Rachel Ghiazza on True Art Audible's Cocktails and Conversations #1 l Variety Sundance 2024

Sundance Film Festival, Audible, the leading creator and provider of premium audio storytelling and Sundance Film Festival’s Official Audio Entertainment Partner, hosted a “Variety x Audible Cocktails and Conversations” panel at The Audible Listening Lodge. Kenya Barris - the award-winning creator behind titles such as “Black-ish,” “You People,” “#blackAF,” “Girls Trip, “and the Founder & CEO of Khalabo Ink Society - and Audible’s Chief Content Officer Rachel Ghiazza spoke with Variety’s Brent Lang about the creative opportunities in audio, highlighting content from the multi-project development deal between Khalabo Ink Society and Audible.
Panel discussion highlights included:
Kenya Barris on working with Audible on projects including DJ Drama’s Gangsta Grillz Podcast: “Audible wanted to do things that were far beyond anyone else [in audio]. Immersive, really sort of 360-degree sonic things that make you feel something different than a normal podcast. It didn't feel flat, and it felt like, as a storyteller, the kind of thing I want to do.”
Rachel Ghiazza on the types of stories Audible tells and what listeners will take away from them, “[At Audible] we really care about the creative arts… we create things where there are strong characters that leave listeners feeling like they understand who they are, have some kind of connection to them, and there was a real story.”
Kenya Barris on the power and potential of audio storytelling: “Podcasting can be relevant now, and I think that’s a really important and special part of the medium. We need to be able to talk about what we’re experiencing right now, and do it in a real, immediate way.”
Video by Variety for Audible
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