Off Mic: Life After Radio Thu, 05 Mar 2026 13:33:41 -0500 https://offmicpodcast.buzzsprout.com en-au © 2026 Off Mic: Life After Radio yes 5c96ba28-6af0-5794-8100-33c3166ee8f7 Andy Maher episodic false A podcast about former radio professionals now thriving in another career.

In an environment of uncertainty, we want to show you what your next chapter could look like.

May your best years be ahead of you!

]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Andy Maher https://storage.buzzsprout.com/1nws3n16uaxi0r9h1k0si2srgt56?.jpg Off Mic: Life After Radio Firings and F***ups - Bonding, grief and nightmares on tape Firings and F***ups - Bonding, grief and nightmares on tape In this final episode for season 1, some hard-won personal wisdom, then some firings and f--kups.

What do you enjoy more from these episodes - the career insights, or the war stories? Let me know!

00:00 Intro
00:39 Mary-Lou and the corporate restructure
03:05 Geoff Fisher's light-bulb moment
06:31 Matt Schichter's last radio job
07:50 Cecelia Ramsdale on grief at work
10:26 Simon Kennedy on quitting Nova
13:09 Kerryn Marlow's last radio job
14:34 Be careful what you put on tape!
16:59 Alex Dalrymple's swearing rock star
17:48 Stephen Walter's cart disaster
18:47 Taking a breakfast show off air 

]]> In this final episode for season 1, some hard-won personal wisdom, then some firings and f--kups.

What do you enjoy more from these episodes - the career insights, or the war stories? Let me know!

00:00 Intro
00:39 Mary-Lou and the corporate restructure
03:05 Geoff Fisher's light-bulb moment
06:31 Matt Schichter's last radio job
07:50 Cecelia Ramsdale on grief at work
10:26 Simon Kennedy on quitting Nova
13:09 Kerryn Marlow's last radio job
14:34 Be careful what you put on tape!
16:59 Alex Dalrymple's swearing rock star
17:48 Stephen Walter's cart disaster
18:47 Taking a breakfast show off air 

]]> Andy Maher Buzzsprout-17310251 Thu, 12 Jun 2025 06:00:00 +1000 1297 1 11 full false Old skills, meet new skills! Taking radio expertise into exciting new careers Old skills, meet new skills! Taking radio expertise into exciting new careers For this episode, I've collected some bits from our interviews so far - all around a couple of themes.

One is the skills that people in radio pick up that could make them indispensable in other industries. And the other theme is upsizing those skills with continued learning.

What do you enjoy more from these episodes - the career insights, or the war stories? Let me know!

00:00 Introduction
01:10 TRANSFERABLE SKILLS
01:14 Matt Whittemore
04:48 Stephen Walter-Gerrard
08:06 Mary-Lou Stephens
09:57 Geoff Fisher
11:38 FURTHER EDUCATION
13:01 Kerryn Marlow
14:09 Alex Dalrymple
15:13 Matt Schichter
18:20 Next episode!

]]> For this episode, I've collected some bits from our interviews so far - all around a couple of themes.

One is the skills that people in radio pick up that could make them indispensable in other industries. And the other theme is upsizing those skills with continued learning.

What do you enjoy more from these episodes - the career insights, or the war stories? Let me know!

00:00 Introduction
01:10 TRANSFERABLE SKILLS
01:14 Matt Whittemore
04:48 Stephen Walter-Gerrard
08:06 Mary-Lou Stephens
09:57 Geoff Fisher
11:38 FURTHER EDUCATION
13:01 Kerryn Marlow
14:09 Alex Dalrymple
15:13 Matt Schichter
18:20 Next episode!

]]> Andy Maher Buzzsprout-17238906 Thu, 29 May 2025 06:00:00 +1000 1166 1 10 full false "I basically gave them the finger!" Kerryn Marlow on talkback, sexism and life after radio. "I basically gave them the finger!" Kerryn Marlow on talkback, sexism and life after radio. Kerryn Marlow is a business owner based in Melbourne, Australia.

In her radio days she was on air in music and talk shows, and was a producer and program director.

These days, she owns and runs a B2B marketing company, and an online SMS platform. 


00:00 introduction

02:28 What got her interested in radio

03:24 First radio job

10:43 Moving to larger markets

14:06 Where Kerryn and Andy worked together

15:42 Being a talkback host

18:12 Leaving her last radio job

20:09 First work after leaving radio

22:29 What a workday looks like for her now

23:03 Skills Kerryn picked up in radio the she still uses

24:04 What Kerryn misses about radio

25:36 Radio nightmares

26:46 Fortune Cookie

]]> Kerryn Marlow is a business owner based in Melbourne, Australia.

In her radio days she was on air in music and talk shows, and was a producer and program director.

These days, she owns and runs a B2B marketing company, and an online SMS platform. 


