A schedule of download dates for podcasts and magazine can be found on the Home page and many other pages on this site.

•Welcome to our Podcast page, where you will find all the details of our latest podcasts.  A new podcast is posted to the site every month and remains on the site for two months.

Our podcasts last between 25 and 35 minutes each and come in the popular MP3 format.  The file size of each programme varies according to the content but an average file is about 14 MB.  If you have fast broadband you should be able to download this in a few seconds.

Programme content usually consists of interviews with players, coaches, and the movers and shakers in hockey.  We tend to concentrate on senior hockey, both men’s and women’s, and a large amount of the content is devoted to national league, European club and international hockey.  However, there is usually something there for grass roots players.

Podcasts are produced to a high standard by a BBC trained producer.

If you have any questions about podcasting, visit our FAQs page. You will find links to commonly asked questions below.  

If you are not sure whether your computer can receive podcasts, try downloading a very short file of BBC-TV commentator Barry Davies saying “Welcome to TalkHockeyRadio”. You can download this by CLICKING HERE.

The May 2009 Edition of TalkHockeyRadio is  available to download until 8/7/09

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In the June 2009 edition we have a report from Nottingham where the England Hockey Cup Finals were being held, plus the ‘Big Night Out’ awards evening.  

• From the Men’s Cup Final we have interviews with the Reading captain Rhys Joyce* and Beeston manager Graham Griffiths.

• From the Women’s Cup Final we have interviews with Bowdon Hightown’s Sally Walton and Jo Ellis,* and Readings Alice Margerison.

• At the ‘Big Night Out’ we do an F1 style ‘grid walk’ where we meet Ros Marsh (Lifetime Achievement Award), East Grinstead’s James Leman, Andy Mair (Performance Umpire Award), GB International Alex Danson, former GB goalkeeper Simon Mason, England Hockey Chief Executive Sally Munday, and GB internationals Barry Middleton and Simon Mantell.

• We were also at the EuroHockey League finals in Rotterdam, where we spoke to Bloemendaal’s Australian star, Jamie Dwyer, and UHC Hamburg and GB player Niall Stott.*

• We pay the last of our visits to the FIH in Lausanne, where we meet umpiring development officer, Richard Wilson.**

* These interviews are available separately or as short extracts. Go to our downloads page for more.
** The full version of this interview is available as a separate download. Go to our downloads page for more.

The June 2009 Edition of TalkHockeyRadio is now available and will remain on-line until 5/8/09.

We’ve went ever-so European in the May edition of TalkHockeyRadio with reports from Hamburg on the KO16 rounds of the EuroHockey League and Manchester on the Women’s Cup Winners Cup.

From Hamburg we have interviews with:
• East Grinstead coach Jon Copp
• Cannock’s Paul Edwards and Stuart Pilgrim
• Reading’s Jonty Clarke
• Umpire manager Margaret Hunnaball
• East Grinstead’s Christian Pryce and Martin Haner.

From Manchester we have interviews with:
• Bowdon Hightown manager Dieter Hill
• Amsterdam coach Robbert Paul Aalbregt
• Bowdon Sports Club President, John Heathcote

We also have the second part of our visit to FIH headquarters in Lausanne, with an interview with Communications Manager, Arjen Meijer.

Cups galore on TalkHockeyRadio. Rhys Joyce receives the EH Cup from President Martin Gotheridge (right). Teun de Nooijer lifts the EHL cup for Bloemendaal in Rotterdam (below).