Day: November 22, 2024

Ladies, We Need To Talk wins Podcast of the Year

The ABC received five gongs, including Podcast of the Year, at the 2024 Australian Podcast Awards overnight which celebrates the nation’s best podcasts and creators.

Ladies, We Need To Talk, presented by Yumi Stynes, took out the Grand Prix Podcast of the Year and the Sex and Relationships category award. The highest honour award recognises outstanding presentation, original research / writing, sound design and boundary-pushing material that showcases the very best of what Australian podcasting can achieve.

Presented by Yumi Stynes, Ladies, We Need To Talk also beat a strong shortlist including stablemate triple j’s The Hook Up to take home the category prize.

Myf Warhurst and Zan Rowe, two of Australia’s most respected and most loved music journalists and presenters won the Best Host(s) category for their audio offering Double J’s Bang On where they debrief about music, art, life and stuff.

Unravel Firebomb about Chinese restaurants being firebombed in Perth in the 1980’s took out the stiff competition, including ABC’s Stop and Search and Mamamia’s True Crime Conversations, to win the True Crime category award.

The ABC was also successful in the Kids category winning the award for Play School: Ears On, audio adventures made for the broadcaster’s littlest listeners.

ABC Director Audio, Ben Latimer said: “The ABC continues to deliver creative and innovative content for our listeners across all ages in the podcast space.  To be recognised at these awards demonstrates the high-quality podcasts and storytelling the ABC delivers to Australian listeners.”

You can find all of the ABC’s podcasts, including radio, music and audiobooks, free on ABC listen.

TRIPLE M PADS UP AS MITCHELL JOHNSON, BRETT LEE, AND AARON FINCH JOIN WORLD-CLASS CRICKET COMMENTARY LINEUP FOR THE FIRST TEST BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND INDIA

Triple M has bolstered its cricket commentary lineup for the first Test between Australia and India, with cricket royalty Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, and Aaron Finch joining the call. With more than 675 international matches between them, these cricketing legends bring unrivalled expertise and insights to guide cricket fans through every ball, wicket, and boundary.

As India and Australia prepare to clash in a historic five-Test series — the first on Australian soil — Triple M cements its place as the home of cricket with a commentary lineup that is every cricket fan’s dream. Joining Johnson, Lee, and Finch in commentary are some of the biggest names in the game, including Mark Taylor AO, James Brayshaw, Mark Howard, Merv Hughes, Greg Blewett, Mark Waugh AM, Brad Haddin, Callum Ferguson, and Isabelle Westbury. International cricket royalty Lord Ian Botham OBE and Triple M’s Dan Ginnane and Jack Heverin complete this incredible lineup.

This summer kicks off the Triple M Network’s new seven-year agreement, securing exclusive FM metro broadcast, digital audio, and DAB+ rights. Cricket enthusiasts can catch all Australian men’s international games, including Tests, ODIs, and T20s, along with the women’s T20 internationals against England, live on Triple M and LiSTNR.

SCA Head of Sports Content, Ewan Giles, said: “It doesn’t get much bigger than Johnson, Lee, and Finch joining our iconic lineup. These cricket greats add another layer of expertise and energy to one of the most accomplished commentary teams Triple M has ever assembled. Whether fans are at the beach, on the road, or playing backyard cricket, Triple M is their ultimate cricket companion this summer.”

The first five-day Test begins today, Friday, 22 November, as the Australian men’s team takes on India at Optus Stadium, Perth, setting the stage for a thrilling series opener in the battle for the coveted Border–Gavaskar Trophy.

Don’t miss a moment as Triple M Rocks Cricket, live across the metro Triple M network and streaming on LiSTNR. Download the LiSTNR app and sign up for free to catch every ball, wicket, and boundary.

About Triple M:
For more than 40 years, Triple M continues to be one of Australia’s best-known radio entertainment brands and the only radio network that provides its listeners with a unique combination of Rock’s Greatest Hits, Sport and Comedy. With 49 stations across Australia, including DAB+ stations, Triple M 80s, Triple M 90s, Triple M 2000s, Triple M Almost Acoustic, Triple M Classic Rock and Triple M Country, Triple M has become known for playing the greatest hits, good times and its iconic talent and shows that get people talking.

SBS wins Australian Podcast Publisher of the Year for third year running

An outstanding slate of multilingual, multicultural and First Nations content by its Audio, News, Television, and NITV teams has earned SBS the 2024 Australian Podcast Awards top accolade for the third consecutive year in an increasingly competitive landscape.

SBS’s distinctive podcast offering across a range of bold new topics has seen the hybrid-funded public broadcaster once again recognised as Publisher of the Year by the annual Australian Podcast Awards, with its Everything We Need and Grave Matters series winning this year’s climate and factual categories respectively. SBS was also a finalist in the business and education categories.

In addition to being crowned Australian Podcast Publisher of the Year 2024, SBS won gold for Everything We Need (Best Climate Podcast) and Grave Matters (Best Factual Podcast), while being a finalist for Cost of Living Secrets (Best Business Podcast), Should You Really Eat That? (Best Factual Podcast), and Learn English (Best Education Podcast). 

“SBS is proud to be recognised as Australia’s premier producer of podcasts, giving a platform to new and exciting voices often otherwise underrepresented. Our storytelling in over 60 languages informs and entertains audiences about the nation’s diverse communities, building widespread connection and understanding. It’s truly an honour to scoop up this trifecta win,” said David Hua, Director of SBS Audio.

Reflecting an increasingly digital first approach to reaching audiences on their platforms of choice, SBS has achieved over 50 million podcast plays across more than 300 titles in 60+ languages in 2023-24 with content dedicated to elevating diverse perspectives and fostering social inclusion.

“SBS’s strong podcast offering over the past year has embraced many bold and sometimes taboo topics, ranging from death and dying in Grave Matters to untangling the social, cultural and nutritional confusion around the food and drink we consume in Should You Really Eat That?” said Hua. 

“We also proudly launched the first of a new series aimed at reviving First Nations languages in Ngiyang by NITV Radio, strengthened household budgets in Cost of Living Secrets by SBS News, and entertained with companion podcast Alone Australia: The Podcast by SBS Audio/SBS Television.”

SBS teams at the Australian Podcast Awards 2024 in Sydney. 

Beyond serving multilingual Australians with content in their language of choice, SBS’s podcast offering also supports the settlement journey of new migrants with free adult English language learning and practical information to aid full social and civic participation through SBS Learn English and Australia Explained.

“SBS’s podcast slate not only helps grow awareness of the contribution of a diversity of cultures to Australian society, but critically speaks to the changing nature of contemporary Australia with people increasingly wanting to hear their stories and experiences reflected in the content they consume,” said Davide Schiappapietra, SBS Head of Language Content.

Selected highlights of in-language podcasts in 2023-24 include She by SBS Mandarin which explores the lives of Chinese-Australian women; SBS Urdu’s A Costly Silence about domestic violence, SBS Portuguese’s O luto e a luta do imigrante about migratory grief, and Finding Freedom by SBS Persian which shares the stories of refugees and asylum seekers.

As part of its ongoing commitment to discovering and supporting diverse new voices and original ideas, SBS made a fourth public call-out for podcast pitches in 2024, while shortlisted projects from the 2023 callout were further developed and piloted with the SBS Audio team, including successful commissions Grand Gestures, Comedy Karma, and Why is Australia in Eurovision?

All SBS podcasts are available via the SBS Audio website and app which can be downloaded via the App Store for iOS and Google Play for Android. Selected titles are also available wherever you consume your podcasts and radio streams, including Apple Podcasts, LiSTNR, Spotify and TuneIn.