We Interrupt This Broadcast

Your weekly pulse of the Australian screen industry, We Interrupt This Broadcast brings you deep-dive interviews, monthly news round-ups, and practical advice for anyone building a career or project in film and TV. New episodes every Tuesday morning.Hosted by Kirsty Stark, Loani Arman, Robbie Miles & Aven Yap.Join the conversation at weinterruptthisbroadcast.com.au. Explore past episodes, search our guests' big ideas to shape the industry's future, and sign up for our newsletter for links and bonus content in your inbox each week.

We Interrupt This Broadcast is a tv podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 75 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #70

  070: Deep Dive with Rachel Maxine Anderson & Rae Choi: From Mum's iPad to Canneseries

  Aug 17, 202653 minS1

  This episode is sponsored by ⁠Getty Images⁠, home to market-leading creative and editorial content from the world’s best photographers and videographers. http://www.gettyimages.com --- In this episode, Loani Arman speaks with Rachel Maxine Anderson and Rae Choi about their work on Ina, a six part online series, and how they built an audience without waiting for anyone to green light the series but themselves. They discuss how working in short form for an online audience pushed them to be more personal and more specific with the series, why trusting your audience matters more than trying to protect them, and how creative constraints forced them to make smarter production decisions. They also talk about building a direct relationship with an audience on social media, controlling your own marketing strategy, getting immediate feedback from audiences, and making decisions without waiting for a commissioner’s approval. --- Listen to hear Rachel and Rae discuss: How writing from personal truth and specific experience reaches audiences far more effectively than trying to make something too broad Why there’s no such thing as a spoiler online and how revealing plot points in social clips drove audiences to their series Creating their own fan edits using trending TikTok songs Why format and budget constraints forced smarter production and creative decisionsHow comments online and audience feedback ultimately proved engagement, not rejection --- If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe & leave a rating or review to help us reach more listeners for We Interrupt This Broadcast. --- Further information about Ina and the team: Watch Ina on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@ina.series Follow Ina on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ina.series Rachel Maxine Anderson on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-maxine-anderson-a815b593 Rae Choi on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raechoi Rachel Maxine Anderson on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rachelmaxinex Rae Choi on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/raechoi_ --- Websites: rachelmaxine.com liminapictures.com contrastories.com --- This Deep Dive interview is hosted and edited by ⁠⁠Loani Arman.If you’re enjoying the podcast, please leave a rating on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and we’d love you to forward this episode to a friend! --- Follow us on: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/weinterruptpodcast YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@weinterruptpodcast LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/weinterruptpodcast --- Thanks to ⁠Getty Images⁠ for sponsoring this episode. If you’re looking for historical, contemporary or creative footage, head to ⁠gettyimages.com ⁠.

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  Episode #69

  069: Deep Dive with Lyanna Kea: Reaching 15 Million Fans in your Pyjamas

  Aug 10, 202640 minS1

  This episode is sponsored by ⁠Getty Images⁠, home to market-leading creative and editorial content from the world’s best photographers and videographers. http://www.gettyimages.com --- In this episode, Aven Yap speaks with Lyanna Kea, a Malaysian Chinese creator, actor and producer with over 15 million fans, about building the viral world of Aunty Kea and turning content creation into a genuine production business. From starting out broke and stuck at home during COVID as an international student, Lyanna shares how a pyjama-friendly “Asian mum” character grew into Kea Productions, a team of 16 people running scripted, animation and lifestyle channels across multiple platforms and languages. --- Listen to hear Lyanna talk about: Why quantity beats quality when you are starting out How she runs pre-production, production, post and development each week Why long form video drives loyalty and revenue, not just views Learning to delegate and build a business that survives when she steps away How her content opened doors to Screen Australia, ABC’s Ground Up and more The shifting relationship between creators and the traditional screen industry --- If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe & leave a rating or review to help us reach more listeners for We Interrupt This Broadcast. --- Further information after listening to the episode: Lyanna on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/lyanna-kea-7a557a413 Lyanna on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lyanna_kea/?hl=en Lyanna on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LyannaKea Lyanna on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lyannakeaa/ Lyanna on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lyanna_kea?lang=en Kea’s Universe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/keasuniverse Kea Plus Ultra on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/keaplusultra/ Kea Plus Ultra on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KeaPlusUltra --- This Deep Dive interview is hosted and edited by ⁠⁠Aven Yap. If you’re enjoying the podcast, please leave a rating on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and we’d love you to forward this episode to a friend! --- Follow us on: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/weinterruptpodcast YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@weinterruptpodcast LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/weinterruptpodcast --- Thanks to ⁠Getty Images⁠ for sponsoring this episode. If you’re looking for historical, contemporary or creative footage, head to ⁠gettyimages.com⁠.

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  Episode #68

  068: Deep Dive with Alyce Adams: Want to Make a Web Series? Watch One

  Aug 3, 202650 minS1

  Online strategist, writer and producer Alyce Adams joins Robbie Miles to explore what it takes to identify and build an audience for your work in an algorithm-driven world. Drawing on eight years in Screen Australia's Online Department and her work developing and marketing digital-first projects, Alyce explains how audience identification goes hand-in-hand with development and starts long before production, why authenticity matters and a lack of it means death for your project, and why filmmakers need to stop thinking of marketing as something that happens after the edit. Essential listening for writers, producers and creators looking to build genuine communities around their work. --- Listen to hear Alyce discuss: Why audiences can "smell a fake" and how authenticity drives online success The three-second rule and what makes people stop scrolling Why filmmakers should identify their audience before they start making their project How thumbnails, hooks and release strategies shape discoverability Why niche audiences are often the fastest path to broader success Why every film student should start a YouTube channel --- Listen to Episode 66 on ⁠ Spotify ⁠ , ⁠ YouTube ⁠ or ⁠ Apple Podcasts ⁠ . If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe & leave a rating or review to help us reach more listeners for We Interrupt This Broadcast. --- Further information after listening to the episode: Alyce Adams: ⁠https://www.alyceadams.com.au⁠ INA (YouTube): ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ina.series⁠ Sarah's Channel: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deLiDLkQzio&list=PLsPVOdZ3LN6emtXsW_JSloI_kVflZzAHW&index=2 --- This Deep Dive interview is hosted and edited by ⁠ Robbie Miles . If you’re enjoying the podcast, please leave a rating on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , and we’d love you to forward this episode to a friend! Follow us on: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠

