Mike Williams is the Head of Entertainment and Culture at LiSTNR and supports the teams behind some of Australia’s biggest podcasts. 

Previously, he spent over a decade at the ABC, where he helped launch or lead groundbreaking projects across Radio National (RN Drive, Backflip), Double J (The J Files), triple j (Hottest 100), and ABC Audio Studios (The Real Thing). 

Mike’s audio documentaries have been broadcast (BBC, CBC, NPR) and toured internationally, with accolades from Transom, Third Coast Festival, and Hearsay Audio Festival. He’s also experimented extensively with live audio documentary performance; collaborating with writers, dancers, and photographers at venues ranging from a local sausage restaurant to the Sydney Opera House. 

The Australian said his work, “pushes local documentaries in a different direction… It sounds like Australia”. Guardian Australia describes it as “fast, self-deprecating, with a distinctly Australian flavour”. 

Mike has a passion for diverse Australian storytelling and is excited to empower the next generation of storytellers to help shape the future of on-demand audio.