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XMTR Radio HourXMTR Radio Hour #41 Sounding ColossusThis XMTR Radio Hour is a little different. Lucia speaks to Garry Hunter the director of arts and heritage organisation Fitzrovia Noir - and composer/violinist Jack Campbell about a new commission from the educational foundation that has grown out of the Tommy Flowers community pub in Poplar, East London. The pub’s namesake Tommy Flowers designed and built Colossus, the world’s first programmable electronic computer, to help decipher the encrypted messages sent by the German High Command during WW2. 23-year-old composer and musician Jack M.Campbell has recently written and extensively performed a piece inspired by Alan Turin...
2026-02-201h 00XMTR Radio HourXMTR Radio Hour #38: XMTR + Sono Electro Festival ReviewIn this XMTR (Transmitter) Radio Hour, Isobel Anderson (Girls Twiddling Knobs) is in conversation with James Wilkie founder and curator of sound arts festival Sono Electro and Lucia Scazzocchio, founder and curator of XMTR Audio Arts Festival that both took place in St Leonards-on-Sea in East Sussex (26th-28th September). This is a candid conversation looking back on how the festivals emerged, transpired and developed.We played sound from Ben Branegans’s Sketch for a Garden, Sound from the In Search of Sonic Wonders workshop by Lisa Hack and Robin the Fog, The Statue of Liberty Big ban...
2025-11-2959 minXMTR Radio HourXMTR Radio Hour 32: Sono Electro and XMTR Festival UnpackedThis XMTR (Transmitter) Radio Hour is a retrospective conversation about the inception and outcomes of sound art and sonic storytelling festivals Sono Electro and XMTR Audio Arts Festival that took place in St Leonards on Sea in September. James Wilkie from Sono Electro and Lucia Scazzocchio from XMTR talk to Isobel Anderson - host of Girls Twiddling Knobs, about how the worked together on the festival(s), the learnings from behind the scenes and their ambitions for the future - could St Leonards on Sea become a sonic destination? This is a candid conversation about collaboration, curation and working...
2024-11-1559 minXMTR Radio HourXMTR Radio Hour #29: LowlinesThis XMTR (Transmitter) Radio Hour is dedicated to Lowlines - a sonic scrapbook, a passport to roam, tuning in to the pulse of place, with 2 episodes from this series follows food entrepreneur & urban place-maker Petra Barran as she travels through the Americas, meeting people with profound connections to the places they’re from. We’ll join Petra as she travels from London to New Orleans immersing herself in a Second Line parade and then on to the Amtrak slow train from New Orleans to Arizona connecting with strangers along the way. Lowlines was created and hosted by Petra Barr...
2024-04-1559 min
Social BroadcastsCartonera To Recovery -Translating Latin American Book CulturesDr Patrick O’Hare, Social Anthropologist at the University of St Andrews, takes Cartonera to Scotland.
Cartonera is a publishing movement that grew out of the Argentine economic crisis of 2001. They became known as ‘cartoneros’, after the cartón (cardboard) that they collected on the streets of cities such as Buenos Aires. Since then, the Cartonera model has spread across Latin America and the world. Each Cartonera publisher is different: some continue to work with wastepickers, others with indigenous groups; some focus on poetry, others prose or political texts.
Patrick initiated the first Cartonera project in Scotland, a collaboration with the Cre...
2024-01-0826 minXMTR Radio HourXMTR #26: Steve Urquhart's Audio WorldThis Transmitter Radio Hour is a selection of audio works chosen by award winning Glasgow based radio producer and sound artist Steve Urquhart. He joins Lucia to discuss why these works inspire, make him laugh and more importantly break the rules and conventions of radio making. Steve has worked for local radio in Cumbria, National Prison Radio and made many many documentaries and shorts for BBC Radio. Works featured: 1. LEAVING A MARKProduced by Emily Hsaio for Transom Story Workshop, 2013https://www.thirdcoastfestival.org/feature/leaving-a-mark2. THE HOT DOGS...
2023-11-121h 03XMTR Radio HourXMTR #25: A Field Trip to EdmontonThis show is dedicated to the joyful chaos that is Angel Edmonton in Enfield, North London. Once an industrial hub attracting factory workers and their families, the area has been neglected for decades as factories gave way to warehouses and social housing fell into decay. Today it's a multicultural crossroads undergoing massive redevelopment. Echoes of Angels produced by Social Broadcasts takes us on a trip down the main artery - Fore Street, guided by local residents and business owners. Echoes of Angels a Social Broadcast by – Lucia Scazzocchio Commissioned by Fore Street for All
2023-10-1859 minXMTR Radio HourXMTR#23: Sea Change - Audio Postcards from the Royal DocksThis Transmitter Radio hour is dedicated to a series of 'Audio Postcards' produced by Lucia Scazzocchio (Social Broadcasts) to accompany Sea Change part of At the Docks 2023, a new summer season of arts culture and events at the Royal Docks in East London. Curated by Invisible Dust, Sea Change brings artists together with leading academics and University College London inspired by research into sustainable responses to the climate emergency. ‘Sea Change’ is a term used for a substantial shift in situation or perspective and was first used in Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’, a play with a background, like the Ro...
2023-05-1259 min
Social BroadcastsSea Change Untold History Walk - Audio PostcardAs you walk between the two sites listen to a short audio feature exploring how the docks have always been a place of mixing and mingling as workers and goods came from overseas via this gateway into the city. Founder of Poetry vs Colonialism Laila Sumpton, Ansar Ahmed Ullah from the Swadhinata Trust and UCL historian Dr Anna Maguire highlight the Bengali seamen known as Lascars.
This series of Audio Postcards is produced by Lucia Scazzocchio from Social Broadcasts as part of Sea Change, commissioned by the Royal Docks Team in collaboration with University College London and curated by Invisible...
