Transmissions
Cassie and Corey: I Need Jam Now
Chris Hogg (UK 2020)
Chris Hogg (UK 2020)
13 min Episode 1 of 6
Cassie and Corey is a Drum & Bass Musical Podcast About Eating Disorders
It’s the night before his gastric-band operation and Corey is terrified. He’s 16 years old, weighs 300 pounds and has a BMI of 60*. However, if Corey doesn’t have the operation, his hypertension will literally make him blind. None of this stops him from stealing, in the dead of night, an electric motor-scooter from the hospital. He picks up his best friend Cassie, a recovering anorexic. Like Corey, Cassie has found solace in the jungle beats and liquid rhythms of D’n’B and they toast together all. the. time.
Music by GTA – Girls Take Action Music
Written by Chris Hogg
Produced and Directed by John Wakefield and Jeremy Mortimer
Featuring Tuwaine Barrett , Harriet Main, Yinka Awoni, Jude Akuwudike
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If I Go Missing the Witches Did It : Do Not Die First
If I Go Missing the Witches Did It (US 2021)
Pia Wilson for Realm (US 2021)
28 min Episode 1 of 9
When a Black writer goes missing, a white podcast host with a saviour complex takes up the cause of finding her and collides with a coven of influencers she suspects are responsible. After a summer in Westchester soaking up how the other half lives, Jenna Clayton has vanished without a trace. The only clue, a set of voice memos detailing an investigation into a group of influencers she suspected were using magic to achieve their means. Elise Edgerton is outraged that no one has found Jenna yet, and decides to take up the cause. But despite believing she is using her platform for good, Elise’s mission threatens to turn her into an even worse villain than a witch: a white saviour.
Written by Pia Wilson
Starring Gabourey Sidibe
Voiced by Sarah Natochenny and Tiana Camacho.
Produced by Realm Media
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Suspense : The Hitch-Hiker
Suspense The Hitch-Hiker (US 1942)
Mercury Theater (US 1942)
29 min Episode 45 of 52
The Audio equivalent of a black and white matinée film, narrated by a young Orson Welles. (Citizen Kane) We are pulled in with the question; Who doesn't like a good ghost story? No blood or gore, just a shocker, a thriller, a real Orson Wells story. Sometimes you want your heart to be warmed and sometime you want your spine to tingle.
Wells plays the protagonist Ronald Adams who comes across a mysterious hitchhiker as he drives across the States in his Buick. This radio play takes the listener to another era but the production is so good - and to think this was all done live!
There’s even a Patreon style plea at the end to Mrs and Mrs American working man and woman to lend Uncle Sam a dime to help win the war against the Nazis. It’s revelatory.
And if you’e never heard the original War of the Worlds by H G Wells, it’s really worth a listen (Also produced by the Mercury Theatre)
Produced and Directed by William Sphere
Scored by Bernard Herman
Narrated by Orson Welles
Produced for The Mercury Thearter
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The Nami Podcast : Of Those In The Darkness
The Nami Project (GHAN 2020)
The Nami Project (GHAN 2020)
9 min Episode 5 of 8
The Nami Podcast is an anthology podcast of lightly dramatised stories and poetry by West African writers bridging the cultural gap between oral narration of stories and writing.
In this tale Sierra Leonian writer Victor Forna gathers elements of a world that existed long before ours, telling a tale of forgotten beings, deceit and betrayal.
Written by Victor Forna
Narrated by Tsidi
Produced by The Residence Studio
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Don’t Think About The White Polar Bear: Season 3, Ep 1 of The Family Tree
Dave Pickering (2019)
Produced by David Pickering & Adam Thwaite (UK 2019)
54 min
When podcast producer Dave Pickering is approached by his dad with a mystery from the life of a long-forgotten friend, he decides to investigate it in the only way he knows how: by having conversations. Mark Sullivan, who went missing 15 years ago, has been found dead. His body still has the arm he should have lost in a car accident and seems to have died eight years before he disappeared.
Here we are deep into the series but it’s a good place to suspend disbelief and get a taste for this bizarre story and to meet some of the characters. This should peak your curiosity to go back to the beginning where Dave speaks to his dad and brother and decides to investigate this mystery.
Written and produced by Dave Pickering and Adam Thwaite
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The Lost Carnival Ep 1 : A Present From The Past
Geoff Bird (UK 2015)
Geoff Bird (UK 2015)
23 min Episode 1 of 5
Arthur Bird a radio documentary maker (Geoff Bird), discovers a mysterious parcel that leads him to investigate the incredible story of a carnival lost in time.
This series was the clever audio accompaniment to real live circus performances in Dunham Massey known for its historical links to the mystery and magic of the circus.
Produced by Geoff Bird with Wild Rumpus
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I Love You, Odysseus
Cristina Marras (IT 2020)
Produced by Cristina Marras (IT 2020)
5 min
As part of the Cities of Memories project marking the 700th anniversary of Dante’s death, over 80 artists from around the world created their vision of Hell as depicted in Dante’s Divine Comedy. Christina Marras takes the character of Odysseus, but describes his heroic story through the eyes of a woman in love, following her hero to hell.
Written and produced by Cristina Marras
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Fully Amplified: Ep3 When Two Armenians Meet…
Future Theatre (UK 2021)
Future Theatre and Reduced Listening (UK 2021)
30 min / Episode 3 of 8
Fully Amplified is a seven-part original drama-documentary series exploring the untold stories of over 30 women and non-binary people from all walks of life, brought to you by some of the UK’s most dynamic writers, brought together by Futures Theatre
In this episode we meet two Armenias.
Ojen wakes up in the early hours to find the women of her family taking over her kitchen. The noise, smells, tastes and sounds fill up her small flat with memories: of her past, of her heritage, and of distant horrors that bubble just underneath the surface. Drawing on her own Armenian heritage and celebrating the lives of the Bedrossian women OLD DOUGH is a story by Abi Zakarian about the power of memories, food and resilience in order to preserve a culture and heritage in the face of genocide and denial.
Produced by Reduced Listening
Featuring Old Dough by Abi Zakarian
Directed by Caroline Bryant
Performed by Jessie Bedrossian
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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.