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Audio Flux @audioflux.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Circuit 07: Trash or Treasure is ON! And this time, along with our partners Cyrus Kabiru and @radioworkshop.bsky.social we're inviting 3-minute audio stories of all stripes about the CLIMATE. Yep, we're going there. And you should too! Read all about it & how to submit: www.audioflux.org/circuit07

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Audio Flux Circuit 07: Trash or Treasure — AUDIO FLUX

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Siobhan McHugh @siobhanmchugh.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

My (heartfelt) defence of the narrative podcast as an AUDIO form is now online as both a talk on YouTube (20mins) and a written piece for RadioDoc Review. Hope this helps stiffen the resolve! www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hVC...

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Siobhan McHugh: Viva the narrative podcast - the case against video. Keynote at RAS symposium 2026

YouTube video by Radio and Audio Studies MeCCSA Section

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Siobhan McHugh @siobhanmchugh.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Delighted to be sharing my thoughts on pestilential video 'podcasts' at this FREE online event, open to all. My tribute to the crafted narrative podcast - an AUDIO art form, that's very much alive 💚 💕 Talk is on 13 Feb 9.30 UK time, but register by 5 Feb shorturl.at/o7SYw

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Siobhan McHugh @siobhanmchugh.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Spot on article 👏 👏 This happens to be the topic of my keynote for @meccsa.bsky.social on 13 Feb (World Radio Day!): "Viva the Narrative Podcast: The Case Against Video". Audio's demise has been (wrongly) predicted before 😀 We are not giving up!

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Falling Tree Productions @fallingtreeprod.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

“Dark themes nestle alongside tender family moments in this beautifully judged podcast…” @siobhanmchugh.bsky.social lists Half-Life in her Best Podcasts of 2025 for @theconversation.com theconversation.com/festering-fa...

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Festering families, difficult truths and transcendent grace: best podcasts of 2025

From Australia and around the world, here are the podcast gems of 2025.

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Siobhan McHugh @siobhanmchugh.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Perceptive analysis on the huge and vexed role played by Podcast Influencers such as Lex Fridman. Glad to be interviewed for it by @columjournreview.bsky.social url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/L2BJC0YKRR...

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The ‘Idiot’: Lex Fridman's expansive, compelling, anti-journalistic podcast style.

Lex Fridman’s expansive, compelling, anti-journalistic podcast style.

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Transom @transom.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Scott Carrier, radio legend, takes us inside a remote town in Utah. It’s a quiet story about landscape and longing. About the people who make up this complicated and beautiful place. Listen to “Old La Sal”, the inaugural story for our new project and callout, “The Listeners.” bit.ly/44NfSwU

Siobhan McHugh @siobhanmchugh.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

As Fascism resurges, we need writers with insight. Michael Samaras' Anti-Fascists tells the inspiring story of Jim McNeill, an Australian ironworker who fought in the Spanish Civil War. Dennis Glover's Repeat: A Warning From History traces links between the 1930s and now. Do come to our chat!

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Siobhan McHugh @siobhanmchugh.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Collecting stories galore here in Ireland - where I’m back to do a Masterclass in Narrative Podcasts - The Invisible Art of Audio Storytelling in Dublin @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social BOOK NOW for SAT 13th SEPT 10am-1pm This is a one-off - see you there! irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/narr...

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Irish Writers Centre @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Siobhan McHugh is in Dublin for her masterclass: 'Narrative Podcasts: The Invisible Art of Audio Storytelling' This Saturday, 10am at the Irish Writers Centre! More info + booking on our website 🎆✨

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Siobhan McHugh @siobhanmchugh.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Back in Dublin, pint in hand and live music session- christened! Looking fwd to meeting all kinds of storytellers at my Narratjve Podcasts masterclass @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social next Saturday 13th - book now! irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/narr...

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Siobhan McHugh @siobhanmchugh.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

As lists go, this one by podcast industry folk and scholars isn't bad! Joe Rogan scrapes in at #100, while narrative podcasts made with artistry and skill are well represented. Yes it’s heavily US-focused, but global voters (inc me!) offer balance. Dive in! www.leftofdialmedia.com/essential-li...

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Essential Listening Poll - The 100 Greatest Podcasts of All Time — Left of Dial Media

The 100 Greatest Podcasts of All Time

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Siobhan McHugh @siobhanmchugh.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

So here's a quick summary of my Masterclass on Narrative Podcasts, happening @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social 13 Sept. Book your place now - look forward to hearing and shaping your audio stories! www.instagram.com/reel/DM_A5bd...