2023-05-0512 minSocial BroadcastsSimon Faithfull - Biotopes - Audio PostcardArtist Simon Faithfull has been immersed in the fascinating world of bees since he met beekeeper Dale Gibson from Bermondsey Bees. Dr Izzy Bishop from UCL’s Nature Labs reveals how everything in nature is connected and how the river plays a part in this.
This series of Audio Postcards is produced by Lucia Scazzocchio from Social Broadcasts as part of Sea Change, commissioned by the Royal Docks Team in collaboration with University College London and curated by Invisible Dust.
Featuring the voices of Simon Faithfull, Dale Gibson, Dr Izzy Bishop and Dilawar Hussain from Thames 21
2023-05-0511 minSocial BroadcastsMelanie Manchot - Flotilla - Audio PostcardJoin artist Melanie Manchot and UCL historian Dr Anna Maguire on the day of filming with some of the inspiring local women who joined this female flotilla sailing across the Royal Docks.
This series of Audio Postcards is produced by Lucia Scazzocchio from Social Broadcasts as part of Sea Change, commissioned by the Royal Docks Team in collaboration with University College London and curated by Invisible Dust.
Featuring the voices of Melanie Manchot, Dr Anna Maguire, Maddie Philips and Councilor Thelma Odoi. On site recording by Eleanor Wright and Katherine Liggins.
2023-05-0511 minSocial BroadcastsRaqs - The Waves Are Rising - Audio PostcardListen to Monica Narula and Jeebesh Bagchi from Raqs Media Collective, Dr Tristan Smith, researcher at UCL and director of UMAS, shipping historian Maddie Philips and poet Laila Sumpton examine our relationship with the sea and the shipping industry how this is changing in a moment of climate crisis.
This series of Audio Postcards is produced by Lucia Scazzocchio from Social Broadcasts as part of Sea Change, commissioned by the Royal Docks Team in collaboration with University College London and curated by Invisible Dust.
Featuring the voices of Monica Narula, Jeebesh Bagchi, Dr Tristan Smith, Laila Sumpton and Maddie Philips...
2023-05-0512 minSocial BroadcastsDana Olărescu - Power In - Audio PostcardHear how socially engaged artist Dana Olărescu and Associate Professor Julia Tomei from UCL’s Institute of Sustainable Resources worked with members of the Royal Wharf community ESOL class to think about themes of energy supplies and resources and how we can work better as a community..
This series of Audio Postcards was produced by Lucia Scazzocchio from Social Broadcasts as part of Sea Change, commissioned by the Royal Docks Team in collaboration with University College London and curated by Invisible Dust.
Featuring the voices of Dana Olărescu, Dr Julia Tomei and members of the Royal Wharf Community Dock...
2023-05-0511 minXMTR Radio HourXMTR #21: Samuel Robinson's audio worldThis Transmitter Radio Hour is a selection of audio works chosen by sound artist, musician and audio maker Samuel Robinson who joins Lucia in conversation as they discuss what audio works bring him joy, as well as unpacking some of the current podcast tropes, listening in on some heart- felt conversations and joining some dots between Sam’s life in the US and the UK through sound. 1. Captain Maurice Seddon - May i explain explain my situation?In the words of william english “captain maurice seddon was a highly unusual and inventive person who took an un...
2023-01-1259 minXMTR Radio HourXMTR #20: Sounds Of The UnderlineThis next hour is dedicated to a single project recorded and produced by Lucia Scazzocchio in collaboration with the Tower Hamlets Regeneration team. Docklands and the Isle of Dogs has changed dramatically since being established as a busy industrial hub centred around the docks to an industrial wasteland in the 1980's and then an ambitious redevelopment with the arrival of Canary Wharf. The DLR and the infrastructure around this overground railway line has been key to the development of the area.Talking to local people who live and work on the Isle of D...
2022-11-1359 min
Social BroadcastsRegent's Park Estate Community FestivalThe Regent's Park Estate Community Festival (Saturday 6th August 2022) captured through sound with conversations captured from the local residents and organisations.
Audio recording and storytelling commissioned by Old Diorama Arts Centre
Recorded and edited by Lucia Scazzocchio
2022-08-1715 min
Social BroadcastsThe Girl Who Found Things (CBS Mystery Theatre)The Girl Who Found Things (CBS Mystery Theatre) by Lucia Scazzocchio
2022-08-1044 min
2022-07-251h 00
Social Broadcasts1 Welcome To The Isle Of DogsDocklands and the Isle of Dogs has changed dramatically since being established as a busy industrial hub centred around the docks to an industrial wasteland in the 1980's and then an ambitious redevelopment with the arrival of Canary Wharf. The DLR and the infrastructure around this overground railway line has been key to the development of the area. Talking to local people who who live an work on the Isle of Dogs across four generations we learn about the unique history of the island, how things have changed and how the DLR Underline could be used in the future.
Thank...
2022-07-0608 minSocial Broadcasts2 The History Of The DocksDocklands and the Isle of Dogs has changed dramatically since being established as a busy industrial hub centred around the docks to an industrial wasteland in the 1980's and then an ambitious redevelopment with the arrival of Canary Wharf. The DLR and the infrastructure around this overground railway line has been key to the development of the area. Talking to local people who who live an work on the Isle of Dogs across four generations we learn about the unique history of the island, how things have changed and how the DLR Underline could be used in the future.
Thank...
2022-07-0606 minSocial Broadcasts3 Changes On The Isle Of DogsDocklands and the Isle of Dogs has changed dramatically since being established as a busy industrial hub centred around the docks to an industrial wasteland in the 1980's and then an ambitious redevelopment with the arrival of Canary Wharf. The DLR and the infrastructure around this overground railway line has been key to the development of the area. Talking to local people who who live an work on the Isle of Dogs across four generations we learn about the unique history of the island, how things have changed and how the DLR Underline could be used in the future.
