Grab your headphones and your listening device. It’s time to kick back and lose track of time for a while with a good old podcast.
, and to celebrate, we’ve listed some of the team’s favourite podcasts and a few reasons to inspire you to listen. From music-related shows to comedy pods, you’ll find something to delight your ears here.
How Podcasts Can Benefit Your Performing Arts Practice
Podcasts are an excellent way to tune out and relax after a long day. They’re also a fantastic source of inspiration, and many offer science-backed and educational content. So, if you’re not already, add some podcasts to your listening rotation!
Many also favour podcasts as they create a sense of community and connection with others. They allow you to listen in on conversation with people who share your interests and values — and sometimes they do the opposite!
Podcasts even help you see that ‘successful’ or ‘famous’ people also have everyday problems. This humanises them, and breaks down the illusion that money and fame solve all issues. Plus, it makes for entertaining listening.
BAPAM’s Podcast Recommendations
Whether you’re new to podcasts and don’t know where to start or simply looking for a brand-new favourite, we’re here to help.
The BAPAM team has put together a mix of performing arts-related podcasts and some recommendations from some of our team members. Check these out below:
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Unseen and Unheard is a two-part podcast series that examines extensive survey findings and first-hand experiences of intersectional prejudice. These discussions explore the experiences of Black British music creators and music professionals with disabilities or long-term health conditions in the UK music industry, calling on the industry to drive real change.
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Johnny Marriot, one of the BAPAM patrons and lead singer in the punk band PET NEEDS, was recently interviewed on the Sound Affects podcast. Sound Affects is hosted by Katy Georgiou, one of BAPAM’s performing arts Ģtv psychotherapists. Through her podcast, Katy explores music, mental health, and how they intersect.
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Beth Shum is one of BAPAM’s physios, a graduate of the UCL Performing Arts Medicine programme, and a trained circus performer. With a special interest in performance physiotherapy and pain management, she regularly shares her expertise on podcasts. Learn more at:
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Fancy a giggle? Want to learn how to write better comedy? The Comedian’s Comedian is the podcast for you. Host Stuart Goldsmith interviews professional comedians about their careers, creative process, and challenges, with plenty of laughs thrown in between.
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Listen to singer, songwriter, producer, and founder of PeakMusicUK discuss her career trajectory from the Brit School to touring internationally. Eve also reveals her personal challenges and how she promotes Black and Minority Ethnic womxn and LGBTQ+ communities within the music industry.
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The Elevate Music Podcast offers practical advice to musicians on maintaining their mental and physical health.
Episodes cover topics like managing performance anxiety, vocal strain, and creative burnout, featuring insights from industry top professionals. The podcast aims to support musicians by addressing challenges that could impact their careers and well-being. So, if you’re in the field, give it a listen today!
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TMDTA is a podcast, a blog and online platform sharing the stories of musicians and those that work in the arts/creative industries. Both through the podcast and blog the creators hope to connect to anyone who may be struggling, in whatever capacity, or those who are simply curious!
What are the BAPAM Team Listening to?
Want more inspiration? We asked our team for their podcast tips!
● – A resource for performers, educators, directors and agencies to learn how blind performers can and do achieve success in the arts
● – Industry insight and advice from performing arts professionals
● – A mental health podcast for ballet dancers.
● – Health & Wellness for Dancers
● – Musicians take apart their songs, and piece by piece, tell the story of how they were made
● – Looking at – and listening to – the sounds of the world around us
● – Hosted by four men of colour within the field of social work – social work, mental health, politics, music, liberation and many other topics
● – DJ Annie Macmanus chats to artists, writers, musicians and a host of fascinating people about CHANGE.
● – Interviews with famous people about failures that have made them who they are.
● – Each episode takes a walk with a leading folk artist in the landscape that has inspired their music as they sing and play on location
● – Actor and comedian Connor Ratliff is on a quest to solve a very stupid mystery that’s haunted him for over 20 years: why Tom Hanks fired him from a 2001 miniseries (it’s also an illumination of the day to day reality of work, craft and life in the entertainment industry)
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