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Freelance Pod

Suchandrika Chakrabarti

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Stories of news, creativity and the internet, told to Suchandrika Chakrabarti | Shortlisted: Best Host at The Lovie Awards (the European Webby Awards) 2019 | Heard on BBC Radio 4 | Newsletter: buttondown.email/suchandrika | Instagram: @freelancepod | Twitter: @freelance_pod_
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Creators of Colour

Creators of Colour

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Creators of Colour celebrates the successes of people of colour in creative arts fields and passes down knowledge to the next generation. People of colour have harder paths to entry in fields like publishing, film and television. This podcast is about celebrating the people who have made it as guests talk about their experiences, the challenges they've faced and give their tips to young people hoping to follow in their footsteps. Creators of Colour is hosted and produced by Tufayel Ahmed, a ...
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Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me and Freya Mallard as we chat about her journey in to comedy and bringing her show ‘The Bounce Back’ to this years Edinburgh Fringe. https://www.instagram.com/freyamallard/ https://x.com/freyamallard?lang=en-GB https://www.tiktok.com/@freyamallardcomedy Time: 4:35pm at the Pleasance Courtyard https://tickets.…
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Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me and Suchandrika Chakrabarti as we chat about her journey in to comedy and bringing her show ‘Doomscrolling’ to this years Edinburgh Fringe. Insta: suchandrikaTwitter: SuchandrikaCTikTok: suchandrikac Time: 3pm Dates: 15-25th August Venue: Big Yurt, Hoots @ Potterrow https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/such…
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Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me and Dee Allum as we chat about her journey in to comedy and bringing her show ‘Deadname’ to this years Edinburgh Fringe. https://www.instagram.com/dee_allum/?hl=en-gb Venue: Pleasance Courtyard - Below Time/dates: 4.30pm from Weds 31st July to Sun 25th August https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on#q=%22Dee%20…
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Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me and Hannah Platt as we chat about her journey in to comedy and bringing her shows ‘Defence Mechanism’ to this years Edinburgh Fringe. linktr.ee/hannahtheplatt Venue: Pleasance Courtyard bunker two. Time/dates: 8:10pm from Weds 31st July to Sun 25th August https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/hannah-platt-de…
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Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me and Sarah Roberts as we chat about her journey in to comedy and bringing her shows ‘Silkworm’ to this years Edinburgh Fringe. Site: https://www.sarahjroberts.com/ Instagram: @sarahroberts_69 Twitter: @SarahRoberts_69 Venue: Assembly George Square, The Box Time/dates: 10.35pm from Weds 31st July to Sun 25th A…
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Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me and Becky Umbers as we chat about her journey in to comedy and bringing her shows ‘Big Bad Beck and the Three Little Pigs’ to this years Edinburgh Fringe. Socials Link https://linktr.ee/beckyumbers Venue: Hootenannies at the Apex (hoot 5) Date & time: 3:10 pm from Friday 2nd to Sunday 25th August Web: https:…
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Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me and Amy Matthews as we chat about her journey in to comedy and bringing her shows ‘Commute With The Foxes’ to this years Edinburgh Fringe. Web: www.amymatthewscomedy.com Instagram:@amyfmatthews X: @AmyFMatthews Facebook: Amy Matthews Comedy Venue: Monkey Barrel, The Tron Date & time: 3pm from Thursday 1st to…
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Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me and Kate Barron as we chat about her journey in to comedy. https://www.instagram.com/_katebarron/?hl=en-gb Manchester Celebrating Women in Comedy Since 2012 Your host Aimee is a progression booker at the Frog & Bucket, Programmer for the Women in Comedy Festival and Live agent for FAB Comedy Management and h…
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Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me, Dannii Keogan and Georgie Cunningham as we chat about their journey in to comedy. https://www.instagram.com/arushoflaughter/?hl=en Manchester Celebrating Women in Comedy Since 2012 Your host Aimee is a progression booker at the Frog & Bucket, Programmer for the Women in Comedy Festival and Live agent for FA…
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Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me and Mary O'Connell as we chat about her journey in to comedy. https://www.instagram.com/marywiththegoldshoes/ Manchester Celebrating Women in Comedy Since 2012 Your host Aimee is a progression booker at the Frog & Bucket, Programmer for the Women in Comedy Festival and Live agent for FAB Comedy Management an…
