Sound Women
33 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 7 years ago -Welcome to the monthly Sound Women podcast, featuring news and reports about the UK radio industry, plus interviews with some of the finest Sound Women (and Men) in the land.
Each episode will focus on different key topics and be presented by prominent and inspiring figures in UK radio.The Sound Women network is committed to raising the profile of the women who work in the radio and audio industry, and celebrating their achievements.
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Episodes
The Sound Women Podcast: BBC Local Radio Mentoring Scheme Special
August 02, 2017 16:02 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MBThis special one off episode focuses on the 2014 Sound Women BBC Local Radio Mentoring Scheme. We catch up with a few of the mentees who took part. Broadcaster Fi Glover discusses the ins and outs of being a mentor. Plus Sue Ahern, Creative Director of Creative People, offers tips on how to get the best out of a potential mentor, and how women working in audio can equip themselves for the ever-changing workplace. This episode was presented and produced by Shola Aleje Join the new Sound ...
The Sound Women Podcast: A Celebration of The Sound Women Organisation
February 12, 2017 13:01 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBAfter 5 glorious years, the legendary Sound Women organisation has come to an end. In this finale episode presented by patron Angie Greaves, we hear from some of the women that have worked tirelessly behind the scenes to make it all happen. Tune in to find out how Sound Women chair Chris Burns (Head of Group Operations for Audio & Music at BBC) got her start; why Jane Garvey (BBC Radio 4 Women's Hour) believes it is vital to have diversity across all areas of radio; and why Sue Bowerman (B...
The Sound Women Podcast: Be A Good Sport
December 05, 2016 18:08 - 41 minutes - 39 MBIn this month’s edition of the Sound Women podcast Chelsea TV and BBC 5 Live presenter Gigi Salmon introduces ‘Be A Good Sport’ with some of the leading female figures in sports broadcasting. We hear from the first female commentator on ‘Match of the Day’ as Jacqui Oatley MBE explains that it’s never too late to follow your dream career. We also pinned down BBC World Service’s Caroline Barker in-between her world travels with sports stories from Rio, Kenya, the United States and even from ...
Sound Women Podcast: Women In Tech
November 07, 2016 16:38 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBIn the latest edition of the Sound Women Podcast we shine a light on the technical roles within sound & audio. Whether you work in this field or not, we’re here to break down the barriers and reinforce the message that tech is not as scary as it seems! Presenter Ann Charles is joined by Ioana Barbu, an engineer from Bauer Media and Aradhna Tayal, a producer and organiser of RadTechCon. We hear from Terri Winston, the founder of the Women’s Audio Mission in California. Plus, we'll be discus...
The Sound Women Podcast: Breakfast of Champions
September 15, 2016 14:27 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBIn this edition of the podcast, Sound Women's Nicki Bannerman chairs the Breakfast Radio panel special. She is joined by Edith Bowman (Virgin Radio), A.Dot (BBC 1Xtra) and Charlie Hedges (Kiss FM). They discuss their roles in breakfast radio, side projects, how to get ahead, top tips for breaking into the industry and much more. We’ll also be talking to Heidi Secker from regional breakfast show Heart East Anglia - she discusses her background in radio, how to keep going in the face of rejec...
The Sound Women Podcast: Getting In the Door
August 16, 2016 15:22 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MBThis month's edition of the Sound Women podcast is jam-packed full of advice and insight for 'getting your foot in the door’, whether you are a budding presenter or keen to work behind the scenes. Hosted by Radio X’s Jo Good, this episode hears from DJ and radio presenter (The Selector, Capital Radio) Goldierocks and producer (Radio 1, 6 Music) Becky Grisedale-Sherry as the trio talk about their own experiences on getting in the industry. We also get some top tips from presenter, mentor and ...
The Sound Women Podcast: Comedy Special
July 07, 2016 15:31 - 30 minutes - 28.5 MBThis month's edition of the Sound Women podcast is a celebration of comedy, written and presented by comedian and actress Penelope Solomon. In this episode, Penelope talks about the BBC's upcoming sitcom revival, catches up with the founder of Funny Women, Lynne Parker and discusses the do's and don'ts of comedy with comedian Samantha Baines and journalist Karen Glaser. If you're an Ab Fab fan, you'll love Nicki Bannerman's chat with the legendary Helen Lederer. And be sure to have a tissue...
The Sound Women Podcast: Getting Up the Ladder
June 09, 2016 19:38 - 26 minutes - 25 MBHave you landed a job in your dream industry, but find yourself unsure of how to take the next step up in your career? If so, this month’s instalment of the Sound Women podcast is not to be missed. Join Stephanie Hirst as she presents an episode dedicated to climbing the ladder, with interviews from Talk Radio’s Julia Hartley-Brewer, BBC Radio 6’s Lauren Laverne and Kiss FM’s Renee Alleyne. Find out why showing passion for your chosen field is essential when it comes to career progression, ...
