Behind The Podcast

Glen James of My Millennial Money fame has built a thriving podcast community around the pillars of practical knowledge, money tips and making it fun.  Glen drops knowledge on how to launch a new podcast and some of the keys to his success. We took more away from this interview than any other in 2021. Great stuff.  Find out everything My Millennial Money here Glen listens too and recomme...

A real treat we are joined by Australian podcast royalty - The infectiously fun and brilliant - Alexei Toliopoulos  Best known of his podcasts Finding Drago Finding Desperado Total Reboot The Big Film Buffer We run though Alexei's journey from standup to podcast professional. What makes a great hosting partnership  How to sell and not sell a joke and much more Alexei recommends these rec...

Jules and Stocks discuss remote recording and the RiversideFM experience. Stocks discusses influencer marketing and their partnership with Born Bred This is what Jules and Stocks have been listening too: British Podcast Award Winners 2021 The Daily The ABC News Background Briefings Unravel Juanita Michael Cane: Gangs This podcast is a partnership between DM Podcasts and The Australian Podcast Awar...

Jack Cresswell started his aptly named podcast - Farms Advice during lockdown while living in the UK with a budget of 100 pounds. His story is everything we love about podcasts: Using technology to serve a remote community Niche Audience of 300k+ farmers Self improvement journey for the podcaster and the audience Educate and entertain Jack listens to and recommends: Generation AG Profitable Farmer...

Lit Poetry is a personal favourite of Stocks. This week we talk to James Laidler, Script writer, Web designer, Video editor, Sound designer & Educational Host This podcast makes poetry fun and educational. James recommends Philosophy bites The Daily Poem Follow Lit Poetry on YouTube BTP is a partnership between DM Podcasts and The Australian Podcast Awards See omnystudio.com/listener for priva...

Matt Bevan is the insightful host of the popular and important ABC podcast - China If You Are Listening . Now in its 3rd iteration (Russia If You Are Listening, America If You Are Listening) and 5th season. Matt breaks down their production process, the brains trust they use for feedback and to remove bias, plus how they plan out seasons and book high profile guests. We learned a lot on this one....

Jules and Jodes are the hosts and creators of the Good Bitch Podcast . They are two hilarious, sassy millennials helping you and their loyal audience - The GB's - navigate this shitstorm called life. At first glance Good Bitch seems to be a podcast about 2 BFFs and their dating life,..but it is so much more than this, as Jules and Stocks find out in this episode. Jules and Jodes listen to and reco...

A real treat this episode - The Wandering Journo Nance Haxton is a prolific podcaster and Walkley award winning journalist. Nance Haxton drops in to chat with Jules and Stocks about her unique and brilliant podcast 'Streets of Your Town' Join Nance's substack here Nance listens to and enjoys The guilty feminist Betoota Advocate Ladies we need to talk Planet Maynard BTP is a partnership between DM...

We speak to the larger than life, Renae Rocket Bretherton, one of the stars of the Birds Eye View podcast . This is the second part of our 2 part series on Birds Eye View which was the Podcast of the Year in 2020 If you haven’t listened to pt 1 with Johanna, feel free to give that a listen after this.  Follow Rocket on Twitter Please contribute to the Recovering Rocket Go Fund Me Rocket listens to...

A quirk in our interview schedule means that Jules and Stocks have had a couple weeks break from listening to podcasts for preparation and have just been enjoying some podcasts, Here are our favourites. 60 Songs That Explain The 90s Still Processing Death At The Wing Becky and Cam Hotline You're Wrong About See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Birds Eye View is the podcast of 2020. It is such an important piece of content that we will be dedicating 2 episodes to going behind this podcast. In part 1 we talk to Johanna Bell an award winning writer and creative director of Story Projects a creative production house in Darwin that specialises in strengthening communities through storytelling. Johanna shares the story of getting this project...

The power and of audio storytelling and the advantages of working in audio with Patrick McGinley - a successful, tv writer, author and podcaster. Patrick spent 16 years creating Destination Earth a sci-fi audio drama which one best fiction podcast at The Australian Podcast Awards “A sonic cinematic masterpiece - an amazing listening journey for ears of all ages!” - Australian Podcast Awards Patric...

Recap culture is one of the huge trends of the past decade. Podcast recaps are now at the forefront of this space. This episode we talk to Fiona Williams - Managing Editor SBS Movies, Guide & Homepage, and host of the Award Winning SBS Podcast - Eyes On Gilead . The podcast companion to the incredible Handmaid's Tale TV Series and book by Margaret Atwood. Fiona also hosts The Playlist podcast...

