Primary school students interviewed local elders on how the soundscape had changed over their lifetimes. One recurring theme in these conversations was life in and with the forest — and from these stories, Forest is emerged…

www.radioatlas.org/forest-is/

It was created as part of the larger project Whispers of Memory, which focused on researching and archiving the cultural heritage of the Lož Valley in rural Slovenia. Over the course of a week, the team collected around one hundred hours of sound recordings in collaboration with the local community

“…recreating “plausible” scenes or portraits that highlight the different laughter types. Les Anciens (The Elders) brings together two people who, in reality, have never met… I probably won’t choose… but if I could choose, I would like to end up like them…” www.radioatlas.org/the-elders/

Laughing Tonalities (Anthologie du rire) uses as its material the laughter from recordings of 300 invited participants. Stéphane says, “The musical writing – based on very precise sound selection, manipulation and editing – brings into focus the timbres, the rhythms and the pitches of this material”

…Dimitris Roidis, Daniel Semo and Joyce de Badts

Subtitles by Eleanor McDowall, web angel Charlie Shackleton www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

“We learned to live against the current…The word ‘victory’ sounds too noisy. The silence that falls after is deafening since we are afraid of what comes next.”

Yevhenii Poliakov is an independent artist and researcher from Lviv, Ukraine. Listen on the Radio Atlas podcast

During the first months of the full-scale Russian invasion, water flowed through Ukrainian dreams. Recurring rains, floods and images of the seaside from the audio archive at the Center for Urban History inspired Yevhenii Poliakov to make a collage... www.radioatlas.org/worried-wate...

Although the opening few paragraphs give me many, many audio industry in 2025 feelings… 💀

Listen to the documentary here (or download it on the podcast) www.radioatlas.org/coming-out/

It was the first time Vitalius held Albinas’ hand in public. Twenty-one thousand people signed the certificate as witnesses – a document which Vitalius has now handed over to the national museum. www.radioatlas.org/coming-out/

Lithuania currently does not recognise same sex marriages or civil unions. After ‘Coming Out‘ aired on radio, its online version quickly became the most shared and streamed episode in the show’s history. It led to activists organising a symbolic humanist wedding ceremony for Vitalius and Albinas…

…and led to activists organising a symbolic humanist wedding ceremony for Vitalius and Albinas. It was the first time Vitalius held Albinas’ hand in public. Twenty-one thousand people signed the certificate as witnesses – a document which Vitalius has now handed over to the national museum.

Lithuania currently does not recognise either same sex marriages or civil unions. After Coming Out aired on Lithuanian radio, its online version quickly became the most shared and streamed episode in the show’s history. It reopened a public debate on human rights… www.radioatlas.org/coming-out/

Vitalius and Albinas have been together for 52 years. As they grow old and Albinas’ memory slowly fades, Vitalius is tired of hiding and decides to tell their life story publicly for the first time. This documentary, created for LRT’s Radijo dokumentika, unspools the years they’ve spent together…