The Sound Women Podcast: Branded Content
April 11, 2016 16:55 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBGemma Cairney hosts this month’s episode all about Branded Content. We hear from Lauren Laverne who tells us about how her content site 'The Pool' works with brands. We also hear from Head of Entertainment Talia Lapidus and Head of Current Affairs and Business Tasha Proctor from Audioboom about how brands are using podcasts to build audiences. Shona Ghosh who is the Editor of the recently launched Marketing Mind Podcast shares her thoughts on what makes good and bad branded content. Lead P...
The Sound Women Podcast: Voices
March 07, 2016 09:42 - 31 minutes - 29.4 MBCurious about what it takes to be a voiceover artist? Join Liz Kershaw for the latest edition of the Sound Women podcast, dedicated to the voice industry. In this episode we hear from actress and comedienne Laura Shavin, international voice coach and author Yvonne Morley, and the voice of Absolute Radio’s Classic Rock Party, Claire Sturgess. Tune in to find out what makes a great demo, the difference between a ‘chocolatey’ tone and a ‘corporate’ one, and for an outstanding Jennifer Saunder...
The Sound Women Podcast: The U.S
February 01, 2016 09:54 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBHelen Zalztman takes us on a journey through American Audio. We meet Andrea Silenzi - presenter and creator of Why oh Why? and producer on commercial podcast network Panoply - as she navigates exciting opportunities becoming available in the industry. Sarah Geiss from Chicago's Third Coast Festival shares her tips on getting your work heard internationally. Ann Hepermann of The Sarah Awards tells us why 'audio-fiction' is the next audio-frontier. And 99% Invisible's Katie Mingle talks to Hel...
The Sound Women Podcast: Mentoring
January 03, 2016 10:38 - 30 minutes - 28.5 MBKate Thornton is joined in the Sound Women Studio by Caroline Raphael (ex Radio 4 Commissioner, Editorial Director of Audio Penguin Random House) and Fran Plowright (Creative Learning Consultant). They discuss how to get the most out of a being a mentee, how to find a suitable mentor and offer tips on C.V writing. In this episode we also hear from Helen Boaden (Director of BBC Radio) and Sue Ahern (Director of Training, Sound Women and Creative People). Find out more about Sound Women at w...
SWP Extra: Sound Women Future Festival
April 06, 2015 10:54 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MBWelcome to the Sound Women's second ever festival, based around the theme of Future, because the future is now! For those of you who missed the festival (or want to relive its glory) we’ve crammed in as much as possible into this highlights podcast. Hear Kerri Hoffman, founder of the podcast network Radiotopia, discuss how radio is consumed stateside. Clara Amfo catches up with campaigner and comedian Francesca Martinez. Dr Kate Murphy transports us back to 1922 to explore women’s place in ...
SWP21: Podcasting and beyond
February 05, 2015 11:18 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBWe're in an exciting time for podcasting, so in this episode I speak to two of its foremost practitioners: • Theresa Thorn of One Bad Mother, and one half of the First Couple of Podcasting - she was on the frontline when her husband Jesse Thorn set up one of the first and greatest podcasting networks, Maximum Fun. http://maximumfun.org/shows/one-bad-mother http://twitter.com/TheresaThorn http://maximumfun.org • Roman Mars of 99% Invisible and founder of the Radiotopia network, where they s...
SWP20: be smiley for Jo Whiley
December 05, 2014 10:43 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBWhat a way to round off the year: a chat with JO WHILEY! She spills the beans on being out-pedanted by her listeners, not being a cool parent, launching bands, and running in a glass box for 26 hours straight (with a little help from Les Mis). We also take a stroll back through the year's Sound Women podcasts, which you can hear in full on SoundCloud http://soundcloud.com/soundwomen, on iTunes http://tinyurl.com/SWPitunes, and miscellaneous other podcast directories. Farewell until Januar...
SWP19: Classic.
November 11, 2014 10:27 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBIn this month's show, THE voice of British radio, Charlotte Green, talks to me about keeping her voice in shape (but not at the expense of cheese), remaining calm in a crisis (even when you’ve had to get up at 3.30am), cracking up (just twice in her whole career!), and the poetry of the Shipping Forecast (rain, moderate or good). Tune in to Charlotte Green's Culture Club, 3pm every Sunday on Classic FM, or download the podcast. http://www.classicfm.com/radio/shows/charlotte-greens-culture-...
