What Happens Next? podcast strikes gold at 2023 Signal Awards

Monash University’s What Happens Next? podcast has won Gold at the 2023 Signal Awards.

Hosted by academic and commentator Dr Susan Carland, What Happens Next? took the top award in the Sustainability & Environment (Best Individual Episode) category for its 77th episode ‘Is Food Insecurity Getting Worse?’

The award recognises individual episodes focused on any facet of sustainability, ranging from climate and environmental issues to greener cities and housing.

The podcast also won the Listeners’ Choice Award in the same category.

As a Gold winner, the episode has been singled out as the best in the industry in its category – among the highest-scored work of nearly 2,000 entries from some of the biggest creators in the industry.

This is the second consecutive win for What Happens Next?, which won a Gold and Bronze award in the 2022 Signal Awards.

Alongside Dr Carland, the episode features guest experts including dietitians Dr Suzanne Kleve and Dr Liza Barbour, plant scientist Professor Roslyn Gleadow and Ian Carson AM, a Monash alumnus and co-founder of food rescue organisation SecondBite.

The production team behind What Happens Next? includes executive producer Angela Patrick, producer Stephanie Summar, editor Sunny Leunig and videographers Tristan McLachlan, Justin Oleyar and Warren Clark.

What Happens Next? is available on all major podcast platforms.