Curveball - The Club You Didn't Want To Be A Part Of - Won Best Wellbeing Podcast at The Australian Podcast Awards. This is one of the best podcasts I have had the pleasure of listening to. Curveball is described as; “A show that covered important topics discussed in a non-judgemental, interesting and highly engaging manner.” Host and creator Beth Armstrong is a natural story teller who is also a...

The Sure Thing has captured the imagination of the Australian podcast audience over the past couple of months. Host and award winning investigative journalist Angus Griggs, joins us to discuss how he and producer Lap Phan brought this incredible podcast to life. Angus listens to and recommends these podcasts: Power: The Maxwells The Missing Cryptoqueen Behind The Podcast is a partnership between T...

Dan Ilic and the A Rational Fear Podcast have been entertaining while educating Australians about Climate Change, since 2012. Winner of the 'Best Comedy' Podcast at the 2020 Australian Podcast Awards. Originally a live show, A Rational Fear is now a weekly podcast with 'The Greatest Moral Podcast of Our Generation' appearing on the same feed monthly. Dan has also helped give a leg up to and mentor...

Elissa Ratliff - Head of Podcasts at Mama Mia breaks down her journey from NSW Country, to intern at Mama Mia, to running one of Australia's most influential and successful podcast networks. Fascinating insights behind the scenes at Mama Mia, and how they make it all happen. Elissa listens to Sentinmental In The City Even The Rich See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Queen of Tea - Megan Pustetto joins us to discuss the story behind her sensational hit podcast - So Dramatic! Megan is the scourge of TV producers because week after week Megan breaks and breaks down all the latest celeb scandals from the world of Australian Reality TV. She breaks down her approach to sources and interviews how her diverse media career prepared her for podcasting the process b...

David Callan aka Frosty is the man behind the internationally acclaimed I Spied live comedy show, and along with Michelle Stephenson hosts the I Spied Podcast. Live shows are coming back in 2021. But I Spied was a live comedy show which is now a successful weekly podcast, which may have a 3rd life as a live podcast. The I Spied Podcast Elevator Pitch What is ASIO? I’m sure you’ve all heard of it,...

Cameron James is a stand up comedian and one of the most successful podcasters in Australia. He appears across a range of podcasts including Total Reboot - A Film Podcast with Alexei Toliopoulo‪s‬ The Becky and Cam Hotline - A comedic advice show with Becky Lucas Finding Desperado and Finding Drago - 2 seasons of investigative mystery podcasts with Alexei Toliopoulos Each podcast is radically diff...

Great chat with Veronica Milsom , creator or the Zero Waste Baby podcast series on Podcast One. Here is the description for Zero Waste Baby Comedian Veronica Milsom is a mum on a mission to reduce her tiny newborn's massive waste footprint. Hoping to ward off the impending environmental apocalypse, Veronica has to find alternatives to using any of the wonderfully convenient disposable products tha...

Niche audience and live shows. 2 buzz phrases in podcasts these days. 7 years ago Dragon Friends began as a podcast built around one of the biggest sub-cultures in the world (Dungeons and Dragons) in the format of a live stage show recorded monthly and cut into 2 x podcast episodes, Seems they knew what they were doing. Jules and I went into this with no clue about D&D, but a love for improv c...

Featuring Neroli Meadows of the insightful and heartwarming, Ordineroli Speaking - which was the winner of the Best Sports Podcast at The 2020 Australian Podcast Awards. As Australian’s, we tend to place our sports players on a pedestal and sometimes forget that they are actually people. Neroli creates a safe space where these elite athletes can open up and share stories about overcoming resilienc...

The Genius of Just the GIST is the relationship between the two hosts. We really enjoyed our conversation with Rosie Waterland and Jacob Stanley of the highly entertaining and informative podcast, Just The GIST - which took out The Best Entertainment Podcast at The Australian Podcast Awards 2020 Premise of the podcast Famous scandals, true crime, celeb dramas, conspiracy theories, politics, amazin...

This episode Leah Harris - Spotify Australia and New Zealand - Creative Producer for Podcasts Leah is very much behind the podcasts that you’ve no doubt been listening to or through if you’re using the Spotify. We discuss: Her mission to champion unique Australian voices and get them the recognition they deserve. What makes a Spotify Original v Exclusive What she looks for in an original podcast L...