Crossed Wires 2025 - Summer Shorts
This week’s Summer Shorts podcast captures the atmosphere of the Crossed Wires (https://crossedwires.live/) Podcast Festival. With previously unheard footage from Georgy’s time in Sheffield soaking up the sights and sounds of the world’s biggest podcast festival. She finds out about the BBC Sounds Garden, chats to people about how they got their start in audio and there’s more from participants...
11m Aug 26, 2025
11m
You Keep Me Sane - Summer Shorts
This week our Summer Shorts podcast is with friends Aileen and Julie from the You Keep Me Sane podcast. Georgy met them at The Podcast Show in London and discovered that one of them lives here in the UK but the other lives in Australia. They chat about how the podcast started and why, after only 6 months they decided to invest in having a stand at The Podcast Show to evaluate their brand.  http...
11m Aug 19, 2025
11m
Man Made - Summer Shorts
In this week’s Summer Shorts podcast - where we revisit some best bits, highlights and previously unheard footage in bite size podcasts for your summer listening - Georgy chats with Geoff Jein, from Biscuit Jim, about the launch of the Pete Wicks podcast Man Made. In this previously unheard audio Geoff talks about how the mini Man Made podcasts for mental health awareness week weren’t planned a...
10m Aug 12, 2025
10m
Fun Kids Science Weekly Live - Summer Shorts
It’s another Summer Shorts podcast - where we revisit some best bits, highlights and previously unheard footage in bite size podcasts for your summer listening. This week Georgy chats with Lloydie James Lloyd, Content Director of Fun Kids Radio, about how the station has taken their Science Weekly Podcast out on the road with a live tour. They talk about the new relationship between podcasts an...
12m Aug 05, 2025
12m
Richard Johnson on RAJAR - Summer Shorts
Welcome to our Summer Shorts series - where we  revisit some best bits, highlights and previously unheard footage in bite size podcasts for your summer listening. It’s Rajar time again and earlier in the year I chatted with Richard Johnson, managing director of the market research company Hallett Arendt. In this previously unheard footage he goes into more detail about the data Rajar collects a...
9m Jul 29, 2025
9m
Andy Ashton - Greatest Hits Radio
Andy Ashton, Network Director of Content for Greatest Hits Radio, was honoured at this year's Arias with a Special Recognition Award. On the podcast this week he tells Georgy what a surprise this award was, about the success of Greatest Hits Radio and what he loves about radio.
22m Jul 22, 2025
22m
30 Under 30 Webinar
 30 Under 30 is the Radio Academy’s ‘one to watch’ list of up and coming talent in the audio industry. This week’s podcast features highlights of a webinar held to answer any queries to potential applicants, with acting Radio Academy MD Dixi Stewart, former 30U30 alumni Naomi Oiku, judge Nicky Ness and chair of judges Jimmy Buckland. Georgy also chats with Ricki Lee, CEO of broadcast software c...
30m Jul 15, 2025
30m
Crossed Wires 2025
This week we are at the Crossed Wires podcast festival in Sheffield. Georgy chats with co-founders Alice Levine and Dino Sofos, from Persephonica, about how the festival has grown and catches up with people taking part like Sara Cox, Frank Skinner and Steph Hirst. She also gets reaction from participants of the Radio Academy Foot in the Door speed networking session, along with volunteers in th...
49m Jul 08, 2025
49m
EPOD Conference
This week the podcast comes from the EPOD Conference at Morley College in London. EPOD, Education Through Podcasting, is for academics, researchers, and professionals to come together and share their research and practices using recorded audio media and podcasting. Georgy chatted to some of the organisers, speakers and students to discover how podcasting is being used in education.
26m Jul 01, 2025
26m
Rhys Hughes - Summer of Live Music
How do you put on a whole summer of live music across the BBC and handle the logistics of massive OBs? In this week’s podcast Georgy chats with Rhys Hughes, Head of Live Music and Events for BBC Popular Music, about the planning, tech and team that goes into events like Radio 1’s Big Weekend, Download and Glastonbury.
20m Jun 24, 2025
20m
International Women's Podcast Awards
This week’s podcast comes from last night’s International Women’s Podcast Awards, which took place at the BBC Radio Theatre in London. We’ll hear the winners' acceptance speeches, and current RAMP mentee and former 30 Under 30, Bea Duncan, was backstage, taking in the atmosphere and reactions of the winners. Ahead of the ceremony, Georgy also chatted with Naomi Mellor, founder of the IWPA and E...
47m Jun 18, 2025
47m
Scout Tzofiya Bolton
Scout Tzofiya Bolton won two Golds at this year's Arias, for Best New Presenter for her Prison Radio Association Rock Show and Best Creative or Technical Innovation Award for The Ballad of Scout and the Alcohol Tag. Scout chats to Georgy about what the awards mean to her, how she ‘found her tribe’ with PRA and the open and honest way she told her story through poetry and music.
