RECORDED Presentation

Ask Us Anything about Audio Flux’s Open Call for Circuit 04: Firsts

Audio Flux has announced Circuit 04, and anyone/everyone can participate! Learn more about how to submit your three-minute fluxwork by Sept 15, and bring your questions to this AMA with AF co-founders Julie Shapiro and John DeLore.

This recorded presentation is free and open to all. 
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Key Takeaways

  • What: Attendees will learn about the origins of Audio Flux and the first three circuits
  • How: Attendees will learn about submission guidelines and parameters for AF Circuit 04
  • Why: Attendees will hear more about the impetus for Audio Flux and future opportunities

Who is this event for? 

Anyone with an interest in experimenting with short form sound + story and stretching the boundaries of podcasting, first-timers and long-timers, audio community members craving a shared creative experience.

Each Fluxwork Must

Deadline is September 15, 2024
https://www.audioflux.org/circuit-04
  1. Reference an object related to a “FIRST” (yours or someone else’s)
  2. Include the sound of time passing (forwards or backwards, no clocks please)
  3. Be accompanied by a handwritten document (i.e. outline, title page, transcript, or something else entirely, provided digitally)
Meet the PRESENTER

Julie Shapiro

Julie Shapiro is a career listener and audio executive, leader, collaborator, and enthusiast. She is the co-founder of Audio Flux, and is currently developing new shows with Canadaland. She was Vice President of Editorial, PRX, and Executive Producer of PRX's Radiotopia, where she co-founded and executive produced the Ear Hustle podcast, Over the Road, and Radiotopia Presents, among other award winning shows. 

From 2014–2015, Julie helped establish the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Creative Audio Unit. In 2000, she co-founded the Third Coast International Audio Festival, where as artistic director she shaped the Festival's creative trajectory and nurtured a robust international listening culture. Shapiro has taught radio to university students, presented at conferences and festivals the world over, and produced stories for the airwaves and podcasts in the US and beyond. 
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Meet the PRESENTER

John Delore

John DeLore is an audio enthusiast, renowned radio/podcast sound designer, producer, and editor, with a career that spans from his time at WNYC/New York Public Radio (where he worked on Studio360, On The Media, Death Sex & Money, and many more), to the start-up days of Gimlet (where he worked on Mystery Show, StartUp, and ReplyAll), to Stitcher (where he launched The Paris Review Podcast, Chris Gethard's Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People, The Atlas Obscura Podcast, and produced the award winning docu-series Unfinished: Short Creek). These days John runs his independent production shop Starlight Diner (where he's worked on Constellation Prize: Nightwalking, the award-winning series Weight for It, and the 4th season of the now independent Paris Review), and along with Julie Shapiro is the co-founder of Audio Flux, a new home for independent audio. John has presented at various audio conferences (Third Coast, Hearsay, AES, IMI Fest, OnAir, Resonate, Tribeca Audio) and in his spare time records music in his garage-turned-studio.
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The Program

Audio Flux

Audio Flux is a home for independent audio, new voices and big ideas in podcasting.

Audio Flux celebrates the art, craft, and impact of audio storytelling. 

Audio Flux is a space for all: first-timers, longtime producers and audio fans alike. 
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About this presentation

  • Monday, August 12, 2024
  • 1pm PT / 4pm ET
  • 45 min 
  • Free to all. 
  • This presentation is recorded and will be made available on SoundPath within a week. 
Audio Flux is a new home for independent audio. We invite people to produce short (three-minute) works inspired by specific prompts. The theme and creative partner will be revealed (tomorrow!) August 1. Anyone/everyone is invited to submit a fluxwork by September 15. 
Up to eight submissions will be chosen to be featured at audioflux.org, on the upcoming Audio Flux podcast, and this fall at the RESONATE Podcast Festival. Learn more about the Circuit parameters, submission guidelines and bring your questions to this AMA with AF co-founders Julie Shapiro and John DeLore.