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My Podium is the voice of the under 25s. We talk about everything – from careers and trends to politics and college – this podcast is shaped by the opinions...
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My Podium is the voice of the under 25s. We talk about everything – from careers and trends to politics and college – this podcast is shaped by the opinions YOU have and the stories you’re interested in.
If you want to produce an episode, why not pitch us an idea on Instagram @podiumdotme to have YOUR voice featured on My Podium - and don’t forget to follow and subscribe.
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15 APR 2025 · A Glasgow hospital, a granny, two adult granddaughters and a dog. Doug the dog is one of the highlights of this energetic and very Scottish drama.
This audio drama is the result of 5 years working with young writers across the UK. The project was funded by 21st Century Fox and took place in Belfast, Edinburgh, Derby Oxford, London and online.
All the dramas in this series are written during the time of Covid lockdowns, or soon after the restrictions were changed. The dramas reflect society and the unusual, stressful, and sometimes bizarre consequences of recent historical events
.Doug the Dog is written by Susan Aitken
Gran - Joan Walker
Doug and security guard - Flynn Hallmann
Lizzie - Julie Maisey
Fiona - Kirsty McKirdy
Sound design - Mat Clark
Director - Laurel Lefkow
Producer Camilla Byk
Susan Aitken is an experienced performer, photographer, facilitator, and community-based artist with a history of working in the performing arts industry.
Find out more about what we do at Podium.me http://www.podium.me
If you are inspired by this episode, and want to get involved in one of our projects, we’d love to hear from you. Please see the Podium.me website http://www.podium.me for resources you may find useful. You can find further information about us on instagram @podiumdotme
Calling All Young Writers & Documentary Creators
Are you aged 18-25 with a passion for storytelling? Do you have a gripping drama script or a compelling documentary idea that deserves to be heard?
Podium.me, the award-winning podcast platform, is looking for fresh voices to create bold, original audio stories. Whether you're an aspiring playwright, a documentary maker, or just someone with a unique perspective, we want to hear from you.
Drama Writers – Submit a short script (5-15 mins) that works in an audio format.
Documentary Creators – Pitch an idea for an engaging real-life story that needs to be told.
This is your chance to bring your ideas to life and reach a wide audience.
How to apply: Send your script or pitch to camilla.byk@podium.me
Don’t miss this opportunity to make your voice heard
15 APR 2025 · The romance of meeting by the sewage works near the Oxford ringroad is waning during lockdown walks. What will they find to talk about over their picnic this time?
This audio drama is the result of 5 years working with young writers across the UK. The project was funded by 21st Century Fox and took place in Belfast, Edinburgh, Derby Oxford, London and online.
All the dramas in this series are written during the time of Covid lockdowns, or soon after the restrictions were changed. The dramas reflect society and the unusual, stressful, and sometimes bizarre consequences of recent historical events.
Home Brew is written by Katie Sayer
Callum - George Naylor
Mary - Lily Anne Lefkow
Sound design - Mat Clark
Director - Laurel Lefkow
Producer Camilla Byk
Katie Sayer credits:
The Skewer: Three Twisted Years - BBC Television - lead writer. Love’s A Beach - Soho Theatre - co-writer The Skewer - BBC Radio 4 - lead writer: series 8 - 11, commissioned writer: series 5-7, additional material writer: series 2-4 (60+ credits) The Naked Week - BBC Radio 4 - writerDead Ringers - BBC Radio 4 - writer. One Person Found This Helpful - BBC Radio 4 - writer. Marco Pantani: Death of a Pirate - BBC 5Live - writer, showrunner and producer (10 part series) Pick of the Year 2022 - BBC Radio 4 - POTY Radio Academy 30 Under 30 - 2023 Audio Production Awards - Best Sports Producer - Nominee
As part of the Skewer: 3x Gold ARIAs, 9x NYF Awards, 2x BBC Audio Drama Awards, and a BPA
Find out more about what we do at Podium.me http://www.podium.me
If you are inspired by this episode, and want to get involved in one of our projects, we’d love to hear from you. Please see the Podium.me website http://www.podium.me for resources you may find useful. You can find further information about us on instagram @podiumdotme
Calling All Young Writers & Documentary Creators
Are you aged 18-25 with a passion for storytelling? Do you have a gripping drama script or a compelling documentary idea that deserves to be heard?
Podium.me, the award-winning podcast platform, is looking for fresh voices to create bold, original audio stories. Whether you're an aspiring playwright, a documentary maker, or just someone with a unique perspective, we want to hear from you.
Drama Writers – Submit a short script (5-15 mins) that works in an audio format.
