Transmissions
Stopping To Notice: Soho Square, Part One
Miranda Keeling (UK 2023)
Miranda Keeling (UK 2023)
5 min
Pause for a moment and take the time for some reflection. The small but magical moments of everyday life can provide calmness when things get busy. Author, actor, and social media personality Miranda Keeling invites you to join her on her walks to share these experiences, and to encourage you to stop and notice the world around you. Through her keen observations, Miranda brings to life the often-overlooked details of the world around us.
A man suddenly rises up from the lawn, like steam from the lid of a kettle.
Please note before you start listening: this podcast is recorded in 3D sound! So make sure that you’re wearing headphones for the very best experience.
Produced by Fresh Ait
Hosted and Recorded by Miranda Keeling
We are all Palestinian
Soveks Lo (UK 2024)
Soveks Lo (UK 2024)
18 min,
A ceasefire protest event and vigil in Enfield, North London last December, local people get togther in peace to end ceasefire in Palestine.
Producer - Soveks Lo
Maroon Community Media
Listening Not Knowing
Hannah Welsh Kemp (UK 2023)
Hannah Kemp-Welch (UK 2023)
23 min,
Part of a series about listening in participatory art practice.
Albert Potrony’s website describes him as “an artist with a participatory practice examining ideas of identity, community and language. Potrony is interested in generating social spaces through his projects, and participation from diverse groups and individuals is a key element of his work.” In this conversation with Hannah Kemp-Welsh he introduces his participatory arts practice, describing a recent project with young fathers in Gateshead and former members of an anti-sexist men’s group. Albert and Hannah talk about collaborative practice in detail, and the role of listening within this.
Produced by Hannah Kemp-Welch
Made for Miaaw.net a platform dedicated to conversations about community, creativity, cultural democracy and the commons
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Childcare Voices: Stay and Play
Eva Freeman / On The Record (UK 2023)
Eva Freeman / On The Record (UK 2023)
26 min, Episode 1 of 4
People on the frontline of the childcare crisis share their stories and investigate the historical roots of the problems they face. As they look into the past, will they find solutions to the problems of today? Eva, a single mum, artist and designer talks about stay and plays.
Stay and Plays are often volunteer-run groups, found in church halls. They are places people looking after very young babies and children can go, to play with others, have a cup of tea and a chat, and maybe even make friends. An experienced play facilitator herself, Eva first discovered the value of stay and plays when she was a new parent. They were, she says, life saving and gave her a community that has lasted. If they are so vital, why then does no one talk about them?
Produced by Eva Freeman
Sound design by Hannah Kemp Welch
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XMTR Radio Hour Ep22 : Soundworlds with Pat Eakin Young
Social Broadcasts (UK 2023)
Produced by Social Broadcasts (UK 2023)
60 min / Episode 22 of 22
This Transmitter Radio Hour explores the sonic theatre of Soundworlds - in conversation with director Patrick Eakin Young. The award winning Soundworlds is an audio stage for diverse stories where musicians, writers, theatre makers and sound artists collaborate to create a unique and immersive series of musical theatre for the ears.
Extracts played are from:
1. Remnants Part 1
A three-part auditory excavation, unearthing the songs and stories of love and loss, buried beneath the soil of post-war Bosnia.
Featuring: Courtney Angela Brkic
Composition: Christian Mason, Shelley Parker
2. Town is by the Sea
An audio picture book conjuring impressions from a childhood spent in the coastal mining communities of Nova Scotia
Music composed and performed by Anna Rheingans
Text by Joanne Schwartz, adapted from her 2017 book with illustrator Sydney Smith
3. A Christmas Party
Living-room concert meets domestic drama in an immersive holiday special
Voice and piano: Douglas Dare
Recorded and Edited by Lucia Scazzocchio
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XMTR Radio Hour Ep21 : Samuel Robinson's audio world
Social Broadcasts (UK 2023)
Produced by Social Broadcasts (UK 2023)
60 min / Episode 21 of 21
This Transmitter Radio Hour is a selection of audio works chosen by sound artist, musician and audio maker Samuel Robinson who joins Lucia in conversation as they discuss what audio works bring him joy, as well as unpacking some of the current podcast tropes, listening in on some heart- felt conversations and joining some dots between Sam’s life in the US and the UK through sound.
Here is his selection:
1. Captain Maurice Seddon - May i explain explain my situation?
In the words of william english “captain maurice seddon was a highly unusual and inventive person who took an uncompromising stance on life”. he was the inventor of heated clothing, and made many media appearances in the 1980’s to promote them.
