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Lawrence Abu Hamdan – The Freedom Of Speech Itself

"What does peace sound like?" A swirling concoction of everyday field recordings and scratchy voice notes that capture the many different ways peace can feel and sound. 

A soundscape for Peace Frequencies, a special 24-hour global radio broadcast launched by Gemma Cairney, that brings together a unique collection of presenters, audio makers, activists, storytellers and musicians for International Human Rights Day and the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

What Does Peace Sound Like?

I edit the Desert Island Dicks podcast. At the end of Alistair Green's episode, he chatted to the host, Dan, about making podcasts. He mentioned that he'd need an editor. So I replaced Dan's side of the conversation with me, in an attempt to make Alistair Green laugh and win myself the job. It didn't work.

Alistair Green Needs an Editor

An hour east of Dallas, you'll find the small town of Poetry, Texas. Pejk ventures out to uncover the poetry of Poetry.

"...a goosebumpy wonder, all layers of sound-texture, mesmerising voices and a lyrical narration by Malinovski as he described the town in ordinary terms elevated into something hypnotic by the key word: 'For a traveller, there's nowhere to sleep in Poetry.'" - The Guardian, 18th May 2012

First broadcast on 14th May 2012 BBC Radio 4
Produced by Pejk Malinovski

Poetry Texas

Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures as the clock slips closer to midnight.

In the last Short Cuts on BBC Radio 4, 13 years after the broadcast of our first ever episode 'Misadventures', we listen to radio waves after dark with the Shortwave Collective, tumble into a radio poem alongside a sleeping child, tune into a late night pirate radio station from the early 1960s, and raise a parting glass.

At Least
Featuring Xelis de Toro
Produced by Phil Smith

Voice of Nuclear Disarmament
With thanks to the British Library Sound Archive, and the family of John Hasted
Produced by Jonny Matfin

Perhaps at Midnight, When All Boundaries Are Lost
Produced by the Shortwave Collective

Good Company
Featuring Jesse Lawson, Izzy Yon and Femi Oriogun-Williams
Produced by Jesse Lawson

First broadcast 7th January 2025, BBC Radio 4
Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
Mix by Mike Woolley
Executive Producer: Alan Hall

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