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Decentered Media Podcast

165 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago -

Conversations about community media in a decentralised world

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Decentered Podcast 042 – Every Child Has a Voice

October 20, 2019 20:44 - 30 minutes - 24.2 MB

A few weeks ago I was at Soundart Radio in Dartington near Totnes, to help out with the Every Child Has a Voice project celebration. [...] The post Decentered Podcast 042 – Every Child Has a Voice first appeared on Decentered Media.

Decentered Podcast 041 – Community Media Sustainability B

September 29, 2019 11:45 - 49 minutes - 54 MB

In this second podcast recorded at the 2019 Community Media Association Conference in Salford, we continued to discuss what the essential approaches to community media [...] The post Decentered Podcast 041 – Community Media Sustainability B first appeared on Decentered Media.

Decentered Podcast 040 – Community Media Sustainability A

September 29, 2019 11:31 - 47 minutes - 52 MB

How can community media in the UK secure its future, and what do we need to champion and advocate about the work of community media [...] The post Decentered Podcast 040 – Community Media Sustainability A first appeared on Decentered Media.

Decentered Podcast 039 – Life Care Radio

September 12, 2019 08:08 - 45 minutes - 62.2 MB

I was visiting Totnes for a couple of days, and I was lucky to meet up with Cathie and Mark Burgess who run Life Care [...] The post Decentered Podcast 039 – Life Care Radio first appeared on Decentered Media.

Decentered Podcast 038 – Nigel Dallard Winchester Radio

July 30, 2019 20:39 - 1 hour - 70.3 MB

There is a growing sense that community radio can help improve the well-being and health of our communities. Nigel Dallard and I chatted this evening [...] The post Decentered Podcast 038 – Nigel Dallard Winchester Radio first appeared on Decentered Media.

Decentered Podcast 037 – Digital Impact with Prof Simeon Yates

July 26, 2019 13:19 - 55 minutes - 73.9 MB

Digital inclusion is a hot topic with policy-makers and social organisations who seek to deal with the challenges of making sure we are an inclusive [...] The post Decentered Podcast 037 – Digital Impact with Prof Simeon Yates first appeared on Decentered Media.

Decentered Podcast 036 – Sean Dagan Wood Positive News

July 12, 2019 13:51 - 53 minutes - 70.7 MB

This morning I chatted over Skype with Sean Dagan Wood, who is the editor of Positive News. We discussed the bias of negative stories in [...] The post Decentered Podcast 036 – Sean Dagan Wood Positive News first appeared on Decentered Media.

Decentered Podcast 035 – Local Authorities Working With Community Media

July 12, 2019 13:33 - 26 minutes - 35.5 MB

I recently visited Leicestershire County Council to talk with Sabrina Malik and Lorna Dellow about their work with Carillon Wellbeing Radio, and the way local [...] The post Decentered Podcast 035 – Local Authorities Working With Community Media first appeared on Decentered Media.

Decentered Podcast 034 – Dr Terri Enyon & Carillon Wellbeing Radio

June 21, 2019 14:22 - 50 minutes - 65 MB

It was really great to chat with Dr Terri Enyon earlier today about Carillon Wellbeing Radio, which is part of the HermetageFM family of community [...] The post Decentered Podcast 034 – Dr Terri Enyon & Carillon Wellbeing Radio first appeared on Decentered Media.

Decentered Podcast 033 – Rosie Parkyn Internews UK

June 20, 2019 11:48 - 37 minutes - 48.3 MB

What is the social purpose of community media? This is the question Rosie Parkyn and I discussed this morning when I visited the Internews office [...] The post Decentered Podcast 033 – Rosie Parkyn Internews UK first appeared on Decentered Media.

Decentered Podcast 032 – Community Media and Social Value In Action

June 11, 2019 16:37 - 53 minutes - 59.4 MB

Today I met with Juan Pardo of Leicestershire County Council, and we discussed how concepts of social value are being developed to help and support [...] The post Decentered Podcast 032 – Community Media and Social Value In Action first appeared on Decentered Media.

Decentered Podcast 031 – Dave Boyle Community Shares

June 05, 2019 14:54 - 57 minutes - 75.9 MB

How we invest in businesses and organisations that are focussed on social value and community benefit is an important question, as we seek to tackle [...] The post Decentered Podcast 031 – Dave Boyle Community Shares first appeared on Decentered Media.

