Transmissions
Apagón: The History Of Cuban Blackouts
Milena Soci (US, 2026)
Milena Soci (US, 2026)
9 min
Apagón is an audio documentary about Cuba’s blackout crisis, following the stories of people forced to reorganize their lives around the disappearance of electricity. Through voices, archival material, and personal testimonies, the documentary explores how the island ended up living in the dark.
Produced and Edited by Milena Soci
Trip to Gurindji Country
Helene Thomas (AU, 2026)
Helene Thomas (AU 2026)
16 min
Five eager colleagues from the Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA) set out from Mparntwe/Alice Springs, travelling 985 kilometres north to Kalkarindji, a remote Aboriginal community in the Northern Territory, to take part in the 2025 Gurindji Freedom Day Festival. Leading the way is Orlando Rubuntja, a young Indigenous media creator and broadcaster from Kalkarindji. This radio feature follows Orlando as he wrestles with the discomfort of interviewing his own people — the shame that surfaces each time he asks for an interview — set against the deep pride he carries as a Gurindji man.
Produced by Helene Thomas in collaboration with Orlando Rubuntja, Caleb Doolan and Brenton Woods from the Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA). Freedom Day song by Lazy Late Boys
XMTR Radio Hour #46: Sounds from XMTR Festival
Social Broadcasts (UK 2026)
Produced by Social Broadcasts (UK 2026)
60 min / Episode 46 of 46
This XMTR Radio Hour gives a little taste of what people experienced at the XMTR Audio Arts Festival St Leonards-on-Sea followed by a field trip to Dungeness. You’ll hear a montage from works, sound walks, performances and installations made for and experienced at the festival as well as recordings from some of the events, installations and happenings and some short audio pieces made over that weekend.
The works featured are:
Floating in St Leonards by Miri Berlin, Stand at the shoreline and listen a sound walk by- Katharina Smets + Katherina Lindekens, Shanty singing recorded by Helly McGovern, The Pier Sings by Tony Birch, Squid games 1am by Marie Chesteron, All Washed Up a sound walk by Sarah Frosh + Pete Hazell, Hand Pan by Mike Willis, Squirrel pan / recounting a squirrel story -Simon Schaffer Meet me by the Rose Garden with Colour Carver and Jude Montague and Mary Ann Joyes on the accordion, Jackson's Sonic Relay / Jackson (aged 3) + horns- Jessica Beck + Jackson, Breakfast by Carrie Rolls, Isobel Anderson on the coach to Dungeness followed by some field recording of Dungeness recorded by Cath Carver, Manhunt in St Leonards a sound walk by M. Cristina Marras and Gianfranco Bitti, Closing ceremony with Balladeste improvising to the sounds you recorded during the festival for the Sonic Relay collected by Suzie McCarthy, triggered by Dinahbird and hosted by Helen Zaltzman.
XMTR Radio Hour Produced by Lucia Scazzocchio
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Brago and the Baccoo
Lisa Levi, Brian Richardson (TT, 2026)
Lisa Levi, Brian Richardson (TT, 2026)
5 min
A Caribbean horror story. Folklore today. Brago pays the price and battles the Baccoo to survive.
Produced by River-Stories LAB,
Music by Alex Thomas,
Performed by Brian Richardson
Written by Lisa Levi
Sweet Little Human - Bugs, Bees and Bad Decisions
Orkan Media (DK 2025)
Nikolaj Kirk, Roxanne Batty, Jens Raunkjær and Magnus Møller (DK, 2025)
14 min
Mother Nature, played by punk legend Iggy Pop, has had a tough few thousand years. Tired and traumatized by relentless human expansion, they battle many of the ills that plague humans today: Addiction, anxiety, depression. And, of course, cynical, unpredictable rage.Their only solace? A good glass of whisky with their clumsy assistant Mr. Bee.
But all is not lost. Mother Nature decides it's time to make a change. And what better way to tell a tragic story about humans but through yet another podcast?
Enter 'Sweet Little Human' - a podcast all about the mess humans have made on planet Earth and their incredible ability to ignore and sidestep the issue. Even if it means the end for their silly little species.
Written, edited and produced by Nikolaj Kirk, Roxanne Batty, Jens Raunkjær and Magnus Møller.
www.orkanmedia.com
Featuring Iggy Pop as Mother Nature, Anjuli Deo as The Editor, and Maya Tekeli as Freelance Journalist Maya Tekeli.