Thank...
2022-07-0608 minSocial Broadcasts5 Underline IdeasDocklands and the Isle of Dogs has changed dramatically since being established as a busy industrial hub centred around the docks to an industrial wasteland in the 1980's and then an ambitious redevelopment with the arrival of Canary Wharf. The DLR and the infrastructure around this overground railway line has been key to the development of the area. Talking to local people who who live an work on the Isle of Dogs across four generations we learn about the unique history of the island, how things have changed and how the DLR Underline could be used in the future.
Thank...
2022-07-0610 minSocial Broadcasts6 A Soundscape Docklands 2021Docklands and the Isle of Dogs has changed dramatically since being established as a busy industrial hub centred around the docks to an industrial wasteland in the 1980's and then an ambitious redevelopment with the arrival of Canary Wharf. The DLR and the infrastructure around this overground railway line has been key to the development of the area. Talking to local people who who live an work on the Isle of Dogs across four generations we learn about the unique history of the island, how things have changed and how the DLR Underline could be used in the future.
Thank...
2022-07-0623 minSocial Broadcasts4 The Future Of The Isle Of DogsDocklands and the Isle of Dogs has changed dramatically since being established as a busy industrial hub centred around the docks to an industrial wasteland in the 1980's and then an ambitious redevelopment with the arrival of Canary Wharf. The DLR and the infrastructure around this overground railway line has been key to the development of the area. Talking to local people who who live an work on the Isle of Dogs across four generations we learn about the unique history of the island, how things have changed and how the DLR Underline could be used in the future.
Thank...
2022-07-0608 minXMTR Radio HourXMTR #17: Sounds from the North Yorkshire CoastThe Transmitter radio hour showcases the kind of works you will find on xmtr.fm, a sonic storytelling platform dedicated to independent and archive audio. The next hour is dedicated to sounds from the North Yorkshire Coast and more specifically the Wild Eye Project by Invisible Dust. If you miss the sea or just want to enjoy a moment near the water, the next hour features audio postcards from Scarborough by Lucia Scazzocchio and Silvia Malnati, Sea Songs from beneath the waves by Rob Mackay and words from Alice Sharp from Invisible Dust bringing artists and scientists together to...
2022-04-1559 minXMTR Radio HourXMTR#16: Phonetics, a Pilgrimage, a Portuguese Man and a MeteorThis episode has a distinctly European flavour and will be showcasing work from the Italian radio platform Radio Papesse, the Belgian space for sonic creations RadioLa as well something from the prolific Italian multi-media artist Cristina Marras and a short from the Social Broadcast archive. 1. Me My English and all the languages of my life by Anna RaimondoFrom Radiola.be2. The Smell of Naptha by Cristina Marras3. Love and Life on Lincoln Road - Francesco Costa by Lucia Scazzocchio From Radio Local 4. Meteor Bodies by Kate Donovan with...
2022-02-111h 00
Social Broadcasts8. Racial Equity & the City(Newham): A Dream CityRacial Equity & the City - Experiences of people of colour in London’
A series recorded as part of a research project, exploring the relationship between the built environment and racial equity, through the eyes of community members in Newham and Thamesmead.
Recorded as a live radio discussion, these conversations bring to light some of the lived experiences of communities of colour in London, with the aim to encourage dialogue and action towards anti-racist city-making. Thank you to Smart Women’s Group, Newham, the DOST Centre for Young Refugees and Migrants in Newham and the individuals from Thamesmead who trusted us with...
2022-01-1210 min
Social Broadcasts7. Racial Equity & the City (Newham) We Need SupportRacial Equity & the City - Experiences of people of colour in London’
A series recorded as part of a research project, exploring the relationship between the built environment and racial equity, through the eyes of community members in Newham and Thamesmead.
Recorded as a live radio discussion, these conversations bring to light some of the lived experiences of communities of colour in London, with the aim to encourage dialogue and action towards anti-racist city-making. Thank you to Smart Women’s Group, Newham, the DOST Centre for Young Refugees and Migrants in Newham and the individuals from Thamesmead who trusted us with...
2022-01-1208 min
Social Broadcasts6. Racial Equity and the City (Newham) Taking Back PowerRacial Equity & the City - Experiences of people of colour in London’
A series recorded as part of a research project, exploring the relationship between the built environment and racial equity, through the eyes of community members in Newham and Thamesmead.
Recorded as a live radio discussion, these conversations bring to light some of the lived experiences of communities of colour in London, with the aim to encourage dialogue and action towards anti-racist city-making. Thank you to Smart Women’s Group, Newham, the DOST Centre for Young Refugees and Migrants in Newham and the individuals from Thamesmead who trusted us with...
2022-01-1210 min
Social Broadcasts7 Racial Equity And The City(Newham): We need supportRacial Equity & the City - Experiences of people of colour in London’
A series recorded as part of a research project, exploring the relationship between the built environment and racial equity, through the eyes of community members in Newham and Thamesmead.
Recorded as a live radio discussion, these conversations bring to light some of the lived experiences of communities of colour in London, with the aim to encourage dialogue and action towards anti-racist city-making. Thank you to Smart Women’s Group, Newham, the DOST Centre for Young Refugees and Migrants in Newham and the individuals from Thamesmead who trusted us with...
2022-01-1210 minXMTR Radio HourXMTR#15: The North Sea, A London Market, The Cosmos and Lily MonteguThe next hour will be showcasing some audio works featured on xmtr.fm as well as some works produced by Social Broadcasts over the past year. The first piece you’ll hear is from a series of Audio Postcards commissioned for the Wild Eye Project by Invisible Dust in Scarborough who work with artists to explore the environment and climate change. Here are some sounds sent from the North Sea. Produced by Lucia Scazzocchio with sound design by Silvia Malnati. Next, we travel down south to London and more specifically Hackney’s Ridley Road market where May Robson meets...
