Melbourne-based radio producers Izzy Roberts-Orr, Areej Nur and Bethany Atkinson-Quinton have launched Broadwave, a curated network of Australian podcasts focused on telling ‘community-driven stories’.
The network aims to ‘provide a genuine, intelligent and considered alternative space for quality independent audio content’, and will help develop and promote emerging Australian podcasts and podcast producers. In addition to partnering with existing independent podcasts, Broadwave will commission new podcasts and one-off creative audio pieces that will be distributed online via its website and on platforms such as iTunes.
Nur told Books+Publishing the team was inspired to launch the network to highlight more local stories. ‘What we found was that we listened to a lot of American podcasts (and some local ones) but the stories that we heard were not necessarily the ones that exist here. We know how many people there are…