00:00 introduction

02:28 What got her interested in radio

03:24 First radio job

10:43 Moving to larger markets

14:06 Where Kerryn and Andy worked together

15:42 Being a talkback host

18:12 Leaving her last radio job

20:09 First work after leaving radio

22:29 What a workday looks like for her now

23:03 Skills Kerryn picked up in radio the she still uses

24:04 What Kerryn misses about radio

25:36 Radio nightmares

26:46 Fortune Cookie

]]> Andy Maher Buzzsprout-17150305 Tue, 13 May 2025 20:00:00 +1000 1739 1 9 full false "That's a good idea, let's get it on the air!" - Simon Kennedy "That's a good idea, let's get it on the air!" - Simon Kennedy Simon Kennedy is a voice artist, comedian, keynote speaker and author based in Sydney.

After starting as an announcer, he had a very unique position, writing comedy imaging.

These days, you'll hear Simon on promos for ABC-TV throughout Australia.

He's also the President of the Australian Association of Voice Actors (AAVA).

Now we didn't touch on this in our chat, but Simon wrote a book in 2014 about an atrocity that shook the all world, but took someone precious from him.

It's a story about his road from an awful place.

It's called 9/11 and the Art of Happiness and I can't recommend it highly enough.

]]> Simon Kennedy is a voice artist, comedian, keynote speaker and author based in Sydney.

After starting as an announcer, he had a very unique position, writing comedy imaging.

These days, you'll hear Simon on promos for ABC-TV throughout Australia.

He's also the President of the Australian Association of Voice Actors (AAVA).

Now we didn't touch on this in our chat, but Simon wrote a book in 2014 about an atrocity that shook the all world, but took someone precious from him.

It's a story about his road from an awful place.

It's called 9/11 and the Art of Happiness and I can't recommend it highly enough.

]]> Andy Maher Buzzsprout-17070893 Thu, 01 May 2025 06:00:00 +1000 1694 1 8 full false "Every experience is built on the last!" - Former Radio Content Director Geoff Fisher "Every experience is built on the last!" - Former Radio Content Director Geoff Fisher Geoff Fisher is a corporate & government communications coach based in Canberra.

Before that, he was a radio pro, taking the well-worn road from community radio, to small town commercial radio, then moving to larger markets.

After a big light-bulb moment prompted by his young son, he left radio and realised that his skillset was ideal for communications, coaching and change management.

After a brilliant and very unique career, Geoff and his wife have just retired from full-time work.

But now in his spare time, He's taking on radio from a very different angle.

]]> Geoff Fisher is a corporate & government communications coach based in Canberra.

Before that, he was a radio pro, taking the well-worn road from community radio, to small town commercial radio, then moving to larger markets.

After a big light-bulb moment prompted by his young son, he left radio and realised that his skillset was ideal for communications, coaching and change management.

After a brilliant and very unique career, Geoff and his wife have just retired from full-time work.

But now in his spare time, He's taking on radio from a very different angle.

]]> Andy Maher Buzzsprout-16988144 Thu, 17 Apr 2025 06:00:00 +1000 1792 1 7 full false "Take The Leap!" Video Producer & YouTuber Alex Dalrymple on Life After Radio "Take The Leap!" Video Producer & YouTuber Alex Dalrymple on Life After Radio Alex Dalrymple is a video editor, writer, producer and voice artist based in Sydney, Australia.

His radio background includes working on the iconic Andrew Denton breakfast show on Triple M Sydney.

His career dipped in and out of radio, both on and off air. He went to work at two other big breakfast shows, then was part of the video revolution in radio.

These days he enjoys waking up at a sensible hour with a stable job out of radio, and he gets to drive awesome cars around as part of his YouTube channel, Four Wheels and a Seat - https://www.youtube.com/@4wheelsandaseat

]]> Alex Dalrymple is a video editor, writer, producer and voice artist based in Sydney, Australia.

His radio background includes working on the iconic Andrew Denton breakfast show on Triple M Sydney.

His career dipped in and out of radio, both on and off air. He went to work at two other big breakfast shows, then was part of the video revolution in radio.

These days he enjoys waking up at a sensible hour with a stable job out of radio, and he gets to drive awesome cars around as part of his YouTube channel, Four Wheels and a Seat - https://www.youtube.com/@4wheelsandaseat

]]> Andy Maher Buzzsprout-16888638 Thu, 03 Apr 2025 06:00:00 +1100 1695 1 6 full false "I Was Always The Radio Nerd!" - Voice actor Cecelia Ramsdale on Life After Radio "I Was Always The Radio Nerd!" - Voice actor Cecelia Ramsdale on Life After Radio Cecelia Ramsdale is a voice actor based in Melbourne, Australia.

 

Behind the mic, there's not much Cec hasn't done, narrating TV shows, voicing commercials, playing cartoon characters, and reading audiobooks.

 

Cec also has made podcasts of her own, including No Books Book Club and the Wellness Collective - and works on app-based radio station Broad Radio, a station for women by women.