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Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me and Katie Green as we chat about her journey in to comedy. https://www.katiegcomedy.com/ Manchester Celebrating Women in Comedy Since 2012 Your host Aimee is a progression booker at the Frog & Bucket, Programmer for the Women in Comedy Festival and Live agent for FAB Comedy Management and has worked in Comed…
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Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me and Seeta Wrightson as we chat about her journey in to comedy. https://www.instagram.com/seeta_does_comedy/ Manchester Celebrating Women in Comedy Since 2012 Your host Aimee is a progression booker at the Frog & Bucket, Programmer for the Women in Comedy Festival and Live agent for FAB Comedy Management and …
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Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me and Jules O'Brian as we chat about her journey in to comedy. https://www.instagram.com/obrianjules/ Manchester Celebrating Women in Comedy Since 2012 Your host Aimee is a progression booker at the Frog & Bucket, Programmer for the Women in Comedy Festival and Live agent for FAB Comedy Management and has work…
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Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me and Thenjiwe Moseley as we chat about her journey in to comedy. Instagram @thenjiwecomedy TikTok @thenjiwecomedy https://www.facebook.com/thenjiwecomedy Manchester Celebrating Women in Comedy Since 2012 Your host Aimee is a progression booker at the Frog & Bucket, Programmer for the Women in Comedy Festival …
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Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me and Sikisa Bostwick Barnes as we chat about her journey in to comedy. https://www.instagram.com/sikisacomedy/ Manchester Celebrating Women in Comedy Since 2012 Your host Aimee is a progression booker at the Frog & Bucket, Programmer for the Women in Comedy Festival and Live agent for FAB Comedy Management an…
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Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me and Tatty MacLeod as we chat about her journey in to comedy. https://www.instagram.com/tatty_macleod/ https://www.tiktok.com/@tatty.macleod Manchester Celebrating Women in Comedy Since 2012 Your host Aimee is a progression booker at the Frog & Bucket, Programmer for the Women in Comedy Festival and Live agen…
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Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me and Soph Galustian as we chat about her journey in to comedy. SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES: @SophGalustian Manchester Celebrating Women in Comedy Since 2012 Your host Aimee is a progression booker at the Frog & Bucket, Programmer for the Women in Comedy Festival and Live agent for FAB Comedy Management and has worke…
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Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me and Lindsey Santoro as we chat about her journey in to comedy. Website - Facebook - Twitter - Instagraaaaam Manchester Celebrating Women in Comedy Since 2012 Your host Aimee is a progression booker at the Frog & Bucket, Programmer for the Women in Comedy Festival and Live agent for FAB Comedy Management and …
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Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me and Su Mi as we chat about her journey in to comedy. Twitter/instagram/ @sumicomedy Manchester Celebrating Women in Comedy Since 2012 Your host Aimee is a progression booker at the Frog & Bucket, Programmer for the Women in Comedy Festival and Live agent for FAB Comedy Management and has worked in Comedy sin…
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Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me and Lou Conran as we chat about her journey in to comedy. Instagram @louconran Website https://www.louconran.com/ Manchester Celebrating Women in Comedy Since 2012 Your host Aimee is a progression booker at the Frog & Bucket, Programmer for the Women in Comedy Festival and Live agent for FAB Comedy Managemen…
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Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me and Bella Humphries as we chat about her journey in to comedy. Instagram - @hella.bumphries Twitter - @bellahumphries_ Manchester Celebrating Women in Comedy Since 2012 Your host Aimee is a progression booker at the Frog & Bucket, Programmer for the Women in Comedy Festival and Live agent for FAB Comedy Mana…
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Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me and Lori Smith as we chat about her journey in to comedy. https://www.instagram.com/lor1smith/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/chucklefuckerscomedy/ Manchester Celebrating Women in Comedy Since 2012 Your host Aimee is a progression booker at the Frog & Bucket, Programmer for the Women in Comedy Festival and …
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Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me and Alex Stringer as we chat about her journey in to comedy. https://www.instagram.com/alexjstringer/ Manchester Celebrating Women in Comedy Since 2012 Your host Aimee is a progression booker at the Frog & Bucket, Programmer for the Women in Comedy Festival and Live agent for FAB Comedy Management and has wo…
