Audio is my preferred medium.
I started as a print reporter, but quickly fell in love with the audio format. I am deeply passionate about the future of audio and making content that is interesting not only content-wise but also for ears. After working in broadcast radio for years, I moved to Audio-on-Demand and creating new things. As Executive Producer I led the team producing Yle’s news podcast Uutispodcast and development of new audio.
Over the years I have gained first-hand experience from interviewing politicians and experts in current affairs radio to hosting and producing podcasts as well as scripting and directing two long-form feature pieces.
JAA, EI, TYHJIÄ, POISSA (#JETP)
#JETP was a weekly politics podcast tailored like its American and British counterparts. Lively debate and hot takes on the most crucial issues of the week. It is run by my fellow hosts Helmiina Suhonen and Robert Sundman, and features guest appearances from the worlds of politics, academia and journalism.
The podcast was awarded with The Education Achievement of the Year (“Vuoden sivistysteko”) by Koura in 2019. It was also on shortlisted as finalist in Audioland Awards 2022 in the category of Society and Journalism.
The show has since been put on a hiatus, but me and Helmiina Suhonen made a comeback with mini-series Jetp <3 vaalit during the 2023 Finnish parliamentary election and the 2024 Finnish presidential election.
Avoin kysymys
In this podcast I have interviewed interviewers on interviewing. The series consists of in-depth discussions with some of the top journalists in Finland (incl. Maria Veitola, Ruben Stiller, Susanna Reinboth and Paavo Teittinen). I see this project as an opportunity to explore my favourite part in journalism as well as introduce audience to journalistic practices. This kind of transparency is vital for the legitimacy of journalism.
The show has run now for four seasons and all 27 episodes are available in Yle Areena. On second season I interviewed two Finnish presidents, Sauli Niinistö and Tarja Halonen, as special guests talking about being interviewed. The fourth season was a special mini season in which we did an “autopsy” to a story with five different journalists.
Huuhkajamania
Huuhkajamania is a sports comedy about Finland winning the Euro 2020. In this 15-episode series me and my colleague Riku Salminen host a special broadcast, in which we explore how Finland finally becomes a genuine football nation. The series takes us all the way from Finland’s miserable football history to Finnish footballers’ saving the world from an asteroid attack in 2051.
The podcast is scripted, dramatised and produced by Aapa Productions in co-operation with Yle.
Päivystävät dosentit
Päivystävät dosentit – or The Adjunct Professors on Call – is a podcast concept I developed with the scholar-come-podcast-hosts Antto Vihma and Miika Tervonen. I have produced or co-produced all three seasons of the show.
The idea of the podcast is fairly simple: ask anything, and these guys will turn the topic upside down in a cheerful, but intellectual manner.
Päivystävät dosentit was voted the third best podcast in Finland in 2017 (Jakso.fi).