New Virtual Digital Storytelling workshop with Helen Shaw September 9th.
What to Tell Your Story Online? Let us help!
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Podcasting 101 – February 3rd & March 24th Workshop dates
November 26, 2018 by
> Interested in learning how to make your own podcast? Join us on our February 3rd or March 24th workshops in Windmill Lane Studios:
> Podcasting 101 covers:
1 – What’s a podcast? How effective is podcasting as a communications tool?
2 – Your basis starter podcasting kit – the tools you may need and where you can source them.
3 – How to find and tell audio stories.
4 – Basic recording techniques and recording interviews.
5 – Basic editing software and what you can use.
6 – Releasing your podcast – using online platforms like Soundcloud and Audioboom.
7 – Using visual content and images with your podcast.
8 – Legal and copyright issues. A content creator’s checklist.
9 – Monitoring and measuring your podcast.
Our Podcasting 101 workshops are limited to a maximum of 12-15 people and take place in Windmill Lane Recording Studios. For further information on our podcasting services, training or when the next course takes place contact us at +353 1 4372395
> What our clients say:
‘I loved the workshop! Helen and John made podcasting very accessible. The workshop was very practical, the day flew by, and I left with very clear next steps and the confidence I needed in order to get started!’
Esther Curiel (Podcasting 101 Workshop, November 2018)
Esther Curiel (Podcasting 101 Workshop, November 2018)
‘A well-prepared and informative workshop that gave me the confidence I needed to get started with my podcast plus a wealth of useful complimentary online resources was supplied. I highly recommend!’
Liz Gleeson (Podcasting 101 Workshop, November 2018)
Liz Gleeson (Podcasting 101 Workshop, November 2018)
‘A great all-round course. Balance was exactly right in that I got enough information to start experimenting but not so much that I felt overwhelmed or intimidated.’
Carissa Casey, Print Journalist (Podcasting 101 Workshop, November 2018)
Carissa Casey, Print Journalist (Podcasting 101 Workshop, November 2018)
‘I found this day really helpful in getting me thinking in a more focused way about what it is I want to achieve with a podcast. I also found it opened my eyes to so many different styles of podcasts, avenues in which you can take projects and the variety of options available. I learnt a lot in terms of set up, equipment and the software involved and I would definitely recommend this workshop for anyone just starting out.’
Naomi Sturdy-Elements Yoga (Podcasting 101 Workshop, November 2018)
Naomi Sturdy-Elements Yoga (Podcasting 101 Workshop, November 2018)
New Episode of The Family of Things: Episode 14 – Tony Bates
November 19, 2018 by
In this episode of The Family of Things Helen Shaw’s guest is the psychologist and author Dr Tony Bates. Tony founded Headstrong, (now Jigsaw), the National Agency for Youth Mental Health, after a long career in clinical psychology.
In this episode of The Family of Things Helen Shaw’s guest is the psychologist and author Dr Tony Bates. Tony founded Headstrong, (now Jigsaw), the National Agency for Youth Mental Health, after a long career in clinical psychology.
He was the co-editor of Vision for Change, the mental health strategic review in 2006 and that work motivated him to create an NGO with a mission to provide mental health resources for young people. Jigsaw now has 13 centres across Ireland and has become a critical part of support services for young people in Ireland.
Tony is also credited as one of the people who brought the practice of mindfulness to Ireland following his own experience at the buddhist retreat centre in Plum Village, France with the spiritual leader Thich Nhat Hanh. He is the author of ‘Coming Through Depression, a Mindful Approach to Recovery’
Listen back and stream via soundcloud or subscribe/download via iTunes and all major podcast apps via Anchor.
How To Podcast – Summer workshops to get you up and running in 2018
January 28, 2018 by
Make 2018 your year to master Podcasting.
Want to learn how to dream up and make your own audio podcast?
Then join us on Sunday May 6th or June 10th for a podcasting skills workshop designed to get you telling audio stories online.
Athena Media is an award winning digital audio agency and it’s the force behind Podcasting Ireland. We’ve been making podcasts since 2006 and have run sponsored audio podcast channels in both music and speech.
Our podcasts include The Family of Things hosted by Helen Shaw who will lead this workshop and our regular radio/podcast shows including Pantisocracy, Wilde Stories and Vocal Chords – with over 200 uploads on our Soundcloud channel.
This one day workshop is designed for podcast beginners and will take participants from idea to online, showing people how to get their own audio show together and online.
The workshop will cover how to record using a mobile recorder like a Zoom H4 and participants will be encouraged to bring a mobile recorder to the workshop. It will introduce people to basic editing and show people how to release their audio online.
The workshop venue is in Pulse College at Windmill Lane Recording Studios.
For more in-depth information about our training services head to our Training Page.
New Soundcloud Channel
January 12, 2018 by
NEW SOUNDCLOUD CHANNEL FOR ATHENA MEDIA CONTENT
Explore the back catalogue of Athena Media podcasts on our new Soundcloud channel, with over 200 uploads, from standalone radio documentaries to full podcast series – there’s something for every listener.
