The ARIAS 2026 What a night and what an experience. I will be forever grateful for it 🙏💚 Our podcast (Voice Notes Suck) was nominated for an industry Audio & Radio award in the UK. Still kind of unbelievable 🤯💚 We didn’t win the award, but we won by being there 🤩💚

When your logo goes beyond the digital realm for the first time 🥰💚 Top job Jay, they look awesome 🙌💚

I’m sorry, but what in the world is our podcast doing at the Radio Academy Industry Awards (ARIAS) 🤯💚 I get that it’s innovative and different, that was the idea. Voice Notes Suck after all 😅💚 It’s exciting, there’s a Red Carpet in London at The Roundhouse… and that’s more than a little daunting, much as I love a tux… I’m excited, nervous, feeling a bit pinch me - am I dreaming, wondering if we belong (we really don’t, but we do!), very grateful and more feelings that I can’t explain 💯💚 This is the epitome of ‘in it to win it’, or if you don’t shoot - you don’t score. The nomination is completely unexpected and opportunity it presents is massive 🙌💚 Not just from the ability to network and make new relationships, which on it’s own is huge. But we have a National Award Nomination to attach to our podcast forever 🫡💚 So, here’s to another month of waiting… of nervous anxiety, of wondering if we will win, of pinching myself to make sure it’s still real 🙏💚 And a month of dining out on the nomination! As well as thanking you, our loyal and dedicated listeners/supporters. We appreciate you 🫂💚

We nominated Voice Notes Suck for an award at the ARIAS (audio & radio awards in the UK) 🏆💚 We submitted under Technical Innovation & used our first guest episode as our entry 🎧💚 No idea what will happen, but another crazy moment I could never of predicted 5 years ago 🙏💚

3 words to sum up my 2025 🙏💚 Could be Voice Notes Suck, or Meet the Squibbles. The Taco Tribe or Webbie Open Calls. And many other things, but I think I’m going with… Constituency, Gratitude & Smiles ☺️💚 Have an amazing 2026 & what 3 words best describe your 2025 🥳💚

If I was to sum up the tone of our podcast, Voice Notes Suck, it would likely be one of the following quotes 🙏💚 Considered conversation without interruption Opinion without assumption Perspective without assumed expertise Different to most other conversational podcasts 👀💚

1,501 plays on our podcast 🤯💚 It’s crazy. Thank you. Next goals, 100 followers on both platforms and 200 hours total listen time 🎧💚 Website work, Spotify Wrapped VNS Style, Series 4, More Guest Episode’s. It’s all happening behind the scenes 🙏💚

Last episode of Series 3, Working 8-12, is out now on Spotify & YT 🎧💚 1432 plays, 176 hours of listen time, 164 followers, another 8 epsiodes and our first ever guest episode 🤩💚 I guess that’s a wrap @jaystansfield, at least for now 🙏💚

So this happened 🙌💚 It’s validation. It’s confirmation. It’s proof of concept 💯💚 Thank you for your support. It means a lot. Over a weeks worth of listen time for our podcast, Voice Notes Suck 🤩💚

Milestones are important, they validate & affirm 🙏💚 On that note, some recently achieved @VoiceNotesSuck milestones & some upcoming ones 🎧💚 Recently achieved - 80 followers on Spotify - 150 combined followers/subs on Spotify/YT - 150 hours total play/stream time - 1400 clicks/plays on all platforms - Series 3 released - First ever guest episode Upcoming - 100 Spotify & 100 YT followers - 1 week total playtime (only 2 hours or so away) - 1,500 total clicks/plays - Start recording Series 4 - Start recording 2nd guest episode - 1st ever Substack follower Not only are the stats validating, the response to our 3rd Series has been very validating too. As ever, thank you for your support, this doesn’t happen without you 🙏💚 There are 2 more episodes of Series 3 to be released. Tomorrow and next Tuesday 👀💚 Check the first ever Guest Episode with Scout Tsofiya Bolton on Spotify below ⬇️ 💚