Fantastic Noise
By University of Bedfordshire
A podcast about making radio, from the University of Bedfordshire. Join Terry Lee as we hear from experts and professionals talking about a variety of radio topics, as well as jargon-busting, and discussion exploring how we define what good audio is.
Latest episode
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Second Tier (with podcast host Ryan Dilks)
Second Tier is a Championship football podcast co-hosted by Ryan Dilks, a University of Bedfordshire radio graduate. We talk to Ryan about establishing & maintaining Second Tier, working with Stak to promote the podcast & his journey in audio… -
Boxing Content Creation (with The Propa Podcast's Sonny Madden)
The Propa Podcast is a boxing podcast produced by Sonny Madden, AKA Uncle Propa from Youtube. We talk to Sonny about how he got into creating content about Boxing, why he then got into podcasting, and the media opportunities it has created for him si… -
Fantasy 606 (with BBC Producer Grace Mailey)
Grace Mailey was, up until recently, producer of the BBC's 'Fantasy 606' podcast - where Ali Bruce-Ball, Chris Sutton & Statman Dave talk FPL each week. Recorded in the summer, Grace share's her wider BBC role (she had just come back from the Par… -
Trevor Dann
We're back! Trevor Dann, previously Head of BBC Music Entertainment (1996-2000), came to the University to speak with Terry. Covering a range of topics including Radio 1 in the 90s, Live Aid, community radio & the importance of a multimedia appro… -
Writing Audio Drama (with Holy Smokes’ Joel Emery)
The last episode of this series. Joel Emery from Holy Smokes is the writer of podcasts The Offensive, Jackie The Ripper and BOOM. He gives us top tips for creating audio drama, and goes into detail about the viability of the audio drama business. Cli… -
Long Form Audio (with the BBC’s Georgia Coan)
Georgia Coan is an award-winning podcast producer, investigative journalist, and presenter who currently works in the BBC Long Form Audio Department. She has produced and reported for award-winning podcasts like Radio 4’s Beyond Today, BBC New’s yout… -
Early Breakfast (with BBC Radio London’s Jason Rosam)
Jason Rosam is the host of Early Breakfast for BBC Radio London. He spent some time talking with us about what's involved, and gave us his advice for good local radio. Link to episode that features in the audio: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0cy… -
Music Programming (with Radio X’s Lea Stonhill)
The lovely folk at Radio X are broadly aiming their output at an audience aged between 25 and 44, according to the website of the parent company Global. So how do you decide what music they should be listening to? Lea Stonhill, Music Programmer at th… -
Making The Skewer (with producer Tony Churnside)
The Skewer is a multi-award-winning programme from BBC Radio 4. It combines sound-bites, surreal content and music into a form of sound collage. It is poignant and funny. Every episode's final mix is done by Tony Churnside, and he kindly spoke to us … -
25 Years Of Radio LaB 97.1FM
In this episode we reflect on the 25th birthday of the University Of Bedfordshire's community radio station, Radio LaB 97.1FM. In May 2022 we were celebrating. Our beloved radio station, Radio LaB, marked 25 years since it’s first incarnation as Lut…