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Siobhan McHugh @siobhanmchugh.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Irish friends:delighted to host a masterclass in how to create a compelling narrative podcast @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social Dublin on 13 Sept! I've shared my insider tips from Hanoi to Malmo: now at last, Dublin Can't wait to connect and hear your stories👇 irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/narr...

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Siobhan McHugh @siobhanmchugh.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Happy Birthday SBS! 🎂The world’s most multicultural public broadcaster - still vibrant - turns 50 today. 👏 👏 I’m so proud to have taught audio storytelling to SBS broadcasters of over 55 languages for a decade. I learned so much in this mini-United Nations of Oz & have such fond memories 💚

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Siobhan McHugh @siobhanmchugh.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Lovers of audio: read the thrillingly diverse latest RadioDoc Review @rdreditor.bsky.social From Chekov's tips on improving your podcast to a penetrating analysis of Desert Island Discs, Dear Rachelle & a confronting Russian podcast on families rent by war... 👇 uowoajournals.org/rdr/issue/15...

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RadioDoc Review | Issue: Issue: 1(10) (2025)

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NewSouth Publishing @newsouthpublishing.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Huge congratulations Siobhan - so wonderful to see The Power of Podcasting in such great company!

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Siobhan McHugh @siobhanmchugh.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Yay - Australia votes progressive! And Donald Trump no doubt helped the Opposition Leader lose his seat! 🎊🎊

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Siobhan McHugh @siobhanmchugh.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Stark pix of women & tanks, given to me years ago. A North Vietnamese woman atop the tank that crashed thro the Presidential Palace 50 years ago today, ending the war. An Australian nurse off duty at Vung Tau. A singer's soldier fans. Their stories in my book, Minefields & Miniskirts #VietnamWar

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Siobhan McHugh @siobhanmchugh.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Thrilled to be part of this inspiring selection 👇

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Siobhan McHugh @siobhanmchugh.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Absolute honour to have 'The Power of Podcasting: telling stories through sound' in @niemanstoryboard.org books on inspiring storytelling craft. In awesome company, from Aristotle to Stephen King 😊 Nieman Storyboard is part of Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard. @columbiaup.bsky.social

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Siobhan McHugh @siobhanmchugh.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Great to be part of this highly topical journal issue 👇

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Siobhan McHugh @siobhanmchugh.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Excellent set of #openaccess articles on this vitally topical issue - pleased to be part of it. 👇👇

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Siobhan McHugh @siobhanmchugh.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Pity @meidastouch.com podcast didn't take off BEFORE the election! This lefty/anti-Trump show is now getting almost DOUBLE Joe Rogan's hits, by some metrics. podnews.net/update/youtu...

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Siobhan McHugh @siobhanmchugh.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Australia is misfiring on how to harness #podcasts for election benefit, a topic belatedly noted in US in 2024. But @sydmorningherald.bsky.social misses a salient point: in the US, just mobilising folk to vote was an issue. Voting is compulsory here, so getting people ON SIDE is what matters. 1/2

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Audio Flux @audioflux.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

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Siobhan McHugh @siobhanmchugh.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Honoured to be Guest Speaker at the Saint Patrick's Day Dinner of the Aisling Society at University of Sydney on 21 March ☘️ 🇨🇮 Aisling has celebrated Irish culture in Australia for 70 years – and this marks 40 years since I landed here as an excited and naive immigrant! #StPatricksDay2025

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Julie Shapiro @jatomic.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Funding for narrative audio is hard to come by [understatement] so it's practically *thrilling* to see this opportunity from the Doc Society's Climate Story Fund. Stories of all climate stripes will be considered for grants up to 125K(!) Deadline for applying is March 10: climatestoryunit.org/apply/

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Siobhan McHugh @siobhanmchugh.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Brilliant #PhD scholarship opportunities in Dublin!! One, on 'Identities and Cultural Production in the Digital Age' allows for practice-based project: #podcast, anyone?? @dublincityuni.bsky.social offers 25K (tax-free) p.a. + conference travel – and you'll live in my native Dublin 💚 Good luck!

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Study at Dublin City University - DCU, based on the Northside of Dublin, Ireland is where undergraduate education, masters and PhD training, research, innovation and community engagement transform liv...

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Siobhan McHugh @siobhanmchugh.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t... Good to chat all things audio storytelling here w Flo Lumsden in NC…transcripts, time-stamped topics, tips and tricks, nostalgia #narrativepodcasts

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Ep 7. The Invisible Art of Podcasting

Podcast Episode · The Format. · 12/02/2025 · 48m

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Samantha Hodder @shodder.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Yes! Academic Institutions are part of building a future for the industry...find out why...and how...here! @siobhanmchugh.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/bingewor...