2021-12-1059 minXMTR Radio HourXMTR #14 Phonurgia Nova 2021 selectionThe next hour showcases some winning and shortlisted English language or no language works from the Phonurgia Nova Awards - a celebration of radiophonic creation. Winner of the Field Recording category Tom Fisher aka Action Pyramid captures the Suffolk countryside with ‘Hoverflies, Reed Pipes, Cockchafers and Bullroearers’, there’s surreal interrogation with 'Daisy Daisy' by Phoebe McIndoe, ‘Loss in Translation’ speech prize winner up by Lucia Scazzocchio and Sasha Edye-Lindner, captures loss and grief during lockdown and ’The Floating Exchange’ by Pierre Costard transports to the troubled waters of Lake Nokoue in Benin.
2021-10-1859 min
Social Broadcasts05 Prisoners And ExecutionsWritten and produced by Hawa Khan and Lucia Scazzocchio, this new immersive family audio tour of the Tower of London is a unique and humorous twist on some of the well-known historical stories from the Tower of London.
2021-08-2302 minSocial Broadcasts01 About This TourWritten and produced by Hawa Khan and Lucia Scazzocchio, this new immersive family audio tour of the Tower of London is a unique and humorous twist on some of the well-known historical stories from the Tower of London.
2021-08-2302 minSocial Broadcasts02 A Royal PalaceWritten and produced by Hawa Khan and Lucia Scazzocchio, this new immersive family audio tour of the Tower of London is a unique and humorous twist on some of the well-known historical stories from the Tower of London.
2021-08-2302 minSocial Broadcasts03 An Infamous PrisonWritten and produced by Hawa Khan and Lucia Scazzocchio, this new immersive family audio tour of the Tower of London is a unique and humorous twist on some of the well-known historical stories from the Tower of London.
2021-08-2302 minSocial Broadcasts04 A Secure FortressWritten and produced by Hawa Khan and Lucia Scazzocchio, this new immersive family audio tour of the Tower of London is a unique and humorous twist on some of the well-known historical stories from the Tower of London.
2021-08-2302 minSocial Broadcasts06 The Crown JewelsWritten and produced by Hawa Khan and Lucia Scazzocchio, this new immersive family audio tour of the Tower of London is a unique and humorous twist on some of the well-known historical stories from the Tower of London.
2021-08-2303 minSocial Broadcasts07 The White TowerWritten and produced by Hawa Khan and Lucia Scazzocchio, this new immersive family audio tour of the Tower of London is a unique and humorous twist on some of the well-known historical stories from the Tower of London.
2021-08-2302 minSocial Broadcasts08 The Armoury FinalWritten and produced by Hawa Khan and Lucia Scazzocchio, this new immersive family audio tour of the Tower of London is a unique and humorous twist on some of the well-known historical stories from the Tower of London.
2021-08-2302 minSocial Broadcasts08a Niegh Today BonusWritten and produced by Hawa Khan and Lucia Scazzocchio, this new immersive family audio tour of the Tower of London is a unique and humorous twist on some of the well-known historical stories from the Tower of London.
2021-08-2305 minSocial Broadcasts09 A Grand ChamberWritten and produced by Hawa Khan and Lucia Scazzocchio, this new immersive family audio tour of the Tower of London is a unique and humorous twist on some of the well-known historical stories from the Tower of London.
2021-08-2302 minSocial Broadcasts10 Executioners BlockWritten and produced by Hawa Khan and Lucia Scazzocchio, this new immersive family audio tour of the Tower of London is a unique and humorous twist on some of the well-known historical stories from the Tower of London.
2021-08-2302 minSocial Broadcasts11 The Lost PalaceWritten and produced by Hawa Khan and Lucia Scazzocchio, this new immersive family audio tour of the Tower of London is a unique and humorous twist on some of the well-known historical stories from the Tower of London.
2021-08-2302 minSocial Broadcasts12 A Royal ZooWritten and produced by Hawa Khan and Lucia Scazzocchio, this new immersive family audio tour of the Tower of London is a unique and humorous twist on some of the well-known historical stories from the Tower of London.
2021-08-2303 minSocial Broadcasts13 The RavensWritten and produced by Hawa Khan and Lucia Scazzocchio, this new immersive family audio tour of the Tower of London is a unique and humorous twist on some of the well-known historical stories from the Tower of London.
2021-08-2303 min
Social BroadcastsTower of London Neigh TodayJust one of the stops from or Children's Tour of the Tower of London
2021-07-0602 minXMTR Radio HourXMTR#13: The Art of Conversation - Joy Kahumbu (Compassionate Neighbours)We continue our exploration of the art of conversation with Joy Kahumbu who spent several years coordinating the ‘Compassionate Neighbours’ initiative at St Josephs Hospice in Hackney; essentially a match-making service connecting mobile with more isolated house-bound members of the community to create regular social interaction. Conversation is at the heart of this initiative, which has since been rolled out in different boroughs creating a network of peer to peer support that feels especially relevant now. We also eavesdrop on some candid conversations between community members recorded at St Joseph’s in 2017. Hosted and produced by Lucia Scazzocchio -
2021-06-1059 minXMTR Radio HourXMTR#12 Telling Stories with Phoebe McIndoeTelling Stories is hosted and produced by Phoebe McIndoe and Redzi Bernard. Listen and subscribe to Telling Stories hereThe audio storytellers featured where: Arlie AdlingtonAxel KacoutiéBea Duncan from ELANJames T GreenAriana MartinezSarah Geis (Audio Playground) Transmitter is hosted and produced by Lucia Scazzocchio from Social Broadcasts.