Documentary Creators – Pitch an idea for an engaging real-life story that needs to be told. This is your chance to bring your ideas to life and reach a wide audience.
How to apply: Send your script or pitch to camilla.byk@podium.me
15 APR 2025 · A young couple working on a dairy farm in Derbyshire start to imagine what might be going on in the outside world during lockdown. Complete with a cast of cows and imaginary drama involving long-lost friends.
This audio drama is the result of 5 years working with young writers across the UK. The project was funded by 21st Century Fox and took place in Belfast, Edinburgh, Derby Oxford, London and online.
All the dramas in this series are written during the time of Covid lockdowns, or soon after the restrictions were changed. The dramas reflect society and the unusual, stressful, and sometimes bizarre consequences of recent historical events.
Saving Mel Spencer is written by Simon Marshall
George- Sam Stafford
Dan- George Naylor
Sound design Mat Clark
Director Laurel Lefkow
Producer Camilla Byk
Simon Marshall is a playwright, writing facilitator and dramaturg from Derbyshire, living in Sheffield. Associate Artist of Derby Theatre, part of initiatives in Derbyshire and South Yorkshire enabling disadvantaged people to explore their creativity.
One such project 'Odyssey' a VR Audio Play with Plus One, went on to win a Stage Award for Digital Project of the Year 2023. My writing and facilitating practice seeks to empower rural and marginalised narratives and LGBTQ+ individuals, and has been informed by collaborating with charities, care-experienced groups and communities local to me.
Recent work
Below Decadence (Queer Folio 2023 Commission, Amplify Festival at Nottingham Playhouse October 2024)Follows Sebastian from 'The Tempest' reimagined to a present-day megayacht, in the pursuit of personal gain.The piece is part stand-up comedy, part monologue, performed by Curtis Dunn and directed by Alice Fitzgerald (Purple Snowflakes and Tittywanks, Stage Debut Awards Best Director Nominee 2022).
Find out more about what we do at Podium.me http://www.podium.me
If you are inspired by this episode, and want to get involved in one of our projects, we’d love to hear from you. Please see the Podium.me website http://www.podium.me for resources you may find useful. You can find further information about us on instagram @podiumdotme
Calling All Young Writers & Documentary Creators
Are you aged 18-25 with a passion for storytelling? Do you have a gripping drama script or a compelling documentary idea that deserves to be heard?
Podium.me, the award-winning podcast platform, is looking for fresh voices to create bold, original audio stories. Whether you're an aspiring playwright, a documentary maker, or just someone with a unique perspective, we want to hear from you.
Drama Writers – Submit a short script (5-15 mins) that works in an audio format.
Documentary Creators – Pitch an idea for an engaging real-life story that needs to be told.
This is your chance to bring your ideas to life and reach a wide audience.
How to apply: Send your script or pitch to camilla.byk@podium.me
Don’t miss this opportunity to make your voice heard
15 APR 2025 · An elderly lady meets a young stranger. Loneliness and connection across generations is an unexpected outcome of this short drama recorded on location in Folkestone, Kent.
This audio drama is the result of 5 years working with young writers across the UK. The project was funded by 21st Century Fox and took place in Belfast, Edinburgh, Derby Oxford, London and online.
All the dramas in this series are written during the time of Covid lockdowns, or soon after the restrictions were changed. The dramas reflect society and the unusual, stressful, and sometimes bizarre consequences of recent historical events.
Open is written by Emily Reader
Vanessa - Diane Langford
Mae - Madeleine Leslay
Manager - Oliver Gower
Audio production - David Sharp
Director Cordelia Galloway
Producer Camilla Byk
Emily Reader is a script writer specialising in audio and television. ‘https://open.spotify.com/episode/4ybAepm75u79b28uBHIOXR?si=eb0c88c763be4b7b‘. She has was awarded a distinction for her Script Writing MA at Goldsmiths University, and won the https://www.kiffest.uk/submissions at the https://www.kiffest.uk/, meaning her short film, Swan Song, is being produced to be screened at next year’s festival. She works with https://www.wilkinsonproductionsaudio.com/ as a scriptwriter and associate producer, regularly pitching to the BBC.
