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Podcast, 2023
Facilitated, produced, and mixed Jen Cloher’s independent music documentary podcast, Everybody’s Trying To Find Their Way Home. Cloher speaks with Māori and First Nations songwriters who are writing and performing in their tribal languages.
Live show tour, Europe/Australia, 2022
A mix of original audio stories performed live in cities across Europe/Australia. This project involved partnering with various audio communities to perform a one hour live show made up of three stories (including one about forks) in unique listening spaces, with local supports.
Executive Producer, 2022-
Work in the Culture and Entertainment team to supervise, produce and guide the direction of high profile podcasts, including mentoring producers and presenters. Contribute to the improvement of strategies and workflows to support a commercial podcast network to scale.
Podcast, 2021, 2023
Strategy, training, and post production support on season one and two of Linda Marigliano’s documentary/vlog style podcast, Tough Love. Join Linda on her hilarious, raw and (sometimes) sad journey towards self-reflection and growth in a time of uncertainty.
Live installation/YouTube broadcast, 2021
Attempting to interview 100 people within 24 hours from a gourmet sausage restaurant in Dulwich Hill.
Independent podcast, 2020
An ongoing, independent feed featuring projects, experiments and bigger series. The podcast is my name, like a YouTube channel or an instagram page. I believe every audio producer should have their own space to learn and muck around. Consider starting a podcast today.
BBC Radio 3, 2021
A miniature feature for the iconic Between the Ears BBC3 program. Episode blurb: Australian documentary maker Mike Williams revisits the scene of a family photo on a road trip to visit a famous outback pub. An unexpected obstacle forces him to contemplate the future.
ABC Radio National, 2019-22
Staff member of the RN Features team which involved finding, recording, editing and scripting longform audio documentaries for The History Listen and RN’s general feature show, Earshot. The documentary about incarceration and Paul Kelly’s ‘How to Make Gravy’ was a finalist for the Prix Italia, 2022.
Double J and Radio National, 2019
Supervising Producer for the five-part podcast series that chronicles the rise and fall of the biggest touring music festival in the world. The Big Day Out festival was a rite of passage for generations of Australian music fans. For the first time organisers, musicians, and fans come together to share the story.
ABC Radio National, Life Matters, 2019
In this 12-part series for RN’s Life Matters I attempt to ‘flip my health upside down’ by learning to do a backflip. This was a real project that was actually commissioned and the ABC WHS people hated me for it.
BBC World Service, 2019
A collaboration between the BBC World Service and ABC RN looking at generational change in South Korea. The audio piece and longform article explore ‘sampo’ and the concept of young Koreans choosing to give up on relationships, marriage, and kids.
Luminary, 2020
Recorded and produced a two-part special that documented Celeste’s involvement in the Fire Fight Australia fundraiser for the 2019/20 Black Summer bushfires. This included interviews with Ronan Keating, Jessica Mauboy and members of Queen.
Special Projects Producer, 2018
Coordinated and produced triple j’s major outside broadcasts and campaigns including; Splendour in the Grass, One Night Stand (St Helens, Tasmania), Unearthed High, The J Awards, Double J’s 90s month, Laneway Festival and the Hottest 100.
BBC Radio 4, 2018-
Work with Falling Tree, one of the world’s leading production houses to record, write and mix short-from stories that air on BBC 4’s Short Cuts program.
Listen to: The Nightmare Before Christmas, Magic Mike, Who gives a fork, An occasion for tears
ABC Audio Studios, 2016-17
Alongside Timothy Nicastri, conceived, presented and produced one of the ABC’s first ‘podcast-first’ documentary programs. The Real Thing aimed to celebrate unique Australian characters. Listed in Apple Australia’s top 10 podcasts of 2016. The show challenged traditional documentary workflows and inspired several emerging producers to give storytelling a go.
Radio National + Double J, 2015
As the recipient of the ABC’s Tony Barrell Fellowship (2015) I produced a sequel to the 1978 cult radio classic, What’s Rangoon to you is Grafton to me. Narrated by Mark Colvin, artwork by Michael Chick, and broadcast on Soundproof, this program was the first ever live simulcast between Double J and RN.
Double J, 2013-2016
Launched Double J and helped bring The J Files music documentary program (and podcast) back to the airwaves. The digital radio station — which is often the most listened to in Australia — was designed to be triple j’s older, cooler sister network and serve music-loving audiences 25+.
Guardian Australia, 2013
Produced, recorded and edited Guardian Australia’s first podcast, Australian Politics Weekly. Worked from Canberra in the run up to the 2013 Federal Election in collaboration with The Guardian’s Political Editor, Katherine Murphy. Since then The Guardian has grown their podcast offering significantly.
ABC Radio National, 2013
Long Story Short told shortform, creative audio stories and was conceived, presented, and produced by myself and Jesse Cox. The show ran stories from all over Australia made by emerging storytellers and was featured by Third Coast International audio festival. Sadly, Jesse passed away in 2017.
Read more about Jesse’s work and the Jesse Cox Audio Fellowship
ABC Radio National, 2012
Foundational producer for RN’s flagship daily current affairs program, RN Drive with Waleed Aly. This was a junior position that involved booking talent, editing interviews, creating show imaging and managing the website and social media pages, including video production.
ABC Radio National, 2010-12
Starting as an intern, and then staff member, produced longform documentaries for RN’s features programs 360 documentaries, Into the Music, and The Night Air. A story I produced called The Shearing Game revealed the challenges of working within the industry and was a finalist for the 2012 Young Walkley award.
