Martin Spinelli: The ABCs of podcasting

02/07/23 • 48 min

Professor Martin Spinelli is something of an expert when it comes to podcasting. He has over 30 years of experience from starting out as a radio producer and presenter in his 20s to becoming a podcast researcher and host for almost a decade. He’s now sharing his valuable knowledge of the industry with a new generation of students, teaching a podcasting module at the University of Sussex.

Spinelli sat down with PodPod presenter Rhianna Dhillon and reporter Reem Makari in the latest episode of the podcast to talk about the essential skills that students need to learn in podcasting, the most common mistakes they can make, the biggest success stories from his classroom, and what the next generation in podcasting can bring to the industry.

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Award-winning presenter and historian Dan Snow has a passion for the past, whether it’s as the face presenting documentaries across the BBC or the voice behind the popular History Hit podcast, which has had a successful run since its launch in 2014. Now, Snow is the creative director of the History Hit podcast network and SVOD platform, home to eight podcasts and over 500 video programmes, after selling his company to Little Dot Studios in 2020.

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Hosted by Rhianna Dillon, and produced by Emma Corsham for Haymarket Business Media.

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