2021-04-1659 minXMTR Radio HourXMTR#11: Escaping isolation, a country, your own prisonIn this episode we explore what it means to escape; From the separation caused by Covid with a A Lockdown Love Letter from a daughter to her mother, read by poet and author Julieann Campbell in Derry. Produced by Peter Curran at The Foghorn Company as an Audio Content Fund commission for community radio stations across Northern Ireland. From one country to another with an episode from 'Foreign Insiders' - a series exploring migration to the Czech Republic produced by Morgan Childs and Giuseppe Picheca. Listen to the whole series.From our own prisons with ‘Mirr...
2021-02-1459 minXMTR Radio HourXMTR#10: BlackoutThis episode takes a break from the conversation theme and introduces a new audio experiment: LEvitAtion. An immersive radiophonic mix of music, found sounds, field recordings and original recordings. The theme is ‘Blackout’ as we’ve all been grappling around in the dark somewhat recently and hopefully there is a glimmer of light on the horizon. This programme is the result of two alter egos colliding and distilling; (DJ) Princess Lea and (Radio Maker) Lucia Scazzocchio = LEviTation, a radio broadcast you can dance to or a DJ mix for meditation, take your pick.
2020-12-1659 minXMTR Radio HourXMTR#9: The Art of Conversation - Claire MacDonaldIn the next few episodes Lucia Scazzocchio from Social Broadcasts explores 'the art of conversation'. As we become more connected and paradoxically more isolated, face to face conversation is increasingly rare and coveted. Especially now. This episode explores the role of conversation in faith leadership and practice with Claire MacDonald; artist, writer and Unitarian Minister at Lewisham Unity. She suggests that her role as a faith leader is to ‘create a conversational space across communities’ and that being part of Unity isn't so much about what you believe in, but more about what you practice. This exploratory conversation meanders thro...
2020-10-1559 minXMTR Radio HourXMTR#8: The Art of Conversation - Cathy FitzgeraldCathy Fitzgerald has been making audio documentaries, installations and audio tours for a decade now and she has a knack of turning the everyday into moments of wonder. This is what happens when you get two fiercely independent slightly misfit radio makers in a room. Cathy runs workshops in audio magic at her school Strange & CharmedThis episode includes audio clips from: Life on Lockdown (Cathy Fitzgerald) Thames Water Radio (Cathy Fitzgerald) White Stiletto Dreams (Cathy Fitzgerald) Little Shop of Colours (Cathy Fitzgerald)
2020-06-1159 min
Social BroadcastsAudio Postcards Great Yarmouth: Horsey from Lorraine LavanLorraine Lavan discovered Horsey on a bike trip and decided to move to Norfolk. 30 years on she still loves the beauty of Horsey.
2020-05-1705 min
Social BroadcastsAudio Postcards Great Yarmouth: Hotdog Man from Gabbi MinasIllustrator Gabbi Minas chooses the Hotdog Man as her postcard from Great Yarmouth, now her unofficial mascot.
2020-05-1705 min
Social BroadcastsAudio Postcards Great Yarmouth: St Johns Terrace from Julia & KaavousJulia Devonshire and Kaavous Clayton from Original Projects send a postcard from Great Yarmouth.
2020-05-1705 min
Social BroadcastsAudio Postcard Great Yarmouth : The Ernie Childs MuseumKaren Childs sends a postcard to commemorate her late husband painter and sculpter Ernie Childs.
2020-05-1705 min
Social BroadcastsAudio Postcards from Great Yarmouth: The Foreign Cafe from Dulce DucaCircus performer Dulce Duca sends a postcard from the hub of the Portuguese community in Great Yarmouth, The Foreign Cafe.
2020-05-1705 min
Social BroadcastsGreat Yarmouth Audio postcard: The Hippodrome from Jack JayRingmaster, programmer and heir of the Great Yarmouth Hippodrome Jack Jay sends his audio postcard from this local landmark.
2020-05-1704 minXMTR Radio HourXMTR #07: The Art of Conversation - Suzanne O'ConnellIn the next few episodes Lucia Scazzocchio from Social Broadcasts explores 'the art of conversation'. As we become more connected and paradoxically more isolated, face to face conversation is increasingly rare and coveted. Especially now! Radio and increasingly podcasting provide the perfect medium for more exploratory long-form conversations to occur, providing the space and the context often missing in the everyday. In this episode, Lucia is in conversation with Suzanne O’Connell, co-founder of multi-disciplinary collective The Decorators and now working as a landscape architect based in Dublin. Making space for and initiating conversation has been central to her wo...
2020-04-2159 minXMTR Radio HourXMTR #06: The Art of Conversation - Social BroadcastsThe next few episodes will be dedicated to the art of conversation. As we become more connected and paradoxically more isolated, face to face conversation is increasingly rare and coveted. Radio and increasingly podcasting provide the perfect medium for more exploratory long-form conversations to occur, providing the space and the context often missing in the everyday. We begin this season with an hour dedicated to how Social Broadcasts has been exploring ways of initiating and recording conversations, giving a unique insight into the wider social discourse through everyday encounters and lived experience.
2020-02-1459 minXMTR Radio HourXMTR #05: StoriesRadio has been, since its introduction into the family home, or as an accompaniment on long car journeys and now through the ear buds of a smart phone, the perfect medium for the spinning of yarns. We begin with a folktale adapted and narrated by Sarah-Lisa Willkinson for The Embers podcast. The Embers collective are a group of story-tellers and musicians who bring stories into a live setting. Their podcast combines old myths, funky folklore and original stories all accompanied by live music. In the tradition of the Christmas spooky story, this is the rather disturbing and...
