I listened to Sounding Out, Sound Matters and Crucial Listening, each podcast was very different in style and approach. Sounding Out had quite an academic tone and structured essay layout. Sound Matters was a personally led documentary about someone’s attachment to the sound of a lake. Crucial Listening casual interview style.
Here is the bio for the Sound Matter’s Podcast I listened to called ‘The Sound Of The River’.
"This is the story of a river. Not just any river, but a very special river. One that has been given the same legal status as a living, breathing human being. In this episode of Bang & Olufsen’s Sound Matters podcast we meet the documentary film and audio maker, Rikke Hout, and travel down the Whanganui River in New Zealand. The Whanganui is one of the longest rivers in the country, and in 2017 was given the same legal identity as a person due to its importance to the region’s indigenous Māori people. Sit back, immerse yourself in sound, and float downstream into nature come alive."
In reference to Nichol’s Documentary modes, this one was sort of participatory and expository, a personal relationship to the history of a river and it’s connection to the presenter and their roots.
Sounding Out seems like a very diverse platform, showcasing quite surreal academic pieces mixed between field recordings and sounds to Live soundwalks around NYC. Their blog is a great reference point to lots of Podcasts which I will try to take a look at more.
Crucial Listening seems like a useful place to find artists to write about for University, the one I listened to talking about Annea Lockwood who we had the privileged to have as a visiting lecturer last year.