Naomi Bloomstein and Chloe Turpin

Still Life

Society EN ↓ 3 episodes

Still Life tells real stories you don’t usually hear this closely - a collection of intimate audio portraits brought to life through immersive sound and documentary storytelling. This season explores different forms of loss and grief - navigating a breast cancer diagnosis through an audio diary, accompanying a parent on their final journey to Dignitas or family estrangement. These are stories about love, identity, resilience and what it means to keep going when life takes an unexpected turn. Lived, intimate moments rarely spoken aloud.

Author

Naomi Bloomstein and Chloe Turpin

Episodes

S1 Ep3: Parallel Lives 29.05.2026 18:59

Family estrangement affects an estimated one in five families in the UK, yet still remains largely hidden and unspoken. Parallel Lives is Chloe’s story - about growing up with a violent mother, the weight that carries and the quiet, complicated grief of mourning a relationship with someone who is still alive. Please note this episode talks about domestic abuse and violence. Producer Naomi Bloomste...

S1 Ep2: Anti-Primal 29.05.2026 20:11

Bonnie travelled with her mother to Switzerland for an assisted death at Dignitas - and then turned the experience into an award-winning one-woman show. Assisted dying remains illegal in the UK, yet hundreds of people make the journey to Switzerland each year. Anti-Primal explores choice, grief, and the complicated intimacy of saying goodbye. Please note this episode explores assisted dying and th...

S1 Ep1: Ode to a Nipple 29.05.2026 17:56

After a breast cancer diagnosis, Gaby’s honest and compelling audio diary explores how her relationship with her body shifts - held together by uncertainty, resilience, and humour. Please note: this episode contains discussion of cancer treatment and surgery. Producer Naomi Bloomstein, Sound Designer and Music Composition Chloe Turpin