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Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me and Anna Thomas as we chat about her journey in to comedy. https://www.instagram.com/annathommy/ Manchester Celebrating Women in Comedy Since 2012 Your host Aimee is a progression booker at the Frog & Bucket, Programmer for the Women in Comedy Festival and Live agent for FAB Comedy Management and has worked …
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Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me and Allyson June Smith as we chat about her journey in to comedy. https://allysonjunesmith.com/ https://www.instagram.com/allysonj/ Manchester Celebrating Women in Comedy Since 2012 Your host Aimee is a progression booker at the Frog & Bucket, Programmer for the Women in Comedy Festival and Live agent for FA…
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Grab a brew, sit down, relax and join me and Hayley Ellis as we chat about her journey in to comedy. Also on Tour with "Hayley's Comic" 2024/25 https://hayleyellis.com/ https://www.instagram.com/hayles_ellis/ Manchester Celebrating Women in Comedy Since 2012 Your host Aimee is a progression booker at the Frog & Bucket, Programmer for the Women in C…
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Manchester Celebrating Women in Comedy Since 2012 Grab a brew, relax and join your Host Aimee chat to Female comedians about their journey into comedy. Aimee is a progression booker at the Frog & Bucket, Programmer for the Women in Comedy Festival and Live agent for FAB Comedy Management and has worked in Comedy since 2013. The festival is on every…
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This episode is all about how to put together a live solo one-hour show and other comedy things as comedian, director and teacher Alex Farrow joins me on the podcast. Teaching is a performance and lot of former teachers find their way into comedy. Alex had to figure out how both teaching and comedy work over Zoom during lockdown, as he continued to…
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Freelance Pod is back with some comedy-focussed episodes! I've made a little entry into the comedy industry during lockdown, and the pod is following me into this wild new world... Please note the new url for the newsletter, Writing by Moonlight, which is now on Buttondown: https://buttondown.email/suchandrika/ If you were already a newsletter subs…
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Suchandrika Chakrabarti is a writer, podcaster and comedian. On this episode of Creators of Colour, she talks about how she got into comedy, diversity in the British comedy industry and being named one of Funny Women's Ones to Watch 2020. Follow Suchandrika on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SuchandrikaC. If you like this episode, please consider maki…
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Creators of Colour is coming very soon! This is a podcast celebrating people of colour in the creative arts, featuring special guests talking about their careers, the challenges they've faced and advice for the next generation. Subscribe to Creators of Colour so you can listen to the first episode when it's released. Follow Creators of Colour on Tw…
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Journalist, poet and publisher / writer of media criticism newsletter Conquest of the Useless, Mic Wright guests on this episode. This is the last one of the current second season. Don't worry though, I'll be back with more great guests later in the year! Mic both works within the media, and makes a living critiquing it, through his newsletter and …
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Lauren Razavi joins me on this episode to talk about the future of work, how writers can use influencer tools to benefit their careers and what the digital nomad lifestyle might look like post-COVID-19. At a tricky moment when we're gingerly leaving lockdown and wondering how our offices are going to work (or, if you're freelance like me, if you'll…
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In 2011, two years after American radio producer and reporter Kim Fox had moved to Cairo to take up a teaching role at The American University of Cairo, the Egyptian Revolution happened, in response to increasing police brutality on what would turn out to be the dying days of President Hosni Mubarak's presidency. Kim spent time at the demonstration…
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Alex Bertulis-Fernandes is a comedian and writer. She's been doing stand-up for the past year, and she is writing a memoir while being mentored on the Penguin WriteNow mentoring scheme*. Alex and I met at the late, much-loved Clean Prose writers' space a few months ago, at a memoir-writing workshop taught by writer Cathy Rentzenbrink. Alex was actu…
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Freelance writer and author Flora Baker has combined memoir and a self-help guide in her first book, The Adult Orphan Club. Flora lost her mother at 20, and her father at 30, just a few years ago. We 'met' via the Young Orphans Whatsapp group, although thanks to lockdown we have not yet met in person. After her mother's death, Flora went travelling…
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MEL Magazine's deputy editor Alana Levinson joins me remotely from Los Angeles on this episode, to talk about how necessary editing is for good writing - but it's been devalued in a digital world where any of us can press publish whenever we like. Sometimes, editing can feel like a judgement on the quality of our writing [bad, we assume], but Alana…
