A living volcano, the edge of the American tectonic plate, a glacier, boiling mud, Sigur Ros, writers, painters, and Britain's finest natural sound recordist. Jules Verne's Volcano goes to Iceland with Chris Watson, a man who loves the sound of the place.
There's drama, humour, and bucket loads of awe, in the finest BBC radio feature of 2011 so far. Must-listen.
Connor Walsh, AD, London
Playtime: 30 minutes
An insight into throat cancer that could only be portrayed in audio. From London-based science and medicine producer, Elizabeth Hauke. Don't listen if you have a cough!
Connor Walsh, AD, London
Playtime: 6 minutes 55 seconds
Week in week out, Definitely Not the Opera on CBC Radio 1 engages with two hours of stories and music. This episode is particularly strong. It's all about… sound. Sound sound sound. And no music! You'll hear some familiar voices and names from AudioDocumentary.org entries too. The stories told vary from funny though to quite upsetting.
Connor Walsh, AD, London
Playtime: 1 hour 11 minutes 16 seconds
Interview, Science, Sound Rich, Environment, Health and Beauty, Interesting
is how Big Shed's Shea Shackleford describes these short slide shows produced at "Show + Tell: Multimedia Cross Training
Center for Documentary Studies at Duke"
From the site:
"This was the first multimedia institute from Big Shed and the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. 18 media makers—photographers, writers, radio producers, editors, publishers and others—learned new skills in either audio or photography and composed their first original multimedia content."
Date: March, 2011