BRIGHT SPARKS:
Bright Sparks is an Athena Media production asking what happens when we enable bright people to follow their curiosity and solve the worlds problems. This 8 part series follows TCD physicist Dr. Shane Bergin as he talks to leading researchers and scientists in Ireland and uncovering why our small island is leading globally in many scientific fields.
CITIZENS:LOCKOUT 1913-2013:
A six part documentary series narrating the events that led to the landmark labour versus capital conflict in Dublin in 1913, exploring the leaders on both sides and questioning the legacy of Lockout 1913 for Ireland today.
DEATH OF AN EMPIRE:
Death of an Empire is a 5 part radio series exploring twenty years since the dissolution of the Soviet Union led by Seamus Martin, former Moscow correspondent of The Irish Times, and exploring what made the Soviet Union, what lead to its collapse and what its like inside modern Russia today.
JOYCE’S DUBLIN:
This audio podcast series showcases James Joyce’s short story ‘The Dead’ from his collection ‘Dubliners’ and explores themes within the story drawing on scholarly research and connecting it with the archive collections in UCD, the National Library and the National Archives.
New Podcast – Vocal Chords – In Conversation with Linda Buckley
December 4, 2017 by
Iarla Ó Lionáird shares an in depth conversation with composer Linda Buckley for Vocal Chords: In Conversation for RTÉ lyric fm as part of this multi award winning series. The full documentary was broadcast Sunday December 3rd 2017.
The full programme is now available to stream/download:
And is also available as a podcast via iTunes/RSS
In this 14th instalment of Vocal Chords, Iarla’s guest in this episode is the Cork born composer Linda Buckley whose work explores and uses the human voice. Linda comes from a family of 9 from the Old Head of Kinsale and grew up in a traditional music environment before studying music at UCC and Trinity College Dublin.
Linda Buckley is a composer/performer based in Dublin/Kinsale who has written extensively for orchestra, and has a particular interest in merging her classical training with the worlds of post punk, folk and ambient electronica. Her work has been described as “fantastically brutal, reminiscent of the glitch music of acts such as Autechre” (Liam Cagney, Composing the Island) and “engaging with an area of experience that new music is generally shy of, which, simplified and reduced to a single word, I’d call ecstasy” (Bob Gilmore, Journal of Music).
Music for theatre includes work by Enda Walsh (Bedbound) and film by Pat Collins (Living in a Coded Land) and Tadhg O’Sullivan (Solas Céad Bliain). Awards include a Fulbright scholarship to NYU and the Frankfurt Visual Music Award 2011 (Silk Chroma).
Recent and upcoming collaborations include work with Mmoths, arrangements from This Mortal Coil, remixes for Augustus and John, as well as performances by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Icebreaker, Joby Burgess, Ensemble Mise-En and Crash Ensemble. Linda also lectures on the renowned Music and Media Technologies programme at Trinity College Dublin.
She is now an international artist of considerable reputation and her music has been performed by the Dresden Sinfoniker Orchestra, Crash Ensemble, Fidelio Trio, Orkest de Ereprijs, Janus Trio, Rothko Trio, University of York Javanese Gamelan, and featured at international festivals including the Bang on a Can Summer Institute of Music at MassMoCA, Gaudeamus Music Week Amsterdam and Seoul International Computer Music Festival.
She is herself a fine singer and her work, like her recent show at the Kilkenny Arts Festival – Antartica in collaboration with the uilleann piper David Power, features her vocal and electronic composition. In this episode Iarla explores Linda’s work and talks about their own collaboration Ó Íochtar Mara which was performed by Crash Ensemble at the Sounds from a Safe Harbour Festival in Cork. From January 2018 Linda will take up a new post as Lecturer in Composition at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, in Glasgow.
Vocal Chords – Iarla Ó Lionáird and Linda Buckley In Conversation – Trailer
Vocal Chords – Iarla Ó Lionáird and Linda Buckley In Conversation. The story behind their work together.
Music performances featured in this episode:
Revelavit Linda Buckley
Alice Cocteau Twins
The Sensual World Kate Bush
Song of the Siren Annette and Linda Buckley
Corpus Christi Irene and Linda Buckley
Do you remember the planets? Linda Buckley
Torann Crash Ensemble
O Pastor Animarum Hildegard von Bingen
Eriu Linda Buckley
An Lacha Bacach Eilis Ní Shuilleabháin
Siúl a Rún Linda Buckley
Draíocht na Nollag Pro Cathedral Girls’ Choir
Haunt The Relay Project
Revelavit Ergodos
Beloved on the Earth RTE Philharmonic Choir and National Symphony Orchestra
Íochtar Mara Iarla O Lionaird and the Vanbrugh String Quartet
Fridur Isabelle O Connell
Heckla Crash Ensemble
Numarimur Linda Buckley
Water Sugarcubes
Hoppipolla Sigur Ros
Drink all your Passion Michelle O Rourke
Haunt The Relay Project
Antartcia at Night Linda Buckley and David Power
Jump Kate Ellis
Chiyo BBC Symphony Orchestra
Fall Approaches Ruthless Jabiru Chamber Orchestra
Haza RTE Contempo Quartet
Ekstasis Linda Buckley and Joby Burgess
lindabuckley.org for more about Linda and her work.
vocalchords.ie for more on the series
Vocal Chords – In Conversation with Glen Hansard
October 31, 2017 by
Glen is in conversation with fellow singer Iarla Ó Lionáird about his life and work in song in this documentary for RTÉ lyric fm as part of this multi award winning series. The full documentary was broadcast at 6pm on October 29th 2017.
