Over the three weeks we'll be bringing you our Festival 2023 Rewind, with inspiration and sharing from this year's Radio Academy Festival which took place on 12th September in London.
Sean Thorne presents the second of three Festival 2023 Rewind episodes, exploring how audio creators are connecting with listeners:
Matt Deegan and Manveen Rana with Edward Adoo
Romesh Ranganathan with Akylah Rodriguez
Harpz Kaur with Akylah Rodriguez
Zak and Jules with Simon Lederman

Over the next three weeks we'll be bringing you our Festival 2023 Rewind, with inspiration and sharing from this year's Radio Academy Festival which took place on 12th September in London.
Sean Thorne presents the first of three Festival 2023 Rewind episodes, exploring how audio creators are connecting with listeners:
Edward Adoo speaks to Steve Lamacq.
Simon Lederman speaks to Helena Merriman.
Akylah Rodriguez speaks to Mohit Bakaya.
Imogen Brewer speaks to Cat Agostinho, Tito Mogaji-Williams and Adrianna Deaconescu.

Host Tim Cocker speaks with Sangeeta Pillai, host of the award winning Masala Podcast, about her mission to reach and change the lives of the diaspora of South Asian women around the globe. A lofty goal? Sure, but one which has driven Sangeeta to great heights already with honest, open conversations about subject matters few have the bravery to cover, particularly with such honesty. Sangeeta shares her vision, passion and secrets to finding an audience and making a difference, as well as how to put on a killer live podcast show.

Host Tim Cocker is joined by the Chair of the Radio Academy Festival, and general radio guru, Dixi Stewart to revisit some moments from past Festivals. Bob Mortimer, Ruth Fitzsimons and David Lloyd were speakers in years gone by who started conversations then which are just as relevant and important today.

The window is closing on the Reelworld Radio Academy 30 Under 30 Class of 2023. Entries and nominations ends on 31st August 2023, so get involved at www.radioacademy.org. To talk about what the accolade means and why others should aspire to achieve it, here's host Tim Cocker and 3 members of our 30 Under 30 Alumni: Jayne Cheeseman, Cassidy Baillie and Summaya Mughal speaking on a Radio Academy Panel.

Holiday time for the Radio Academy Podcast, but Tim Cocker interrupts his family holiday with a quick update which demonstrates this is very much the calm before the storm. Exciting events on the horizon! www.radioacademy.org

The great British weather couldn't dampen our 'Summer Socials' which went off in style in Leeds, Birmingham and London this month. At the latter, newly appointed Radio Academy Managing Director Aradhna Tayal Leach took the hot-seat to share her story as well as her vision for Radio Academy and how it could support you, and all radio and audio peers, moving forward. Hear some of that event, hosted by 30 Under 30 alumna Sylvie Carlos, and which also includes a sample of the questions from the audience.

Tim Cocker is joined by co-owner at Unedited Andrew Spence, who also produced "It Was All A Dream...The Football Academy Journey" for talkSPORT. The programme explored the, often harsh, reality of those who don't make it to the top of the sport. As you'll hear, Tim's discovery of this programme opened up a conversation about how you keep the content you make 'ever-green', finding the audience it deserves, even if it doesn't happen straight away.

Tim Cocker gets you the insights of three key members of the BBC Radio 1 team who masterminded the madness for the stations big summer activity for 2023. Producers Chris Sawyer and Tom Gane, along with Project Co-ordinator Katie Crooks, share the story of the 'Giant DJ Hunt' from inception (in a pub, obviously) to that moment at 12pm on Friday July 21st when Radio 1 was switched off.

The next generation of audio stars were announced at our latest ceremony - the 2023 Young Audio Awards on July 7th. Jordan North and Tyler West presented the ceremony, with guest appearances from Vernon Kay, Ken Bruce, Jordan & Perri and Darren Bent among others. All of them there to recognise the talent and effort of 8 to 18 year olds across the UK engaging with, and engaged by, radio and audio.

George Butler is the Chair of the Awards and sits down with Presenter Tim Cocker to share his thoughts on the Class of 2023 and shares his insights on the trends and habits among younger audiences.