rich 1.0 ARIA award winner Mishal Husain, Bauer Media Audio UK’s Simon Myciunka and BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Presenter/ part-time tandem cyclist Greg James feature in the first of our three Audio Academy Festival 2026 podcasts, supported by Rayo. Tom Jackson, Ruth Cooper-Dixon, Sami Hussy and Alisa Mayers speak with panellists, hosts and delegates to give you a flavour of the 2026 event. The Audio Academy mentoring scheme is now open for applications and is aimed for those looking for mid- level career support. Applications need to be in by 1st November - to find out more and to apply go to our website audioacademy.org.uk (http://audioacademy.org.uk/) Also, we'd like your thoughts on the key question we are asking the audio industry at the moment - What is the one, most important thing you’d like to see the Audio Academy do over the next 12 months? Contact us at info@audioacademy.org.uk (mailto:info@audioacademy.org.uk) with your ideas and suggestions. The Audio Academy Podcast https://audioboom.com/channels/4644468-the-audio-academy-podcast Audioboom https://audioboom.com 480 95 https://audioboom.com/i/43870176/600x600/c 600 600 <iframe width="100%" height="95" src="https://embeds.audioboom.com/posts/8960977/embed?v=202301" style="background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; width: 100%" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="allowtransparency" scrolling="no" title="Audioboom player" allow="autoplay" sandbox="allow-downloads allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation"></iframe>