Transmissions
The Baron Hotel - Uncovering Roots
Maxim Saakyan (UK 2025)
Maxim Saakyan (UK 2025)
30 min
Uncovering Roots is a podcast that investigates stories from the SWANA (South West Asia and North Africa) region. The first mini-series was released back in December 2023, about an Armenian Genocide survivor who became a Hollywood star.
Now, Uncovering Roots returns with the first episode of its new season, beginning in Aleppo, at the doors of one of the most iconic hotels in the Middle East.
The Baron Hotel once hosted kings, spies, archaeologists, and refugees. It was a grand hotel at the crossroads of empire, war, and survival. In this episode, we trace the layered history of the Baron through the voice of Mary Momdjian, whose family built and ran the hotel for generations.
From stories of Armenian refugees during the genocide to Agatha Christie writing her book, the Baron’s past is woven into the fabric of Syria’s modern history. Today, it stands abandoned. A fragile, fading symbol of memory and loss.
Produces by Maxim Saakyan
Sound Design by Maxim Saakyan
Intro Music composed by Olivia Melkonian
An Asshole Walks Into a Group Meditation
Gabriel Berezin (US 2025)
Gabriel Berezin (US 2025)
24 min
Ever been to a group meditation? How did you feel - third eye open with a blissful permagrin? Or did you feel awkward and self conscious?
Tune into the psychedelic talk show that measures gullibility and skepticism using a powerful new scale. This trust spectrum is defined by Larry David, Woody Harrelson, Betty White, Bill Murray and cats (not the musical).
Gabriel Berezin and his co-host (his Inner Voice) discuss the neurological and psychological mental phenomena activated during a Brooklyn, NY meditation retreat.
For example, find out what a Burger King Whopper has to do with our experience of time, and why getting picked last on the dodgeball court explains our cultural divide.
This is Part 1 of a 3-part series.
Written, produced and voiced by Gabriel Berezin
Original music by Santiago Arias-Rozo.
Gigi Riva and I
Cristina Marras (IT 2025)
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
Windows: Jill - The Edge of Things
Ivan d'Avoine and Derick Armah (UK 2025)
Ivan d'Avoine and Derick Armah (UK 2025)
23 min
To watch the world pass by from your home’s window is an intimate experience: at once deeply personal and yet universal, cinematic even, at times. Although we all do it, when was the last time someone asked you, sincerely; what do you see when you look outside your window?
Featuring experimental sound design that reflects the processes of art-making and city-wandering, we journey to Central London’s Brunswick Centre to meet Jill Rock, who sculpts natural found objects and geometric constructions under the light of her living room window.
Produces by Ivan d'Avoine and Derick Armah
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Asphalt Lullaby
James Trice (UK 2024)
James Trice (UK 2024)
2 min
An abstract poem about city life, the need for sound and the regular rush of cars and traffic that pass James’ window.
Produced by James Trice
The Graves In The Ocean Are Burning
Per Wilhelm Wahlroos (SE 2025)
Per Wilhelm Wahlroos (SE 2025)
4 min
The Graves in the ocean is a poem by the Swedish poet Per Wilhelm Wahlroos recorded with EAM music and Buchla at EMS, Stockholm.
Produced by Per Wilhelm Wahlroos
Lyrics and Music: Per Wilhelm Wahlroos
Marsification: A Tale of Planetary Grief
Lily Sloane (US 2024)
Lily Sloane (US 2024)
49 min
Today we are being increasingly bombarded by the idea that humanity can and should expand to Mars. Coined in 2020 by the art collective Bureau of Linguistical Reality, the neologism Marsification critiques the idea that we can reset civilization by escaping to “Planet B”.
Marsification: A tale of planetary grief is a concept album audio artwork that unsettles seductive astro-colonial fantasies of leaving a damaged Earth for an uninhabited Mars. These 16 vignettes are designed for individual experiences and community dialogues as we process this interplanetary moment in all of its dissonance. Marsification:
A tale of planetary grief weaves together textured soundscapes, spoken dialogue, satire, hyper pop, whimsy, humor and heartache, non-fiction and science fiction, science and poetry, fantasy and history, with travels into inner and outer space. How can we examine assumptions about the future? And how do we listen properly to the ghosts that haunt the present?
Written and created by Lily Sloane and Zara Zimbardo
Narration and voice acting by Lily Sloane, Zara Zimbardo, and Chelsea Kigano
Audio production, music and sound design by Lily Sloane
Editorial support from Keisha TK Dutes;
Sound consultation from Adriene Lilly
I Used To Know H.I.M
Yasmine Dankwah (UK 2023)
Yasmine Dankwah (UK 2023)
24 min
A poetic retelling of the history of Hip-Hop from the perspective of a Black female until the mid-'90s and the emergence of the Native Tongues Movement. The piece features references to the 15-year-old Roxane Shante and her rap battle with Busy Bee Starski, the influence of the Hip-Hop trio The Sequence and one of the first conscious raps to exist!
An extract of this piece was featured twice on BBC Radio London to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Hip-Hop in 2023.
This piece was commissioned by Chronic Insanity Theatre as part of their Digital Literary Department.
Writer and Sound Designer: Yasmine Dankwah
Actor: Adelaide Banks
Director: Segen Yosef
Producer: Chronic Insanity Theatre
Bob Reflects on Steve's Birth
Kellyn Doerr (US 2025)
Kellyn Doerr (US 2025)
3 min
Bob and Mary are expecting. As this is their first child, Bob considers if he's even going to be in the room when Mary gives birth due to nerves and a multitude of emotions. As he goes through these reflections, he writes it all down and tucks it away in a journal. Decades later and after his death, Bob's granddaughter, Kellyn, finds this journal entry and decides to make a "sound poem" about her grandfather's emotions and the birth of her father, transcending years of family history and memory. Kellyn narrates this journal entry from the perspective of her grandfather and produces this sound poem, including her own field recordings, foley, and editing.
Produced by Kellyn Doerr