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The Kyiv Independent and Message Heard come together for an audio partnership
Award-winning U.K.-based independent podcast company Message Heard has signed an audio partnership with The Kyiv Independent, Ukraine’s biggest independent English-language media outlet.
Award-winning U.K.-based independent podcast company Message Heard has signed an audio partnership with The Kyiv Independent, Ukraine’s biggest independent English-language media outlet.
The Kyiv Independent was founded as an act of resistance by the former team of The Kyiv Post to defend editorial independence, and they have been leading the coverage of the war in Ukraine since Russia’s invasion. This audio partnership will allow The Kyiv Independent, together with Message Heard, to showcase everything from Ukraine’s stories of defiance from the frontlines to human-interest perspectives told through original journalism and unique access.
Olga Rudenko, editor-in-chief of The Kyiv Independent: “We are very excited to start on this journey with Message Heard, and have a chance to bring the crucial stories about Ukraine to even more people and to do it in new, engaging ways.”
The Kyiv Independent x Message Heard partnership also marks a crucial turning point for English-language coverage of the war into audio and beyond, as it will focus on insider stories coming from within Ukraine told by those at the centre of the conflict. This collaboration will amplify the voices of generations affected by Russian aggression.
Jake Warren, Founder & CEO of Message Heard: “Message Heard produces purposeful and meaningful shows, and I can think of no story more important demanding our attention at this time. We are privileged to partner with The Kyiv Independent in helping to broadcast stories of vital importance to the world. Through multiple shows, we will educate audiences via those most qualified in reporting the truth in order to lift the fog of war.”
The partnership will reinforce The Kyiv Independent’s voice as the leader in Ukraine’s news coverage through a range of multimedia formats spanning current affairs to serialised narrative podcasts.
Message Heard Nominated in Three Categories at 2022 British Podcast Awards
Message Heard has received three nominations at the 2022 British Podcast Awards
Message Heard has received three nominations at the 2022 British Podcast Awards
Best Branded Podcast: Bed Bull Basement Sessions
Best True Crime Podcast: The Catch
Best Sales Team: Message Heard
Best Branded Podcast: Bed Bull Basement Sessions
Best True Crime Podcast: The Catch
Best Sales Team: Message Heard
Committee Corridor Announced by UK Parliament
Each podcast will feature a key interview with an expert external guest followed by discussion by parliamentarians. Select committees reflect the make-up of the House of Commons, resulting in a cross-party balance of members and the opportunity to hear voices from across the political spectrum.
Marking the start of a new parliamentary session, Committee Corridor will air six episodes from May 12 until the summer recess, with a further six episodes expected during the Autumn. This pilot podcast from the Select Committee Team will demonstrate how select committees can influence the arguments and outcomes of some of the biggest topics in 2022.
Each podcast will feature a key interview with an expert external guest followed by discussion by parliamentarians. Select committees reflect the make-up of the House of Commons, resulting in a cross-party balance of members and the opportunity to hear voices from across the political spectrum.
Behind the Sun in Great British Podcasts & SheerLuxe
“Behind the Sun is an excellent and informative new podcast series presented by Nadia Al-Bukai and brought to you by Message Heard. Having left Syria with her family six years ago, this series Nadia retells the modern history of the country and tells us stories about Syria’s notorious detention centres.”
“Behind the Sun is an excellent and informative new podcast series presented by Nadia Al-Bukai and brought to you by Message Heard. Having left Syria with her family six years ago, this series Nadia retells the modern history of the country and tells us stories about Syria’s notorious detention centres.” - Great British Podcasts
Untold Killing in The Sunday Post
Untold Killing tells the little-known story of genocide and ethnic cleansing in the heart of Europe through the voices of survivors.
“Over the course of a mid-Summer week in 1995, more than 8,000 men and boys were systematically killed in a small Bosnian town, Srebrenica. Untold Killing tells the little-known story of genocide and ethnic cleansing in the heart of Europe through the voices of survivors.”
Behind the Sun in The Guardian
Nadia and her family fled Syria six years ago, but she wants to tell the stories of those who went “behind the sun” – or disappeared without a trace.
Nadia and her family fled Syria six years ago, but she wants to tell the stories of those who went “behind the sun” – or disappeared without a trace.
CONFLICTED S3 - The Daily Mail
Read about the latest season of CONFLICTED in the Daily Mail.
Read about the latest season of CONFLICTED in the Daily Mail.
UNTOLD KILLING S2 in The Sunday Times
Read about Untold Killing S2 in The Sunday Times.
Read about Untold Killing S2 in The Sunday Times.
