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Podcast Pioneers

Miranda Sawyer meets the agenda-setting podcasters who have broken new ground in the genre.

Miranda Sawyer with the third episode of her series about the world of podcasts, rounding up some of the best from around the globe. This week: podcast pioneers, the agenda-setting podcasters who have broken new ground in the genre.

Miranda hears from the creators of Welcome to Night Vale, who talk about their perhaps unlikely surrealist pod hit.

The programme also features Wendy Zukerman's Australian-based science podcast Science Vs, recently bought up by Gimlet Media, an increasingly powerful new media player in the burgeoning podcasting market.

Ben Hammersley, internet technologist and journalist, and the man who invented the word "podcast" guests.

Producer: Jim Frank
Researcher: Chris Pearson.

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30 minutes

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Sun 21 Feb 201619:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Ben Hammersley

Ben Hammersley

Ben Hammersley is a tech journalist and the Innovator-in-Residence for Goldsmiths University. He also coined the word 'Podcast'.

Welcome to Night Vale

Welcome to Night Vale
Welcome to Night Vale is a twice-monthly podcast in the style of community radio, set in the mysterious town of Night Vale. This week, Miranda interviews the podcast's creators Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor.

Love + Radio

Love + Radio features in-depth, otherworldly-produced interviews with an eclectic range of subjects, from the seedy to the sublime. This week we talk to the programme's director Nick van der Kolk, and there are reflections on a specific episode of Love + Radio called 'The Living Room'.

MyAfrica

MyAfrica interviews leading Africans, including politicians, artists, musicians and business leaders.

Hardcore History

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History features long-form analysis and exploration of historical events.

Science Vs

Wendy Zukerman's Science VS is the science show that pits facts against fads. Series 2 will be produced by Gimlet Media.

Limetown

In the fictional podcast series Limetown, American Public Radio host Lia Haddock investigates the infamous disappearance of a doomed research facility.

Made in Sweden

'Made in Sweden' is the true story of how three brothers grew up to become some of Sweden's most wanted criminals, as told by the fourth brother Stefan Thunberg and crime journalist Anders Roslund.

Broadcasts

  • Sat 21 Nov 201510:30
    BBC Radio 4
  • Sun 21 Feb 201611:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sun 21 Feb 201619:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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