Transmissions
Birds Eye View: Ep1 Making Herstory
Story Projects (AUS 2020)
Produced by Story Projects (AUS 2020)
38 min / Episode 1 of 10
BIRDS EYE VIEW is the culmination of a two-year audio storytelling project run by StoryProjects in the Darwin Correctional Centre. One of a number of public health initiatives designed to minimise alcohol-related harm, the project involved workshops and mentoring in field recording, interviewing, editing, vocal techniques, body percussion, scripting and slam poetry.
Framed by three questions - Who are we really? How did we get here? and Where to next? - project participants documented their memories, reflections and the everyday routines of prison life.
Episode 1: Travel into the Darwin Correctional Centre where you’ll meet Rocket, who has spent most of her adult life in prison, along with a bunch of birds.
Executive production: Johanna Bell
Production: Cinnamon Nippard, Leah Sanderson and Johanna Bell
Mixing: Hamish Robertson
BIRDS EYE VIEW was co-created with women in the Darwin Correctional Centre. Over two years, more than 70 women engaged in the project, with more than 30 regularly involved.
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Tender: Ep1 Something Burning
Broadwave (AUS 2021)
Produced by Broadwave (AUS 2021)
19 min / Episode 1 of 6
Tender takes listeners on a personal journey through what happens when women leave abusive relationships. Each season follows one woman’s story as she pieces herself back together.
In this season we meet Roia Atmar and the crucial moment of deciding to leave her abusive husband begins in a burns unit hospital bed. Not an easy listen but Roia’s bravery and poetic wisdom shines through as we follow her journey to freedom.
Co-producers: Madison Griffiths and Beth Atkinson-Quinton
Lead Storyteller: Roia Atmar
Sensitivity Editor: Shakira Hussein
Assistant Producer: Danae Gibson
Sound Designer and Engineer: Jon Tjhia
Riskland: Ep1 Tragedy
Aubrey Calaway (US 2021)
Produced by Aubrey Calaway (US 2021)
27 min / Episode 1 of 3
Riskland is a three part podcast documenting the impact of climate change on a small community in Pucayacu in Ecuador. Cyclical flooding from a nearby river means that they are on the edge of disaster.
In this episode the community of Pucayacu must play the game of disaster. A prophecy is foretold, a family uncovers an invisible threat, and a local leader recounts a multigenerational story of unfulfilled promises.
Written and hosted by Aubrey Calaway for Earth Refuge
Kitchens Ep6: A Bigger Table
Lecker -Lucy Dearlove (UK 2021)
Lecker - Lucy Dearlove (UK 2021)
42 min / Episode 6 of 6
The final episode of the Lecker six part mini-series about Kitchens
In this episode Lucy meets Betul, a Turkish asylum seeker who recently spent almost six months living in a hotel room with no kitchen, and Jo, co-founder and director of the organisation who explains the importance of people being allowed to cook for themselves and others. As Lucy explains eating together isn’t just about food, it’s a vital part of being human and when this is not possible and we can’t sit around a table and share a meal, so much is lost.
Written and produced by Lucy Dearlove
With contributors Betul Piyade and Joanne MacInnes at West London Welcome, and Marsha Smith.
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Vanishing Postcards: The Boldness of Black Cowboys
Even Stern (US 2021)
Even Stern (US 2021)
30 min / Episode 12 of 15
Vanishing Postcards is a documentary travelogue in which listeners are invited on a road trip exploring the hidden dives, traditions, and frequently threatened histories that can be discovered by exiting the interstates of the US.
In this episode Even is in Rosenberg, where he meets two cowboys who debunk the Hollywood and comic depictions. in fact alongside the many Mexican vaqueros one out of four cowboys was black in the 1800’s. Larry Callies and Myrtis Dightman Jr are not only working hard to change perspectives surrounding these narratives, but whose stories are epic on their own terms.
Evan’s style is very NPR but he does meet some extraordinary people.
Produced and narrated by Even Stern
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Birds Eye View: Ep1 Making Herstory
Story Projects (AUS 2020)
Produced by Story Projects (AUS 2020)
38 min / Episode 1 of 10
BIRDS EYE VIEW is the culmination of a two-year audio storytelling project run by StoryProjects in the Darwin Correctional Centre. One of a number of public health initiatives designed to minimise alcohol-related harm, the project involved workshops and mentoring in field recording, interviewing, editing, vocal techniques, body percussion, scripting and slam poetry.
Framed by three questions - Who are we really? How did we get here? and Where to next? - project participants documented their memories, reflections and the everyday routines of prison life.
Episode 1: Travel into the Darwin Correctional Centre where you’ll meet Rocket, who has spent most of her adult life in prison, along with a bunch of birds.
Executive production: Johanna Bell
Production: Cinnamon Nippard, Leah Sanderson and Johanna Bell
Mixing: Hamish Robertson
BIRDS EYE VIEW was co-created with women in the Darwin Correctional Centre. Over two years, more than 70 women engaged in the project, with more than 30 regularly involved.
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Day Dream - EP 101 From the first he was nameless
HueManAti (USA 2020)
Produced by HueManAti (USA 2020)
19 min // Episode 1 of 8
Day Dream is an audio drama inspired by the life of jazz artist and composer Billy Strayhorn. It contrasts Billy’s journey, looking back on his life during a radio interview, with the journey of Andre, an aspiring jazz vocalist struggling to find his voice in today’s world. Released in 8 episodes starting October 11th, Day Dream is set in two time periods: Billy in 1965, and Andre in Modern Day. 1965 takes a look at the musical genius, whom world renowned artist Duke Ellington called his “writing and arranging companion”, and the struggle to receive credit for many of his works. Modern Day explores a young man discovering his connection and understanding to music through the legacy of Billy Strayhorn.