22m Jun 10, 2025
22m
Geoff Jein - Biscuit Jim
Geoff Jein has been working in the radio and audio industry for many years but he only founded his company Biscuit Jim last year. Recently they have launched two big new shows, the Zoe Ball Saturday show on BBC Radio 2 and Pete Wicks latest podcast for Bauer, Man Made. Georgy chats with Geoff about launching both of those in the same week and how you develop and nurture a new project alongside ...
20m Jun 03, 2025
20m
Arias 2025 - Part 2
This week we have part 2 of our Arias Award night roundup with highlights from the winners speeches and backstage interviews. This batch of winners includes Best Sports award, the Radio Times Moment of the Year and the big ones, the John Myers Local Radio Station of the Year, UK Radio Station or Network of the Year and UK Audio Brand.
39m May 27, 2025
39m
Arias 2025 - Part 1
This week we have part 1 of our Arias Award night roundup with highlights from the red carpet, winners speeches and backstage interviews. We’re featuring the first 11 awards of the night including Best New Presenter, Best Music Breakfast Show and Best Comedy Award, along with the surprise Special Recognition Award and the 2025 Judges' Award. Part 2 will feature the other 12 awards next week.
39m May 20, 2025
39m
Rajar - What Does it All Mean?
 In this week’s podcast we try to demystify the world of Rajar, the radio industry standard figures released every quarter. We dive into what they mean, how they are collated and what you do with your reach, share and listening hours numbers. Georgy chats with Richard Johnson, managing director of market research company Hallett Arendt and Adam Bowie, who blogs extensively about Rajar.
20m May 13, 2025
20m
Out of Frame - Yinka Bokinni
Out of Frame is a new podcast highlighting the different roles in the TV and film industry that makes the magic on the screen happen. Georgy chats to presenter, Yinka Bokinni about the career’s advice the podcast can give and the range of guests she has spoken to about their roles. Yinka also chats about her own broadcasting journey and gives advice for aspiring audio presenters.
20m May 06, 2025
20m
My Podium - Camilla Byk
Georgy chats to Camilla Byk MBE from Podium.Me, the award-winning audio platform providing training to audio makers, journalists and writers under 25 years old. They talk about the ethos behind the company, young people’s voices and their new series of audio drama podcasts, My Podium.
18m Apr 29, 2025
18m
Radio Times Moment of the Year
This week we look in detail at the 10 Arias nominees for the Radio Times Moment of the Year. Our host Georgy Jamieson highlights each entry and we hear from the people who have been nominated with the stories behind the entries and why you should vote for them. You can vote for your favourite moment here https://www.radiotimes.com/audio/radio/arias-moment-of-the-year-2025-vote/
26m Apr 22, 2025
26m
SRA Con
This week's podcast comes from the Student Radio Association Conference hosted at Salford University. Adam Skinn takes you to the event, and alongside Issy Brand and Libby Hornsby talks with some of the guest speakers and delegates across the event including Jack Saunders and Dick & Dom.
22m Apr 15, 2025
22m
Arias Nominations - 2025
After last night’s Arias Nominations. Georgy chats to some of the head judges about their experience this year. She’s joined by Chair of judges Bob Shennan and two category head judges, Ray Paul, founder of The Playmaker Group and Rebecca Frank, Content Director for Kiss, who talk about what the standard of entries was like this year, how they picked the winners and what it means to be nominated.
21m Apr 08, 2025
21m
Fiona Hanlon - Persephonica
Fiona Hanlon spent 17 years with the BBC doing everything from making the tea and opening the post to launching a Radio 1 breakfast show and finally becoming the commissioner for BBC Sounds. Now she’s joined Persephonica, the Sheffield based podcast company, as their new managing director. She tells Georgy about how she got into the industry, her first jobs and what makes a great podcast idea.
16m Apr 01, 2025
16m
Foot in The Door - Belfast
This week’s podcast comes from our Foot In the Door event at Queen’s University, Belfast. Guest producers Izzy Edge and Fiona MacIntyre from Queen’s Radio chat with some of the guest speakers from the day and ask how they got their foot in the door of the audio and radio world.
18m Mar 26, 2025
18m
Meet the Fellows - Liam Fisher
In the last of our Meet the Fellow series Georgy chats to the Head of talkSPORT Liam Fisher, who was announced as a fellow of the Radio Academy at the festival last year. Liam talks about what it means to him to be made a fellow of the Radio Academy, his love of sport and his career highlights so far.
