About this podcast
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.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 59 episodes
- In the Running · 19 minIn Johannesburg, two teenagers are going head-to-head for the title of Junior Mayor – all while navigating high school and trying to live a normal teenage life. To win votes…
- Episode 5: Writing for the ear | Audio Storytelling, Step by Step · 7 minYou've got the tape — now what? Episode 5 dives into the writing and editing process behind a finished audio documentary: outlining with scenes and beats, pacing rules for…
- Episode 4: The Interview | Audio Storytelling, Step by Step · 7 minThis is the craft at the center of every great audio story: the interview. Naomi shares field-tested techniques for getting powerful, honest tape — from slating and room tone to…
- Episode 3: Pre-production | Audio Storytelling, Step by Step · 7 minFrom shoot schedules to spare batteries, this episode covers everything you need before you hit record in the field. Naomi walks you through the real planning documents used for…
- Episode 2: Research, Research, Reseach | Audio Storytelling, Step by Step · 6 minGreat audio documentaries start with great research. In this episode, Naomi and the team show you exactly how they tracked sources, organized themes, and found "good talkers"…
- Episode 1: Find your story | Audio Storytelling, Step by Step · 7 minWant to make a narrative podcast? Start here! In Episode 1 of our six-part series, Radio Workshop producers Naomi Grewan and Dhashen Moodley break down the five essential…
- Copper Town · 41 min · Episode 56Zambia knows how a copper boom usually ends: rich countries get richer and little is left behind but environmental devastation. This time, a new generation wants to change the…
- Brake Like a Boss · 23 min · Season 1 Episode 5522-year-old Zanele Molo is learning to ride a bicycle for the first time. But she hates being out of control. Over four days, the team at Khaltsha Cycles – a Khayelitsha-based…
- You Will Die at 30 · 27 minAt 23, trans woman Awo Dufie is outed, homeless, and facing a prophecy that says she will die at 30 — because she is queer. This threat is reinforced by Ghana's social climate…
- The War Inside · 21 min · Season 1 Episode 53It’s early 2025, and the city of Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo is being taken over by a rebel group called the M23. In response to the chaos, Feza, one of…
- Bookish · 31 minYou may remember John Obot from a previous episode – the Nigerian teacher who attempted to break the Guinness World Record for time spent reading out loud. Well… despite the…
- My Land Without Oil · 25 min · Season 1 Episode 51Pascal Mirindi, a 25-year-old activist from Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, grew up surrounded by the violent fall-out of the Rwandan genocide of 1994, which spilled…
- It's Complicated · 42 min · Episode 51Before the month of love comes to a close, we wanted to share one of our favorite episodes from the archive. Dating is complicated. Not to mention dating on the apps! And for…
- Blindsided · 18 min · Episode 50Abiodun Oyeniran lost his sight completely at age 21. At 28, he finally makes it into the University of Lagos, only to realise the campus is not equipped to fully support the…
- We’re on Sound School! · 20 min · Episode 49Last week, one of Radio Workshop’s producers was featured on the Sound School podcast. Sound School, hosted by Rob Rosenthal, spoke to Kabir Jugram about his podcast episode…
- Waste Not Want Not · 14 min · Episode 48Aphiwe's grandmother taught her to flatten cardboard boxes when she was just a kid, selling the tiny "baby bundles" and saving the money in a piggy bank. Now 19, Aphiwe wears her…
- I Will Not Grow Old Here: The Lights of Sandton · 31 min · Episode 47To wrap up our December re-releases, here’s the third and final episode of our award-winning series. Mary-Ann explores the contradictions of life in Alexandra. There are no easy…
- I Will Not Grow Old Here: The Air We Breathe · 38 min · Episode 46In episode two of our three-part series re-release, Mary-Ann steps out of her comfort zone to explore parts of Alex she's been warned about her whole life. Her search for answers…
- I Will Not Grow Old Here: A Girl from Alex · 29 min · Episode 45Continuing with our December re-releases, today we’re sharing the first episode of the series that earned us our first Ambies nomination and first One World Media award. This…
- Zambia's Sacrifice Zone · 26 min · Episode 44To continue our month of episodes from the Radio Workshop archives, we're revisiting a story from last year. Oliver grew up in Kabwe, Zambia. Nearly a century of lead mining has…
