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XMTR Radio Hour Ep15
Social Broadcasts (UK 2021)
Produced by Social Broadcasts (UK 2021)
60 min / Episode 15 of 15
The next hour will be showcasing some audio works featured on xmtr.fm as well as some works produced by Social Broadcasts over the past year. The first piece you’ll hear is from a series of Audio Postcards commissioned for the Wild Eye Project by Invisible Dust in Scarborough who work with artists to explore the environment and climate change. Here are some sounds sent from the North Sea. Produced by Lucia Scazzocchio with sound design by Silvia Malnati.
Next, we travel down south to London and more specifically Hackney’s Ridley Road market where May Robson meets the local traders who are struggling with the imminent changes and inevitable gentrification.
Produced by May Robson with Tamara Stoll who is working on the save Ridley Road campaign. It was broadcast as part of the online magazine The History Workshop
Now, close your eyes and get ready to experience something a little more ethereal as we enter the cosmos through a rich tapestry of sound by Belgian artist Adrien Pinet. This is just one of the many sound works you can hear on xmtr.fm’s Francophone cousin, Radiola.be. It’s an amazing resource.
Our final selection of this hour is from an oral history project Lily’s Legacy, celebrating the life Lily Montagu a magistrate, social worker, writer and co-founder of the Liberal Jewish movement in the UK. Here are some memories of Lily. Project produced by Liberal Judaism with the National Heritage Lottery Fund. There is plenty more to listen to and watch on lilyslegacyproject.com
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Ridley Road
May Robson - History Workshop (UK 2021)
May Robson (UK 2021)
19 min
Ridley Road Market has been around for almost 140 years and has been described as a “hub of connection, interconnections and social interaction”. Historically and today, the market is run by and for diverse communities and forms a public space which is political. Like many markets, however, Ridley Road is at risk from "regeneration", gentrification, and social cleansing.
May Robson works with Tamara Stoll a photographer and oral historian n who works in Ridley Road Market and is part of the Save Ridley Road campaign to speak to local residents' memories of Ridley Road's anti-fascist history and about the struggles that market traders face today - from gentrification to lockdown.
Produced by May Robson for The History Workshop
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
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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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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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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XMTR Radio Hour Ep14 Phonurgia 2021 Selection
Social Broadcasts (UK 2021)
Produced by Social Broadcasts (UK 2021)
60 min / Episode 14 of 14
The next hour showcases some winning and shortlisted English language or no language works from the Phonurgia Nova Awards - a celebration of radiophonic creation.
Winner of the Field Recording category Tom Fisher aka Action Pyramid captures the Suffolk countryside with ‘Hoverflies, Reed Pipes, Cockchafers and Bullroearers’, there’s surreal interrogation with 'Daisy Daisy' by Phoebe McIndoe, ‘Loss in Translation’ speech prize winner up by Lucia Scazzocchio and Sasha Edye-Lindner, captures loss and grief during lockdown and ’The Floating Exchange’ by Pierre Costard transports to the troubled waters of Lake Nokoue in Benin.
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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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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.