2019-12-1359 min
Social BroadcastsLife And Love On Lincoln: Niroba TravediMeet the Niroba Travedi from the Bhurat Hindu Samaj a Hindu temple and community centre just off the Lincoln road.
What happens when you stop and tune in to Lincoln road, turn down the noise of the traffic and listen, really listen to the voices of the people passing through, stopping by or settling in from every corner of the world. Who are they, where have they come from and how did they end up there? This is a series of stories about life, love, survival and making a new home. Leave all assumptions at the door, welcome to Lincoln...
2019-11-1205 min
Social BroadcastsThe Gentle Art of Talking to Strangers Live from Tate ModernSocial Broadcaster Lucia Scazzocchio encourages four strangers visiting Tate Modern today to join her in a live lunchtime conversation. Inspired by Theodore Zeldin’s ‘Conversation Dinners’, the menu comprises three topics as a starter, a main course and desert. Four strangers - invited to connect on a deeper level, live on radio in an experiment where anything could happen. Part of Art on Air a weeklong live Resonance broadcast from Tate Modern London.
Thanks to Francesca Nelson, Henry Amadi, Pablo Rubio and Radovan Hlavcak for participating.
2019-11-1250 minXMTR Radio HourXMTR #04: The Goodwin Sands RadiogramAn hour dedicated to the wonderful world of the Goodwin Sands Radiogram. A part ethnographic, part sound art, podcast series written and produced by Ben Horner with the announcer performed by Peter Kelly. Goodwin Sands Radiogram is broadcast from an imaginary shipwreck off the South East coast in Kent where we meet some of the people who inhabit this part of the world. This magical radio experiment with a wink at pathe news-reels, takes a nostalgic look at what radio once was and what it could be with a little imagination. This is an extract from...
2019-10-1159 min
Social BroadcastsCherrytree Chronicles: Ep9 Its Getting Better All The TimeCreated as part of a week long residency for Hunt&Darton's radio local, these are 9 vignettes depicting a day in the life of the Cherry Tree shopping centre in Liscard -Wallasey in Wirral Merseyside.
Stories unfold as we are introduced to different characters throughout the day.
Recorded and produced by Lucia Scazzocchio
2019-06-1405 min
Social BroadcastsCherrytree Chronicles: Ep8 Salt Beef And CarrotsCreated as part of a week long residency for Hunt&Darton's radio local, these are 9 vignettes depicting a day in the life of the Cherry Tree shopping centre in Liscard -Wallasey in Wirral Merseyside.
Stories unfold as we are introduced to different characters throughout the day.
Recorded and produced by Lucia Scazzocchio
2019-06-1405 min
Social BroadcastsCherrytree Chronicles Ep7 Healthy OptionsCreated as part of a week long residency for Hunt&Darton's radio local, these are 9 vignettes depicting a day in the life of the Cherry Tree shopping centre in Liscard -Wallasey in Wirral Merseyside.
Stories unfold as we are introduced to different characters throughout the day.
Recorded and produced by Lucia Scazzocchio
2019-06-1405 min
Social BroadcastsCherrytree Chronicles: Ep6 More Than A Bacon ButtyCreated as part of a week long residency for Hunt&Darton's radio local, these are 9 vignettes depicting a day in the life of the Cherry Tree shopping centre in Liscard -Wallasey in Wirral Merseyside.
Stories unfold as we are introduced to different characters throughout the day.
Recorded and produced by Lucia Scazzocchio
2019-06-1405 min
Social BroadcastsCherrytree Chronicles: Ep5 JeanieCreated as part of a week long residency for Hunt&Darton's radio local, these are 9 vignettes depicting a day in the life of the Cherry Tree shopping centre in Liscard -Wallasey in Wirral Merseyside.
Stories unfold as we are introduced to different characters throughout the day.
Recorded and produced by Lucia Scazzocchio
2019-06-1405 min
Social BroadcastsCherrytree Chronicles: Ep4 Singing Butchers And ScouseCreated as part of a week long residency for Hunt&Darton's radio local, these are 9 vignettes depicting a day in the life of the Cherry Tree shopping centre in Liscard -Wallasey in Wirral Merseyside.
Stories unfold as we are introduced to different characters throughout the day.
Recorded and produced by Lucia Scazzocchio
2019-06-1405 min
Social BroadcastsCherrytree Chronicles: Ep3 The Model MakerCreated as part of a week long residency for Hunt&Darton's radio local, these are 9 vignettes depicting a day in the life of the Cherry Tree shopping centre in Liscard -Wallasey in Wirral Merseyside.
Stories unfold as we are introduced to different characters throughout the day.
Recorded and produced by Lucia Scazzocchio
2019-06-1405 minXMTR Radio HourXMTR #03: Art heists, a baroness with a vision and a shopping centre in MerseysidePart 1: An extract from The Art of The Heist from the podcast Undiscovered produced by London based team Message Heard. This investigative piece narrated by Jake Warren and produced by Sandra Ferrari, uncovers why Chinese artefacts have been been disappearing from cultural institutions and museums around the works and are being bought by Chinese billionaire collectors and how the Chinese government might be involved. Part 2: An extract from Amanda Fielding from The Last Bohemians podcast produced by Kate Hutchinson with this episode produced by Lucy Dearlove. The Last Bohemians is a series of interviews with women and mavericks...
2019-06-1459 min
Social BroadcastsCherrytree Chronicles Ep2 The Buddha Of LiscardCreated as part of a week long residency for Hunt&Darton's radio local, these are 9 vignettes depicting a day in the life of the Cherry Tree shopping centre in Liscard -Wallasey in Wirral Merseyside.
Stories unfold as we are introduced to different characters throughout the day.
