Deep dive into a podcast impact campaign💡
The next #AudioForAction Live is a case study from Radio Workshop.
I’m back to announce the next #AudioForAction Live! Hopefully you had the chance to join our live yesterday with Jordan Gass-Poore’ and Andrea Learned about the current challenges and opportunities facing climate and environmental podcasts. That conversation will be posted on Monday.
Read on to see what is coming up, and to see an update from a former guest!
-Ayo Oti
Publisher Sounds Like Impact & Host of #AudioForAction Live
🗓️ Tuesday, May 19th
Tuesday, May 19th, from 9:30-10:30 am EST / 3:30-4:30 pm SAST I will be in conversation with Radio Workshop’s Clémence Petit-Perrot and Dhashen Moodley about the impact campaign for Radio Workshop’s podcast episode, Just Enough Light (more below).
In advance of our conversation, I recommend you listen to the episode and check out their previous posts on social media about the campaign’s activities ( LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook). If you are keen, you can also watch their December webinar about the campaign here.
About Just Enough Light
For the past year, Siphesihle Magagula has been going door-to-door selling solar power. He convinced nearly all of his neighbours to buy a basic solar kit, bringing lights to about 400 homes for the first time. His neighborhood, Nomzamo, never had electricity before — despite being close to South Africa’s biggest coal mines and power stations. But some of his clients are disappointed. Their solar kits don’t have enough power to run fridges or TVs. Nomzamo is just one example of South Africa’s attempt at a transition away from coal but will it bring justice to the 1.6 million homes that aren’t connected to the power grid?
About Radio Workshop
Forget the Africa you think you know. This is Radio Workshop. With real stories about young Africans. From Freetown to Cape Town, hear the world’s youngest population. One story at a time.
#SLICommunity
Rekha Murthy, our second #AudioForAction Live guest, has a new show that is an Official Tribeca Audio Selection! She led the show development, story editing, and strategy. Tickets to their June 8 Tribeca event are here. And if you are a funder or distributor, or know funders and/or distributors, please share as they are seeking support to get the show over the finish line! Contact Rekha at rmurthy@rmurthy.com if you have leads.
Parasites & Power tells the stories of two doctors, one Black and one white, who rise the ranks in the British colonial administration until racism casts one out. Both made remarkable contributions to tropical medicine, and set in motion the global health system we have today. Yes, the same system that is currently experiencing a seismic shock from the withdrawal of U.S. and other aid.
We look forward to you joining us for this session! But if you can’t make it live, no problem. Lives are recorded and available for watching afterward. However, if you would like to ask questions—whether for the live or because you can’t attend—please submit in advance by commenting.