Freelance Pod hits 10,000 downloads + Lauren Razavi on the future of work
Hi there, What an exciting week: Freelance Pod hit 10,000 downloads! Pod me now Freelance Pod by Suchandrika @freelance_pod_Well the big moment came and went...
My Zoom masterclass on using personal essays to break into a new publication or niche
Hi there, So I’m running a masterclass on using personal essays to break into a new publication or niche on Tuesday 4th August, from 6:30-8pm, over Zoom. If...
The podcast scene in Cairo and a letter from lockdown in New York
Hi there, What a grey rainy hell-week it’s been in London! And it’s not quite over yet! Hope this missive is a little ray of sunshine for you. The latest...
If you were told to "dial down the feminism," what would you do?
Hello there, In this edition of the newsletter, there’s an answer to the question in the subject line, a global letter from lockdown in Cairo, Egypt and a...
Author Flora Baker on her book about orphanhood | A pod milestone | Comedy news
Hi there, Here’s a little something to read while you enjoy the easing of lockdown. Hope you’re looking forward to the easing of lockdown, when apparently...
MEL magazine deputy editor Alana Levinson on quaranculture and pitches she'd like to see
Hi there, I’ll avoid starting off this newsletter on the wrong foot… Suchandrika @SuchandrikaCpls do not start an email to me like this June 12th 20202...
Black Lives Matter
Hi there, While the acronym ‘BAME’ has become has become the standard way to refer to non-white people in the UK, the umbrella term squashes together the...
Letters from Lockdown: On how we find escape online (even in a spreadsheet)
Hi all, I’ve endured a few wifi blackouts during the lockdown, including this morning. There’s a particular panic-inducing helplessness to losing your only...
Letters from Lockdown: On the changing nature of intimacy during a pandemic
Hi all, It was lovely and kind of painful to see the retweets of Robyn Vinter’s tweet, asking for us to share the last picture from our normal lives. I...
Letters from Lockdown: On the distance between who we are and who we're going to be
Hi all, Londoners, what’s happening with the weather? I can’t tell when to take my one-a-day walk. I don’t want to waste it getting soaked. Hm. Guess I’ve...
Letters from Lockdown: On the future stories we'll tell
Hi all, I’ve decided to keep writing the newsletter while we remain on lockdown - we could all do with more content to consume, right? Fifty years from now,...
Freelance Pod returns with a live show featuring author Gemma Milne
Hi all, Freelance Pod has returned after a bit of a break! We’re on Season 2, Episode 40 (I like long seasons, apparently) and the podcast is now going...
Merry that bit between Christmas and New Year!!
Hi all, It’s a sunny Christmas Eve and I’m wrapping presents while listening to a 100% Xmas tunes playlist. Here is a gigantic picture of me as a reindeer,...
Freelance Pod is one year old!
Hello there, Well, would you look at that, I‘ve been making this little podcast for a whole darn year now! That was my main aim when I started: to produce a...
Standard Issue Podcast at the Boulevard Theatre, Soho
Hi there, You get to hear from Standard Issue Podcast on the latest episode of Freelance Pod! So let’s forget about the actual news and take a little walk...
Special guest for Freelance Pod's November live recording revealed...
Hi all, The science writer - and soon-to-be-author of Smoke & Mirrors: How Hype Obscures the Future and How to See Past It* - will be joining me onstage as...
"During war, all relationships are temporary"
Hi there, The latest episode of Freelance Pod was recorded in front of a live audience at the London Podcast Festival in September 2019. Abdul Tahhan joined...
Freelance Pod has been shortlisted for a Lovie Award!
Hi all, A quick midweek missive to let you know that Freelance Pod has been shortlisted for an award! The Lovie Awards celebrate the best of the European...
I did my first live podcast recording - and lived to tell the tale!
Hi everyone, We did it! Freelance Pod went live at the London Podcast Festival on Saturday! Here are some of the other podcasts that were playing on...
The Telegraph's head of social, Beth Ashton, on news in a multi-platform age
Hi everyone! T-3 days until live recording!! I regret to inform you that there are now Freelance Pod stickers: Suchandrika @SuchandrikaCI mean, who wouldn't...