Transmissions
Listening To The Political Protests in Minsk, Belarus
Pavel Niakhayeu (BY 2021)
Pavel Niakhayeu (BY 2021)
29min
Audio Walks for Armchair Listening Mini Series
In this audio-essay you’ll hear how Minsk sounded during the political protests of 2020-2021, how the protesters and the state are fighting for the space with voices, noises and music. The field recordings are the starting points for a discussion on the multifaceted role of sound in claiming the urban and political space in Belarus.
An audio-paper created for 'Walking as a Question' conference (Prespa, Greece, 4-17 of July 2021). Pavel Niakhayeu tells a (part of the) story of the political protests in Belarus through the perspective of a right to walk out your house to voice your protest. There were no Covid-lockdowns in Belarus, but walking in the streets at ‘the wrong time / wrong place’, the very act of coming out of your house is political and can have dramatic consequences – arrest, fine, beating, even death.
Produced and Narrated by : Pavel Niakhayeu
Discovered on Walk Listen Create
XMTR Radio Hour Ep19 : Cities and Memory
Social Broadcasts (UK 2022)
Produced by Social Broadcasts / Cities and Memory (UK 2022)
60 min / Episode 19 of 19
An hour dedicated to Cites and Memory, one of the world’s largest sound projects, with more than 1,000 artists contributing to our goal of remixing the world, one sound at a time.
Every location on the Cities and Memory sound map features 2 sounds, the original field recording of that place and a reimagined sound that presents that place and time as somewhere else, somewhere new. There are over 5,000 sounds featured on this sound map, spread over more than 100 countries and territories. We’ll visit a selection and keeping with the concept you will hear the original field recording of a place followed by a re-imagined piece.
Featuring:
1. Duet for breaking waves and the horizon by Cities and Memory (Caloura in the Azores)
2. Lockdown thunderstorm in Oxford by Cities and Memory (Oxford)
3. Chongqing Docks by Andy McDade (Chaotianmen Dock, Chongqing, South West China recorded by Ian MacArthur)
4. The loneliness of the late-night station by Cities and Memory (Berlin at Bellevue station recorded by Cristina Iscenco)
5. It’s not a wave it’s a river by Cristina Marras (Carlo Scarpa, Antivole Italy)
6.The Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo in Venice by de Velden (Venice, Italy)
7. Echoes by Bill Stevens (Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges, New York, USA)
8 A recording of a story 'Alfons and the Magic Christmas Tree featured on HCJB’s DX Party Line hosted by Clayton Howard. Recorded by Paul Rawdon, courtesy of the Shortwave Radio Archive for the Shortwave Transmissions project, documenting and reimagining the sounds of shortwave radio.
9 War on Hugs by Kid KinAn hour dedicated to Cites and Memory, one of the world’s largest sound projects, with more than 1,000 artists contributing to our goal of remixing the world, one sound at a time.
Cities and Memory is always open to submissions from field recordists, sound artists, musicians or anyone with an interest in exploring sound worldwide.
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The Waves: Queens
Erinn Dhesi (UK 2022)
Applied Stories / Erinn Dhesi (UK 2022)
21 min Episode 5 of 5
Waves is five audio fiction productions exploring the contemporary impact of Britain’s colonial past.
A statue of Queen Victoria in Leamington Spa’s town centre becomes much more than an old monument, with dramatic and outrageous results.
Written by Erinn Dhesi
Directed by Gitika Buttoo
Starring : Vimal Korpal, Bharti Patel, Dilan Raithatha, Ravneet Sehra Elexi Walker
Made by Holy Mountain in association with Tamasha Theatre Company and supported by the Audio Content Fund for Applied Stories
The Letter S
Chris Brookes (CA 2001)
Chris Brookes (CA 2001)
54min
Whispers in the Air
On December 12th, 1901 Guigliermo Marconi received the world's first trans-Atlantic wireless signal on the cliff just above Chris Brook’s Battery Radio studio. Or... did he?
This beautifully poetic audio work combines fact and fiction, reality and construction to tell the story of the beginning of radio and sound waves. The perfect place to start for any budding audiofile.
