Radio Atlas

A woman tells the story of her own birth. By Mrs Kaika Burton and Caddie Brain (2019) Mrs Kaika Burton was born deep in the desert of Central Australia. Her mother travelled hundreds of miles barefoot before giving birth alone at a massive desert mesa called Atila – a place which became her spiritual country. … Continue reading "When I Touched the Ground"

A night watchman walks alone through an Anatomic Institute. By Stephen Schwartz for DR (1971) A lonely walk in the dark, skeletons and floating body parts caught in the beam of a flashlight… in the ‘The Night Watchman’, Detroit-born Stephen Schwartz pioneers his landmark interview technique known as the ‘moments interview’ or the ‘full Schwartz’. … C...

A series about unspoken secrets. By Zoha Zokaei (2019) Price of Secrecy is a fictionalised podcast series that addresses some of the legal, social, cultural and familial constraints that contribute to the silence around the issue of child sexual abuse in Iran. At the heart of the series is the question – ‘why, as members … Continue reading "Price of Secrecy"

A woman tries to meet someone. By Lotta Erikson for Sveriges Radio (1996) Recorded in the pre-internet dating days, Lotta Erikson searches for a partner through telephone contact agencies. Lotta Erikson has been a freelance for the Swedish radio (SR) and Swedish national television (SVT) in various forms since 1992, making around 15 radio documentaries … Continue reading "Can He Have a Dog?"

A power struggle in the domestic space. By Eva Lammelová for Czech Radio (2018) According to numerous statistics, Czechs are a nation of dog-lovers. On average, there is a dog in every second household in the Czech Republic, resulting in the most hounds per capita in all of Europe. In Eva’s house there’s Tonča. Tonča … Continue reading "Man: A Dog’s Best Friend"

How (not) to build a home away from home… By Martina Castro, for the Museum of Migration in Montevideo (2015) Sometimes immigrants want to stay super connected to their home countries because they feel that connection slipping away. And well, they can go overboard. At least, that’s what Eduardo Bolioli noticed. This story was produced … Continue reading "What They Don’t Tell You"

A box containing treasured keepsakes opens up painful memories of the past. By Sofia Saldanha for HearSay International Audio Arts Festival (2019) The Box (A Caixa) was shortlisted for both the ‘Create’ and ‘Create GanBéarla’ awards at the 2019 HearSay International Audio Arts Festival. Sofia Saldanha is an award winning audio producer. She started her … Continue reading "The Box"

A broken-hearted granddaughter’s search for understanding. By Neena Pathak for HearSay International Audio Arts Festival (2019) Aaji (Grandma) is in her 90s, proficient in English but more comfortable in Marathi, and hard-of-hearing. Mithu is in her 30s, okay at Marathi (but speaks in a stilted, error-filled, and somewhat childlike way common to many second-generation immigrants), … Co...

“We have life in our imaginations…” Exploring three alternative visions, ‘A Voice from Utopia’ attempts to deconstruct the concept of the nation state. From virtual communities like Bitnation to micronations like Liberland. It comes from Blank Maps – an Arabic podcast that seeks to address the problem of statelessness in the Arab world. By doing … Continue reading "Blank Maps: A Voice from U...

A young woman walks out onto the ice, under a full moon, and disappears. Produced by Rikke Houd for Third Ear (11th March 2014) Deep beneath the Greenlandic ice, lies a hidden history. The Danish feature-maker Rikke Houd travels in the footsteps of Karen Roos, who disappeared on the ice outside the small East Greenlandic town of … Continue reading "The Woman on the Ice"

Echoes of a rebellion in a mine falling back to nature. By Gianluca Stazi and Giuseppe Casu for Radio3 Rai (2018) Silvestro has worked in the mine since he was 23 years old – he’s the son of a miner, the son of the mine, now he is 67. Manlio, at 40, left teaching to … Continue reading "The Upside Down"

A woman and her cat attempt to reach a happy resolution. By Inga Janiulytė (2018) A fleeting scene from a remote village in Polesia, south east Belarus. After lunch and liquor on the Saturday before Orthodox Easter at babka Maria’s house. No meat is allowed on the table. The only one exempt from this rule … Continue reading "Sausage Roll"

An exploration of listening and liberty. By René Farabet for France Culture (1992) A feature which weaves together audio compositions created by inmates  serving long-term sentences interwoven with their reflections on sound and listening. Winner of the Prix Futura in 1993. René Farabet (1934 – 2017) was one of the key figures in the Atelier de … Continue reading "Words from Inside (St Maur...

Jonathan Zenti embarks on a quest to recover a loved possession, which has gone astray. Produced by Jonathan Zenti for HearSay International Audio Festival (November 2015) For five years the radio producer Jonathan Zenti has been making recordings with elderly Italians that explore old cultural rites in his country that are in danger of disappearing. Imelda, who … Continue reading "I Am Anal...

An Iranian journalist, forced to flee the country, captures her search for a sense of home in Norway. Produced by Sheida Jahanbin and Rikke Houd for NRK (2011) My Share of the Sky artfully captures the disorientation of seeking refuge in a new country. Working on her first radio documentary – journalist Sheida Jahanbin recorded her … Continue reading "My Share of the Sky"

A forgotten moment recaptured in a dance between mother tongue and translation. Produced by Charo Calvo for ABC Soundproof (30th September 2016) A short feature from a longer work by the Spanish composer and sound designer Charo Calvo. In ‘Qualia’ – five women artists tell, in their mother tongue, a vital moment, an intense sensorial … Continue reading "Zahava and the Quali...

A father gives his daughter a mysterious inheritance. By Kari Hesthamar for NRK, 2003 Cesilie’s family have wrapped their secrets in a brown parcel. Her father gave her the parcel ten years ago – asking her not to open it until two years after her mother has died. Ten years later, and almost two years … Continue reading "The Brown Parcel"

An erotic radio work exploring the mechanics of lust. By Bert Kommerij for NPO Radio 5 (1998)

By Charlotte Bienaimé for ARTE Radio (2014) Colette Bertin has recorded hundreds of radio programs on audio cassettes. Today, at 82, Colette plunges into her archive and evokes a whole life spent listening, from tapes to podcasts. Special Commendation at the Prix Europa and Prix Italia in 2014.

By Charlotte Rouault and Benoît Bories for ARTE Radio (2013) “If we didn’t look after ourselves, we were done for…” Three former inmates of the Brens women’s concentration camp, who were detained from 1942-44, recall their experiences.

An audio meditation on falling. Produced by Maria Dønvang (2017) Winner of the 2017 HearSay Festival ‘Create’ GanBéarla Award and Best Radio / Sound Art Award.

Vicious fights and tender memories play out against the backdrop of a crumbling stately home – eavesdrop on scenes from a marriage of convenience. Produced by Eva Roither for Ö1 (May 2011) Winner of the Prix Europa, 2011 and the feature-award at Stiftung Radio Basel.

The search for connection on a telephone helpline. Produced by Matthias Hellemans for VRT (August 2014)

An exploration of the past traumas that lurk in the shadows of a young woman’s life. By Susanne Björkman for Sveriges Radio (21st August 1994) Susanne Björkman’s Prix Italia-winning documentary, In the Shadow of the Phantom, tells the story of 25-year-old Aziza, a woman who works in a Stockholm metro station close to a local … Continue reading "In the Shadow of the Phantom"

Motherly love, loss and falling… a personal feature from Nanna Hauge Kristensen. Produced by Nanna Hauge Kristensen (2017). This feature won first prize at the P1 Shortdox competition in 2017.