Young Podcasters Club: A New Episode Every Month

Young Podcasters Club gives storytellers and chatterboxes a regular creative outlet. Each month follows a four-week cycle that ends in a new, finished episode, so learners steadily build their own mini podcast series about topics they choose, from book reviews and science facts to family histories and made-up adventure tales.

In club sessions they brainstorm segment ideas, write punchy openings, practise interviewing techniques, work on vocal energy and learn simple editing moves such as trimming pauses and adding intro music. Every session includes a listening circle where learners play short clips and give each other kind, specific feedback, which helps them grow as speakers and as supportive listeners.

How classes work

This is a drop-in weekly club, and new learners can join any week. Each 45-minute session has its own theme within a monthly episode cycle, so newcomers can start with the current step and work on an episode of their own right away.

What we'll cover

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  Session theme 1: Pitch Night: Choosing This Month's Episode – Learners pitch episode ideas, pick a format such as review, interview or story, and outline segments for their next episode.

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  Session theme 2: Interview Lab: Asking Great Questions – Learners write open questions, role-play interviews with a partner, and practise follow-up questions that draw out interesting answers.

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  Session theme 3: Voice Studio: Energy, Pace and Personality – Learners warm up, practise reading their script with expression, and record a test segment at home on a voice recorder.

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  Session theme 4: Listening Circle and Episode Polish – Learners play clips of their edited episodes, give kind feedback, and learn one new editing trick to polish their sound.

No experience needed. Learners should be comfortable reading and writing short notes, and need a device with a microphone plus a free audio recording app or a phone or computer voice recorder.