Decentered Podcast 030 – Community Membership for Bido Lito!

May 29, 2019 13:57 - 1 hour - 81.8 MB

The traditional approach to publishing a magazine or a periodical newspaper is often based around a marketing and sales plan that maximises advertising revenue. But [...] The post Decentered Podcast 030 – Community Membership for Bido Lito! first appeared on Decentered Media.

Decentered Podcast 029 – Motivations for Citizens Journalism

May 28, 2019 17:48 - 56 minutes - 75.2 MB

What is it that motivates us to become community radio producers and citizen journalists? What are we interested in doing that is different from working [...] The post Decentered Podcast 029 – Motivations for Citizens Journalism first appeared on Decentered Media.

Decentered Podcast 028 – Community Media Resilience

May 17, 2019 20:33 - 52 minutes - 71.3 MB

The way that we support our communities and ensure that they are facilitated by a responsible and accountable media is one of the major challenges [...] The post Decentered Podcast 028 – Community Media Resilience first appeared on Decentered Media.

Decentered Podcast 027 – Community Radio Values

May 16, 2019 13:37 - 42 minutes - 56.4 MB

When we learn to create community radio programmes, we change the way that we think about audiences and ourselves. This podcast with Dr Katie Moylan [...] The post Decentered Podcast 027 – Community Radio Values first appeared on Decentered Media.

Decentered Podcast 026 – Exploring Citizens Media

April 13, 2019 21:36 - 57 minutes - 75.6 MB

The fresh air that sweeps across Falmouth from the Atlantic is bracing but refreshing. This might not be news to the people of Cornwall, but [...] The post Decentered Podcast 026 – Exploring Citizens Media first appeared on Decentered Media.

Decentered Podcast 025 – Community Media and Social Gain

April 09, 2019 22:20 - 1 hour - 79.5 MB

What distringuishes community media from other forms of media engagement? Why do people volunteer and give up their time to set up and run not-for-profit [...] The post Decentered Podcast 025 – Community Media and Social Gain first appeared on Decentered Media.

Decentered Podcast 024 -Why We Need to Talk?

April 04, 2019 09:48 - 50 minutes - 66.2 MB

Why do we need to talk more? That is the question put by Yvonne Murphy who is an independent theatre producer with Omidaze Productions working [...] The post Decentered Podcast 024 -Why We Need to Talk? first appeared on Decentered Media.

Decentered Podcast 023 – Community Media and Community Development

April 02, 2019 22:13 - 1 hour - 79.1 MB

It’s often said that community media is ten percent media and ninety percent community development. But what do we mean by community development and how [...] The post Decentered Podcast 023 – Community Media and Community Development first appeared on Decentered Media.

Decentered Podcast 022 – Media Democracy

March 05, 2019 20:44 - 55 minutes - 72.4 MB

The final podcast from the Documentary Media Centre gave John Coster, Jurian Visser and myself a chance to explore some of our thinking about media [...] The post Decentered Podcast 022 – Media Democracy first appeared on Decentered Media.

Decentered Podcast 021 – Experience & Testimony in Documentary

February 26, 2019 20:39 - 56 minutes - 74.5 MB

A fascinating discussion tonight at the Documentary Media Centre with John Coster, Amber Rondell and John Halker. We talked about the unseasonal weather and how [...] The post Decentered Podcast 021 – Experience & Testimony in Documentary first appeared on Decentered Media.

Decentered Podcast 020 – Making Our Own Media

February 19, 2019 21:03 - 58 minutes - 76.4 MB

The latest Decentered Media podcast asked what it is that we gain when we make our own media, rather than allowing the large-scale processed media [...] The post Decentered Podcast 020 – Making Our Own Media first appeared on Decentered Media.

Decentered Podcast 019 – Documentary and News

February 12, 2019 21:21 - 54 minutes - 72 MB

The latest Decentered Media podcast took place at the Doc Media Centre, and John Coster and myself where joined by Jas, Jurian, Peter, Aiden and [...] The post Decentered Podcast 019 – Documentary and News first appeared on Decentered Media.

