Jane Howard

Podcasting is lauded for its level playing field, but when dangerous ideas around vaccination are given equal footing with rigorous science, misinformation can quickly spread. What do we talk about when we talk about vaccines – and who is listening?

In an election where arts & culture policy has largely taken a back seat, how do the various parties’ platforms stack up for artists and arts workers?

A can of cola, a jack-o-lantern, a bar of soap; Radiotopia’s Everything is Alive is an interview podcast with a difference – all the interviewees are inanimate objects. Mixing the mundane and bizarre, it shines a new light on the everyday.

Far too often, podcasts from museums, zoos and galleries are treated as afterthoughts or marketing tools. How can cultural institutions use podcasts to leverage their wealth of material in ways that are intellectually rigorous, accessible and artistically exciting?

From political gabfests and comedy chats to singular-focused series, the wave of podcasts around the recent Irish referendum on abortion offer a unique time capsule of how societal change is understood, debated and ultimately won.

A podcast dedicated to the humble escalator might sound like a niche interest, but Lindsey Green’s People Movers offers a charming and self-deprecating look at both the unsung heroes of our cities and the infectious joy of sharing a common passion.

A new ABC podcast, focusing on the tiny things that have changed history, provokes larger questions around the inherent intimacy of the podcast medium and the way we tell stories within its constraints.

How do we talk about podcasting as an art form? Several popular series on words and language can help us understand the need for a new critical vocabulary.

A new collaboration between a director and writer with distinct aesthetics and audiences produces a work of magical realist memoir that is vibrant, colourful and unique within Australian theatre.

Innocence, trauma and memory in Fraught Outfit’s Book of Exodus