Sound Not Noise

Audio Indies

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The one rule of Audio Indies is that your podcast should never need to be watched to make sense. Whether you're audio-only or you publish video, too, this is the show for podcasters who put the listening experience first. After all, your fans have much more time in the day to listen than they do to watch, and the real connection happens when you offer to accompany them, rather than demand they make time for you. On the show, we cover everything from the craft of spoken-word audio and storytelling to the value of open podcasting, audience ownership, and monetisation models built for independent...

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Interview Skills, Learning From Radio, & the Definition of a Podcast, With James Cridland 08.07.2026 40:02

"Radio is about two-thirds of all time spent listening to audio in the UK. Podcasting is 9%. We have so much space to grow, four, five, six times bigger than we currently are. How exciting to be at the beginning of a medium." If you're involved in podcasting in any way, there's a decent chance you're subscribed to James Cridland's essential Podnews newsletter. Podnews has been running since 2017,...

Audio Is a Collaboration Between Creator and Listener, With Sarah Golding 01.07.2026 47:35

"Those rich landscapes in your mind can be as vast and as detailed as your imagination can be." Sarah Golding a multitalented voice actor, director, and writer. She works as production manager at the Wireless Theatre Company , is the organiser of the Audio Drama Hubfest , and is the host of the Indie AF podcast .

Leave Space for Your Listener, With Lindsay Harris Friel 24.06.2026 31:46

"When you have a lot of sound and then you suddenly go to silence, it's such a disarming contrast. It's like if you're doing puppetry and you drop a puppet." Lindsay Harris Friel writes The Fiction Podcast Weekly newsletter. She's the creator of Jarnsaxa Rising , co-host of Life in the Ted Lane , and I'd highly recommend checking out her 11th Hour Audio piece, Ladies and Gentlemen, The Automatics...

Take Your Listener for a Walk, With Neale James 23.06.2026 49:35

"Radio and podcasting is the strongest form of painting pictures. In the same way, when we read a book, we fill in those gaps, we create the characters, we create their voices, we create the picture." The Photowalk embraces the mindfulness of walking with a camera, being in the great outdoors and making pictures. Each Friday, Neale invites you to lace your boots and walk with him as he shares stor...

A Podcast for Audio-First and Audio-Only Creators 17.06.2026 9:15

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