Decentered Podcast 018 – Shifting From Social to Community Media

February 04, 2019 20:02 - 58 minutes - 78.9 MB

This weeks podcast explored the difference between social media and community media, and the importance of shaping stories that come from the participants but which [...] The post Decentered Podcast 018 – Shifting From Social to Community Media first appeared on Decentered Media.

Decentered Podcast 17 – Putting Out The Welcome Mat

January 29, 2019 20:45 - 53 minutes - 70.6 MB

In this evening’s podcast John Coster and myself met up at the pop-up Documentary Media Center and sheltered from the rain and sleep, and chatted [...] The post Decentered Podcast 17 – Putting Out The Welcome Mat first appeared on Decentered Media.

Decentered Podcast 16 – Community Media & Social Gain

December 18, 2018 22:39 - 58 minutes - 77.4 MB

It was really good to catch up with John, Gerhart and Nas tonight, to chat about the community media projects they have been working on, [...] The post Decentered Podcast 16 – Community Media & Social Gain first appeared on Decentered Media.

Decentered Podcast 15 – Luke St Clair Oadby TV

November 28, 2018 16:02 - 17 minutes - 23 MB

For community media practitioners we are used to making distinctions between our social gain activity and our commercial activity. As community media groups are usually [...] The post Decentered Podcast 15 – Luke St Clair Oadby TV first appeared on Decentered Media.

Decentered Podcast 14 – Mapping Community Media

November 24, 2018 18:52 - 51 minutes - 70.1 MB

What an amazing day discussing community media and why the social gain mission matters! This podcast was recorded following the Mapping Community Media workshop that [...] The post Decentered Podcast 14 – Mapping Community Media first appeared on Decentered Media.

Decentered Podcast 13 – Terry Lee University of Bedfordshire

November 19, 2018 12:39 - 50 minutes - 55.5 MB

This morning I chatted over Skype with Terry Lee from the University of Bedfordshire. We talked about Terry’s background supporting community radio, his work with [...] The post Decentered Podcast 13 – Terry Lee University of Bedfordshire first appeared on Decentered Media.

Decentered Podcast 12 – Jon Sketchley HermitageFM

November 13, 2018 15:59 - 32 minutes - 46.4 MB

Many community media projects and community radio stations struggle because they only have one approach to sustainable business planning. I visited John Sketchley earlier today [...] The post Decentered Podcast 12 – Jon Sketchley HermitageFM first appeared on Decentered Media.

Decentered Podcast 11 – Matthew O’Callaghan Melton Food Partnership

November 11, 2018 20:05 - 14 minutes - 12.5 MB

What’s the role of independent and grassroots food producer? Today I visited the Northampton Food Festival with Matthew O’Callaghan, who told me about the work [...] The post Decentered Podcast 11 – Matthew O’Callaghan Melton Food Partnership first appeared on Decentered Media.

Decentered Media Podcast 10 – Open Source Culture

November 08, 2018 21:54 - 1 hour - 88.5 MB

This evening I met with Gareth Lapworth and Owen Williams to discuss the culture of open source software and ICT support for community-focussed organisations. We [...] The post Decentered Media Podcast 10 – Open Source Culture first appeared on Decentered Media.

Decentered Podcast 09 – Documentary Media Festival 2018

November 07, 2018 22:28 - 40 minutes - 52.7 MB

Tonight’s Decentered Podcast was recorded at the Leicester Documentary Media Festival with John Coster. Taking part in the discussion was Ulrike Kubatta, Catherine Taylor, Christopher [...] The post Decentered Podcast 09 – Documentary Media Festival 2018 first appeared on Decentered Media.

Decentered Podcast 08 – Dean Kavanagh Switch Radio

November 01, 2018 22:40 - 1 hour - 86.6 MB

Today I travelled over to Birmingham to have a chat with Dean Kavanagh, who is the station manager for Switch Radio. We had a good [...] The post Decentered Podcast 08 – Dean Kavanagh Switch Radio first appeared on Decentered Media.

Decentered Podcast 07 – Steve Faragher Liverpool Community Radio

October 25, 2018 14:28 - 1 hour - 134 MB

Liverpool Community Radio will start broadcasting on FM across the city of Liverpool in 2019. I visited Steve Faragher to find out more about the [...] The post Decentered Podcast 07 – Steve Faragher Liverpool Community Radio first appeared on Decentered Media.

