Like everyone else in the world, I have spent the last week watching Netflix’s new hit show, Squid Game. Unlike, I suspect, everyone else in the world, I didn’t watch with the existential dread of someone wondering how they would fare as a contestant (I would die during red light…

Back in October last year, I wrote a long(ish) blog dissecting the performance of a 6-episode podcast documentary that I had just made, The Town That Didn’t Stare. In that piece I observed a trend that would only continue over the next 6 months: despite an overwhelming headstart for listeners…

I have this theory that we’re approaching the point where someone can create a new media company, raise a $100m through some sort-of vague fraud (a pyramid scheme, probably) involving a colourful cast of bluffers and blaggers, and then, as the company collapses around them, reveal that they have produced…

Can you make a podcast for nothing? And should you?

First off, the obvious answer is no. You need a computer or, at the very least, some device with a microphone, not to mention internet for uploading and electricity for powering the whole thing. The idea of spending $0.00 is…

$12bn is a lot of money for a male chimp? Am I right?! Lot of dollars for a monkey?? For half that price I’ll happily eat a banana and fling my faeces at you!

[Crowd laughs, I place the microphone back on the stand and make a self-deprecating little wave…

It’s possible that some people will have listened to The Town That Knew Too Much and been surprised (or even disappointed) by how little of the first 6 episodes were dedicated to examining and scrutinising the workings of GCHQ. …

Before I start, I would like to preface everything I’m going to write by saying: please consider, at the earliest possible point, working with a production company or hiring a producer/editor. My company, Podot, and I are available for all of these services, and at the very least can offer…

I am a member of a book group that meets once every two months. The group takes a pretty diverse view of the world of literature and has read figures ranging from Toni Morrison to Henry James, via Carson McCullers and JG Ballard. …