Coming soon a taster of some of the sessions on the programme...
Combining the Continent – Podcasting in Africa
Meet the team behind The Comb - the BBC’s first podcast created for young podcast listeners in Africa
Speakers: Kim Chakanetsa (Presenter, The Comb, BBC, Zimbabwe) Mary Goodhart (Producer, The Comb, BBC, UK) - Presenter Kim Chakanetsa and producer Mary Goodhart will be discussing this exciting time for podcasting in Africa. They will talk about how The Comb is reaching its audience and trying to bring new listeners to podcasting. The Comb, from the BBC World Service and BBC Africa was launched in July 2020.
The US elections, perspectives "from here" and abroad
Meet the producers of Washington d’ici
Speakers - Raphaël Grand (Journalist / US correspondent, RTS, Switzerland) Gregory Philipps (Bureau Chief, Radio France, United States) Sonia Dridi (French Correspondent, France 24, United States) Anne Corpet (US Correspondent, RFE, France) - This session features a behind-the-scenes take on the presidential elections from reporters on the ground. Launched in 2019, the podcast "Washington d'Ici" unites five French-language public radios for refreshingly thoughtful coverage on the breakneck political newscycle in the US.
Multilingual podcasts 101
How do you adapt a podcast to another language?
Speaker - Lory Martinez (Founder, Studio Ochenta, US) - What does it take to make a chart-topping podcast in France, Spain and China? Lory Martinez is the founder of Studio Ochenta, one of the first podcast companies to focus on multilingual productions. In this short session she will explain the top five things to do when adapting a podcast to another language.