MIC’s Podcast Edit Club launches in March
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MIC’s Podcast Edit Club wants to get you out of the house, because, let’s be honest, podcasting can be a lonely game – more often than not, it’s just you and your computer, editing for hours on end.  Launching on Wednesday 20th March at Media City, MIC’s Podcast Edit Club is designed for you to […]

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Learn podcast basics with Mic in February
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Mic Talks is back for 2019 and we’re talking back to basics and started in podcast land. After the huge success of Mic #1 in November 2018, I’m so chuffing excited for you and me to grow this into a really supportive, podcast geek network for the North. Find your pod tribe at Mic #2 […]

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The Top Podcasts That Gave Me Life in 2018
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Over the last 12 months my podcast listening habits have ramped up significantly. I’m obsessed. Seriously, I’m at the point where I think I might have to join some sort of 12 step programme. I know it can be hard to discover new podcasts (I’ve wrote all about it in a previous post); so here, […]

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Britain’s Got Talent finalist visits historic library
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Your tour guide for this, the latest episode of Tourist Podcast is brilliant award-winning writer, stand-up comedian and Britain’s Got Talent finalist – Daliso Chaponda. Daliso, originally from South Africa and now living in Manchester joins me on a trip to the magical, Hogwarts-esq John Rylands Library; one of Manchester’s best kept secrets. Discover the grand […]

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We’re in Wigan for the best pie in the latest Tourist Podcast
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It’s the fourth instalment of the alternative travel guide and we’re en route to en croute in Wigan! Your Tour Guide for this episode is the fab Allyson June Smith, a stand-up from Canada. She’s now based in Manchester and has developed an insatiable thirst for all things pie, so it was only natural that […]

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Mic – a meet up for podcast geeks is here!
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I’ve started ‘Mic’ a regular meetup for Podcast creators and lovers in and around Manchester (for now). Mic is dead informal, chilled and doesn’t like a fuss – and the first one is on the 29th November in Manchester. The idea came about* because there’s not much of this oop North, despite the incredible amount […]

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Get experimental with your ears – listen to (different) Podcasts
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If you think podcasts are just true-crime, BBC radio re-runs, dad porno, or ‘not for you’, then think again! There’s over half a million podcasts out there, from documentary style and interviews to panel discussions and one man shows. I want to show you in this article that there’s something out there to suit every […]

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