Recorded and produced by Lucia Scazzocchio
2019-06-1404 min
Social BroadcastsCherrytree Chronicles: Ep1 A New DayCreated as part of a week long residency for Hunt&Darton's radio local, these are 9 vignettes depicting a day in the life of the Cherry Tree shopping centre in Liscard -Wallasey in Wirral Merseyside.
Stories unfold as we are introduced to different characters throughout the day.
Recorded and produced by Lucia Scazzocchio
2019-06-1405 minXMTR Radio HourXMTR #02: Shipwrecks, the British coast and an Irish village in the hillsWe begin with an extract from Master of The Vessel, episode 2 of The London Compass podcast produced by Joel Cox and Theo Johnson where Nigel Pickford, shipwreck explorer and Mike Catcher, deeps sea diver take us into the murky waters of treasure hunting below the waves. We then surface above water to the coastal town of Withernsea, where writer and Leed’s based artist Samra Mayanja reflects on change, boundaries and living by the sea. This is an extract from Edging Home, Episode 1, Withernsea. Final stop Ireland, and more specifically to the mountain village of Ki...
2019-04-121h 00XMTR Radio HourXMTR #01: Music for bears, a shooting and a London sink estateIn this hour we hear clips from writer and poet Ross Sutherland's podcast Imaginary Advice podcast (Episode 54: One More Song) where Ross uses poetry to deal with anxiety and prepares a DJ set for bears. We witness a teenage shooting in the first half of The treachery of sounds from Robert Anderson's podcast Awful Grace or The Tolling of the void bell and we go to Thamesmead in South East London where change is under way in Changing Places: Abbey Wood by Social Broadcasts commissioned for The London Transport Museum. Transmitter is hosted and produced by Lucia Scazzocchio.
2019-02-1559 min
Social BroadcastsChanging Tracks: MarylandCommissioned by London Transport Museum to explore the life, community and sense of place around 2 areas soon to be drastically changed by the arrival of Cross Rail or the Elizabeth Line. This is a moment in time captured through voices of people who live and work in Maryland an area overshadowed by Stratford and Westfield in East London.
Recorded and produced by Lucia Scazzocchio
2019-01-1417 min
Social BroadcastsChanging Tracks: Abbey WoodCommissioned by London Transport Museum to explore the life, community and sense of place around 2 areas soon to be drastically changed by the arrival of Cross Rail or the Elizabeth Line. This is a moment in time captured through voices of people who live and work in Thamesmead and Abbey Wood in South East London around what will soon become a destination station: Abbey Wood.
With special thanks to: Matt Jenner, Raevennan Husbandes and Deborah Fripong at RTM for their help and generosity.
Recording and audio production by Lucia Scazzocchio
2019-01-1417 min
Social BroadcastsRadio Local Stoke: Ep4 Fenton The Forgotten TownCommissioned by Hunt & Darton's Radio Local, I was one of 3 artists to capture Stoke on Trent through sound. My patch was Fenton, also known as the forgotten town. This is an a 4 part audio portrait told by the voices of the people that live and work there.
Recorded and produced by Lucia Scazzocchio
2018-09-2515 min
Social BroadcastsRadio Local Stoke: Ep3 Fenton Beyond The PotsCommissioned by Hunt & Darton's Radio Local, I was one of 3 artists to capture Stoke on Trent through sound. My patch was Fenton, also known as the forgotten town. This is an a 4 part audio portrait told by the voices of the people that live and work there.
Recorded and produced by Lucia Scazzocchio
2018-09-2515 min
Social BroadcastsRadio Local Stoke: Ep 2: Fenton's New IndustryCommissioned by Hunt & Darton's Radio Local, I was one of 3 artists to capture Stoke on Trent through sound. My patch was Fenton, also known as the forgotten town. This is an a 4 part audio portrait told by the voices of the people that live and work there.
Recorded and produced by Lucia Scazzocchio
2018-09-2515 min
EastCastEastCast Away Listening Lounge June 2018Once a season EastCast leaves the studio for their live Listening Lounge event where submissions from radio makers and sound artists are played to a live audience. This is the broadcast version of this event held on the 20th June at Set Space in Dalston, featuring works by Dan Wilson, Samuel Shelton Robinson and the Kitchen Sisters, Jessie Lawson, Lucy Dearlove, Michael Umney, Lucia Scazzocchio, Eloise Stevens, Hebah Fisher, Ed Baxter and Chris Janes as well as live sound art performances by Hannah White and Stephen Shiell’s Blanc Scoel Project and Mike Brooks.
For more information about EastCast and Ea...
2018-09-212h 00
Social BroadcastsRadio Local Stoke: Episode 1: Welcome To FentonCommissioned by Hunt & Darton's Radio Local, I was one of 3 artists to capture Stoke on Trent through sound. My patch was Fenton, also known as the forgotten town. This is an a 4 part audio portrait told by the voices of the people that live and work there.
Recorded and produced by Lucia Scazzocchio
2018-09-2015 min
Social BroadcastsKings Cross ConnectionsAn audio portrait of one day at Kings Cross Station.
Where are people going, where have they been and how are they connected to each other and to the station? What happens when you introduce serendipity and coincidence into the station’s waiting area?
Recorded and produced by Social Broadcaster Lucia Scazzocchio.
2018-09-1946 min
Social BroadcastsRainbow Pilgrims Soundscape: IMPOSSIBLE LOVEThe rites and passage of LGBTQI+ Migrants in Britain. This soundscape features journeys of impossible love.
Created from 40+ oral history recordings for Rainbow Pilgrims.
Produced by Lucia Scazzocchio
2018-02-2112 min
Social BroadcastsRainbow Pilgrims Soundscape: LOVE+HOPEThe rites and passage of LGBTQI+ Migrants in Britain. This soundscape features journeys of love and hope.
