This is Chicago: The Secret

Stephen Pate and Ashlie Stevens (US 2023)

35 min

In Near North, a hospital visit reveals a secret second family nearby. Six miles as the crow flies.

This series of short audio portraits from Chicago draws from the long lineage of oral history recording in the city, perhaps inspired by the likes of Studs Terkel and the assumption that everyone has a story if you just ask.

Created and produced by Supraphonic Studios' Stephen Pate and Ashlie Stevens

Follow the series

---

This I is Made of Paper

The Paris Review (US 2023)

21 min

Pulitzer Prize winner Sharon Olds discusses sex, religion, and writing poems that "women were definitely not supposed to write,” in an excerpt from her Art of Poetry interview with Jessica Laser. Olds also reads three of her poems: “Sisters of Sexual Treasure” (Issue No. 74, Fall–Winter 1978), “True Love,” and “The Easel.”

Production and Sound Design - John DeLore
The Paris Review

Follow the series

---

XMTR Radio Hour Ep25 : A Field Trip to Edmonton

Produced by Social Broadcasts (UK 2023)

60 min / Episode 25 of 25

This show is dedicated to the joyful chaos that is Angel Edmonton in Enfield, North London. Once an industrial hub attracting factory workers and their families, the area has been neglected for decades as factories gave way to warehouses and social housing fell into decay.  Today it's a multicultural crossroads undergoing massive redevelopment. Echoes of Angels produced by Social Broadcasts takes us on a trip down the main artery - Fore Street, guided by local residents and business owners. 

Echoes of Angels a Social Broadcast by  – Lucia Scazzocchio 

Commissioned by Fore Street for All 

Next we join Enfield People’s Theatre with local producer Soveks Lo behind the scenes of their latest production Bread and Roses - a community play recounting the 1915 Edmonton Rent Strike and the community action (led and won by local women) drawing parallels with the current housing crises.

Produced by Lucia Scazzocchio

Follow the series

---

Childcare Voices: Stay and Play

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

Follow the series

---

Euphoric Transformations

Charlotte Morlie (US /BE 2023)

11 min

Charlotte Morlie is a Belgian audio producer living in Brooklyn, New York. In her first non-narrated piece, she uses both interview and archival tape to convey a story of transness and queer joy. 

Produced by Charlotte Morlie
Special Thank You to Em Panetta 

---

Bread and Roses

Soveks Lo (UK 2023)

17 min

A behind the scenes radio documentary about the making of the Enfield Peoples Theatre production of Bread and Roses. The play focuses on the 1915 Edmonton Rent Strike and community action led by (and won) by women during World War 1. However, it draws comparisons with the current housing crisis and the issues of homelessness.

Producer - Soveks Lo
Maroon Community Media

---

Dancing Ideal: Maja

Ioannis Valasakis (UK 2023)

Ioannis Valasakis · Dancing Ideal: Maja 2023

8 min

Reflections from Maja, a dancer who studied in Gothenburg's Ballet Akademie, on her relationship with dance and her body, shared in hushed nighttime confessions. A poignant sonic portrait of a dancer in the throes of self-discovery and acceptance.

Producer - Ioannis Valasakis

---

In The Dark What’s New: For the Love of Reptiles

Grace Heerman (US 2023)

16 min

Grace Heerman is a new audio producer living in New York. She was primarily a copywriter, until she started experimenting with audio last year.

“For the Love of Reptiles” is a fun account of what it means to be a reptile owner today.

Producer - Grace Heerman

---

In The Dark What’s New: We Were Being Taught a Lesson

Shivangi Mariam (IN 2021)

8 min

Shivangi Mariam is a writer, independent researcher, and translator from India. The piece is about the function of memory in the face of mass violence.

The poem was written in response to a massacre that happened in Shivangi’s home city Delhi in 2020, a massacre where the victims continue to await justice. This is their first time matching their poetry to sound design. To do this, they collaborated with Osloob, a Palestinian rapper, singer, and music producer. For Osloob this is an experiment in style too, because he had never created sound design for spoken word.

Writing and concept by Shivangi Mariam
Sound Design by Osloob

---

In The Dark What’s New- Ways of Listening

James Bonney (UK 2023)

4 min

James Bonney, a Bristol-based musician and aspiring audio-producer. He taught himself to record, edit and mix audio in his free time during his studies.

This is his first attempt at making his own piece from scratch — with original script, music and sound design. It’s an audio essay about the chalk downlands, which continue to play a significant role in James’s life.

Produced by James Bonney

---