Name: What I Heard About Iraq (full version) by Jon Nicholls
Duration: 56 min 45 s
Description: Prix Italia, Jury Special Mention. Eliot Weinberger's long and continuing prose poem draws on reports, newspapers, official utterances and eye-witness accounts to paint a terrifying picture of the war in Iraq. Sound design / mix: Jon Nicholls.

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Listen to the music of decomposing mushrooms, look through a photographer's lens at a surprising streak of streaking in the 1970s, and explore the world of a Danish hospital clown who opens up a pocket of a different reality.

Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about the joys that lurk beneath the surface of things.

Mushroom Music
Featuring Mati Araoz
Produced by Seb Masters

A Different Reality
Featuring Boaz Barkan
Produced by Nanna Hauge Kristensen

The Streak!
Featuring Ron Harr
Including original compositions by Alan Goffinski
Produced by Alan Goffinski

Image credit Karamell https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mushroom_Forest.jpg

First broadcast 21st March 2023, BBC Radio 4
Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall

S34: Short Cuts: Dig For Joy 2/6

Prix Italia, Jury Special Mention. Eliot Weinberger's long and continuing prose poem draws on reports, newspapers, official utterances and eye-witness accounts to paint a terrifying picture of the war in Iraq. Sound design / mix: Jon Nicholls.

What I Heard About Iraq (full version)

I'm a Prix Italia-nominated composer and sound designer with over fifteen years' experience of composing music and sound scores for screen, radio drama,  interactive media and theatre, with a substantial track record of commissions from national broadcasters and theatre companies. Drawing on a huge range of eclectic influences, my work ranges from sweeping orchestral music to abstract electronics, choral writing and quirkily innovative sound design.

My work's been heard extensively on BBC Radio and BBC TV, Channel 4, ITV and Sky, and at leading theatres around the UK including the National Theatre.

Based near Bristol and working from my own Logic / Pro Tools-based broadcast-standard studio, I also have access to a wide network of fabulous musicians with whom I regularly work.

What I Heard About Iraq (full version)

Jon Nicholls

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