Transmitter

This Transmitter Radio Hour is a selection of audio works chosen by sound artist, musician and audio maker Samuel Robinson who joins Lucia in conversation as they discuss what audio works bring him joy, as well as unpacking some of the current podcast tropes, listening in on some heart- felt conversations and joining some dots between Sam’s life in the US and the UK through sound. 1. Captain Maurice Seddon  - May i explain explain my situation?In the words of william english “captain maurice seddon was a highly unusual and inventive person who took an uncompromising stance on life”. he was the inventor of heated clothing, and made many media appearances in the 1980’s to promote them. Seddon recorded his phone calls, this piece is one of 12 from the collection ‘the seddon tapes vol. 1’ put together by his friend William English in 2017 and released on paradigm discs.2. Emily Naylor - UntitledThis is a piece a friend (Emily) sent me a while ago and recently remembered. Emily made it while doing a radio masters

This next hour is dedicated to a single project recorded and produced by Lucia Scazzocchio in collaboration with the Tower Hamlets Regeneration team.  Docklands and the Isle of Dogs has changed dramatically since being established as a busy industrial hub centred around the docks to an industrial wasteland in the 1980's and then an ambitious redevelopment with the arrival of Canary Wharf.  The DLR and the infrastructure around this overground railway line has been key to the development of the area.Talking to local people who live and work on the Isle of Dogs across four generations we will hear about the unique history of the island, how things have changed and how the DLR Underline could be used in the future.Commissioned by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets as part of the ‘DLR Underline Activation’ project, this audio series recorded from Sept 21-May 22 aims to celebrate the area’s heritage to collectively reimagine the future of the Underline as a public active space.Thank you to everyone who contribute

Every location on the Cities and Memory sound map features 2 sounds, the original field recording of that place and a reimagined sound that presents that place and time as somewhere else, somewhere new. There are over 5,000 sounds featured on this sound map, spread over more than 100 countries and territories. We’ll visit a selection and keeping with the concept you will hear the original field recording of a place followed by a re-imagined piece. Featuring: 1. Duet for breaking waves and the horizon by Cities and Memory  (Caloura in the Azores)2.  Lockdown thunderstorm in Oxford by Cities and Memory (Oxford)3. Chongqing Docks by Andy McDade (Chaotianmen Dock, Chongqing, South West China recorded by Ian MacArthur)4. The loneliness of the late-night station by Cities and Memory (Berlin at Bellevue station recorded by Cristina Iscenco)5. It’s not a wave it’s a river by Cristina Marras (Carlo Scarpa,  Antivole Italy)6.The Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo in Venice by de Velden (Venice, Italy)7. Echoes by Bill Stevens (Br

The Devil Museum is a one man radio play, the audio diary of a man photographing all three-thousand of the museum’s devil sculptures. (And yes the museum exists, we looked it up)  For a number of reasons, however, the project cannot be completed. As the diary tracks these failings, the piece moves subtly into less tangible subjects such as boredom, isolation and loneliness. Produced by Jacob Dywer on residency at Rupert (Lithuania) and contains original compositions by Kareem Lotfy.

The Transmitter radio hour showcases the kind of works you will find on xmtr.fm, a sonic storytelling platform dedicated to independent and archive audio. The next hour is dedicated to sounds from the North Yorkshire Coast and more specifically the Wild Eye Project by Invisible Dust. If you miss the sea or just want to enjoy a moment near the water, the next hour features audio postcards from Scarborough by Lucia Scazzocchio and Silvia Malnati, Sea Songs from beneath the waves by Rob Mackay and words from Alice Sharp from Invisible Dust bringing artists and scientists together to explore environment and climate change. 

This episode has a distinctly European flavour and will be showcasing work from the Italian radio platform Radio Papesse, the Belgian space for sonic creations RadioLa as well something from the prolific Italian multi-media artist Cristina Marras and a short from the Social Broadcast archive. 1. Me My English and all the languages of my life by Anna RaimondoFrom Radiola.be2. The Smell of Naptha by Cristina Marras3. Love and Life on Lincoln Road - Francesco Costa by Lucia Scazzocchio From Radio Local 4. Meteor Bodies by Kate Donovan with mentorship from Katharina Metts From Radio Papesse

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 WorkshopNow, 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 sou

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. 

We continue our exploration of the art of conversation with Joy Kahumbu who spent several years coordinating the ‘Compassionate Neighbours’ initiative at St Josephs Hospice in Hackney;  essentially a match-making service connecting mobile with more isolated house-bound members of the community to create regular social interaction. Conversation is at the heart of this initiative, which has since been rolled out in different boroughs creating a network of peer to peer support that feels especially relevant now. We also eavesdrop on some candid conversations between community members recorded at St Joseph’s in 2017. Hosted and produced by Lucia Scazzocchio - 

’Telling Stories’ is a new British podcast series all about how to become a better storyteller in sound. Lucia Scazzocchio speaks to one half of the team Phoebe McIndoe about what she’s learnt so far from a new generation of audio producers, writers and makers with tips, reflections and challenges that can be applied to all forms of storytelling.

Introducing LEvitAtion a radiophonic journey into Blackout

Lucia Scazzocchio from Social Broadcasts in conversation with Claire MacDonald; artist, writer and Unitarian Minister at Lewisham Unity.

A conversation about conversation with award winning audio storyteller Cathy Fitzgerald.

In conversation with Suzanne O’Connell, co-founder of multi-disciplinary collective The Decorators and now working as a landscape architect based in Dublin.

To kick off this season exploring the art of conversation, here's an introduction to some of the ways Social Broadcasts uses radio formats to initiate, facilitate and record everyday conversations.

Tall tales, true tales and something in between tales. A dark yarn from The Embers Collective, a nostalgic moment with local writer Masembe and an Irish folk tale from the Fireside podcast.

A show dedicated to the Goodwin Sands Radiogram, a podcast series and live radio experience depicting the lives of the people from the South East coast of the UK, written and produced by Ben Horner.

Why ancient Chinese artefacts are disappearing from museums around the world, how one woman believes that trepanning is the answer to spiritual enlightenment and long life and where a Merseyside shopping reveals more than pound shop bargains.

Diving for shipwrecks and lost treasure, reflecting on the coastal towns of Britain and an invitation to sit be the fire in an Irish mountain village.