Testimonials
Richard Fidler, host of Australia’s most popular podcast, Conversations:
“This is the amazing person who brought me into doing the Conversations podcast many years ago, and she was my first producer. One of the very best people I’ve ever worked with. Someone make her Podcaster-General at the UN with an unlimited budget please.”
“I first worked with Kellie when she invited me to join ABC Radio's Conversations program in 2005. She was the founding producer of the show and gave it much of its ethos and energy: to find stories of everyday people who have seen and done extraordinary things, and bring them to a wide audience.
“The show's format defied nearly every local radio convention of the time, but it became very successful.
“Kellie is an extremely capable and talented producer, with excellent 'ears' — she's able to hear when the program is connecting with its listeners, and when it's losing traction. She has an excellent sense of the kinds of stories that are rich enough to sustain an hour-long conversation.
“She grasped the potential of the podcast as early as 2005, and reformatted Conversations each day for what was then a tiny podcast audience.
“That podcast has now grown to become the most popular in Australia by far, according to Apple, attracting millions of downloads a month.
“Kellie is full of ideas, she can't abide mediocrity and wants to make a dent in the world. I'm very happy to recommend her for just about any kind of audio project.”
Julia Lowrie Henderson, senior editorial producer, 30 for 30 Podcasts, ESPN:
“From No Feeling is Final to Finding Drago, I'm a huge fan of so many projects that she has helped usher into existence.”
“I had the pleasure of meeting Kellie when I was a keynote speaker at the OzPod conference a couple of years ago. To say that she was welcoming and gracious would be an understatement. It was such a deeply thought out and executed conference, concerned so deeply with storytelling and craft.
“I held on to her contact information and have refused to leave her alone since.
“I anxiously await what she has to say next in her newsletter and am always eager to hear her take on new podcasts.”
Oscar Trimboli, host of the Deep Listening podcast:
“Kellie is a skilful and effective communicator and more importantly for me — she is a powerful educator.”
“Kellie skilfully assessed where I was at in my journey as a podcast host before we started working together. Rather than cram a lots of information into my head, Kellie helped me make small and steady progress that was actionable, visible and impactful.
“If you want to move…
Your approach from pretender to professional
Your audience from silent echoes to highly engaged
Your mindset from confused to clear
And your podcast from downloads to making a difference…
“I would highly recommend working with Kellie. She helped me find and express my ideas with the world.
“Don’t take my word for it — my podcast Deep Listening received an Apple Podcast Award because of Kellie Riordan’s decades of expertise as an astute communicator and educator.”