Decentered Podcast 06 – Sam Hunt Leicester Community Radio

October 22, 2018 16:29 - 39 minutes - 52 MB

Today I had a chance to catch-up again with Sam Hunt from Leicester Community Radio. We discussed how developing community radio stations, both broadcast and [...] The post Decentered Podcast 06 – Sam Hunt Leicester Community Radio first appeared on Decentered Media.

Decentered Podcast 05 – Vijay Umrao EavaFM

October 18, 2018 14:46 - 37 minutes - 49.9 MB

On a lovely autumn day in Leicester, I took a walk up the canal so I could visit Vijay Umrao at EavaFM. We had a [...] The post Decentered Podcast 05 – Vijay Umrao EavaFM first appeared on Decentered Media.

Decentered Podcast 04 – Dimple Patel Radio2Funky

October 12, 2018 15:49 - 41 minutes - 47.7 MB

Dimple Patel is the station manager for Radio2Funky, which will be launching in Leicester in 2019. Dimple chatted with me today about her background in [...] The post Decentered Podcast 04 – Dimple Patel Radio2Funky first appeared on Decentered Media.

Decentered Podcast 003 – Leicester Community Radio

October 02, 2018 08:31 - 12 minutes - 13.8 MB

Community Radio in Leicester is thriving. The city now has three well established station, EvaFM, Takeover Radio and DemonFM. A new station, 2FunkyRadio will be [...] The post Decentered Podcast 003 – Leicester Community Radio first appeared on Decentered Media.

Decentered Media Podcast – Lucinda Guy & the Social Impact of Community Media

September 21, 2018 11:19 - 44 minutes - 51.3 MB

When we think about the social impact of community media and community radio, we are often encouraged to explain the benefit of what we do [...] The post Decentered Media Podcast – Lucinda Guy & the Social Impact of Community Media first appeared on Decentered Media.

Vlog 002 Community Media Association Conference Thoughts

September 13, 2018 10:49

I thought I’d record some thoughts about the things I’m looking forward to at the Community Media Association conference this weekend.

Decentered Podcast 001

August 31, 2018 18:15 - 46 minutes - 5 MB

The Decentered Podcast aims to explore social issues through conversation, listening and turning over ideas to gain a new perspective. This week’s podcast is a [...] The post Decentered Podcast 001 first appeared on Decentered Media.

Volta Premier FM – A View from Ghana

August 29, 2018 14:20 - 12 minutes - 5 MB

Ghana is host to many radio stations, and Ho, the capital city of the Volta region, has seen rapid growth in the number of commercial [...] The post Volta Premier FM – A View from Ghana first appeared on Decentered Media.

SoundCamp – Dawn Chorus 2018

August 14, 2018 18:44 - 11 minutes - 5 MB

At the begining of May I went to Devon to take part in one of the many SoundCamps happening around the world. This one was [...] The post SoundCamp – Dawn Chorus 2018 first appeared on Decentered Media.

Sound Camp – Chatting with Lucinda Guy

August 14, 2018 17:22 - 25 minutes - 5 MB

Way back in May, I went to Devon for SoundArt Radio’s Sound Camp weekend. The idea was to get up at four o’clock in the [...] The post Sound Camp – Chatting with Lucinda Guy first appeared on Decentered Media.

Decentered Podcast Test 001

August 02, 2018 14:37 - 14 seconds - 5 MB

This is a test to see if the podcast file is shared via iTunes and others. The post Decentered Podcast Test 001 first appeared on Decentered Media.

Betar Bangla – Neighbourly Radio for the Bangladeshi Community in London

July 19, 2018 07:27 - 14 MB

A few weeks ago I had the chance to visit Betar Bangla in London, which is a community radio station that broadcasts on AM across [...]

Bob Gann on Digital Inclusion in the NHS

July 15, 2018 22:08 - 11.2 MB

A few weeks ago I attended a conference on Digital Inclusion that was organised by Simeon Yates of the University of Liverpool. The theme of [...]

CiviCRM Bootcamp

June 20, 2018 19:21 - 19.5 MB

A few weeks ago I went to the CiviCRM Bootcamp in London, which was an opportunity for me to find out more about the use and development of the CiviCRM system. CiviCRM is an open source Contact Relationship Managment application that has been built by a community of contributors and supporters. CiviCRM is web-based software [...]

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