Siobhan McHugh
@siobhanmchugh.bsky.social
Passionate about podcasts & audio storytelling as creative, critic, academic, consultant, speaker. Winner, 7 gold NYF. Author, The Power of Podcasting: telling stories through sound (CUP). Consulting Producer, The Greatest Menace https://siobhanmchugh.org/
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“Dark themes nestle alongside tender family moments in this beautifully judged podcast…”
@siobhanmchugh.bsky.social lists Half-Life in her Best Podcasts of 2025 for @theconversation.com theconversation.com/festering-fa...
@siobhanmchugh.bsky.social lists Half-Life in her Best Podcasts of 2025 for @theconversation.com theconversation.com/festering-fa...
Festering families, difficult truths and transcendent grace: best podcasts of 2025
From Australia and around the world, here are the podcast gems of 2025.
theconversation.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:25 AM
“Dark themes nestle alongside tender family moments in this beautifully judged podcast…”
@siobhanmchugh.bsky.social lists Half-Life in her Best Podcasts of 2025 for @theconversation.com theconversation.com/festering-fa...
@siobhanmchugh.bsky.social lists Half-Life in her Best Podcasts of 2025 for @theconversation.com theconversation.com/festering-fa...
Lots of other fab writers at the True Story Festival in Coledale all weekend, 15-16 Nov - check out the full program southcoastwriters.org/true-story-p...
True Story Program — South Coast Writers Centre
southcoastwriters.org
October 30, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Lots of other fab writers at the True Story Festival in Coledale all weekend, 15-16 Nov - check out the full program southcoastwriters.org/true-story-p...
Our article below (written for the 40th anniversary) traces SBS Radio’s history - written with the late and deeply lamented Jillian Hocking, a gifted and passionate journalist who was Training Manager at SBS Melbourne for over a decade.
theconversation.com/sbs-radio-sh...
theconversation.com/sbs-radio-sh...
June 9, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Our article below (written for the 40th anniversary) traces SBS Radio’s history - written with the late and deeply lamented Jillian Hocking, a gifted and passionate journalist who was Training Manager at SBS Melbourne for over a decade.
theconversation.com/sbs-radio-sh...
theconversation.com/sbs-radio-sh...
Thanks team 💚 - it sure is!
May 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Thanks team 💚 - it sure is!
Loved Division Street Revisited!
Great concept, to reframe Studs’ original audio gold via contemporary/family voices, while Mary brings a keen observational lens that sounds fresh and warm. Audio-savvy local Bill Healy @chicagoan.bsky.social helps craft storytelling that’s both gentle and punchy 👏👌
Great concept, to reframe Studs’ original audio gold via contemporary/family voices, while Mary brings a keen observational lens that sounds fresh and warm. Audio-savvy local Bill Healy @chicagoan.bsky.social helps craft storytelling that’s both gentle and punchy 👏👌
April 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Loved Division Street Revisited!
Great concept, to reframe Studs’ original audio gold via contemporary/family voices, while Mary brings a keen observational lens that sounds fresh and warm. Audio-savvy local Bill Healy @chicagoan.bsky.social helps craft storytelling that’s both gentle and punchy 👏👌
Great concept, to reframe Studs’ original audio gold via contemporary/family voices, while Mary brings a keen observational lens that sounds fresh and warm. Audio-savvy local Bill Healy @chicagoan.bsky.social helps craft storytelling that’s both gentle and punchy 👏👌