Close to the Mic News 08/08/2023 Close to the Mic News 08/08/2023

Learn Audio Production from SCA

If you’re keen to boost your audio and content production skills, SCA have just announced the launch of the Audio Academy.

Editor 19/04/2023 Editor 19/04/2023

Inspired by Black Lives Matter

“I started to think about the ways in which our identities are reflected to us and why the narrative often stops at the painful things, “says Producer Bernadette Phương Nam Nguyễn of the inspiration behind SBS podcast, SEEN.

Editor 11/02/2023 Editor 11/02/2023

Honesty Can Be Brutal

Women and men everywhere need to honest with themselves. And if they’re not, they’ll soon be put in their place.

Editor 06/02/2023 Editor 06/02/2023

Judith Lucy Navigates a Life Worth Living Post-Covid

Australian comedian and actress, Judith Lucy, asks the big and small questions in the latest season of ABC podcast Judith Lucy is overwhelmed & living…

Editor 09/02/2022 Editor 09/02/2022

ABC Comedy PRESENTS Promises Big Laughs

ABC Comedy Presents brings the best of Australian Comedy to you without having to leave the comfort of home...

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Where to Get the Full Story

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If you love news and politics then check out ‘Full Story’ from The Guardian Australia reviewed by Shaun D. Wilson.

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Reviews, Sport

Professional Rugby’s Lack of Equality

Reviews, Sport

Fair Game: Pacific Rugby Against the World is a six-part series launched this February. The podcast takes a look at a game dominated by a system of colonial power fuelled by racism.

Reviews, Sport

Lifestyle, Women, Reviews

Is the Path to Happiness All it’s Cracked Up to Be?

Lifestyle, Women, Reviews

The answer to our happiness lies within, but how often do we ask ourselves, or others, that question? Mamamia’s new podcast explores just that.

Lifestyle, Women, Reviews

True Crime, Reviews

Heinous True Crime Podcast Delivers Tension

True Crime, Reviews

Heinous takes a look into Asia’s criminal underworld, while exploring the cultural and social influences that have informed heinous crimes and acts of terror.

True Crime, Reviews

Chasing Ghosts Goes Below the Surface

True Crime, Reviews

The third season of NZ Herald’s true crime podcast Chasing Ghosts - ‘Below the Surface’ investigates the mysterious death of Thai national, Bua Ngoen Thongsi, whose body was retrieved by a dive police squad in North Canterbury in February, 2015.

True Crime, Reviews

Reviews, Women, Relationships

Dear Clementine Hits Hard Where it Counts

Reviews, Women, Relationships

Clementine Ford owns her voice in a space where nothing is more valuable than the raw and honest truth, whether we like it, or not.

Reviews, Women, Relationships