Jay Sykes 🎙📻🎨📖🎓🏳️🌈🇪🇺
@jaysykesmedia.com
🎓 Lecturer in Audio, University of Sunderland
🎙️ Audio Producer & Writer
📻 Vessels of Memory: Glass Ships of Sunderland (Doc)
William’s Castle (Drama), BBC Radio 4
🎨 Podcast & Events for Creatives @ArtyParti.com
🏳️🌈 Queer 🐈⬛🐈🐈 Cat-Dad
🎙️ Audio Producer & Writer
📻 Vessels of Memory: Glass Ships of Sunderland (Doc)
William’s Castle (Drama), BBC Radio 4
🎨 Podcast & Events for Creatives @ArtyParti.com
🏳️🌈 Queer 🐈⬛🐈🐈 Cat-Dad
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Cultural recommendation for UK folk: Artworks art docs on BBC Sounds. Enjoying one about recorders by Susan Calman (expires tomorrow). Also beautiful Souvenirs by @helenzaltzman.bsky.social and @martinaustwick.bsky.social, and a doc about Leigh Bowery by Nick Grimshaw www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
BBC Sounds - Artworks - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of Artworks on BBC Sounds.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Cultural recommendation for UK folk: Artworks art docs on BBC Sounds. Enjoying one about recorders by Susan Calman (expires tomorrow). Also beautiful Souvenirs by @helenzaltzman.bsky.social and @martinaustwick.bsky.social, and a doc about Leigh Bowery by Nick Grimshaw www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
Love the glee in Trainline’s notification voice when it says: “Your connecting train will leave on time.” Thanks, love, but my initial one didn’t so…… 😅🤷♂️
May 17, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Love the glee in Trainline’s notification voice when it says: “Your connecting train will leave on time.” Thanks, love, but my initial one didn’t so…… 😅🤷♂️
How exceptional was Austria though? I’m still weeping 🥹
May 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
How exceptional was Austria though? I’m still weeping 🥹
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The latest "All Hear" from @taliaaugustidis.bsky.social is out with 140+ opportunities for audio makers everywhere. Feat. @observeruk.bsky.social, The Bell, Levels Up Academy, The Moth, EarBuds Podcast Collective & the Berlin School of Podcasting:
transom.org/2025/all-hea...
transom.org/2025/all-hea...
All Hear Newsletter, May 2025 - Transom
All Hear Newsletter, May 2025 - Transom
transom.org
May 15, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The latest "All Hear" from @taliaaugustidis.bsky.social is out with 140+ opportunities for audio makers everywhere. Feat. @observeruk.bsky.social, The Bell, Levels Up Academy, The Moth, EarBuds Podcast Collective & the Berlin School of Podcasting:
transom.org/2025/all-hea...
transom.org/2025/all-hea...
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Been editing a #CultureStart commission, preparing for an exhibition & continuing work behind the scenes on the #TyneDerwentWay Riverside Routes projects.
Also ❤️ thursdays catch-up with Helix Arts chatting about #SouthTyneside adventures. Getting outside is so good for you & sparks creativity.
Also ❤️ thursdays catch-up with Helix Arts chatting about #SouthTyneside adventures. Getting outside is so good for you & sparks creativity.
January 12, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Been editing a #CultureStart commission, preparing for an exhibition & continuing work behind the scenes on the #TyneDerwentWay Riverside Routes projects.
Also ❤️ thursdays catch-up with Helix Arts chatting about #SouthTyneside adventures. Getting outside is so good for you & sparks creativity.
Also ❤️ thursdays catch-up with Helix Arts chatting about #SouthTyneside adventures. Getting outside is so good for you & sparks creativity.
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i think it’s safe to say a lot of us will be keeping the audio adventure flame alive thanks to Short Cuts 🌱
“This is a moment in radio history and not a good one, as the final episode of Short Cuts on Radio 4 airs. After 40 series of extraordinary, groundbreaking audio…” - @radiotimes.bsky.social Pick of the Week
🌙 Listen to ‘Midnight’ - the last edition of @josielong.bsky.social's Short Cuts on Radio 4
🌙 Listen to ‘Midnight’ - the last edition of @josielong.bsky.social's Short Cuts on Radio 4
January 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
i think it’s safe to say a lot of us will be keeping the audio adventure flame alive thanks to Short Cuts 🌱
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“This is a moment in radio history and not a good one, as the final episode of Short Cuts on Radio 4 airs. After 40 series of extraordinary, groundbreaking audio…” - @radiotimes.bsky.social Pick of the Week
🌙 Listen to ‘Midnight’ - the last edition of @josielong.bsky.social's Short Cuts on Radio 4
🌙 Listen to ‘Midnight’ - the last edition of @josielong.bsky.social's Short Cuts on Radio 4
January 7, 2025 at 12:44 PM
“This is a moment in radio history and not a good one, as the final episode of Short Cuts on Radio 4 airs. After 40 series of extraordinary, groundbreaking audio…” - @radiotimes.bsky.social Pick of the Week
🌙 Listen to ‘Midnight’ - the last edition of @josielong.bsky.social's Short Cuts on Radio 4
🌙 Listen to ‘Midnight’ - the last edition of @josielong.bsky.social's Short Cuts on Radio 4
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New doctor who episode joins the "episodes I have cried at" club
it was very very good
wasn't expecting partygate to be part of it lmao
it was very very good
wasn't expecting partygate to be part of it lmao
December 25, 2024 at 6:13 PM
New doctor who episode joins the "episodes I have cried at" club
it was very very good
wasn't expecting partygate to be part of it lmao
it was very very good
wasn't expecting partygate to be part of it lmao
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San Martín Railway at night in Vedia, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina in November 2024 – by Joaquín Conde fieldrecordings.xyz/2024/12/01/s...
