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Life as a crime scene cleaner-upper

AudioDocumentary.org — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:15:29 -0400

After detectives pick up clues, who picks up all the, uh...other stuff? It's not a job for the faint of heart.

Heard long ago, and never heard

AudioDocumentary.org — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:51:52 -0400

A man describes having a cochlear implant and hearing birdsong for the first time; another recalls the sounds of Britain during World War II. Two items in BBC Radio 4's take on citizen journalism, iPM.

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Mine rescue, 1936

AudioDocumentary.org — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:36:57 -0400

As the world's media watches the rescue of trapped miners in Chile, we look back to 1936, when the Canadian Radio Commission reported for six days the attempts to rescue three men trapped in a mine at Moose River, Nova Scotia. A selection of the reports, from the CBC Archives.

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UK Today

AudioDocumentary.org — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 04:20:56 -0400

While the furrowed brows of the BBC World Service are on holidays, they've let the creatives loose, with great effect. Two engaging documentaries about UK citizens who have been put somewhere difficult. Philip McTaggart's son committed suicide, changing his life. Mary Thida Lun's mom fled the Khmer Rouge, and now has a daughter serving in war zones as a British civil servant. Big topics, in a m...

The Birdie Song

AudioDocumentary.org — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 16:49:00 -0400

The artist Marcus Coates recorded the dawn chorus in English woodlands; he then slowed down the recordings, and filmed human singers perform the newly approachable songs in everyday English settings. Then, he speeded the footage back up again. The sound is extraordianary – and in this case, so is the video.

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How they saw the radio

AudioDocumentary.org — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:59:54 -0400

Frequencies is a four part series that celebrates the power of sound, as represented by radio, in the arts.

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Not so slick PR

AudioDocumentary.org — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 01:18:08 -0400

A girl of Mexican origin in New Zealand is less than impressed with BPs public relations efforts, and phones up Mikey Havoc on Auckland radio station 95 bFM to find out more.

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Rock-bots in Disguise

AudioDocumentary.org — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:48:13 -0400

A little insight into creating the sounds of transformers – those trucks and planes and whatnot that become robots. Close your eyes and it's like they're changing in front of you.

Ageing, living

AudioDocumentary.org — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 06:29:40 -0400

The book Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives gets a radio reprieve with a new story specially commissioned for the BBC's One Planet programme about ageing. But this episode is most noteworthy as the one where the host makes an old lady cry.

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Binaural Beats

AudioDocumentary.org — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:56:30 -0400

Trucker Alex: North of Nowhere

AudioDocumentary.org — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:45:00 -0400

A simple, surprising and vivid account of driving a truck to the oil outposts in Canada's far north.

From the CBC's ever-fruitful And The Winner Is podcast.

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In the Middle of Spain's World Cup Euphoria

AudioDocumentary.org — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:00:56 -0400

Producer: Rich

Count down the final seconds as Spain clinches the World Cup. Madrid goes mad and the nationwide party begins. An A/D exclusive.

The Lough's Breath

AudioDocumentary.org — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 02:08:02 -0400

An enveloping tour of the largest inland body of water in the British Isles, Lough Neagh. Tom Lawrence guides you on his adventures around the lake, with a modest manner that allows the richness of the environment reach out and grab you by the ears. From Touch Radio.

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Summer cooler: A frozen treat for the ears

AudioDocumentary.org — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:16:43 -0400

An atmospheric immersion in the land of the midnight sun with the locals who learn to love the darkness.

Freedom From Fear

AudioDocumentary.org — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:50:18 -0400

Aung San Suu Kyi has turned 65, still under house arrest, 20 years after being elected Prime Minister of Burma. This profile of her captures her symbolism, strength and beauty, in both content and form.

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World Cup Prep: The Offside Rule

AudioDocumentary.org — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 02:17:34 -0400

As the World Cup starts, Newstalk in Dublin explains the offside rule, in terms of ladies' shoes.

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Flower War

AudioDocumentary.org — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 02:09:03 -0400

A World War II veteran, Gerald Flower, recalls candidly and vividly his time as a tail-gunner. The facts and emotions of bombing raids, and of falling behind the German lines.

From RTÉ's The Curious Ear.

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Slow Moving Suspense: Waiting for the ooze

AudioDocumentary.org — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:15:57 -0400

A Conch is helpless to do anything but wait for the impending ick.

NPR of THE FUTURE!

AudioDocumentary.org — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 06:49:12 -0400

This NPR video gives an insight into how the station is modernising NPRness. Click the "More on NPR.org" link to view it.

Third Ear International

AudioDocumentary.org — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 07:59:52 -0400

Danish features go North American – the Third Coast International Festival's Julie Shapiro guides a listening event in Denmark, with a selection of engaging radio from the USA and Canada.

Third Ear is a Danish features project, and this is their first instalment entirely in English, under the banner of Third Ear International.

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