On making Freedom, Books, Flowers and the Moon

A lofty title, but since this is the name of […]

Building the British Podcast Awards 2017

For three months, Matt Deegan and I have been building an awards night from scratch. It sounded a ridiculous feat back in January, and I’m still not quite sure how we did […]

The Modern Mann returns in award-winning form

Today The Modern Mann returns for a third series - with new interviews, trends and more questions of a sexual nature.

Start the month with Headspace from Prospect Magazine

Producer Matt writes… Here’s a lovely addition to our line-up: […]

What is the sound of VICE?

Producer Sam Bonham writes… When Matt mentioned to me that he was talking to VICE UK about making a podcast, I knew I wanted to be involved.   Hosted by […]

Try our Somos Brasil app

Rethink Audio have been working on a new audio guide for the renowned photographer Marcus Lyon. The project, Somos Brasil, explores the diversity of Brazilian identity at the outset of the 21st […]

How we made Close Encounters

A new podcast series has begun at theguardian.com, where journalist Alix Fox talks to members of the public about the sex they’ve had and how it’s shaped their lives. It’s called Close Encounters, […]

Cameos

I never seem to write about the more infrequent gigs we do at Rethink Audio, some of which are uncredited. Here are some things you might have missed… The West Wing Weekly […]

Spark listeners support Refuaid

This is something I wrote for Spark’s website following the launch of this episode (I produce one of their live nights and the long-running podcast). After reading this post, please […]

How to build a magazine show

They're a lot of work, but producing a magazine format never gets dull. Here's how we made The Modern Mann podcast.

Private Eye podcast – series two

I’ve been working with presenter Andrew Hunter Murray (QI, No Such Thing As a Fish) and Private Eye editor Ian Hislop to beef up their podcast, Page 94. Inspired by […]

Truth Be Told: a Love Letter to Storytelling

I first heard The Moth in 2008; two days before I lost my job at a national broadcaster and begun my career as a freelance podcast producer. Those two events […]

You Don’t Have To Like Something To Make It Interesting

I am not a fan of Formula 1. Never been […]

Lampedusa: the Guardian’s first audio drama

This was a pleasant surprise. The Guardian approached me a […]

Radio Teams

It’s quite rare for speech radio producers to work together, outside the long-running BBC shows and the massive US shows like This American Life. But for the latest Guardian podcast series, […]

On making ‘Erasing Enoch’ for Radio 4

[UPDATE: It’s still available to hear for another week on […]