<![CDATA[Audio Indies]]>d9e0d45f-2a32-58e1-b724-f0d63243660eMon, 20 Jul 2026 06:56:12 +0000Captivate.fmSound Not Noisehttps://artwork.captivate.fm/234f2294-9f54-4219-a996-0b0fd351c299/audio-indies.pngAudio IndiesSound Not NoiseSound Not NoiseThe 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 creators with dedicated niche audiences. https://audio-indies.captivate.fmfalseepisodicnopodcastLauren Shippen on Audio Drama Craft, Silent Movies, & Widening the PoolLauren Shippen on Audio Drama Craft, Silent Movies, & Widening the Pool"I am not out there hawking at the street corner trying to get people to listen to my thing. I am arriving at a potluck with food."

Lauren Shippen has been making audio drama since 2015, when she launched the Bright Sessions and helped kickstart a new wave of fiction podcasting in America. In this conversation, we talk about how the landscape has shifted in the decade since, from the community that's kept the medium alive, to the money that came and went, to why she's not particularly interested in making TV shows. We also get into the craft side of things: what silent films taught her about rhythm and silence, why acting is everything in audio drama, and what it actually means to widen the pool beyond the listeners you already have.


]]>"I am not out there hawking at the street corner trying to get people to listen to my thing. I am arriving at a potluck with food."

Lauren Shippen has been making audio drama since 2015, when she launched the Bright Sessions and helped kickstart a new wave of fiction podcasting in America. In this conversation, we talk about how the landscape has shifted in the decade since, from the community that's kept the medium alive, to the money that came and went, to why she's not particularly interested in making TV shows. We also get into the craft side of things: what silent films taught her about rhythm and silence, why acting is everything in audio drama, and what it actually means to widen the pool beyond the listeners you already have.


]]>64ce0f38-2bdc-4af2-933e-96abc2587792Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:15:00 +010058:06falsefullInterview Skills, Learning From Radio, & the Definition of a Podcast, With James CridlandInterview Skills, Learning From Radio, & the Definition of a Podcast, With James Cridland"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, but James has worked in audio since 1989, including a career in radio. On this episode, we get into some of the tips and tricks we can learn from our sister medium, the problem of all podcasts being thought of as chat shows, and why an agreed-upon definition of podcasting matters more than we might think.

]]>"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, but James has worked in audio since 1989, including a career in radio. On this episode, we get into some of the tips and tricks we can learn from our sister medium, the problem of all podcasts being thought of as chat shows, and why an agreed-upon definition of podcasting matters more than we might think.

]]>98788334-f153-4138-9770-398ad21dcb6dWed, 08 Jul 2026 05:15:00 +010040:02falsefullAudio Is a Collaboration Between Creator and Listener, With Sarah GoldingAudio Is a Collaboration Between Creator and Listener, With Sarah Golding"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.

]]>"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.

]]>b958d479-4df3-46a3-a405-ae7b224c97d7Wed, 01 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +010047:35falsefullLeave Space for Your Listener, With Lindsay Harris FrielLeave Space for Your Listener, With Lindsay Harris Friel"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.

]]>"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.

]]>ddcc83ea-0628-42e4-9243-55ba291b4a5bWed, 24 Jun 2026 07:50:00 +010031:46falsefullTake Your Listener for a Walk, With Neale JamesTake Your Listener for a Walk, With Neale James"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 stories of inspiration, letters and pictures from your own walks and talks with photographers and creative people worldwide.

]]>"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 stories of inspiration, letters and pictures from your own walks and talks with photographers and creative people worldwide.

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