SWP18: Feel the fear and freelance anyway
October 01, 2014 09:14 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBIf you're dipping your toe into the turgid waters of a freelance career, Sound Women have the event for you: a free freelancer training day on 21st November, in association with Creative Skillset and the BBC Academy. Keep an eye on http://soundwomen.co.uk to find out how to reserve your place. As a freelancer myself, I've spent ten years alternating between joy and terror. So for this month's podcast, I assembled a crack squadron of freelancers to share their self-propelled wisdom: • Nicky...
SWP17: Newsflash!
September 03, 2014 08:39 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBSerious faces, please: this is a news special of the Sound Women podcast. Coming up: • Petrie Hosken weighs up her former job as a war reporter and life on the frontline at LBC; • The team at Sky News Radio show how they get those bulletins onto commercial radio stations across the nation on the hour, every hour; • PM and Broadcasting House editor Jo Carr tells Ruth Barnes about the Martha Kearney test and keeping Radio 4's current affairs broadcasting at the top of its game. Look out fo...
SWP16: The Sound of Sport
August 15, 2014 13:41 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBDon your sweatbands and side-vent gym shorts, because it’s a sporty special of the Sound Women podcast! On the team, we have: • Georgie Bingham, presenter of TalkSport’s weekend breakfast show and alum of ESPN and Sky Sports; • Jennie Gow and Chessie Bent, who bring Formula 1 to BBC 5 Live; • Presenter and commentator Jacqui Oatley, the voice that launched a thousand (champion)ships; • Plus, of course, Sound Women Podcast regulars Cheeka Eyers and Ruth Barnes. If you want to contribute t...
SWP15: Annie Nightingale, and the festival experience
July 11, 2014 22:01 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MBShe was the first woman ever to present on Radio 1; she's still there, 44 years on; and she's now a patron of Sound Women: this month's special guest is the almighty Annie Nightingale! She tells me about getting a job in the boys' club, keeping the Duranies on side, and the period of music that nearly destroyed even her indefatigable enthusiasm. Since it's July and therefore we're knee deep in festival season, this episode contains a crash course in what's involved in bringing the festival ...
SWP14: she's a Fi Glover not a fighter
June 01, 2014 00:00 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBIn this month's Sound Women podcast, there is a VERY EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT: the new patrons of Sound Women! Not only that, there is also a VERY EXCITING PERSON: the magnificent Fi Glover. A founder member of Sound Women, Radio 4 starlet and all-round smart lady, Fi tells me about: • Working hard and for free (but not, in her case, as a lawyer or recruitment consultant), while you’re still young enough to recover physically, and can still be arsed; • The jammiest job in the world; • Hosting ...
SWP12: an audio education (audiocation?)
April 01, 2014 00:00 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MBPAY ATTENTION, CLASS! This month's Sound Women podcast is all about getting a radio education. There are oodles of tips from the great and good of radio; and to make the case for more formal training, we also hear from: • Cheeka Eyers, producer at Podium.me, which trains under-20s in broadcasting and journalism and releases their audio daily (they've done more than 400 podcasts in less than two years! Blimey…). The organisation is doing terrific work and, on a selfish note, I really wish su...
SWP11: Annie Mac, BTraits and Monki - International Women's Day Special
March 21, 2014 11:13 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBFor International Women's Day, Radio 1 ran an all-female line-up for 39 hours. I don't know about you, but I was relieved to note that despite all these women on air, radio sets around the country did not explode in protest, listeners did not howl in agony, the industry did not crumble, and the Earth did not tremble on its axis. Instead, Radio 1 and 1Xtra's raft of talented presenters just went about their usual business of being great at what they do, and happily, three of them chatted to u...
SWP10: broadcasting to dogs in the night
March 01, 2014 00:00 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBThis month's edition of the Sound Women podcast is an absolute humdinger! In it: • Natalie B, cohost of the Breakfast Show on Heart Four Counties, provides her Survival Guide for doing a breakfast show (spoiler alert! Get a thermos flask, choose your outfits the night before, don't pull sickies, and stay off the booze in the week but GO FOR IT on a Friday night). • Danielle Perry, presenter of Xfm's Evening Show, tells Ruth Barnes about persistence, her dreams of being on a show played in ...
SWP9: Isy Suttie turns her exes into radio gold
February 01, 2014 00:00 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MBIt's February, the shortest but arguably most interminable month of the year; but at least a few laughs hasten its progress a little. So in this month's edition of the Sound Women podcast, I find out how the radio comedy sausage is made from: Isy Suttie, winner of the 2013 Sony Radio Academy Award for comedy for her Radio 4 show Pearl and Dave. As she gears up for the imminent second series of Isy Suttie's Love Letters, she tells me about song-writing, skiing, stealing, and harvesting mater...
