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WOMEN WARRIORS NOW AVAILABLE ON BBC SOUNDS

The women living on the frontline around the world and why more female soldiers are fighting than ever before. There are those in society and the military that believe there is no place for women in combat. It is a polarising view that is at odds with progressive modern militaries [...]

AURRA WINS BBC COMMISSION

BBC World Service has commissioned Aurra Studios to produce Women Warriors, a 1-hour documentary to air late Spring 2025. Women Warriors, already in production, features Victoria Hollingsworth as presenter, with Will Aslett – Producer, Mark Popkiewicz – Exec Producer, and Claire Cottrell – Operations. At a time of increased global [...]

Aurra Launches The Producers Club

A club to drive world-class development and innovation in cross platform content. The Producers Club is bringing together world class producer talent with a goal to dramatically grow the development pipeline for audio and cross-platform content.  Aurra has created a new development environment whereby members of the Producers Club can [...]

Aurra welcomes two new team members

Board Member and Exec Producer join Aurra Aurra Studios is delighted to welcome Sian Hansen and Will Aslett to the team. Mark Popkiewicz, CEO Aurra Studios said, ‘we are thrilled to have been able to attract two such high-calibre execs to Aurra.  They each come with great experience and energy [...]

OH MY POD! Picture The Scene wins ‘Best Independent Podcast 2023’

Superb result for talented creators and hosts Andrew Ogden and Rachael Webb! After only 3 years of producing and hosting their true crime show, Picture The Scene, Aurra is delighted to announce that Rachael and Andrew have won ‘Best independent podcast of 2023’, as voted by listeners. Pod Bible presented [...]

The Troubles wins Two Golds at the Irish Podcast Awards 2023

Congratulations to creator and host Oisin Feeney for an outstanding achievement! Aurra is very proud to announce that The Troubles has been honoured with two prestigious wins at the Irish Podcast Awards 2023. ‘Podcast of The Year, the highest award of the night, was awarded to The Troubles, which also [...]

Aurra’s Later Dater Wins Gold at the British Podcast Awards 2023

Congratulations to our talented production team and wonderful host Lucy Cavendish! We are delighted to announce that the first season of Later Dater won Gold in the British Podcast Award genre: Sex and Relationships.  We want to recognise the strong team behind the show; Host & Journalist Lucy Cavendish, Producer [...]

Aurra Studios grows Indie podcast faster than market thanks to Aurra Curator program

How do podcasts scale?  Social marketing… co-promotion and guesting…. PR… event marketing?? Really, it’s all the above.  It takes some time, attention to detail and needs everyone to commit to a common goal, especially in a challenging ad market. In Autumn 2022 Aurra developed a simple strategy to promote a [...]

Bertie Ahern discusses the Good Friday Agreement with Oisin Feeney, host of The Troubles Podcast

Bertie Ahern believes that a United Ireland is achievable Bertie Ahern says a United Ireland is possible in the near future, but it would require a lot of preparation to merge the political and infrastructural systems of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in a recent interview on The [...]

Aurra Launches Sponsorship Campaign with Persie Distillery and UKTC

Aurra Launches Sponsored Merch Campaign with Persie Distillery and UKTC UK True Crime is a successful True Crime show which has seen excellent growth in Q1 listenership at over 26% YoY, outpacing the sector by 2X.  UKTC’s audience has a strong female skew in the 35-65 age demo. Aurra secured [...]

Whitehall Sources joins the big conversation with Aurra Studios

Whitehall Sources joins Aurra Studios’ line up of Current Affairs and History shows  Whitehall Sources is a fast-growing politics show.  Hosted by journalist and broadcaster Calum Macdonald and two top advisers to recent prime ministers, cabinet ministers and opposition leaders.  The team take us on a weekly excursion into Whitehall [...]

Aurra Signs TV Option for Sherlock’s Secretary

Sherlock’s Secretary, an Aurra True Crime original, optioned for TV Sherlock’s Secretary looks at True Crime cases through a Sherlockian lens.  Sherlock’s Secretary examines some of the world’s most extraordinary and modern crimes in a unique blend of factual and contemporary True Crime TV and podcast investigative series. Sherlock’s Secretary [...]

Content – Networks – Communities

Aurra launches the True Crime Network Aurra launches the UK’s first True Crime Network with a collection of the world’s top true crime shows and creators. Adam Lloyd, host of UK True Crime podcast comments: “Working with Aurra has transformed my podcasting experience and most importantly, the improvements have delighted [...]

UK True Crime Podcast Listenership Hits Record Highs

Aurra’s True Crime show ‘UK True Crime’, has achieved record high listenership since joining Aurra’s True Crime Network earlier this year Adam Lloyd’s show is now regularly rated within the top ten UK Apple Podcasts in the true crime genre, and recently achieved its highest ever position in the UK [...]

The Line of Fire’s Ramita Navai: wins Grierson Award 2022 for Current Affairs TV documentary

‘Afghanistan: No Country for Women’ wins Grierson Awards, Best Current Affairs TV Documentary [...]

Aurra Studios is delighted to welcome Adam Lloyd to its True Crime network

Aurra enters the True Crime category with Adam Lloyd, a leading UK Podcaster of the show ‘UK True Crime’. True Crime is one of the most popular categories in podcasting, and with UK True Crime totalling over 25 million listens, Adam is is a leader in this genre with a [...]

Aurra Announces Dr Philip Ball as ‘Editor in Chief for Science & Technology’ content category

Aurra enters the Science & Technology category with Dr Philip Ball, a leading UK broadcaster and writer, as editor in chief. Following the launch earlier this year with the How To Grow A Human podcast series, Aurra asked Philip not only to make more shows, but also guide the editorial for [...]

Later Dater featured in ‘Daily Star’ and Podnews

Aurra’s brand new show Later Dater has been featured in Podnews, and guest Rosie Kay featured in the Daily Star Later Dater guest Rosie Kay explains all about swinging, why she first got into it, and how you can get started in Aurra’s new podcast Later Dater. Read her feature [...]

Aurra’s ‘The Line Of Fire’ skyrockets to the top of the charts

Following the launch in April, in just a little over 4 weeks The Line Of Fire has reached the top of the news charts in the UK and US. Currently at No.2 Apple Podcasts – News Commentary and with overwhelmingly 5 star reviews, The Line Of Fire has connected with [...]

Aurra Announces: Sherlock’s Secretary

Sherlock’s Secretary explores the extraordinary true-life story of the bank employees who managed the mail sent to Sherlock Holmes, and whose contents have yet to be revealed and crimes solved. Ever since his invention by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1887, fans – believing Sherlock Holmes to be fact rather [...]