allows for practice-based project: #podcast, anyone?? @dublincityuni.bsky.social offers 25K (tax-free) p.a. + conference travel – and you'll live in my native Dublin 💚 Good luck!

theconversation.com/friday-essay... Excellent essay by Matthew Ricketson on this venerable outlet

Friday essay: as the legacy media have dumbed down, The New Yorker has dumbed up

On its 100th anniversary, Matthew Ricketson considers The New Yorker’s remarkable journalism and vital role in our chaotic, algorithm-driven world.

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