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Her Academic Life: How Siobhán McHugh Helped Build a Scholarly Home for Podcasting

And why this matters to everyone in this industry

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Siobhan McHugh @siobhanmchugh.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Honoured by this recognition... more, it's a terrific analysis by @shodder.bsky.social of how #podcast academics and industry folk can mutually grow knowledge and skills. 💚 👇 Her Academic Life: How Siobhán McHugh Helped Build a Scholarly Home for Podcasting open.substack.com/pub/bingewor...

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Her Academic Life: How Siobhán McHugh Helped Build a Scholarly Home for Podcasting

And why this matters to everyone in this industry

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RadioDoc Review @rdreditor.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Jason Loviglio's analysis of Nice White Parents explores how white parental influence ironically undermined diversity in a NYC public school. Read here: www.uowoajournals.org/rdr/article/...

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Davy Gardner @davygardner.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

This year’s Tribeca Audio submissions are already incredible, and there’s still plenty of time to submit! PS: A pod art puzzle is the highest of merch. @crooked.com @zayddohrn.bsky.social

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Joe Rogan’s theory of politics being “I’m just a little podcast man who just asks questions” is starting to ring hollow even for some folks in his audience.

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Siobhan McHugh @siobhanmchugh.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Melbourne audio folk - 24 hrs to get your entries in! Look fwd to listening - and judging… www.melbournepressclub.com/award/the-qu...

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Siobhan McHugh @siobhanmchugh.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

At last! My new article, "Intimacy, Trust, and Justice on The Greatest Menace, a Podcast Exposing a “Gay Prison”", published in Media and Communication (@cogitatiomac.bsky.social )! 17 awards: the insider story on how we made it. Download FREE cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm... #OpenAccess

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Intimacy, Trust, and Justice on The Greatest Menace, a Podcast Exposing a “Gay Prison” | Article | Media and Communication

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Siobhan McHugh @siobhanmchugh.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Audio storytellers and would-bes in Boston area: this will be good! 👇

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Siobhan McHugh @siobhanmchugh.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Had trouble picking just 10... but here's some good listening for your long holiday drives. Black humour alongside piercing storytelling... thanks to all who create these powerful, beautifully wrought podcasts, many months (even years) in the making 🙌 #podcasts theconversation.com/elon-musk-ga...

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Siobhan McHugh @siobhanmchugh.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

"Rather than ignore... AI, we should try and master it, locate our ethical limits... let it push us to work that is more humane, more distinct, full of more personality and experimentation." Phew: AI voice bots will NOT replace human audio storytellers. Great article transom.org/2024/evan-ra...

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Evan Ratliff - Transom

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Audio Flux @audioflux.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

🚨Short course about short audio production alert!🚨 From @airmedia.bsky.social with Audio Flux alums @taliaaugustidis.bsky.social (Circuit 02) and @jayy-gee-bee.bsky.social (Circuit 03) co-instructing. Basically yr Small Audio Dream Team, here. And what better way to ready yourself for Circuit 05? 🙌

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Small Packages: The Art and Practice of Short Audio Storytelling

This 4-week course will uncover the art of creating short form audio — from generating ideas to making the damn thing.

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Siobhan McHugh @siobhanmchugh.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

"Every time a podcast moves to Ek's platform, a little podcast fairy dies... The freedom and control that comes from using RSS is worth holding onto... for your future, your independence, and your creativity... and for the longevity of our industry." Great piece 👏👏 www.linkedin.com/pulse/hidden...

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Siobhan McHugh @siobhanmchugh.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Honoured to have Sandro Portelli attend my masterclass in Melbourne on adapting #oralhistory for episodic audio storytelling formats like narrative documentary podcast (via The Greatest Menace). Thanks chair Alice Garner🙏Think I’ve hooked Sandro on the possibilities podcasts offer 😄 #OralHistoryVic

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Davy Gardner @davygardner.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Friends of Tribeca Audio! With twitter x’d, I need your help spreading the word abt TA and sharing the news that submissions are open! It’s just 20 bucks to submit but if you’re an indie creator deterred by the fee, DM me! 🤙 Q’s? See the website or email entries (at) tribecafilm (dot) com!

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Siobhan McHugh @siobhanmchugh.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

“What makes an interview possible is what you have in common. What makes it INTERESTING is what you DON’T.” The incomparable Alessandro Portelli gives a wonderful keynote to open Oral History Victoria conference in Melbourne this morning. #oralhistory #dialogue

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Abigail Wincott @abigailwincott.bsky.social · 29/10/2024

New issue of RadioDoc Review out on a new website and looking very nice. In-depth reviews of podcasts, articles about the craft of audio storytelling and assorted other bits and bobs www.uowoajournals.org/rdr/ #radio #podcast #audio

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