
AWARDS
2023 Radio Academy's 30 Under 30
ARIAS 2023: Best Music Entertainment Show (Bronze)
Audio Production Awards 2022: Best Entertainment Producer (Gold)
British Podcast Awards 2022: The Rising Star Award (Silver)
Independent Podcast Awards 2023: Best Business & Best Education (Nominations)
The Ambies 2022: Best Society and Culture Podcast (Nomination)
Audio Production Awards 2021: Best New Podcast Producer (Nomination)
Lovie Awards 2022: Best Health & Wellness Podcast (Silver) & People’s Choice
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Judging: Lovie Awards, Webby Awards, The Ambies, Audio Production Awards, British Podcast Awards, Independent Podcast Awards
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AUDIO/VISUAL
BBC Radio 4's Short Cuts, Producer and Sound Designer
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Space Cadets (Love + Radio/Vespucci), Series Producer
Announced in Deadline
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Fearne Cotton’s Happy Place App (Universal) - Studio Producer
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Dish (Waitrose) - Lead Producer
Audiovisual series Dish is hosted by Nick Grimshaw and Angela Hartnett.
Stanley Tucci: "This is like the greatest podcast ever."
Named by Apple as one of the best shows of 2022.
Best Branded Podcast (Adweek Audio Awards), Best Branded Content (Lovies)
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Throwback Throwdown (BBC Sounds & 1Xtra) - Series Producer
Hosted by Babatunde Aléshé, Poet, and Mimi The Music Blogger.
ARIAS 2023: Best Music Entertainment Show (Bronze).
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Bad Money - Series Producer
Mashable’s Top 10 Podcasts of 2022: “Listeners will be left open-mouthed… the action unravels beautifully."
Great British Podcasts: “The story is an illuminating and sometimes baffling game of cat and mouse.”
The Guardian’s Favourite Documentary Podcasts: “The story of how the ‘Big Spender’ did it, told in six parts by Jason Wong, is an incredible one...”
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Cheat! (Sony Music) - Producer
Ambies 2022: Best Society & Culture Podcast nomination.
One of my episodes was included in Spotify’s Best Episodes of 2021 playlist.
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How We Got Animal Rights (UK Parliament) - Producer
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Banged Up Abroad (National Geographic/Raw TV) - Researcher
Pitched and won a TV commission from National Geographic for Banged Up Abroad’s Undercover Arms Dealer.
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The Smart 7: Millennial Special Edition - Producer
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Peace at Last (BBC Radio 3) - Producer/Sound Designer
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Mango Encounters (Mango) - Series Producer
The Wallet - Series Editor and Strategy Consultant
Silver Lovie Winner 2022, People's Choice Lovie 2022
Featured in The Financial Times, Forbes, Stylist Magazine, Good Housekeeping and The Telegraph.
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Power: The Maxwells, Bonus Episode (Sony Music) - Producer
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The Future Lab Podcast (Randox/Goodwood Festival of Speed​) - Advert Producer
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One Year Like This (Absolute Radio​) - Producer
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WRITING
Meera writes an opinion column titled Revelations for Pod Bible - the UK's first magazine about podcasts.
"How do we make podcasting futureproof? What needs to be done to challenge the industry to innovate and produce daring content? In this column titled “Revelations”, Meera Kumar pokes and prods the audio industry and its creations to reveal the shows worth listening to and their place in the zeitgeist…"
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Goodbye 'Celeb' Podcasts: It's Time for The Next Frontier of Audio
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Outsourcing to Robots: Is Generative AI the Death of Creativity in Podcasting?​
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Podcast Subscriptions - How to do it well and what's worth paying for
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Nomono Sound Capsule Review - Nomono sent me their brand new Sound Capsule to experiment with!
PRESENTING/EVENTS
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Speaker at Radiodays Europe 2024 (Munich, Germany)
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Speaker at Podcast Day 2023 (Dublin, Ireland)
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Press Gazette's The Future of Media Technology Conference 2022 Panel: Audio Engagement and Podcast Monetisation
Podcast Show 2022 Masterclass: Narrative Storytelling and Journalism.
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Webinar Host for one of the UK's leading podcast networks:
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Multilingual Podcasts: how to launch podcasts in multiple languages.
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How to Make a Hit Podcast, with The Modern Mann presenters and BPA founder Matt Hill.
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Social Media and Podcasting: which platforms are right for you?
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Foundation FM x Dutchie Studio: Roundtable with Audio Producers.
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London Podcast Festival 2022 Workshop: Podcasting for Beginners.
London Podcast Festival 2023 Workshop: How to Make a Narrative Podcast Series
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Rise & Shine Panel: Freelancing in Audio.
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Westminster University Talk: Freelancing & Media.
Part of The Media 100 Network, an invite-only forum that convenes the biggest and most influential media proprietors in the UK.