23m Mar 19, 2025
23m
Oceans: Life Under Water
What’s it like to record a podcast in an unusual and remote location? Vicky Wright, producer with Manchester podcast makers Crowd Network, tells Georgy about travelling to the Arctic to record podcast episodes for the new series of Oceans: Life Under Water, which they make in collaboration with Greenpeace. Vicky talks about the challenges she and podcast host Hannah Stitfall faced, life onboard...
23m Mar 12, 2025
23m
Fee Mak - Women in Broadcasting
Fee Mak from Radio 1Xtra is passionate about encouraging women into the broadcasting industry. She tells our host Georgy about her journey into the industry via university and community radio stations, and how we break down the barriers that women, and especially women of colour, face working in radio and audio.
19m Mar 05, 2025
19m
Meet the Fellows - Phil Maguire
This week, we meet another of our Fellows, Phil Maguire OBE. Phil is the Chief Executive of the Prison Radio Association and was honoured with a fellowship at last year's Radio Academy Festival. He chats to our host Georgy Jamieson about where his love of radio came from, how his career started, and the important role the PRA plays for prisoners and their families.
23m Feb 26, 2025
23m
Bridget Jones Radio
To mark the end of one of the biggest British film franchises of all time, Bauer has developed Bridget Jones Radio on their Rayo app. Producer and music scheduler Rick Simmonds chats to our host Georgy Jamieson about the concept, commercial partnership, and technicals behind this pop-up station.
19m Feb 19, 2025
19m
Meet The Fellows - Adele Cross
Radio 1Xtra breakfast producer, Adele Cross, is our latest guest on the Meet the Fellows series. Adele was made a Fellow of the Academy last September and she tells our host Georgy Jamieson how surprised and humbled she felt at the accolade. She also chats about how her radio career was a complete accident and the importance of mentoring young people in the radio and audio industry.
20m Feb 12, 2025
20m
POV - Lead Mojo
POV is the new comedy show made by Lead Mojo for BBC Radio 4 and features sketch comedy that started its life online and on social media. Comedy producer and owner of Lead Mojo Ed Morrish chats with our host Georgy Jamieson about the new series and finding new talent for radio comedy. He also talks about some of the big names in comedy he’s worked with, discusses the role of a comedy producer a...
23m Feb 05, 2025
23m
Meet The Fellows - Kellie While
This week on the podcast we have the first of our Meet the Fellows series. Our host Georgy Jamieson chats with Kellie While, who was announced as a Fellow of the Academy at the Radio Academy Festival last September. Kellie is an accomplished folk musician who went on to work in radio production. As the head of creative at 7Digital, she was best known for producing Radio 2’s Folk Show and the BB...
21m Jan 29, 2025
21m
Forth 1 - 50th Birthday
This week on the podcast we celebrate Forth 1’s 50th birthday. The station first broadcast on 22nd January 1975 and joining our host Georgy Jamieson, to look back at some highlights of the station, are afternoon host Garry Spence and Boogie from the breakfast show, who has been host of Boogie in the Morning for over 20 years. They chat about the history of the station, the importance of the aud...
25m Jan 22, 2025
25m
Arias 2025 Webinar
This week on the podcast our host Georgy Jamieson hosts an webinar on the new look Arias. On the panel are the new Chair of Judges, Bob Shennan, Chair of the Awards Committee, Adam Utyman and Aradhna Tayal Leach MD of The Radio Academy. They will guide you through the new and updated categories, the simplified guidelines, the different entry requirements and the judging process. There’s also ad...
24m Jan 15, 2025
24m
Happy New Arias
This week on the podcast it’s a Happy New Year and news about the new look Arias for 2025. Host Georgy Jamieson has all the latest news as entries open and the details on how to enter. Visit http://radioacademy.org/arias for more information and the categories.
3m Jan 08, 2025
3m
Merry Christmas From The Radio Academy
A special festive message from the Radio Academy. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
2m Dec 25, 2024
2m
Never Seen Gavin and Stacey Podcast
It’s the most eagerly anticipated TV event of the year. The Gavin and Stacey finale at Christmas is nearly here but what do you do when everyone’s talking about it but your best mate has never seen your favourite show? Music DJ and sports presenter Abbie McCarthy is a super fan of the classic sitcom and Olivia Jones, presenter for Virgin Radio UK, has never seen it - until now! The friends have...
21m Dec 18, 2024
21m
Russell Howard's Five Brilliant Things
How do you rebrand a successful podcast and why? Russell Howard’s podcast with Avalon, Wonderbox, has now changed its name to Five Brilliant Things. Our host Georgy Jamieson chats to the podcast’s producer, Dan Atkinson, about the pros and cons of rebranding a podcast and why they decided to do it. They also talk about partnering with Adelicious and adding a new interactive listener show for Pa...