Hooked on Hope Recast: Episode 1 - Clint Best vs the Cosmos
Paul Nataraj & James Gilbraith (UK, 2020)
Paul Nataraj + James Gilbraith (UK, 2020)
28 min
This episode is part of an ongoing collaboration between angling writer James Gilbraith and sound artist Paul Nataraj. In this, which was the first piece produced between the pair, is a story of competitive sports fishing at its most psychedelic. James takes on the 'National Association of Local Government Officers', the farmer's mad dog Ming, his long standing rival and best friend Mick Crook, and an epic comedown on a baking hot summer's day in Blackburn circa 1990. Who'll come out on top, Clint Best or the Cosmos?
Produced by Paul Nataraj
Words and narration by James Gilbraith.
Spiegel im Spiegel
Christian Hales (US,2025)
Christian Hales (US, 2025)
10 min
On the YouTube comments for Arvo Pärts piece, Spiegel im Spiegel, instead of normal anonymous hate and internet trolls, there's a deeply touching window into humanity. People were sharing some really raw stuff about how the music made them feel, how they played it for their mom while they rubbed her back as she was passing, how their young child said it reminded them of their dad who had passed, how they feel hope in humanity when they hear it. Each is so real and raw it reads like a Mary Oliver poem. How is one piece of music doing so much for so many people? In this segment, I interview one man about how he played the music for his 2 week old daughter in the ICU, what the music means to him, and how he feels now that she's 7 years old.
Produced by Christian Hales
Music credits: Kookaburra by Rewind, Spiegel im Spiegel by Arvo Pärt and performed by Benjamin Hudson and Jürgen Kruse
Between two rivers - a journey into the mind of the land/Rhwng dwy afon - Taith i feddwl y tir
Ed Baxter (UK 2026)
Ed Baxter (UK 2026)
56 min
Between two rivers: a journey into the mind of the land/Rhwng dwy afon: Taith i feddwl y tir” is a radio artwork in English and Welsh, realised close to the sources of the rivers Severn and Wye, in Powys, Wales.
Created by Ed Baxter (BASCA Composer of the Year 2013 etc), Steffan Cennydd (Theatr Cymru’s “Romeo a Juliet” 2025 etc); Richard James (Evolution of Beauty; Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci etc); and Michael Umney (Gold Award Winner, New York Festivals Radio Awards 2025; Winner, URTI Radio Grand Prix 2024 etc). With contributions from Dan Craig, Sandy Craig, Neil Haymer, Dewi Roberts and members of Tai Haf Heb Drigolyn. Thanks to all at The Hanging Garden, Llanidloes, Amanda Thesiger and Tim Meacham. Supported by The Colwinston Foundation, Hinrichsen Foundation, The Leche Trust and Unity Theatre Trust.
Produced by Ed Baxter
Narration Steffan Cennydd
Music, field recordings by Richard James
Interviews, field recordings by Michael Umney
El Poble
Carys Wall (UK/ES, 2024)
Carys Wall (UK/ES, 2024)
6 min
El Poble is a soundscape of a protest in Valencia, on the 9th of November 2024, when more than 100,000 people marched through the city demanding the resignation of the president of the Valencian Government. The protest was in response to the DANA flooding at the end of October which caused catastrophic damage in the region and killed over 200 people.
People chant "they're not deaths, they're murders" and "while you were eating, the people were dying", in reference to the Valencian president's long private lunch on the day of the flood. After a few moments of silence, protestors set off their phone alarms, referencing the emergency alerts which were sent at 20:11 on the day of the flood, when many had already drowned and bridges had already been washed away.
While the flooding and protests in Valencia were extensively documented through photography, this piece is a record of the sound of the moment - of the the anger, fear, and grief, as well as the solidarity, resilience, and hope that filled the air. El Poble experiments with the audio pan to create a jarring and disorienting listening experience.
Recorded and produced by Carys Wall
LoveLanguageLoss
Linda Rae Dornan (CA, 2009-2025)
Linda Rae Dornan (CA, 2009-2025)
5 min
This is an audio art piece about dementia and caregiving recorded over many years as Linda cared for her partner, John Asimakos. The journal she kept was too emotionally difficult to read so she eventually transcribed it backwards to alleviate her own response. Transcription uses this reversed journal, cutup techniques and constant repetition collaged with John’s own voice as he tried to communicate. Constant repetition references the incomprehension and deterioration of language evident within the gradual decline of dementia patients. The audio piece attempts to share an interior space of intensity and tenderness within the isolated world of dementia.
Produced by Linda Rae Dornan