Glen Hansard’s vocal journey began as a young teenager busking on the streets of Dublin but it has taken him to some of the biggest arenas in the world and an academy award for best song in the film ‘Once’. That film was inspired by Glen’s own busking life and he also got to play the lead role.
His film work began in ‘The Commitments’ while he was fronting his band ‘The Frames’ and since then he has worked with his idols Bob Dylan, and the late Leonard Cohen, as well as sharing a stage with international performers like Bruce Springsteen and Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder.
Glen talks with Iarla of a life dedicated to music and shares a song ‘Didn’t He Ramble’ written after the death of his father.
The full programme is now available to stream:
And is also available as a podcast via iTunes/RSS
Vocal Chords : Iarla Ó Lionáird in Conversation with Glen Hansard -Glen Hansard Performing ‘Didn’t He Ramble’
Vocal Chords – Iarla Ó Lionáird and Glen Hansard In Conversation on Glen’s early influences
Glen Hansard in Conversation with Iarla Ó Lionáird is an Athena Media production for RTÉ made with the support of the BAI.
http://www.iarla.com/ for more about Iarla
http://glenhansardmusic.com/ for more about Glen
Podcasting Training Workshop – November 18th – Windmill Lane Recording Studios
September 20, 2017 by
Want to learn how to dream up and make your own audio podcast?
Then join us on Saturday November 18th for a podcasting skills workshop designed to get you telling audio stories online.
Athena Media is an award winning digital audio agency and it’s the force behind Podcasting Ireland. We’ve been making podcasts since 2006 and have run sponsored audio podcast channels in both music and speech.
Our podcasts include The Family of Things hosted by Helen Shaw who will lead this workshop and our regular radio/podcast shows including Pantisocracy, Wilde Stories and Vocal Chords.
This one day workshop is designed for podcast beginners and will take participants from idea to online, showing people how to get their own audio show together and online.
The workshop will cover how to record using a mobile recorder like a Zoom H4 and participants will be encouraged to bring a mobile recorder to the workshop.
It will introduce people to basic editing and show people how to release their audio online.
The workshop venue is in Pulse College at Windmill Lane Recording Studios.
The Athena Media team delivering this workshop is Helen Shaw, John Howard and Pearse Ó Caoimh.
Their work won Gold at the New York Radio Festival this year (the 5th Gold NY Award for the company) and was recognised once again for digital innovation at the Celtic Media Awards.
Vocal Chords In Conversation with Peggy Seeger – available as podcast/stream
April 13, 2017 by
In a new instalment of Vocal Chords – Iarla Ó Lionáird meets folk singer Peggy Seeger at her home in Oxford to explore her life’s journey in song and song composition. Peggy talks of her childhood growing up under the influence of her older half brother Peter Seeger and in a home where legendary singers like Lead Belly and Woody Guthrie would visit to meet her parents, song collectors and composers Charles Seeger and Ruth Crawford Seeger.
Listen back to the episode in full
peggyseeger.com for more about Peggy Seeger
iarla.com for more about Iarla Ó Lionáird
The Family of Things – Episode 13: Peter Gallagher
January 3, 2017 by
Stream Episode 13 with Peter Gallagher in full:
Helen Shaw’s guest in this edition of the The Family of Things podcast is Irish scientist and astro physicist Professor Peter Gallagher.
Peter Gallagher leads solar physics and space weather research at Trinity College Dublin. Gallagher researches the Sun, in particular solar storms and their impact on Earth. He is Director of the Rosse Solar Terrestrial Observatory at Birr Castle and leads the Irish LOFAR radio telescope project. Gallagher says he was always fascinated by how things work when he was a small boy, even taking the television apart to see what made it work but was a lack lustre student at school.
He took physics and mathematics at UCD before his PhD in solar physics at Queen’s University Belfast. At UCD he met and married fellow scientist Emma Teeling who now heads the bat lab at UCD and is an internationally acclaimed geneticist. Gallagher spent six years in the US including working at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
His cutting edge work at Birr Castle connects Ireland’s space research history with its future since the 3rd Earl of Rosse in 1845 constructed the biggest telescope in the world – Leviathan – and identified the whirl pool galaxy.
www.tcd.ie/Physics/people/Peter.Gallagher
