This lecture was held on Sunday, 25 February 2024, at SONOHR.

How do you create a linear story from the fragments of your life? Join Talia and Phoebe in an exploration around telling personal stories. In this session the two audio makers will share helpful techniques for self-interview and finding your own voice. Plus, how can you create personal portraits that move beyond language and into the abstract?

Listen to Dead Ends, which explores how to remember someone you’ve forgotten. Produced by Talia.

Listen to County Lines, which explores the devastating impact of drug gangs in the UK. Co-produced by Phoebe.

Talia Augustidis is an multi-award-winning audio producer and community organiser based in London. She is the host and creator of the podcast, UnReality, which has featured in festivals around the world, from Florence to Paris to New York. She built an extensive audio industry resource list and writes a monthly newsletter, All Hear, to help improve the accessibility of information in the audio industry. For the last two years she has also been the curator of popular audio events with In The Dark London.

Phoebe McIndoe is an award-winning radio journalist and co-producer of the podcast Telling Stories which featured in Bello Collectibe's top 100 Outstanding Podcasts for 2021 and was nominated for most Inspiring podcast in the The International Women's Podcast Awards. Her work has been nominated for Prix Marulic, HearSay and 60 Sec Radio. At the ARIAs in 2022, her co-production ‘Lights Out: The Last Taboo’, won the Silver Award for Best Factual documentary and her more recent work County Lines was nominated for DIG's awards for outstanding international journalism.