 

The podcast version of Get This is available here - https://throwawaydrakey.podbean.com/

 

And you too can have the Marsland 5000 - https://apps.apple.com/au/app/the-marsland-5000/id331073739

]]> Cecelia Ramsdale is a voice actor based in Melbourne, Australia.

 

Behind the mic, there's not much Cec hasn't done, narrating TV shows, voicing commercials, playing cartoon characters, and reading audiobooks.

 

Cec also has made podcasts of her own, including No Books Book Club and the Wellness Collective - and works on app-based radio station Broad Radio, a station for women by women.

 

The podcast version of Get This is available here - https://throwawaydrakey.podbean.com/

 

And you too can have the Marsland 5000 - https://apps.apple.com/au/app/the-marsland-5000/id331073739

]]> Andy Maher Buzzsprout-16820806 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 06:00:00 +1100 1707 1 5 full false "Telling A Story Is Telling A Story" - Transferable Skills with Matt Whittemore "Telling A Story Is Telling A Story" - Transferable Skills with Matt Whittemore Matt Whittemore is a Senior Media Advisor in the New South Wales Government's Department of Customer Service.

These days.

His broadcast media career took him from small town radio to major-market talkback to breakfast television.

In this episode we'll hear about great bosses (and bad ones), the disappointing time he met media icon Glenn Wheatley, and what life looks like for him now.

]]> Matt Whittemore is a Senior Media Advisor in the New South Wales Government's Department of Customer Service.

These days.

His broadcast media career took him from small town radio to major-market talkback to breakfast television.

In this episode we'll hear about great bosses (and bad ones), the disappointing time he met media icon Glenn Wheatley, and what life looks like for him now.

]]> Andy Maher Buzzsprout-16722725 Thu, 06 Mar 2025 06:00:00 +1100 1853 1 4 full false "There's something about radio people!" - Filmmaker Matt Schichter's Life After Radio "There's something about radio people!" - Filmmaker Matt Schichter's Life After Radio Matt Schichter is a filmmaker based in Glasgow, Scotland.

In Canadian radio, he was an announcer and music director, before he took his skills across to the screen - acting, producing and directing.

He's also one of the world's first podcasters, he started in 2003 before the word podcast was invented.

]]> Matt Schichter is a filmmaker based in Glasgow, Scotland.

In Canadian radio, he was an announcer and music director, before he took his skills across to the screen - acting, producing and directing.

He's also one of the world's first podcasters, he started in 2003 before the word podcast was invented.

]]> Andy Maher Buzzsprout-16615418 Thu, 20 Feb 2025 06:00:00 +1100 1610 1 3 full false Best-selling novelist Mary-Lou Stephens on life after radio Best-selling novelist Mary-Lou Stephens on life after radio Mary-Lou Stephens is a best-selling author.

She's written Australian historical fiction novels "The Last of the Apple Blossom" and "The Chocolate Factory" and a memoir "Sex, Drugs and Meditation". All of them have received rave reviews from the media and fellow authors alike, and her latest work, "The Jam Maker" is out now.

But Mary-Lou spent quite a bit of time behind the mic, both on stage singing and playing in bands, then at radio stations 2TM, Mix Townsville and on ABC Radio in Queensland's Sunshine Coast. 

For more info about Mary-Lou's books go to http://maryloustephens.com.au/

]]> Mary-Lou Stephens is a best-selling author.

She's written Australian historical fiction novels "The Last of the Apple Blossom" and "The Chocolate Factory" and a memoir "Sex, Drugs and Meditation". All of them have received rave reviews from the media and fellow authors alike, and her latest work, "The Jam Maker" is out now.

But Mary-Lou spent quite a bit of time behind the mic, both on stage singing and playing in bands, then at radio stations 2TM, Mix Townsville and on ABC Radio in Queensland's Sunshine Coast. 

For more info about Mary-Lou's books go to http://maryloustephens.com.au/

]]> Andy Maher Buzzsprout-16559747 Wed, 05 Feb 2025 12:00:00 +1100 1745 1 2 full false From radio writer and programmer to marketing exec - Stephen Walter-Gerrard From radio writer and programmer to marketing exec - Stephen Walter-Gerrard Stephen Walter-Gerrard is a former announcer, voice artist, creative writer and content director, who is now a Marketing Manager and self-confessed data nerd.

After a bunch of different roles in different radio markets, Stephen took what he learned into the corporate world.

Importantly though, he makes a point of working with companies that do good in the world.

]]> Stephen Walter-Gerrard is a former announcer, voice artist, creative writer and content director, who is now a Marketing Manager and self-confessed data nerd.

After a bunch of different roles in different radio markets, Stephen took what he learned into the corporate world.

Importantly though, he makes a point of working with companies that do good in the world.

]]> Andy Maher Buzzsprout-16559742 Tue, 04 Feb 2025 20:00:00 +1100 1962 1 1 full true