December 1, 2024 at 5:46 PM
San Martín Railway at night in Vedia, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina in November 2024 – by Joaquín Conde fieldrecordings.xyz/2024/12/01/s...
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A new episode of the #ArtyParti #podcast is now available 🎨🎉🎙️
Six more #artist & #creative folks “step up to the microphone” at our first ‘Show & Tell’ event at @portindependent.bsky.social in #Sunderland
#Embroidery, #AudioDrama, #Illustrations, #Watercolour, #FoundObjects, and more 🙌
Six more #artist & #creative folks “step up to the microphone” at our first ‘Show & Tell’ event at @portindependent.bsky.social in #Sunderland
#Embroidery, #AudioDrama, #Illustrations, #Watercolour, #FoundObjects, and more 🙌
December 1, 2024 at 6:13 PM
A new episode of the #ArtyParti #podcast is now available 🎨🎉🎙️
Six more #artist & #creative folks “step up to the microphone” at our first ‘Show & Tell’ event at @portindependent.bsky.social in #Sunderland
#Embroidery, #AudioDrama, #Illustrations, #Watercolour, #FoundObjects, and more 🙌
Six more #artist & #creative folks “step up to the microphone” at our first ‘Show & Tell’ event at @portindependent.bsky.social in #Sunderland
#Embroidery, #AudioDrama, #Illustrations, #Watercolour, #FoundObjects, and more 🙌
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I'm finally realising how Ai has completely killed the status of the written assignment academia - I knew it before but seeing it in play is something else. I guess vivas, exams and in-person presentations are the only way forward.
November 28, 2024 at 11:31 AM
I'm finally realising how Ai has completely killed the status of the written assignment academia - I knew it before but seeing it in play is something else. I guess vivas, exams and in-person presentations are the only way forward.
In a storytelling workshop, I tasked MA Radio students with cutting my #AudioDoc ‘Vessels of Memory’ from 28 to 10 mins
Cue reading reviews and reminiscing…
“What a perfectly told story this is for our times.” - @daisydunn.bsky.social in the Spectator
I’m so proud of Ayako Tani and our production
Cue reading reviews and reminiscing…
“What a perfectly told story this is for our times.” - @daisydunn.bsky.social in the Spectator
I’m so proud of Ayako Tani and our production
Vessels of Memory: Glass Ships of Sunderland - BBC Sounds
Now an endangered craft, discover the lost legacy of Sunderland’s glass ships in bottles.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2024 at 11:52 AM
In a storytelling workshop, I tasked MA Radio students with cutting my #AudioDoc ‘Vessels of Memory’ from 28 to 10 mins
Cue reading reviews and reminiscing…
“What a perfectly told story this is for our times.” - @daisydunn.bsky.social in the Spectator
I’m so proud of Ayako Tani and our production
Cue reading reviews and reminiscing…
“What a perfectly told story this is for our times.” - @daisydunn.bsky.social in the Spectator
I’m so proud of Ayako Tani and our production
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I love my job of getting to curate radio but the downside is the ugly crying it makes me do sometimes
November 23, 2024 at 6:54 PM
I love my job of getting to curate radio but the downside is the ugly crying it makes me do sometimes
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Join us for our second 'Show and Tell' at @portindependent.bsky.social in #Sunderland
A live #podcast recording where #artist & #creative types are invited to share their projects 🎨🎉🎙️
2:30pm-5:30pm, Sunday 8th December 2024
Please help us share 🥰🙌
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/artyparti-...
A live #podcast recording where #artist & #creative types are invited to share their projects 🎨🎉🎙️
2:30pm-5:30pm, Sunday 8th December 2024
Please help us share 🥰🙌
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/artyparti-...
ArtyParti - Show & Tell #2
Join us for our second 'Show and Tell' - a live podcast recording where artists & creatives are invited to share their work & projects.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 23, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Join us for our second 'Show and Tell' at @portindependent.bsky.social in #Sunderland
A live #podcast recording where #artist & #creative types are invited to share their projects 🎨🎉🎙️
2:30pm-5:30pm, Sunday 8th December 2024
Please help us share 🥰🙌
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/artyparti-...
A live #podcast recording where #artist & #creative types are invited to share their projects 🎨🎉🎙️
2:30pm-5:30pm, Sunday 8th December 2024
Please help us share 🥰🙌
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/artyparti-...
