Socratic dialogue

Whilst most of us have been obsessed with Brexit and rugby, the new Controller of BBC Sounds has been engaging with his critics on Twitter.  Jonathan Wall has adopted the style of a new manager parachuted in to save a Premier League club from relegation, with such vigour that some readers thought they might be following a parody account. Mr Wall's self-proclaimed mission is bigger than all that - to save UK radio/audio from extermination by US-based audio platforms, with a mere handful of software engineers. Thrilling.

9 weeks in @BBCSounds and intense but exhilarating. Weekly reach up from 1.3 million to 2.5 million. We haven’t even scratched the surface yet. @lloydshep and me are determined to give the uk something no other US tech giant can do - the ultimate audio one stop shop.

No messing about. This is happening. Thats why every single word digital company is in the door wanting to talk to us. 97 years making audio and still the best!

Bring the wheel back from iPlayer Radio. Such a pain you killed it off and we lost a great feature.

Nonsense. Why is on line listening to bbc audio up 10 percent already then mate. Stick with us pal. Dont let the US giants dictate future of UK audio

It's a pity the navigation is shit, it's barely usable. Haven't been able to easily find any of my usual podcasts since you launched this crap. Being up 10% is merely awareness, sort the app out and stop patting yourself on the back, it's a crock of shit.

Happy to dm about that..bbc is only asking others for minimal shared data info. Up to you if u really want uk audio story set by overseas companies. Happy to talk more. And i’m not patting myself on back for anything mate! I know i have a lot to do.

Can you give us the audience numbers broken down by radio station and podcasts separately, or tell me where they are now?  Then a proper comparison can be made.

I havent got that level of detail to hand but We have over ten percent more listeners now to Sounds on daily basis than listened to Sounds and IPR combined 3 months ago. Still mostly driven by live listening but with steady growth in on demand consumption.

Please at least bring some of the features from iPlayer radio - like “greyed out” subscribed programmes with no current episodes - before it was easy, now I have to guess....

Thanks dave. On the case. Stick with us. One fiftieth of the tech resource of the Tech giants but we are going to make this better week after week.