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!

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!

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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!

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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👇

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Our article below (written for the 40th anniversary) traces SBS Radio’s history - written with the late and deeply lamented Jillian Hocking, a gifted and passionate journalist who was Training Manager at SBS Melbourne for over a decade.

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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 💚

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

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

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

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.

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@australianlabor.bsky.social to get young women on board, send a YOUNG WOMAN e.g. Tu Le Or ANY woman who can play loose and real e.g. @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social Go where the demographic is e.g. Shameless 2million pod DL & average listener 30y.o
Hint: don't send @albomp.bsky.social

#IWD2025

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

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

Melbourne audio folk - 24 hrs to get your entries in!

Look fwd to listening - and judging…

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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

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"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 👏👏
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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

“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