Riley In The Closet

Hannah Johansson (US 2026)

11 min

This is a story about the time Hannah’s friend Riley, who is trans, lived in their closet for two weeks. Outside, it was 70 degrees and sunny, a true California endless summer. But in the closet, it was fall. They played jazz, sipped tea, and left only at night to eat a loaf of bread. Listen like you are in the closet with Riley, as they describe their fall-themed teenage breakdown, inspired by Donna Tartt’s The Secret History. Sometimes, identity can only be formed in isolation.

Produced by Hannah Frances Johansson

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Dreaming in Orange

Ashrita Achar (IN, 2025)

3 min

“Dreaming on antidepressants are... weird. The line between dreaming and memory is blurred, and before I can make sense of which is which, I’m waking up. This piece is one such dream I had recently. Actually, no. It did happen for real. … I think.”

Produced by Ashrita Achar

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What Would Sophie Calle Do?

Marcia Sandee (NL 2025)

2 min

Marcia got a letter and made it her own. Inspired by the work 'take care of yourself' by artist Sophie Calle

Produced by Marcia Sandee
Music by Camiel Jansen,
Sundd design by Marcia Sandee

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2025 Selects: Drops from Heaven

Patrick McNameeKing (US 2025)

7 min

Alesia shares how she began communicating with the deceased, and the impact of her career as a medium.

Produced by Patrick McNameeKing
Music by Patrick McNameeKing

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2025 Selects: I Dream Of Water: The Well, The Bay, The Sea

Susanne Lambert (UK 2025)

7 min

This is part of a body of work is about people's relationships with water, based around a set of audio recordings from various people Suzanne knows. She asked contributors to share something about a place of water they have strong memories of, or connections to, and to say something about what feelings are evoked in the place.

Susanne set the audio messages within new compositions (including found sounds and field recordings) in different ways to create a series of pieces. She has combined improvised open passages (drums/clarinet/piano/synth) with more considered and formulated sections, in an attempt to echo, mirror and juxtapose the words, and build imagery around the stories shared.

The series will eventually also include factual information, alongside the personal connective elements, as an opportunity to examine the diverse and sometimes contradictory elements of our human relationship to water.

Produced by Susanne Lambert aka Suzi Lamb

Listen to the collection

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2025 Selects: Gigi Riva and I

M. Cristina Marras (IT 2025)

12 min

A story about childhood, wonder, memories and (a bit) about mischievous revenge. Well, the story is about the soccer player Gigi Riva who became an actual god in the mind of all Sardinians, my fellow people, when he "led the very modest soccer team of Cagliari to win the Serie A championship in the 1969-70 season." All I can tell you is to advise you that this is not a story about sport, but I’d rather not spoil the plot as I am certain it will surprise and enchant, if you have 12 minute to spare.

Produced by M. Cristina Marras

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Seven Minutes, Seven Years

Anna Van Dine (US 2024)

Anna · Seven Minutes, Seven Years

7 min

As long as Anna has been interested in sound and documentary, she has recorded things. What does it sound like when you take seven years' worth of recording and condense it into seven minutes? What does time sound like? What does memory sound like?

Produced by Anna Van Dine

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Shine A Light On The Darkness (In French, English and German)

Candice Savoyat (FR, 2025)

Candice Savoyat · Shine a light on the darkness

53 min

80 years after the end of World War II, what remains?

Candice Savoyat retraces her family’s footsteps. First to Chemnitz, Germany, where her maternal grandmother was born to a Polish Jewish father, before fleeing to France. Then to Mauthausen, Austria, where her paternal great-grandfather, who had joined the Resistance, was deported.

By connecting these two family histories, she brings them into dialogue with the present, gathering the voices of strangers met along the way.

An intimate and universal journey, to be listened with headphones.

Producer by: Candice Savoyat
Music by: Amédée de Murcia
Mixing: Jules Wisocky
Translation: Céline Gay A Stim Matter production With the support of the City of Geneva, the FSRC, the Loterie Romande, and Phonurgia Nova as part of its annual support program for radio and sound projects

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The Random Kindness of Strangers

Mairi Johnson (UK 2024)

27 min

A non-narrated piece which tells the story of a refugee's escape from Iran and journey to the UK in the early 1980s, focusing on the random kindness of strangers (and sometimes the lack thereof) encountered during the journey. This piece was originally conceived in the 'In the Dark' Audio course, 2024.

Produced by Mairi Johnson

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Offleash

Terry Halbert (US 2025)

7 min

A woman walks 20 different dogs in a big park. None of them are leashed. She controls them with her voice, and tells why. Reveal at the end.

Produced by Terry Halbert

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