21m Dec 11, 2024
21m
Nicole Logan
This week on the podcast host Georgy Jamieson chats with the recent winner of the Audio UK Award Nicole Logan. They talk about how surprised and humbled Nicole was getting the award, her career journey and her new role with Goalhanger Podcasts. Nicole also talks about her first big project with Goalhanger, The Rest is Classified.
21m Dec 04, 2024
21m
Outside In Podcast - Prison Radio Association
Outside In, from the Prison Radio Association, is their first podcast that focuses on showcasing the talents of prison leavers who learnt radio skills  while serving at HMP Brixton. Our host, Georgy Jamieson, chats to Nancy Prentice, Head Of Talent Development , and Richie, one of the presenters of Outside In. They talk about how the podcast is the first to be available outside of the Prison Ra...
18m Nov 27, 2024
18m
BBC Get In - Apprenticeship Scheme
If you’re looking to get into radio and audio then the BBC Apprenticeship scheme could be for you. This week on the podcast our host Georgy Jamieson talks to Ellena Stojanovic, who is the Schemes Portfolio Manager, and to two previous BBC apprentices, Lucy Burdett and Pearl Adewale. They discuss what the scheme is, who it’s for and why you should apply, as well as what opportunities are availab...
15m Nov 20, 2024
15m
Children In Need 1000 Mile Challenge
This week on the podcast, host Georgy Jamieson chats to Summaya Mughal from BBC Radio Leicester. 2 years ago Summaya couldn’t swim, now she’s helped her BBC Local Radio colleagues complete The 1000 Mile Swimming Challenge for BBC Children in Need. Not only that but she presented her daytime show from inside the pool. They talk about the challenge, how initiatives like these give a network a sen...
19m Nov 13, 2024
19m
How Podcasts Tackled The US Election
This week on the podcast our host Georgy Jamieson looks at how podcasts have handled the run up to the US elections. She chats to Anne McElvoy, Head of Audio at POLITICO and host of their Power Play podcast and from Goalhanger Podcasts The Rest Is Politics US producer Nicole Maslen and their Head of Content, Tom Whiter. They talk about cutting through the hype of US politics and how to get to t...
23m Nov 06, 2024
23m
What's RAMP and Why You Should Apply
This week our podcast was recorded at our RAMP 2025 webinar. RAMP is our mentoring scheme for mid-career radio and audio professionals based in the UK, with a minimum of five years’ experience. Our host Georgy Jamieson was a RAMP mentee in 2022 and speaks to a panel of past mentees, BBC Content Editor Glyn Tansley, Producer at Heart Scotland, Andy Logue and Freelance producer Naomi Oiku, who ta...
21m Oct 30, 2024
21m
Suzy Grant Listen
This week on the podcast we talk about visualisation with Suzy Grant, Head of Visualised Pods and an Executive Producer at Listen. What is a visualised podcast and how is this relatively new genre changing the podcast market? Suzy tells our host Georgy Jamieson about how you make sure a visualised podcast also works for audio, why visuals are now so important and some of the marketing strategie...
20m Oct 22, 2024
20m
The International Women's Podcast Festival
This week’s podcast was recorded live at the International Women’s Podcast Festival. Our podcast host, Georgy Jamieson, chatted to the event organiser Kat Molesworth plus some of the speakers, including Golda Arthur from the ‘Overlooked’ podcast and Helen Parker from Chalk and Blade. We hear about the various sessions at the festival and why events like this are a safe and encouraging space to ...
31m Oct 15, 2024
31m
The Radio Academy Festival - Part 3
Sean Thorne brings you the third and final Radio Academy Festival Special, where we hear from ARIA Gold winners for Best Music Breakfast Show - Boogie & Arlene. We also chat to Executive Development Producer at Goalhanger - Nicole Logan, Managing Editor at BBC Radio 5 Live - Julie Cullen, we talk grass roots podcasting with Lizzy Pollot from Acast and chat to the Quiet Riot podcast.
31m Oct 08, 2024
31m
The Radio Academy Festival - Part 2
Sean Thorne brings you another special Radio Academy podcast from the 2024 Radio Academy Festival. Juliette Nicholls, Ben Coley and Sharon Boadu bring you conversations with some of the speakers including Trevor Nelson, Fresh Air's Nik Gandhi, Spotify's Jon Mounsor and the ARIA gold winner for best comedy, Laura Smyth.
30m Oct 01, 2024
30m
The Radio Academy Festival Episode 1
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.
31m Sep 24, 2024
31m
Backstage at the ARIAS
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.
15m Sep 17, 2024
15m
Huw Stephens in Conversation with Molly Palmer
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 BB...
18m Sep 10, 2024
18m