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When I saw Marie Foulston's tweet about the lockdown houseparty that she threw in a spreadsheet, I knew that I had to invite her onto the podcast to hear all about it! Marie is now a freelance creative producer and playful curator, and was most recently Curator of Videogames at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. During her time working there, …
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Joining The Writers' Hour every morning for one week early on in lockdown helped me break through the cobwebs and write the outline of the book that I've been working on for the past year, in fits and starts. I used the hour to write longhand, which always helps unlock my creativity. The Writer's Hour is a simple idea: every weekday morning between…
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We're tackling some big subjects on this episode of Freelance Pod: imposter syndrome, how social media leads to 'compare and despair' and how living under a pandemic lockdown affects our sense of self. Joining me for this episode is Dr. Richard Orbé-Austin, author and licensed psychologist in the state of New York. He's particularly interested in h…
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Freelance Pod is back after a little break! It's now a monthly podcast, but everything else stays the same. Of course, until the Coronavirus Lockdown is over, it's going to be remote record all the way... So this episode is the live show from November 2019, when author Gemma Milne joined me onstage at the beautiful Boulevard Theatre in Soho, London…
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Author Rachel Vorona Cote joins Suchandrika Chakrabarti on Freelance Pod's first birthday episode, to talk about grieving in a digital age. We first spoke after I read Rachel's Longreads piece, The Fraught Culture of Online Mourning (https://longreads.com/2019/05/21/the-fraught-culture-of-online-mourning/), earlier this year. Rachel had lost her mo…
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It's a Standard Issue x Freelance Pod crossover episode! I met up with Jen Offord, Mickey Noonan and Hannah Dunleavy at the Boulevard Theatre, Soho, to talk about our upcoming live shows there, how the internet has changed journalism, feminism and what their live recording has in store for the audience. Here's the Instagram album containing the pic…
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This very special episode of Freelance Pod was recorded in front of a live audience at the London Podcast Festival in September 2019! Pod fave Abdulwahab Tahhan returns for this 90-minute episode, in conversation on-stage at Kings Place with host Suchandrika Chakrabarti. Syrian refugee, stand-up comedian, journalist, lecturer, a person who's now cl…
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Beth Ashton, The Telegraph's head of social media, kindly invited me over to their offices to tell me about how they do... social media. Traditionally, The Tele's newspaper readers have been amongst the oldest in the UK, which should present a challenge to converting them into online readers. They've also got a metered paywall and Premium content t…
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BBC Radio 4 Extra's Podcast Radio Hour has become another way to discover great podcasts, as well as an opportunity for some lucky podcasters to get heard on the radio. Host and producer Amanda Litherland came up with the idea a few years ago, and found herself thrown in front of the microphone. Luckily, her comedy background has helped her present…
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Here it is, the Freelance Pod guide to the London Podcast Festival 2019, with programmer Zoë Jeyes! Zoë is Deputy MD and Comedy Programmer at Kings Place, and has been working there since it opened 11 years ago. A longtime podcast fan, she first floated the idea of a festival in 2014, with the first one going ahead in 2016. Since then, podcasting a…
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"I loved being a journalist," writes Jackie Annesley in a frank essay about losing her last job in journalism, as editor of The Sunday Times Style supplement, where, among many other things, she commissioned the PanDolly podcast from two of her columnists; it's now better known by its second name, The High Low, with journalists Pandora Sykes and Do…
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Matt Cooke is Head of Partnerships & Training, Google News Lab, part of the Google News Initiative. Google News has been a major factor in completely changing how news is indexed, distributed, discovered and consumed. That's because the internet has changed news distribution to include you, the reader, the audience, yes you, you control what you wa…
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Did you know that there's a Freelance Pod live event at the London Podcast Festival in September? Yup, alongside big hitters like The Guilty Feminist, Have You Heard George's Podcast and The Allusionist, Freelance Pod is going to have its first live event, and you can be part of the audience! Click this link for more information, and to buy tickets…
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