Created from 40+ oral history recordings for Rainbow Pilgrims.
Produced by Lucia Scazzocchio
2018-02-2109 min
Social BroadcastsRainbow Pilgrims Soundscape: WORDSThe rites and passage of LGBTQI+ Migrants in Britain. This soundscape is about journeys of keeping quiet and coming out
Created from 40+ oral history recordings for Rainbow Pilgrims.
Produced by Lucia Scazzocchio
2018-02-2109 min
Social BroadcastsRainbow Pilgrims soundscape: SELFThe rites and passage of LGBTQI+ Migrants in Britain. This soundscape is about journeys of self-discovery.
Created from 40+ oral history recordings for Rainbow Pilgrims.
Produced by Lucia Scazzocchio
2018-02-2110 min
Social BroadcastsRainbow Pilgrims Soundscape: HOMEThe rites and passage of LGBTQI+ Migrants in Britain.
This soundscape is about journeys of finding, losing and moving homes.
Created from 40+ oral history recordings for Rainbow Pilgrims.
Produced by Lucia Scazzocchio
2018-02-2110 min
Social BroadcastsRainbow Pilgrims Soundscape: FAITHThe rites and passage of LGBTQI+ Migrants in Britain. This soundscape is about the journeys of finding, losing and changing faith.
Created from 40+ oral history recordings for Rainbow Pilgrims.
Produced by Lucia Scazzocchio
2018-02-2111 min
Social BroadcastsRainbow Pilgrims Soundscape: COMMUNITYThe rites and passage of LGBTQI+ Migrants in Britain. This soundscape is about finding a community and the journeys of discovering pride and prejudice. Created from 40+ oral history recordings for Rainbow Pilgrims.
Produced by Lucia Scazzocchio
2018-02-2110 min
EastCastBonus: EastCast Away Part 1EastCast leaves the radio studio for a live listening lounge (an open mic for radio) in East London featuring audio works by talented local producers and live music.
Part 1 features :A Most Amazing Journey by Clare Lynch, Castaway by Mae-Li Evans, What happens when we talk about periods? By Femi Oriogun-Williams and Jessie Krish, Swipe Left Swipe Left (podcast show reel) by Claire Crofton and Gavin
Sheik’s Arrival by Lucia Scazzocchio, The life and times of Fangora du Carcuss by London Compass (Theo Johnson and Joel Cox), Starting conversations - Sex by Jessie Lawson for EastCast, Laura by Lucy De...
2018-02-1459 min
EastCastBonus: EastCast Away Part 2EastCast leaves the radio studio for a live listening lounge in East London featuring audio works by talented local producers and live music.
Featuring live music by A-Mens, The Climb by Mae-Li Evans, Extract from Sound Inside by Tom Glasser, Now Then (show reel) A podcast by Jessie Lawson, The Book Club by Rebecca Lloyd-Evans Everyone Else (show reel) A podcast by Eva Krysiak, The Posh Club by Lucia Scazzocchio for EastCast. Live music by King Tides.
2018-02-141h 08
The Curve Garden SeasonLet's talk about: The FutureThis month live from Dalston Eastern Curve Garden Pineapple room we discuss 'The future'. Featuring: Sister P, Malcolm, Paulette, Charles and Antonia. Hosted by Lucia Scazzocchio.
2018-01-141h 00
Parallel Radio HackneyLet's talk about: The FutureThis month live from Dalston Eastern Curve Garden Pineapple room we discuss 'The future'. Featuring: Sister P, Malcolm, Paulette, Charles and Antonia. Hosted by Lucia Scazzocchio.
2018-01-1400 min
Social BroadcastsRadio Local: The Marque - CambridgeResident Frequencies is a series of audio snapshots depicting a neighbourhood;
Through a collection of stories, experiences, commentary and history told by the people who live and work there, in their words.
Each episode is interwoven with field recordings, taking the listener on an audio journey through the area, listening to residents and business owners along the way.
These episodes explore two very distinct areas around Cambridge Leisure, although only 500 yards apart ‘The Marque Building’ and the intersection of Hills road and Cherry Hinton Road where it sits, are two very different worlds.. If you thought you knew this neighbourhood, thin...
2017-05-3130 min
Social BroadcastsRadio Local: Cherry Hinton Road -CambridgeResident Frequencies is a series of audio snapshots depicting a neighbourhood;
Through a collection of stories, experiences, commentary and history told by the people who live and work there, in their words.
Each episode is interwoven with field recordings, taking the listener on an audio journey through the area, listening to residents and business owners along the way.
These episodes explore two very distinct areas around Cambridge Leisure, although only 500 yards apart ‘The Marque Building’ and the intersection of Hills road and Cherry Hinton Road where it sits, are two very different worlds.. If you thought you knew this neighborhood, thin...
2017-05-1130 min
Social BroadcastsBackyard -Reflections of Home and Belonging'BACKYARD — Reflections of Home & Belonging' is a story collecting project exploring the importance of oral history within London’s Afro-Caribbean community. This is an Off The Wall Players & Cultivaters project. Commissioned and produced by Nomad Projects. Supported by Tower Hamlets.
2016-10-281h 00
Social BroadcastsThe Phytology HourBehind the gates of a magical medicinal garden in Bethnal Green, London there is a whole world waiting to be found. As part of the VOICED project commissioned by Nomad Projects, this hour long programme combines poetry, prose, music and interviews from within the garden walls. Featuring interviews and original sound artworks by Michael Smythe, Gabby Boraston, Lucy Cash, Lucy McLauchlan, Lucía Montero, David Nash, James Nixon,
Duncan Robertson, Stick In The Wheel, Sam Wallman & Sarah Westcott.
A Cultivaters Production by Lucia Scazzocchio
2016-05-271h 00