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40 Sunderland uni jpurnallsm students at Northern Echo HQ today for real world newsroom insights. Thank you @gavfostereditor.bsky.social
November 21, 2024 at 4:43 PM
40 Sunderland uni jpurnallsm students at Northern Echo HQ today for real world newsroom insights. Thank you @gavfostereditor.bsky.social
In an era where there are fewer and fewer cultivated platforms for emerging and early-career producers to broadcast imaginatively crafted and beautifully audiophonic work, the waves made by the discontinuation of Short Cuts will ripple for years to come. Please support @fallingtreeprod.bsky.social
After 12 years on the radio, @josielong.bsky.social's Short Cuts will have its last series on BBC Radio 4 this winter.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
November 22, 2024 at 5:32 PM
In an era where there are fewer and fewer cultivated platforms for emerging and early-career producers to broadcast imaginatively crafted and beautifully audiophonic work, the waves made by the discontinuation of Short Cuts will ripple for years to come. Please support @fallingtreeprod.bsky.social
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I Need A Miracle zapped past 1,000 downloads and got its first awards circuit laurel this week – not bad going just a few days after the season 1 finale! Thank you post-season binge listeners, thank you Inno Vision judges
November 22, 2024 at 1:27 PM
I Need A Miracle zapped past 1,000 downloads and got its first awards circuit laurel this week – not bad going just a few days after the season 1 finale! Thank you post-season binge listeners, thank you Inno Vision judges
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I have a brochure for my editing business, it’s gone through several edits to get it looking right.
It has given me zero clients.
Everyone I’ve edited has been through networking.
It has given me zero clients.
Everyone I’ve edited has been through networking.
I used to have a Twitter account
what’s the longest time you’ve spent creating something for the smallest possible reward?
November 22, 2024 at 11:43 AM
I have a brochure for my editing business, it’s gone through several edits to get it looking right.
It has given me zero clients.
Everyone I’ve edited has been through networking.
It has given me zero clients.
Everyone I’ve edited has been through networking.
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wondery.com/shows/empire...
I see massive group of politics- obsessed ppl here, and I'd like you all to hear this stunning piece of journalism by @chenjerai.bsky.social
#empirecity's depth + scope of the origins of 🇺🇸's police force is mind-blowing. Please tune in here & turn off the MSM.
I see massive group of politics- obsessed ppl here, and I'd like you all to hear this stunning piece of journalism by @chenjerai.bsky.social
#empirecity's depth + scope of the origins of 🇺🇸's police force is mind-blowing. Please tune in here & turn off the MSM.
Empire City: The Untold Origin Story of the NYPD
The police tell us they are here to protect us. But what if their original purpose was something else altogether? Peabody Award-winning host Chenjerai Kumanyika takes listeners on a journey to uncover...
wondery.com
November 21, 2024 at 1:11 PM
wondery.com/shows/empire...
I see massive group of politics- obsessed ppl here, and I'd like you all to hear this stunning piece of journalism by @chenjerai.bsky.social
#empirecity's depth + scope of the origins of 🇺🇸's police force is mind-blowing. Please tune in here & turn off the MSM.
I see massive group of politics- obsessed ppl here, and I'd like you all to hear this stunning piece of journalism by @chenjerai.bsky.social
#empirecity's depth + scope of the origins of 🇺🇸's police force is mind-blowing. Please tune in here & turn off the MSM.
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I will always champion student radio for being so pivotal for launching so many careers in audio, and what the organisation does year after year entirely ran by the passion of volunteers is truly remarkable!
November 21, 2024 at 6:54 PM
I will always champion student radio for being so pivotal for launching so many careers in audio, and what the organisation does year after year entirely ran by the passion of volunteers is truly remarkable!
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Great to have Ger from Veterans In Crisis Sunderland visit parliament today.
We met with the Veterans Minister to discuss how to strengthen veteran voices in parliament and the vital work Ger's team does to support service personnel and their families in the city.
We met with the Veterans Minister to discuss how to strengthen veteran voices in parliament and the vital work Ger's team does to support service personnel and their families in the city.
November 21, 2024 at 4:53 PM
Great to have Ger from Veterans In Crisis Sunderland visit parliament today.
We met with the Veterans Minister to discuss how to strengthen veteran voices in parliament and the vital work Ger's team does to support service personnel and their families in the city.
We met with the Veterans Minister to discuss how to strengthen veteran voices in parliament and the vital work Ger's team does to support service personnel and their families in the city.
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Making my first post what I do best - promoting the best audio across the BBC this week 🎉 and you can listen at 1815 this eve when Romy Gill MBE chooses the highlights, including the Plymouth fish finger and a coal mine rescue - www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... #POTW #radio #audio
BBC Radio 4 - Pick of the Week, Romy Gill
Romy Gill chooses audio highlights from the past week.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 17, 2024 at 11:15 AM
Making my first post what I do best - promoting the best audio across the BBC this week 🎉 and you can listen at 1815 this eve when Romy Gill MBE chooses the highlights, including the Plymouth fish finger and a coal mine rescue - www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... #POTW #radio #audio