The Guardian picked UNTOLD KILLING S2 as a best podcast of the week
With testimony from reporter Ed Vulliamy, it is a harrowing and cautionary account of human cruelty.
With testimony from reporter Ed Vulliamy, it is a harrowing and cautionary account of human cruelty.
Podbible: CONFLICTED in New podcasts that you MUST listen to this February
The long-awaited third season starts with the continuation of their bonus episode on Afghanistan.
The long-awaited third season starts with the continuation of their bonus episode on Afghanistan.
CONFLICTED S3 in The Guardian
This hugely insightful, engaging podcast about the Middle East returns after a two-year hiatus to reopen its discussion on Afghanistan.
This hugely insightful, engaging podcast about the Middle East returns after a two-year hiatus to reopen its discussion on Afghanistan.
Finding Natasha - The Daily Mail
Read about the protagonist of our upcoming podcast, Finding Natasha, in the Daily Mail and You Mag.
Read about the protagonist of our upcoming podcast, Finding Natasha, in the Daily Mail and You Mag.
Find the full feature here: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-9504617/The-British-ballerina-brutal-Cold-War-Russia-mysterious-stranger-helped-escape.html
Message Heard in The New York Times
Jake Warren, founder of Message Heard, was featured in a profile of the UK podcasting scene in The New York Times along side other key players in the UK scene.
Jake Warren, founder of Message Heard, was featured in a profile of the UK podcasting scene in The New York Times along side other key players in the UK scene.
Message Heard signs to Curtis Brown - Deadline
Our signing with Curtis Brown Group was announced by Deadline this week.
As the first podcast company to be represented by the talent agency, we're so exited about this partnership.
Curtis Brown represent the best of the best, and bring incredible expertise from their pioneering Original Audio and Podcasts devision. Read more about it on Deadline here.
Our signing with Curtis Brown Group was announced by Deadline this week.
As the first podcast company to be represented by the talent agency, we're so exited about this partnership.
Curtis Brown represent the best of the best, and bring incredible expertise from their pioneering Original Audio and Podcasts devision. Read more about it on Deadline here.
The Guardian - Twenty Twenty
Twenty Twenty: A Pop Culture Podcast was included in The Guardian's 20 best podcasts of 2020.
Coming in at number 9, they said “Its hosts have a serious love for 2000s pop culture and, having grown up with the boundaries between supposedly high and low culture coming down, know how to expertly shift between funny and profound.”.
Twenty Twenty: A Pop Culture Podcast was included in The Guardian's 20 best podcasts of 2020.
Coming in at number 9, they said “Its hosts have a serious love for 2000s pop culture and, having grown up with the boundaries between supposedly high and low culture coming down, know how to expertly shift between funny and profound.”.
Read the whole list here: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/dec/24/the-20-best-podcasts-of-2020
Esquire - Twenty Twenty
Twenty Twenty: A Pop Culture Podcast was added to “The Best Podcasts You Can Listen To In 2020”, a running list of the publication’s must-listen shows.
Twenty Twenty: A Pop Culture Podcast was added to “The Best Podcasts You Can Listen To In 2020”, a running list of the publication’s must-listen shows.
The author of the list, Tom Nicholson, says of the podcast:
Distressing as it is that the turn of the millennium is now long enough ago to be raked over in a lovingly nostalgic way, that’s where we’re at. It has at least given us this, in which film critic Simran Hans and music critic Tara Joshi dissect the culture that made the turn of the century such a strange mixture of the genuinely exciting, the endearingly rubbish, and the optimistically futuristic.
Great British Podcast - Twenty Twenty
Twenty Twenty was featured in the Great British Podcast’s newsletter and on their website.
Twenty Twenty was featured in the Great British Podcast’s newsletter and on their website.
Scott Bryan said “It’s an enjoyable listen, simply down to Hans and Joshi’s enthusiasm for the subject matter.”
Twenty Twenty - BBC Podcast Hour
Podcast Radio Hour with Amanda Litherland aired a clip of Twenty Twenty: A Pop Culture Podcast on the BBC 4 show.
Podcast Radio Hour with Amanda Litherland aired a clip of Twenty Twenty: A Pop Culture Podcast on the BBC 4 show.
Stylist - Twenty Twenty
Twenty Twenty was included as one of Stylist’s ‘3 new podcasts to keep your ears happy this October’.
Twenty Twenty was included as one of Stylist’s ‘3 new podcasts to keep your ears happy this October’.
They said about the podcast:
“It’s funny, informed and insightful: imagine an in-depth chat about Destiny’s Child, the first season of Big Brother and The Sims with your smartest friends and you get the idea”