Her stage play, https://emilyreaderwriter.wordpress.com/rumours/, was performed both in Exeter and at the Inter-University Drama Festival in Glasgow in 2018. In May 2020, she adapted the script into https://anchor.fm/emily-reader. She has a portfolio of scripts available for production. Emily’s work has been produced and distributed by Thematic Theatre, https://indie-clips.com/break-in-by-emily-reader, https://evasecho.com/, https://www.raggedfoils.co.uk/, and the https://www.newsroomtheatrecompany.com/haringey-fringe.Emily has also written for BBC Radio https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00kvs8r. Her scripts have been shortlisted by https://www.owdyado.co.uk/audio, Ghostcow Productions, and her work has been read at scratch nights lead by http://scriptwritersbath.co.uk/?fbclid=IwAR1FtWaLBxVNMJ2v007AzNDEp2vexm1GRJ02gp9b8gFdBt-6Npgoqx-w2wU, Dapper Sandwich, https://www.newsroomtheatrecompany.com/about, and https://www.instagram.com/lonely_penguin_productions/.
Find out more about what we do at Podium.me http://www.podium.me
If you are inspired by this episode, and want to get involved in one of our projects, we’d love to hear from you.
Please see the Podium.me website http://www.podium.me for resources you may find useful. You can find further information about us on instagram @podiumdotme
Calling All Young Writers & Documentary Creators
Are you aged 18-25 with a passion for storytelling? Do you have a gripping drama script or a compelling documentary idea that deserves to be heard?
Podium.me, the award-winning podcast platform, is looking for fresh voices to create bold, original audio stories. Whether you're an aspiring playwright, a documentary maker, or just someone with a unique perspective, we want to hear from you.
Drama Writers – Submit a short script (5-15 mins) that works in an audio format.
Documentary Creators – Pitch an idea for an engaging real-life story that needs to be told.
This is your chance to bring your ideas to life and reach a wide audience.
How to apply: Send your script or pitch to camilla.byk@podium.me
Don’t miss this opportunity to make your voice heard
15 APR 2025 · An Irish mother and daughter wait at home with a coffin. Will the recently lifted lockdown restrictions mean that their friends will come to the wake? Or will they find a football match and the pub more appealing?
This audio drama is the result of 5 years working with young writers across the UK. The project was funded by 21st Century Fox and took place in Belfast, Edinburgh, Derby Oxford, London and online.
All the dramas in this series are written during the time of Covid lockdowns, or soon after the restrictions were changed. The dramas reflect society and the unusual, stressful, and sometimes bizarre consequences of recent historical events.
The Biscuit Tin is written by Ciara Jayne Stagg
Dympna - Joan Walker
Cara - Avena Mansergh-Wallace
Sound design Mat Clark
Director Laurel Lefkow
Producer Camilla Byk
Ciara Jayne Stagg is a Dublin-based writer, focused on theatre and short fiction. Her plays include Landlines (Fishamble's New Play Clinic, 2020) and Hardhat (Brian Friel Theatre, 2016). Her short stories Say When and Lollipop Yellow were published in Shorter Stories Ireland (2022). She is currently developing Ctrl+Alt+Grieve, a new play exploring loss in the digital age.
Find out more about what we do at Podium.me http://www.podium.me
If you are inspired by this episode, and want to get involved in one of our projects, we’d love to hear from you. Please see the Podium.me website http://www.podium.me for resources you may find useful. You can find further information about us on instagram @podiumdotme
Calling All Young Writers & Documentary Creators
Are you aged 18-25 with a passion for storytelling? Do you have a gripping drama script or a compelling documentary idea that deserves to be heard?
Podium.me, the award-winning podcast platform, is looking for fresh voices to create bold, original audio stories. Whether you're an aspiring playwright, a documentary maker, or just someone with a unique perspective, we want to hear from you.
Drama Writers – Submit a short script (5-15 mins) that works in an audio format.
Documentary Creators – Pitch an idea for an engaging real-life story that needs to be told.
This is your chance to bring your ideas to life and reach a wide audience.
How to apply: Send your script or pitch to camilla.byk@podium.me
Don’t miss this opportunity to make your voice heard
25 MAR 2025 · My Podium is the voice of the under 25s. We talk about everything. Careers and trends, politics and college - My Podium features interviews, documentaries and audio dramas shaped by the opinions of young people and the stories they’re interested in.
If you want to produce an episode, why not pitch us an idea on Instagram @podiumdotme to have YOUR voice featured on My Podium - and don’t forget to follow and subscribe.
My Podium is the voice of the under 25s. We talk about everything – from careers and trends to politics and college – this podcast is shaped by the opinions...
show more
My Podium is the voice of the under 25s. We talk about everything – from careers and trends to politics and college – this podcast is shaped by the opinions YOU have and the stories you’re interested in.
If you want to produce an episode, why not pitch us an idea on Instagram @podiumdotme to have YOUR voice featured on My Podium - and don’t forget to follow and subscribe.
show less
If you want to produce an episode, why not pitch us an idea on Instagram @podiumdotme to have YOUR voice featured on My Podium - and don’t forget to follow and subscribe.
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