Produced by Chris Brookes - Battery Radio
Created for the 2001 centenary of Marconi's transmission. First broadcast: ABC "Classic FM" Dec. 12, 2001.
Special Commendation, Prix Marulic 2002
Atlantic Journalism Award 2002
At The Edge Of The Platform
Dominique Petitgand (FR 2011)
Dominique Petitgand (FR 2011)
6 min
Standing, outside, on the edge of the platform, and the feeling that your head is being cut off. "They're asking for, they're asking for, they're asking for, they're asking for, they're asking for the impossible"
Producer: Dominique Petitgand
Voice: Marta Dansie
Featured on Radiola (Belgium)
Down To A Sunless Sea: Waves
Down To A Sunless Sea: Waves (UK 2020)
Dave Pickering (UK 2020)
38 min Episode 16 of 18
This very personal podcast is about Dave Pickering and his dad and their relationship. It's also about death, old age, care, love, history, change, mental health, science, medicine, art, dementia and friendship. It brings together memoir, clips from over 10 years of recordings of his father and interviews with experts. It takes you on a journey down to a sunless sea.
episode is about movement, memory, change, time, distance, tears, connection, therapy, sadness, love, grief and everything else that can come in waves.
Dave has to come to terms with his father’s memory loss and the fact that no matter what he forgets, it can’t take away the love they have shared, that existed, and will always have existed, even when he has forgotten it; even when he is no longer alive to remember it; even when Dave’s forgotten it; even when Dave is no longer alive to remember it. It happened. And that has to be enough.
General content note for the series: death, dementia, old age, mental health issues Additional content note: euthanasia/suicide
Produced by Dave Pickering
With funding from the British Podcast Awards Fund and the Wellcome Trust
You Only Guide Me By Surprise: Tape S-1-12
Landry Ayres US 2022)
Landry Ayres (US 2022)
20 min
Described as a suite of sonic somnambulism for those interested in poetry, peripety, magic or mystery. A guided meditation through committee or a dive into hypnosis through a clever plunderphonic escapade of 10 self help tapes from the 70's and 80's.
Producer: Landry Ayres
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No Big Deal
Charlie Billingham (UK 2022)
Charlie Billingham (UK 2021)
17 min Episode 1 of 1
A bit of light relief with this new true-crime comedy thriller. Join acclaimed journalist Emily Stephenson as she delves into the murky waters of a 2004 undercover police operation gone horribly wrong.
True Crime podcasts are ripe for comedy and we’re keen to hear more from Emily and these incompetent undercover cops - you can donate a coffee here ko-fi.com/charliebillingham to get more made.
Written by Charlie Billingham
Starring : Gayaneh Vlieghe, Mungo Russell, Calum Maclean, Lydia Cook, Henry Whaley, Chesney Fawkes-Porter, Cait Mahoney & Charlie Billingham.
Kabul Falling - The Fall: Escape from Afghanistan Begins
Project Brazen (US 2022)
Project Brazen (US 2022)
32min Episode 1 of 8
In August 2021, the Taliban regained control of Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. The takeover sent shockwaves throughout the country. It forced thousands of Afghans to leave their old lives behind and embark on a hellish journey for survival. In this gripping, eight-episode podcast, Afghans themselves will tell you how it happened. You’ll hear stories about big risks, close calls, and unexpected moments of kindness — or luck — that changed everything. You’ll meet Afghan women and men from different walks of life, and even a young man who chose to fight with the Taliban — in his eyes, to protect the country he loves. This is the story of a home ripped apart — and of a courageous new beginning.
Hosted by Nelufar Hedayat Executive Producers: Tom Wright + Bradley Hope
Producer: Ireland Meacham
Sound Design, Musical Scoring & Mixing: Brad Stratton
A Project Brazen Production
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Awful Grace: The Treachery Of Sounds
Champagne’s Electric US 2017)
The Champagne's Electric (US 2017)
32 min Episode 4 of 13
You’re never told what you’re hearing but through the sounds you have to piece together what it is that is happening. But is it correct? Have we been mislead? The haunting audio work still has me leaning in at the horror of what I’m hearing, a reality in real-time.
Awful Grace remains a mysterious and understated series of sound art, proving that a podcast can be whatever you want it to be.