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Lessons from radio documentary
Katharina Smets is a sound artist and researcher who draws upon documentary material to create audio stories for live performance, radio and podcasts. She is an expert in how the three elements of interviewer/producer, interviewees/subjects and audience interact to create an audio experience. In conversation, Katherina and Paul take a deep dive into the mechanics within impactful audio and discuss how leaders can use lessons from documentary storytelling in their podcasting.
Links
Katherina talking about her PhD Thesis and book Between You and Me”. https://archive.org/details/radia-katharina-smets
Podcasts
Heavyweight https://gimletmedia.com/shows/heavyweight/94hwad/1-buzz
Seeing White https://sceneonradio.org/about/
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Time to up your GAME with audio!
Will Coley is a producer of narrative journalism stories for a radio and a communication problem solver. In episode 5 of this season, Will talks with Paul about using impactful audio to shift the narrative and deliver solutions. The key is to be strategic and clear on your GAME: Goal, Audience, Message, Engagement / Evaluation.
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Links to material Will mentioned:
Article on the pre-interview: https://transom.org/2016/art-pre-interview/
Radio piece from Cathy McCune on low-income New Yorkers struggling after Hurricane Sandy: https://transom.org/2016/art-pre-interview/
Indefensible podcast: https://www.immigrantdefenseproject.org/indefensible/
Catherine Carr's podcast: https://www.whereareyougoing.co.uk
 
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In the latest episode of the Talking Leaders season of podcasts on why podcasting is perfect for leaders Cyrus Hoseyni of Janessen Pharmaceuticals shares his experience of being part of a team producing a program of podcasts for pharmaceutical industry statisticians. He talks with Paul Gisby about what the process was like for him, how his company has used the podcasts and how his own communication skills have been upgraded thanks to being involved in the project.
Link to the Kelly Corrigan episode Cyrus recommended:
https://www.kellycorrigan.com/kelly-corrigan-wonders/parenting
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Debbie West of Audere Communications joins us for episode three of the Talking Leaders season looking at why podcasting is perfect for leaders. An old friend of the show, Debbie is a highly experienced and talented podcaster. In conversation with Paul, she shares her insights into how to get the best out of using audio as part of an overall communication strategy.
Links:
9/12 from Dan Taberski:  https://open.spotify.com/show/3ufgLmlLHsZPQCeh5rBm4X?si=fe6209894e4248cf
Looking Forward: Conversations about Work. The episode with Ruth and Tom Harkin https://open.spotify.com/episode/0e6b7ZnQuwpvjSeVhBJZAc?si=Dqk2bK41RaGMnXswH4_76w
Audere Communications: https://auderecommunications.com/
 
 

For episode two in the season, Paul spoke with JP Gooderham, Founder and CEO of Storyboard.
Storyboard is an unashamedly audio first platform, providing organisations with a suite of services that allow them to produce, share and extract maximum value from internal podcasts privately and securely. With over 5,000 organisations using the platform and tens of thousands of listeners benefitting from the podcasts produced, Storyboard has built up an impressive, possibly unrivalled library of data and use cases on the medium of internal voice podcasting.
In conversation JP shares fascinating insights and examples on internal podcasting, making a compelling case for its place in the communication toolkit of any leader and their organisation.
Links
Storyboard’s website: https://new.trystoryboard.com
Storyboard’s podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/881431
JP’s memorable impact podcast recommendation: Slack & Flickr:Stewart Butterfield on How I Built This https://open.spotify.com/episode/2ssW2s4N415KnjK08i0QrT?si=xOCFMcCvTKusC2l3PN_-qg
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In the first episode of the 2023 season of podcasts from Talking Leaders, Paul Gisby speaks with Colin Gray of The Podcast Host.
A former University Lecturer, Colin became fascinated by the potential of podcasting. After teaching on the topic for several years, he decided to leave academia and set up The Podcast Host, a business dedicated to helping would-be podcasters with everything from an impressive library of blogs and guidance articles to AI based tools and a podcast production platform. In conversation Paul and Colin focus on the features of podcasting that can make it a particularly potent leadership communication channel.
Links:
The Podcast Host main site: https://www.thepodcasthost.com
Indiepod manifesto: https://www.thepodcasthost.com/pillars-to-podcasting-success/
Rogue Startups as mentioned by Colin.
https://roguestartups.com/rs281-the-state-of-saas-marketing/
https://roguestartups.com/rs284-next-level-marketing-with-colin-gray/