About
The Studio
Signal & Frequency is a podcast studio based on the university campus. We produce long-form audio about research, ideas, and the people behind them.
We started in 2019 with a single show and a borrowed microphone. The idea was simple: the most interesting research was happening in our own corridors, and nobody outside the department ever heard about it.
Seven years later, we produce six shows, operate a purpose-built recording studio, and run workshops for researchers who want to tell their own stories through audio. Our work has been listened to over 2.1 million times.
We believe that if you can't explain your research to a curious stranger on a bus, you haven't finished thinking about it. Our job is to build that bus.
People
The Team
Dr. Sarah Chen
Studio Director & Host, The Corridor
Former research fellow in cognitive science. Sarah founded the studio in 2019 after realising that the best research stories were never reaching the public.
Marcus Bell
Lead Producer & Host, Field Notes
Award-winning audio producer with 12 years in public radio. Marcus oversees production across all shows and somehow makes scientists sound like rockstars.
Ava Tremblay
Data Journalist & Host, Signal / Noise
Ava spent a decade in investigative journalism before joining the studio. She has an unsettling ability to find the flaw in any statistic.
Dr. Raj Patel
Science Editor & Host, The Lab Bench
Biochemist turned communicator. Raj translates complex science into plain language without losing the complexity that makes it interesting.
History
Milestones
Studio founded with a single show and a borrowed microphone
The Corridor wins Best New Educational Podcast (Australian Podcast Awards)
Expanded to four shows, hired full-time production team
Passed 1 million total listens across all shows
New purpose-built recording studio opened on campus
Field Notes nominated for Best Science Podcast globally
Six active shows, 2.1 million lifetime listens