Sound Women

In July's Sound Women podcast: • Radio critic, journalist and presenter Miranda Sawyer praises quirkiness and confidence, and wishes drama and documentaries would loosen up a bit; • Amazing Radio's Ruth Barnes speaks to Adele Roberts about how she got from the Big Brother 3 house to BBC 1Xtra, and the importance of speaking off-air as well as on; • Emma Bradshaw reports on the Sound Women mentoring scheme as its first year wraps up; • and this month's radio agony aunt Laura Parfitt of White Pebble Media talks about how to pitch, set up your own indie, and make excellent radio. Over on the secret members’ only bonus content page, Laura divulges the meaning of the white pebble, and remembers a brief encounter with Richard Burton. To hear it, become a paid-up Sound Women member at soundwomen.co.uk/joinus. If you want to contribute to the Sound Women podcast, or if you have questions for the Radio Agony Aunt, email podcast@soundwomen.co.uk or tweet @soundwomen. Thanks to SoundCloud for hosting, Martin Austw