Since launching in 2016, over 18,000 visitors have joined us for the London Podcast Festival. This year’s programme features lots of returning favourites as well as brand-new faces. Over two amazing weekends experience some of the best British and international podcasts live, meet the podcasters and discover new talents.
Our exceptional panel of academics, podcasters and broadcasters share the process behind their popular shows, and offer tips on how you can make your nonfiction stories sparkle and shine.
If you’ve got a great idea for a podcast, but need some help getting started, this is the session for you.
Dave Pickering started making podcasts in 2008 with a DIY attitude and very little money. Since then his work has been nominated for Sony Radio and Audio Production awards, won a British Podcast award,
The best stories need killer sound design, and killer sound design needs both a technician and a storyteller. In this workshop aimed at proficient editors and producers, Andy Goddard will open up his edit sessions.
For fans of role-playing games, improv and collaborative storytelling - join Ellie Sparrow (Flintlocks and Fireballs) and Maxamillian John (Pax Fortuna!, The Infinite Bad) as they discuss how they made their actual play podcasts and tips on how you can make your own.
Here to help you figure out how to do pitch your podcast professionally and effectively are a group of leading content commissioners from both the public and private sector.
In this session, experienced Freelance Audio Producer Arlie Adlington, who works with companies such as BBC and Tate, will take you through everything you should be thinking about to get the best possible quality on tape, when you finally hit the big red button.
In this session, Morgan M Page (One From the Vaults) and Jason Reed (Stop and Search) will go through why and how they make their podcasts.
A discussion around representation in podcasting and how some of the UK's biggest podcasters have created their own platforms to tell their own stories about their lived experiences that have transcended over to wider audiences.
Our panelists will be discussing everything: from recording, sound design and production, to writing, performing, and the oft-neglected art of directing audio drama.
In this session, Christina Moore will offer marketing tips you can implement on any budget.
In this session Suzy, Louise and Sam will explore how to channel your passion into a podcast and connect your show with an audience of like-minded people.
Host of the Comedy Club 4 Kids Radio Nonsense podcast, comedian Tiernan Douieb will tell you all about the ins and outs of making a show for children.
One of the most frequently asked questions podcasters ask are ‘how can I monetise my podcasts?’ or ‘where can this podcast take me?’ Both Iszi and Kobi can take you through the direct and indirect methods of making money from your show.
Here to provide practical guidance and inspiration is legendary producer John Dryden, a multi-award winning creator of audio drama and master of making the unreal, real.
In this session Ruth Barnes and Laura Sheeter will look at how to walk the line between branded content that delivers what your client is after but also sings creatively.
Live! Original Winning Audio Fiction Shorts, from The Dashingly Quirky Original Audio Fiction Script Writing Competition 2019!