Olly Mann

One of Britain’s most established and celebrated podcasters, he currently hosts weekly news show The Week Unwrapped (Podcast of the Year, PPA Awards); monthly magazine programme The Modern Mann (Podcast of the Year, ARIAs Silver); and daily history digest Today in History with The Retrospectors (Best Daily Show, British Podcast Awards nominee).

He can also currently be heard guest-presenting on Times Radio and as the voice of the European Space Agency.

For BBC Radio 4, he has fronted two series of The Male Room and nine of Four Thought; co-hosted six weeks of Saturday Live and two-part documentary series Podcasting: The First Ten Years; and episodes of The Media Show and Archive on 4.

Prior to this, at LBC, he hosted hundreds of hours of live phone-in radio, including election coverage and major breaking news. He has also guest-presented on Magic, 5 Live, and the national evening programme across BBC local radio.

He began podcasting in 2007, creating interactive comedy show Answer Me This! with Helen Zaltzman. The series ran for 400 episodes over 15 years, achieved over 30 million downloads, won a Sony Radio Academy Award, and was published as a book by Faber. In 2021, Helen and Olly were awarded the inaugural Gold Award at the British Podcast Awards, in recognition of their impact and longevity.

Olly’s other presenting credits include video series The Week In The Wild for Nat Geo WILD; the Screenwriters Lectures series for BAFTA; the launch series of science show ‘Why?’ for Podmasters; 'Tip The Scales’, a six-part series about weight-loss for Audible Originals; and lengthy tenures anchoring The Media Podcast and Tech Weekly for The Guardian.

Olly is a popular host at live events and conferences, having chaired panels and Q&As for The Edinburgh International Television Festival, NextRadio, WebSummit, Soho House, the Midtown Big Ideas Exchange, Nottingham Business Expo, Radio Festival, Royal Television Society, and Cheltenham Science Festival. He has guest-lectured at Sheffield Hallam University, Bournemouth University, RIG Train, the University for the Creative Arts, Dagbladet Information Copenhagen, and the Centre for Podcasting Excellence at City University.

Olly Mann is a popular host at live events and conferences, having chaired panels and Q&As for The Edinburgh International Television Festival, NextRadio, WebSummit, the Midtown Big Ideas Exchange, The Nottingham Business Expo, the Radio Festival, and The Times Cheltenham Science Festival. He has guest-lectured at Sheffield Hallam University, Bournemouth University, RIG Train, the University for the Creative Arts, Guardian Masterclasses and Dagbladet Information, Copenhagen. In 2017 he was the inaugural host of the British Podcast Awards.

He has had stints presenting The Guardian's digital culture podcast Tech Weekly, for whom he interviewed leading Silicon Valley figures including Instagram CTO Mike Kreiger and HiIlary Clinton's special advisor Alec Ross, and the Screenwriters Lectures series for BAFTA.

Olly Mann also presents speeches on his various areas of expertise, covering everything from his love of gadgetry, the future of technology, the media and podcasting.

He is a popular choice due to his humorous and entertaining presentation style. Olly is available for corporate events as an after dinner speaker, awards host and conference facilitator.

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