The Radio Academy Podcast

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. 

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. 

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'. 

Molly Palmer is a Cardiff-based DJ and presenter on BBC Radio Wales and will be leading a session at The Radio Academy Festival 2024. Watch and listen back to all our festival content via our website. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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