AGLC4 Rule 7.14.4: Radio Segments and Podcasts

Episode titles are reproduced exactly, including any number or date that forms part of them. For radio, the bracket names the producer, usually the first broadcasting station; for podcasts, use the title shown on the listening platform and omit the producer where it matches the series title. The full date is required, fixed by the time zone where the program originates. A whole series is cited as for television.

AGLC4 page 129

Formatting

  • The episode title is copied exactly as given, including episode numbers, dates and superscript ordinals within it, in single curly quotation marks followed by a comma.
  • A quotation inside the episode title uses double curly quotation marks, which may sit immediately inside the closing single quotation mark.
  • The series or podcast title is italic.
  • The bracket gives the producer or station, a comma and the full date, rather than just a year.
  • The producer is omitted where it is the same as the series title.
  • The date is the one in the time zone where the program originated, which may differ from the date shown locally.
  • A time pinpoint and a URL in angle brackets may follow the bracket.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 129
  1. 106
    ‘S02 Episode 07: Hindsight, Part 1’, Serial (This American Life, 18 February 2016). [Not: … Life, 19 February 2016).]
  2. 107
    ‘Inventions: Who Owns Them?’, The Law Report (ABC Radio National, 8 September 2009) <http://www.abc.net.au/rn/lawreport/stories/2009/2678819.htm#transcript>.
  3. 108
    ‘Dan Drezner on “The Ideas Industry”’, The Lawfare Podcast (Lawfare Institute, 17 June 2017) <https://lawfareblog.com/lawfare-podcast-ideas-industry>.
  4. 109
    ‘What Could Tomorrow Look Like?’, The Lawyers Weekly Show (Lawyers Weekly, 2 February 2018) 00:06:20.
  5. 110
    ‘The Battle over Your Right to Vote’, Life of the Law (Nancy Mullane, 28 November 2017).
  6. 111
    ‘Law Matters Program 120, 6th December 2017’, Law Matters (Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia, 6 December 2017) <http://www.als.org.au/law-matters-program-120-6th-december-2017/>.

Not

Quoted from the Guide, page 129
  • [Not: … Life, 19 February 2016).]
    the date must be that of the time zone where the podcast originated, not the local Australian date

See also

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