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  Episode #67

  067: July Industry News Round-Up: Albanese on AI, Festival Updates, Tributes & More...

  Jul 27, 202627 minS1

  This episode is sponsored by Getty Images , home to market-leading creative and editorial content from the world’s best photographers and videographers. --- Have thoughts to share about this episode or want to come and chat about everything going on in the industry? Join Loani, Aven, Robbie and Kirsty this Thursday 30th July at 8:30pm for our monthly Instagram Live: https://www.instagram.com/weinterruptpodcast --- Aven and Kirsty catch up to discuss everything that happened in the industry in July, starting with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s speech announcing mandatory national AI standards, with a strong commitment to protecting Australian creators’ IP. They also cover Screen Australia’s new development guidelines, Netflix’s viewer numbers for the first half of 2026, and a big month of festival announcements from CinefestOz to TIFF and Venice. Plus tributes to Sam Neill and Tania Lambert ACS, industry moves at Screenworks and Screen Australia, what we’ve both been watching in cinemas, productions shooting around Australia, and more! --- Links to topics mentioned in this episode: Australia’s AI Policy Update: https://theconversation.com/australia-wants-to-manage-ai-what-will-that-look-like-287496 Can Filmmaking Survive Without AI? (Daniel Maze on LinkedIn): https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/can-filmmaking-survive-without-ai-daniel-maze-9j77e Stephen Follows: What Just Happened to TheNumbers.com Should Worry Us All: SPA’s Ones to Watch program: https://www.screenproducers.org.au/ones-to-watch Australians in Film’s Future Vision Forward initiative: https://www.futurevisionsummit.org Sam Neill Dies After 78 Years of Living the Skuxx Life (Betoota Advocate): ⁠https://www.betootaadvocate.com/sam-neill-dies-after-78-years-of-living-the-skux-life ⁠ Tania Lambert ACS Tribute: https://www.instagram.com/p/DbFeVwHE3LW Past episodes of We Interrupt This Broadcast we mentioned: Grainne Brunsdon & Ian Murray (Screen Australia’s Private Investment Toolkit): https://www.weinterruptthisbroadcast.com.au/episodes?grid1-dialog=reco4cIFdWhbwDfs2 Jasmine Yang (The Amazing Digital Circus): https://www.weinterruptthisbroadcast.com.au/episodes?grid1-dialog=recVN5R4R020S0EKn --- If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a review on Apple or give us 5 stars on Spotify to help us spread the word. --- This episode of We Interrupt This Broadcast was hosted and edited by ⁠Aven Yap⁠ and ⁠Kirsty Stark⁠ . Follow us on: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- Thanks to ⁠Getty Images⁠ for sponsoring this episode. If you’re looking for historical, contemporary or creative footage, head to ⁠gettyimages.com⁠ .

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  Episode #66

  066: Deep Dive with Grainne Brunsdon & Ian Murray: The Toolkit to Help You Find Private Investment

  Jul 20, 202648 minS1

  This episode is sponsored by Getty Images , home to market-leading creative and editorial content from the world’s best photographers and videographers. --- In this special video episode, Kirsty Stark speaks with Grainne Brunsdon, COO of Screen Australia, and Ian Murray, founder of 113 Partners, about the recently released Private Investment Toolkit from Screen Australia: the first resource of its kind designed to help both producers and investors navigate screen finance. Grainne shares where the idea came from and why private investment is a key component of the Australian screen funding landscape, before Ian walks through the toolkit, sharing his screen to talk through the Producer and Investor journeys and all of the tools on offer. With everything from a waterfall analysis tool to investor communication plans, the toolkit is an invaluable asset for anyone financing a screen project. --- This episode includes a video walk-through of the Private Investment Toolkit. Watch the video version on YouTube or Spotify to get the most from the episode. --- Listen to hear Grainne and Ian discuss: Bridging the gap between producers and investors The producer journey vs the investor journey (commercial, impact and philanthropic) How the Waterfall Analysis Tool models recoupment and returns Why communication is the key to investors coming back The massive intergenerational wealth transfer that’s on its way, and what it means for the screen sector --- If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe & leave a rating or review to help us reach more listeners for We Interrupt This Broadcast. --- Screen Australia’s Private Investment Toolkit: https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/private-investment-toolkit Grainne Brunsdon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/grainne-brunsdon-a201876a Ian Murray on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/icmurray Ian’s book, Learning the Language: A Guide to Private Investment in Australian Film: https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/1764660803 If you haven’t listened to our recent Deep Dive episode with Ian Murray on Private Investment, it’s a fantastic episode to listen to alongside this one. --- This Deep Dive interview is hosted and edited by Kirsty Stark . If you’re enjoying the podcast, please leave a rating on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , and we’d love you to forward this episode to a friend! Follow us on: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠ --- Thanks to Getty Images for sponsoring this episode. If you’re looking for historical, contemporary or creative footage, head to gettyimages.com .

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