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Show

The Little Red Podcast

Graeme Smith and Louisa Lim

Publisher

Graeme Smith and Louisa Lim

Country

Australia

Topics

News

Latest episode

15 September 2026

How often it posts

About monthly

Episodes published

100+

Guests

Features outside guests

About the show

The Little Red Podcast: interviews and chat celebrating China beyond the Beijing beltway. Hosted by Graeme Smith, China studies academic at the Australian National University's Department of Pacific Affairs and Louisa Lim, former China correspondent for the BBC and NPR, now with the Centre for Advancing Journalism at Melbourne University. We are the 2018 winners of podcast of the year in the News & Current Affairs category of the Australian Podcast Awards. Follow us @limlouisa and @GraemeKSmith, and find show notes at www.facebook.com/LittleRedPodcast/

Guests on this show

• 13 of the last 15 episodes name an outside guest in the show notes
• The podcast's own description describes an interview/guest format

Recent episodes

• The Rise of the Petroyuan: Who will win the Global Economic Order?
• Money (That’s What I Want): China’s New Investment Regime
• Out of Battery? China's EV Dreams Flicker

How to pitch this show

• Open with a topic that fits its news focus, and explain why it will interest this audience.
• Refer to a recent episode by name, so the host can see you listened.
• Suggest yourself as a guest with a specific story, because this show already features outside guests.
• Offer two or three specific episode ideas, each with a clear angle.

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Show website: ciw.anu.edu.au/podcasts/little-red-podcast