In our disability in podcasting panel from the 2024 IWPF, Lydia Wilkins, Deeivya Meir and Brooke-Jade Millhouse discuss the nuance of disability and why awareness isn’t enough when it comes to allowing people with disabilities to fully participate in creating and enjoying podcasts

A panel from our 2026 London event. Finding funding for your podcast is often a holy grail for podcasters. But whilst adverts and sponsorship are the obvious route to monetize, it isn’t always the right route. Our panellists share why they don't use advertising as a revenue stream and how they have found funding in other places.

No matter your audience size, marketing is a challenge. Understanding how to identify and own your niche, build visibility, and approach sponsors and organisations with confidence – where do you start? In this talk, Kelly Princess Shungu is here to give you a clear, actionable marketing system you can implement immediately.

Nicole Kelly gives a talk for audio storytellers about narrative disobedience. Queering Audio Storytelling is about more than queer representation, it’s about queerness as a value system that can inform our narrative choices. So this workshop is for anyone who wants to:

• think more creatively about the shape of your stories,

• consider the ways your protagonists’ lived experiences can inform narrative choices, or

• come up with your own rubric for telling stories about or from within marginalized communities.

Audio platforms have the power to shape cultural authority by allowing voices from diverse regions to participate directly in public conversation. Leena will be sharing insights into how credibility forms within digital audio ecosystems, how creators build influence across borders, and how thoughtful economic models support sustainable independent media.

If you have ever been confronted with a controversial or emotionally charged topic, in this talk Podcast host Diana Safieh [Dee-Anna Saf-E-A] shares ten practical tips for interviewing polarising guests with clarity, integrity and empathy. This includes building the confidence to ask difficult questions, strategies for balancing honesty about personal perspectives with journalistic credibility, and a framework for creating thoughtful conversations that inform audiences rather than inflame them.

A panel from our 2026 London festival — sometimes the podcast is only the start! In this conversation, our panellists are going to help you consider some of the ways you could expand your offer outside the studio and create unique ways to connect your community with your show.

Cristina Marras shares three concrete techniques for incorporating your native language into English audio, finding the confidence to experiment, and sending you off with exciting new exercises.

. In this panel from London 2026, we are going to hear about where podcast trends start, how trends move from indie podcasting to mainstream production companies and how you might be able to get ahead of future movements.

Andreea Corscai and Mae Mariyam Thomas speak to Content is Queen’s Acting MD about the different methods you can use to help your podcast get discovered and grow a community.

Jess Hamilton shares a workshop on Audio Storytelling for Impact, which is an introduction to the ‘impact campaign’ method of production, and how this may offer a pathway to powerful projects.

Video remains highly-valuable for audiences, but filming your podcast is not everyone’s goal. Our next panel speaks about different ways to use video creatively and stay true to your audio-first podcast.

As podcasting evolves in the age of generative AI, you, as a creator, are facing a challenge: how do you maintain authenticity, depth and humanity? Beatrice Ngalula Kabutakapua hopes to help you to elevate your storytelling craft so that your voice is not submerged under inauthentic language but is instead elevated, personable and resonates with your audience.