I create, edit and score podcasts.
Part sci-fi / part documentary series about the microbiome
Director, editor & composer
Biopolis-intro the microbiome
A young scientist ventures into the human microbiome in search of answers. Biopolis is an original audio series that is part non-fiction and part science fiction.
Dutch podcastmaker Michiel van Poelgeest meets a young German scientist named Dr. Theda Bartolomaeus. She tells him about a world he had never even heard of: the microbiome: a wild, diverse and bizarre community of microbes that exists within us. A community that might be in serious trouble, he soon understands.
She also tells him about a science fiction story she wants to create, about a young scientist who shrinks down and travels into the microbiome, to try and discover the cause of the disruption, to find a hidden truth.
These two stories, over time, became one story: Biopolis - into the microbiome, an original audio series by the Max Delbrück Center. This ⅚ part series is a blend of real world research and sci-fi narration, as it consists of multiple interviews Michiel held with renowned scientists in the field of microbiology, as well chapters from the fictional story Theda and Michiel decided to co-create.
What is the microbiome? Why is it important that we understand it? Is it broken? And if so, how do we fix it?
Launch: 17 June, 2025.
Research, music. editing and story: Michiel van Poelgeest
Research & story support: Theda Bartolomaeus
Script consulting: Jeff Emtman
Additional narration: Colette Kinsella
Literary true crime podcast-series about a mysterious death in an absurd museum.
editor & composer
Jacob, dood in Qatar
When Dutch journalist Lex Boon is approached by art-detective Arthur Brand to investigate a mystery, he becomes involved in an intriguing case concerning the mysterious death of Jacob, who worked in the museum of a wealthy sheikh in Qatar.
Arthur and Lex soon come across Kees Wieringa, the former director of the museum, who published a revealing book about its toxic environment, as well as the strange evens that took place in the museum shortly after his departure. During their investigation, Arthur and Lex reconstruct Jacob's last months and discover a web of shady art trade, political tensions and personal conflicts in Qatar, a country with little freedom.
Launch: 3 February, 2025.
Research and story: Lex Boon & Arthur Brand
Montage and music: Michiel van Poelgeest
Editor-in-chief: Marion Oskamp and Simon Heijmans
Creative producer: Francine Hofstee and Katja Draaijer [Submarine]
Production NTR: Astrid Pickaerts
Audiotechnical support: Poul Sven de Haan
Grafic design: Frank Engeman
Marketing and pr: Charlotte Landman
Storytelling podcasts are a composer’s playground
In 2018 I started editing, producing and scoring podcasts. Almost immediately I fell in love with the medium because - much like film - audio documentaries can benefit greatly from original music and properly crafted sound design. To go one step further: to me storytelling podcasts are a composer’s playground.
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