Seddon recorded his phone calls, this piece is one of 12 from the collection ‘the seddon tapes vol. 1’ put together by his friend William English in 2017 and released on paradigm discs.
2. Emily Naylor - Untitled
This is a piece a friend (Emily) sent me a while ago and recently remembered. Emily made it while doing a radio masters at Goldsmiths.
3. The onion - A very fatal murder (episode 1)
It’s such a clever send up of the true crime ‘genre’ of podcast spawned by the success of serial. it nails it. I listened to this first in 2018 (i think when it came out) and yet despite it feeling so played out then i’ve noticed the production of podcasts with the approach of this podcast is parodying only increase!
4. Everything is alive - Grain of sand (inspector sands clip)
This clip is taken is an interview with a grain of sand called chioke. each episode of EIA (or those i’ve heard) has an intermission of sorts that features a short segment that is tangentially linked to the primary interview. in this episode the link is the ‘inspector sands’ announcement used at train stations to alert staff to a fire without scaring the public.
Hosted by Ian Chillag, produced by Jennifer Mills
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5. Samuel Robinson - Driving to the airport with Larissa
Very few people make me really laugh but Larissa is one of them. in 2021 she gave me a lift to the airport and started talking to the GPS which made me laugh. I wanted to capture the moment, to document our friendship and its dynamic. I started recording on my watch (i think), and a few months later when home I cut it up and paired with a piece of music i’d made at some point.
6. Raw sounds podcast (cultural exchange segment)
In early 2019 I worked with a group of people at raw material’s raw sounds project to develop their creative audio production skills. It was pitched to me as a podcast course, but there’s so many different types of podcasts, and this group had disparate interests and needs. I chose to work to each week support them to develop skills with interviewing, recording, editing, music production, critical thinking, scripting, ideation, etc. we would record what we did each week with the view to edit it together ultimately to create our own podcast. I have a very good friend who worked as a teacher in Sonoma county, California with a group of younger people with varying special needs. i proposed we do a ‘cultural exchange’, in which members of each group would ask and answer each others questions — the results of which i edited together and assembled over a piece of music composed by someone in my group.
Recorded and Edited by Lucia Scazzocchio
Curated by Samuel Robinson
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Bricks: Bristoler Chronik
Cliff Andrade (UK 2021)
Cliff Andrade / Bricks (UK 2021)
45 min Episode 5 of 6
Audio Walks for armchair lsitening
Bricks Podcast is a chance to listen into the individual worlds of artists and creatives. Commissioned by Bricks, the episodes delve into the practice and storytelling of unique topics.
A walk to a place long forgotten becomes the basis for a rumination on memory, place, and the creation of personal identities. Cliff Andrade’s internalised audio adventure into the unique mental state entered into when walking.
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Written and Hosted by Cliff Andrade
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Everyone Else - Pandora
Eva Kresiak (UK 2018)
Eva Krysiak (UK 2018)
22 min Episode 23 of 47
Pandora is an episode of Everyone Else, an audio-visual oral history project telling the stories of strangers. Each episode is dedicated to one speaker, their words edited to ambient sound design and music.
In this episode, a man recalls the summer of 1965 when he decided to track down and write to an iconic flapper and actress of the 1920s, after reading her article in a magazine.
A surprising love story that shifts from fantasy to reality from this award winning podcast, proving that everyone has a story if they are just listened to in the right way.
Produced by Eva Krysiak
Language Is Dead
Ewan Cameron (UK 2022)
Ewan Cameron (UK 2022)
12 min Episode 9 of 9
A moment many of us will be familiar with - sharing a space with a bunch of people tapping away at their mac books. No this isn’t a library it’s a co-working space and it’s not just a co-working space it’s a wellness space too. Ewan Cameran unpacks the works ‘co-working’ and ‘wellness’ in this audio essay full of dry wit and clever sound design.
Written, performed and produced by Ewan Cameron (Randomly Generated Thought)
Ministry Of Ideas: Forbidden Fruit
Zachary Davis (US 2018)
Zachary Davis (US 2018)
30 min Episode 11 of 24
Contemporary diet culture is only the latest manifestation of a long history of religious fervor about food. This fasinating essay makes the links between religious cults and diet culture. Guilt, shame, virtousity, sin, emancipation it's all in there.
Ministry of Ideas is a podcast about the ideas that shape our lives. Hosted by Zachary Davis and produced at Harvard Divinity School.
Produced and Hosted by Zachary Davis
Audio Producer: Maria Devlin McNair