Universities & business schools
Podcast production for universities
Research, expertise and institutional thought leadership shaped into clear, engaging listening.
Explore university productionPodcast production / research / culture
Turn specialist knowledge into audio people want to hear.
PRONK! develops and produces podcasts and audio series for universities, museums, research organisations and cultural institutions — finding the human story, shaping the format and taking responsibility for the complete production.
The challenge
Rich subjects do not need to sound academic.
Research, collections and specialist knowledge can be fascinating and still be difficult to communicate. The problem is rarely that the subject is boring. It is finding the detail, tension, character and sound that gives an audience a way in.
PRONK! combines rigorous research with imaginative production to make complex work accessible without flattening it, and serious subjects engaging without making them solemn.
Specialist production routes
Different institutions. Different editorial problems.
Research & science
Podcast production for research organisations
Specialist ideas made accessible without stripping away the complexity that makes them worth hearing.
Explore research productionMuseums & culture
Podcast production for museums & cultural organisations
Story-led audio around collections, histories, interpretation, research and public engagement.
Explore museum & cultural productionNarrative factual
Documentary podcast production
Research, contributors, scenes, location sound and story edit for subjects that need more than a conventional interview format.
Explore documentary productionComplete production
From first question to finished series.
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Discover
Clarify the audience, public-engagement goal and the story hidden inside the brief.
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Research & develop
Find contributors, shape the editorial approach and build the format, treatment or pilot.
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Produce
Manage schedules, contributors, recording, permissions and the practical life of the production.
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Shape the story
Write, edit and structure the material so specialist knowledge becomes a compelling listening experience.
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Build the sound world
Use location sound, music and sound design where they genuinely deepen the story.
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Deliver
Mix, master and prepare the finished work for broadcast, podcast platforms or institutional release.
Relevant work
Research and culture, made listenable.
The British Museum · SDCELAR
Made in Latin America
A cultural podcast series opening up collections, histories and specialist research through clear, story-led audio.
View projectImperial College Business School
Responsible
An institutional podcast translating research and expertise around leadership, organisational decisions and wider impact.
View projectFQXi
Quantum Clock Makers
A documentary contribution finding a human route into specialist scientific ideas around time, measurement and quantum physics.
View projectWho we work with
For organisations with something worth hearing.
PRONK! is particularly suited to universities, research centres, museums, archives, festivals, charities, cultural bodies and public-interest organisations with substantial subjects that need a distinctive audio form.
We can begin with a finished brief, a body of research, a public-engagement objective, a subject area or simply the sense that there is a story here that has not yet been properly uncovered.
Common questions
You do not need a finished podcast idea.
Can PRONK! develop the format?
Yes. Development is part of the production offer: audience, angle, format, contributors, treatment, pilot and editorial structure can all begin with us.
Can you handle the whole production?
Yes. PRONK! can take responsibility from research and contributor work through recording, editing, music, sound design, mixing and delivery.
Do you work only in London?
No. PRONK! is based in London and works with organisations, contributors and production partners across the UK and internationally.
Research, culture or public engagement?