Drew is a very nice fellow with a life-crippling obsession with making narrative podcasts. He’s the creator, writer, and director of the very Canadian and very award-winning mystery comedy Sorry About the Murder, as well as the hilariously terrifying near-future sci-fi comedy about the AI takeover, HUMAN-B-GON.
How many years have you worked in podcasting or audio?
6–10 years
What is your current role, in your own words?
Writer, director, creator
What types of projects do you typically work on?
Narrative podcasts
How many years have you been a Signal Awards judge?
This is my first year!
What excited you about joining the Signal Awards Judging Academy?
Being a cruel and unrelenting god.
What is one recent podcast you’ve loved and would recommend?
The Madness of Chartrulean. Epic space opera. Dune meets Oppenheimer meets the best sound design you’ve ever heard.
What separates good audio storytelling from great audio storytelling?
Truthful writing.
What project are you most proud of and why?
Sorry About the Murder. It’s a premise that I think is very unique, with a story structure upon which I can hang a lot of funny anecdotes from my upbringing, as well as some (hopefully) truthful stories.
What podcasting trend, challenge, or opportunity has your attention these days?
Weird shit. I am very tired of people talking about their feelings.
What’s one piece of advice you’d give to emerging creators?
Do what makes you excited to make shit! Passion is the only thing that matters.
What are you currently listening to? (podcasts, music, anything)
Zebra’s second album, a Toronto band called The Thick, Andy Serkis reading The Two Towers, and an amazing fiction podcast called The Madness of Chartrulean.