SWP8: Mary Anne Hobbs and her spectacular 80s hair
December 02, 2013 11:55 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MBIn this month's Sound Women podcast: • Mary Anne Hobbs sits down with her BBC 6 Music Kate Cocker to mull over their working relationship, just as Kate leaves for a new job at Key 103. They discuss dubstep, women's magazines, being saved by John Peel, looking like Nikki Sixx, poached eggs, and why it's alright to admit you don't know what you're doing. Incidentally, if you've never heard Mary Anne talking about her childhood's illicit music-listening and running away with a band, this inter...
SWP7: Charlotte Church sounds like she's on a mission
November 01, 2013 12:59 - 40 minutes - 37.6 MBIn this month's Sound Women podcast: • The Voice of An Angel has grown into the Voice of Feminism in the Music Industry: Charlotte Church spoke to me at the Radio Festival, fresh off the stage after she delivered the BBC 6 Music John Peel Lecture (the whole of which is available for download here). She doesn't mess about in urging young female artists not to play submissive, and if the radio industry thinks it plays no part in modern pop's tide of scantily clad music videos, THINK AGAIN. ...
SWP6: sound partnership Annabel Port and Geoff Lloyd
October 01, 2013 11:58 - 28 minutes - 26.8 MBIn this month's podcast, I hear from both sides of one of British radio's finest mixed doubles: Annabel Port and Geoff Lloyd of Absolute Radio. Annabel reveals her Damascene conversion to radio, how she lost her social inhibitions, why doing a breakfast show ruined her personality, how to keep an on-air partnership fresh, and why she has tricky relationships with Topshop and the Harlem Globetrotters. Geoff describes how he discovered Annabel, vents about the Women Aren't Funny brigade, and...
SWP5: Jane Garvey can sound Scouse when she wants to
September 02, 2013 13:02 - 47 minutes - 44.1 MBIn this month's podcast, Jane Garvey delivers abundant wit and wisdom. "There's no such thing as a boring person," she says, and she definitely is not one. She describes how her childhood career ambitions went so askew, she ended up becoming the first ever voice on BBC 5 Live and, now, presenter of Radio 4's Woman's Hour; she ponders the gender politics of the show, how to go from Gordon Brown to gussets, and whether they can ever replace the 15-minute drama with football; and she advises ...
SWP4: only 20 per cent of radio sounds female
August 01, 2013 00:00 - 50 minutes - 46.2 MBIn the wake of Sound Women and Creative Skillset's Women on Air Report, I gathered together Maria Williams, Sound Women's founder, Emma Barnett, host of Sunday Drive on LBC97.3 and Women's Editor of the Daily Telegraph, and Tony Moorey, content director for Absolute Radio. Together they chew over why only one in five radio presenters is female, why you'll rarely hear a female duo on the airwaves, and why you can't afford to be shy if you want a career in radio. To help redress the balance,...
SWP3: Miranda Sawyer sounds off
July 01, 2013 00:00 - 45 minutes - 42.1 MBIn July's Sound Women podcast: • Radio critic, journalist and presenter Miranda Sawyer praises quirkiness and confidence, and wishes drama and documentaries would loosen up a bit; • Amazing Radio's Ruth Barnes speaks to Adele Roberts about how she got from the Big Brother 3 house to BBC 1Xtra, and the importance of speaking off-air as well as on; • Emma Bradshaw reports on the Sound Women mentoring scheme as its first year wraps up; • and this month's radio agony aunt Laura Parfitt of Whit...
SWP2: sounds from the Sound Women festival
June 01, 2013 14:52 - 25 minutes - 24.5 MBThis month's Sound Women podcast is a Sound Women festival extravaganza, featuring: • Anita Anand on radio magic; • Dame Stephanie Shirley on how and why she came to be known as 'Steve'; • Angie Greaves on going from Gone With The Wind to the drivetime show on Magic; • Jo Good on the importance of networking and learning from Grimmy; • Fi Glover on why you should always be prepared; • Gloria Abramoff on being fun in the workplace. And if you're a Sound Women member, you can hear a whole lo...
SWP1: Lauren Laverne sounds like Tina Turner
May 01, 2013 08:05 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MBIn this month's Sound Women podcast, hosted by Helen Zaltzman: • Lauren Laverne of BBC 6 Music talks about pseudonyms, combining work and family life, dealing with earworms, and trophies in the toilet; • Radio 1 Newsbeat reporter Sinead Garvan confesses to on-air innuendo to Ruth Barnes; • The Student Radio Association's Emma Bradshaw reports from the Student Radio Conference; • Nicky Birch of Somethin' Else tackles your radio problems; • and Sound Women founder Maria Williams talks about w...