About Deadset Studios
Deadset Studios is a consultancy specialising in audio strategy, podcast production, and branded storytelling. We lean into the power of the human voice to share stories that resonate.
We offer high-level strategic advice to media houses, brands, organisations, and producers to set you up for success in the podcast space.
Our founder Kellie Riordan is one of Australia’s leading podcast strategists and the creative force behind countless hit shows.
She is the founding producer of Conversations, a podcast she developed before the advent of the iPhone back in 2005. It remains Australia’s most downloaded podcast (crowned as such by Apple Podcasts four times).
Get in touch…
Whether you’re already in the podcast game, or looking to launch into this growing space, we’d love to work with you.
Contact us about strategic advice, production assistance, original concepts, or training and presenter feedback.
A track record in building creative powerhouse teams and making award-winning shows
Other shows that Kellie has developed and led include historical narrative series The Eleventh (a Kennedy award nominee), No Feeling is Final (winner, Director’s Choice at Third Coast 2019), kids’ ethics show Short & Curly (Webby Award winner), The Pineapple Project (Australian Podcast Award 2019 winner), the Walkley Award-winning Unravel True Crime, Fierce Girls (Australian Podcast Award 2019), How Do You Sleep At Night, comedy investigation series Finding Drago, Judith Lucy Overwhelmed and Dying, the critically acclaimed comedy musical CrossBread (ARIA Award nominated), children’s scripted mystery Mackaroy Uncovered, and the hugely popular series for women Ladies We Need To Talk (Webby honoree).
As the founding managing editor of ABC Audio Studios, the podcast unit at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Kellie’s focus has been creating compelling and engaging on-demand audio and podcasts for current and new audiences.
As a media executive and content strategist, Kellie specialises in building and assisting innovative teams to create world-class digital content.
Training and public speaking
Kellie’s also a specialist airchecker, providing coaching and feedback to podcast and radio hosts on regional, metropolitan, national, and international shows. Deadset Studios can help take your podcast and your host from good to fabulous in a few short feedback sessions.
Kellie’s also an in-demand speaker on podcasting, leadership, and digital strategy. She’s been a speaker at RAIN global podcast summit (US 2020), Podcast Movement (Virtual 2020, Florida 2019), RadioDays Podcast Days (Virtual 2020, Copenhagen 2018), Mumbrella360 (Sydney 2019), Audioland (Sydney 2019), Vivid Festival (Sydney 2018), Storyology (Brisbane 2018), Remix (Sydney 2017), and the International Journalism Festival (Italy 2015).
Kellie was a visiting fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University in 2014, where she published a widely-regarded paper on editorial standards in the digital age.
She’s a judge for the Australian Podcast Awards, and has been on the advisory board for University of Canberra’s News and Media Research Centre.