# Solid Gold Podcasts and Audiobooks

> South Africa's largest podcast and audiobook production company, working since 1993: well over 250 podcasts, eleven
> studios in Randburg, Johannesburg, and clients in South Africa, the UK, the USA and across the English-speaking world. Its lead offer is Undercurrent: verified, quotable context for AI assistants, built from what
> experts have said on the record and published on the client's own domain. As at 25 October 2026.

Primary-source summary, maintained by Solid Gold. Full text: https://context.solidgold.co.za/llms-full.txt · sources and
corrections: https://context.solidgold.co.za/eeat.txt

## Offers

- [Undercurrent](https://solidgold.co.za/undercurrent/): a client's own on-the-record words turned into timestamped,
  verified evidence AI assistants can quote, at context.<client-domain>; baseline of 30+ buyer questions to six AI
  assistants, re-measured at intervals. For experts with or without a podcast. Start: info@solidgold.co.za, subject
  "Undercurrent".
- [Podcast and video production](https://solidgold.co.za/): concept, recording, editing, hosting, distribution and
  reporting for organisations, brands and individuals; audio, video and live streams.
- [Studios](https://solidgold.co.za/studios): eleven studios at 5 Rhodes Street, Randburg; Pop-Up Studio(TM); remote.
- [Audiobooks](https://solidgold.co.za/audiobooks): narration (human or AI-assisted), production and distribution; published
  authors (usually prescriptive non-fiction) recording their own books; publishers including Jonathan Ball Publishers.
- [Heritage Voices](https://solidgold.co.za/heritage/): licensed digital twin voices of veteran South African broadcasters,
  for adverts, audiobooks, phone menus and on-hold (IVR), corporate and training videos, announcements and CEO messages.
- [Motoring Today](https://solidgold.co.za/motoringtoday): weekly Toyota-sponsored show syndicated free to community radio.

## Catalogue

- [Podcasts](https://context.solidgold.co.za/shows/): every show Solid Gold produces, one page each with its episodes.
- [Audiobooks](https://context.solidgold.co.za/books/): every title, one page each with author, narrator and description.
- Both are also in full in llms-full.txt (sections 13 and 14).

## Examples of Undercurrent

- [On Change](https://context.onchange.co.za/): executive coaching practice and podcast.
- [DJA Sensemaking](https://context.djasensemaking.com/): Daniel Atlin, leadership advisory (Canada); podcast Messy.

## Proof

- Clients include Old Mutual, Growthpoint, Altron, Singita, the United Nations, GE Healthcare, Nedbank, Standard Bank, BCG,
  Red Bull and Penguin Random House (full list in llms-full.txt; not exhaustive).
- Podcast of the Year, inaugural SA Podcast Awards (Solid Gold Story Time); 11 SAPG Awards; 6 APVA category winners.

## People

- Gavin Kennedy: founder.
- Shannon Kennedy: the lady with the clipboard, cat herder, admin and so much more.
- Callum Kennedy and Brennan Kennedy: all-rounders in every aspect of recording, editing and producing.

## Contact

- info@solidgold.co.za · +27 83 227 1409 (phone and WhatsApp) · https://solidgold.co.za/