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Who Listens to the Radio? – Trailer
Title:
Who Listens to the Radio? – Trailer
Year
2024
Radio is the ultimate survivor – it adapts and evolves, all while amplifying voices, accompanying us on our commute, and soundtracking our lives.
From crystal sets to podcasts, we’re a nation of audiophiles – so join NFSA CEO Patrick McIntyre and guests including Benjamin Law, Wendy Harmer, Dr Feelgood and more, as we back through the past 100 years of radio broadcasting in Australia and ask: Who Listens to the Radio?
Listen to the Who Listens to the Radio? trailer. The full podcast is available from 6 March 2024 at the NFSA website or wherever you get your podcasts.
Marking the centenary of radio in Australia, The National Film and Sound Archive presents 'Who Listens to the Radio?' – a podcast about technology and culture.
From the first radio broadcast…
[Sound of music]
To the birth of the teenager…
[Fans screaming]
To the invention of the podcast…
Welcome audio adventurers to the podcast revolution!
'Who Listens to the Radio?' dives into the rich audio culture that shaped our nation. We ask all of the important questions like ‘did video kill the radio star?’
They would just murder it in the best way possible.
‘Can you speak with the dead through radio waves?’
People thought that there was something inherently magical about being able to magically record sounds and voices.
And of course, who, actually, listens to the Radio?
When something happens, when there’s an earthquake or when there’s a fire or when there is a disaster, when there is a celebration, everyone is going to speak to you on the radio because they know that’s where they’ll find the most immediate, up-to-date news. That’s where we will all gather.
Find 'Who Listens to the Radio?' at the National Film and Sound Archive website, nfsa.gov.au, or wherever you get your podcasts.
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.