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The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age launch new crime podcast
The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age have launched a new podcast, “The Last Voyage of the Pong Su”.
The 10-episode series details the true story of a diplomatic crisis involving the North Korean government and a plot linked to an Asian crime syndicate to import the biggest-ever shipment of heroin into Victoria in 2003, and The Wire-style federal police operation that brought it undone.
Presented by The Age investigative journalist, Richard Baker, “The Last Voyage of the Pong Su” comes from the team behind the award-winning “Wrong Skin” and “Phoebe’s Fall” podcasts.
“We have really tried to push the limits of how a podcast can sound with this one,” said Baker. “The Pong Su story is like an action movie but we have told it through the lenses of the little fish caught up in it. And to have access to bugged conversations, to hear a criminal conspiracy unfold in real time, is exciting.”
“Phoebe’s Fall” won the gold medal at the New York Radio Festival in 2017, the Radio Current Affairs category of the 2016 Quill Awards, and was the inaugural winner in the documentary and storytelling category of Australia’s national podcast awards, The Castaways, in 2016.
“Wrong Skin” won Podcast of the Year at the 2019 Australian Podcast Awards, as well as winning the Investigative Journalism and True Crime category. “Wrong Skin” was also the Gold Radio winner in the Personal Lives category at the New York International Festivals Radio Awards.
James Chessell, Executive Editor of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, said: “Richard isn’t interested in following the pack with his podcasts. Telling great yarns is at the heart of what he does, but he also wants to challenge our audience, to take them somewhere unexpected.
“In ‘The Last Voyage of the Pong Su’, Richard and our award-winning podcast team live up to the high standards set in ‘Phoebe’s Fall’ and ‘Wrong Skin’. We’re immensely proud of our storytelling through the podcast medium.”
“The Last Voyage of the Pong Su” can be download on iTunes, Google Podcasts and Spotify.
The Australian in association with Westpac has launched a six-part property podcast On the Fence, tackles the issues central to the economic future and prosperity. The podcast will run for six weeks, with a new episode released each Wednesday.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/podcasts/on-the-fence-a-closer-look-at-the-australian-property-market/news-story/c8f92ba922e98f2885aaea1afbde98bf
The rise of podcasts over the years has completely caught me by surprise.
It seems to me like podcasts had a big surge around 2006-07, dropped off for a number of years and suddenly over the past three years they’ve just become the biggest thing ever? I mean, there are radio and TV ads for extremely popular podcast series with big names behind them now. I just didn’t expect podcasts to be anything more than just a niche ‘techie’ thing.
Was there a particular event which has led to a resurgence? Or has podcasting always been a big thing and I’ve just missed out on it for some reason?
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The US series ‘Serial’ is usually cited as the catalyst for the podcast renaissance. I got into podcasts fairly early on, about 2006 as you say, but my interest has waxed and waned over the years. With the current crop of really good series, I usually listen to a few podcast episodes per day. I really love the Pocketcasts app (no plug here); streets ahead of what Apple offers. Listening at 1.4x is the way to go.
One of the few big international exports in the app space coming out of good 'ol Adelaide… even if it is owned by a bunch of U.S. public media organizations.
I started listening and making them in 2005
Surprised to see SEN in the top 5 podcasts. SCA has half of the top 10.
I’m getting a little tired of all these ‘crime porn’ podcasts… but maybe that’s just me. Hopefully one of them leads to a major breakthrough in these otherwise cold cases, but I haven’t heard of anything yet.
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I dont understand why they are popular, but they’ve lead the ‘resurgence’ of podcasting
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Legendary British broadcaster David Dimbleby will launch a new podcast on Rupert Murdoch, The Sun King, on Audible on November 18.
Former Bachelor Matty Johnson and Natalie Bassingthwaighte are launching a new showbiz podcast The Babble for Nova. They will discuss the biggest, weirdest and most interesting topics from TV and pop culture on Tuesdays and Thursdays each week, starting tomorrow (November 19).
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/confidential/former-bachelor-matty-johnson-and-neighbours-star-natalie-bassingthwaighte-announce-new-podcast-on-nova/news-story/6ac5f48ae0adec387fff0ad052965834
Strange pairing.
How many behind the paywall podcasts exist?
According to Mediaweek, Sydney mental health professionals Femi Ogunsiji and Nick Evbuomwan, who came fifth on The Amazing Race Australia last year, are launching a new podcast called Uncovered. In the podcast, Femi and Nick will discuss some of the topics around mental health in interviews with industry experts and celebrities.
The duo are part of a fundraiser in Sydney tonight (January 23) where for just $30 guests can meet and have a wine with cast from TARA with the funds going to the Australian Red Cross. Details here
Cathrine Mahoney, most recently publicist for Fitzy and Wippa on Nova, has released a new podcast called So I Quit My Day Job.