Radio Atlas

The Last Act

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An operatic love story in its final act.

Produced by Sindre Leganger for NRK (16th October 2016)

Freddie Bagron, a retired opera singer, is preparing for an important performance – an act of love for his terminally ill wife, Turid. The doctors tell him Turid’s cancer is incurable but in Freddie’s mind, Turid is recovering.

The Pep Talk

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The former Danish professional football player, Bo Henriksen, gives his team a testosterone-heavy pre-match speech.

Produced by Ole Fugl Hørkilde and Kim G. Hansen for Radio24syv (14th September 2013)

An inspirational bonus episode of the podcast to mark Radio Atlas’s second birthday.

Man at Beer Cafe

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A lonely man waits for someone to sit and listen.

By Susanne Björkman for Sveriges Radio (1974)

A short documentary from one of Susanne Björkman’s first radio assignments. A serendipitous recording of a lonely man in a ‘Beer Cafe’ in Malmö. As Susanne approached his table, he began a spontaneous monologue about his loneliness, which lasts the length of the song playing on the jukebox in the background.

Blindfold Yourself

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An impressionistic documentary about strangers meeting in darkness.

Produced by Jiri Slavicinsky for Czech Radio (February 2017)

Blindfold Yourself was shortlisted for the 2017 HearSay Festival ‘Celebrate’ GanBéarla Award.

It was recorded in November 2016, at the Hug workshop/performance, organized by British composer Verity Standen and the Prague association Voicescope.

Papa, We’re in Syria

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In February 2015, Joachim Gerhard has reached the city of Elbeyli on the border between Turkey and Syria and stands within sight of Kobane, a city under fire. He shouts in despair into his phone. He is trying to persuade his two sons Mike (18) and Klaus (25) to come back to Germany with him. For the last time but one, the 51-year-old hears their voices – distorted and hysterical. Soon afterwards a video appears – Mike and Klaus pose with an automatic rifle under a black Daesh flag and declare their father an enemy. Nevertheless, Joachim does not give up on his sons.

By Christian Lerch for rbb (November 2016)

The voice messages from the father and the Gerhard brothers, and the video, are all original material. Papa, We’re in Syria won the Prix Europa for Best European Radio Documentary in 2017.

From the Mouths of Babes and Drunkards

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A documentary-fairytale set at Christmas.

Produced by Kristin Heien for NRK P2 Radio Documentary (20th December 2015)

Wait

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Intimacy and distance between lovers in a late night conversation.

Produced by Sayre Quevedo (2017)

The Double

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On a dark night, in a small Danish town, Thomas Andersen has a violent encounter with his double.

Produced by Thomas Arent Andersen for Third Ear x Politiken (9th November 2015)

Everyday Something Disappears

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What remains when we start to disappear? Resounding with music, humour and humanity this feature blends the story of a pianist documenting his own decline and the residents of a care home near the Dutch border of Essen. Musically interweaving reality and fiction we dive into the internal world of people who feel that they are beginning to lose themselves.

Produced by Luc Haekens and Edwin Brys for VRT (1993)

My Dad, The Supernova

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An astronomer’s daughter ventures into his past – exploring the universe inside his head as his words and memories begin to leave him.

Produced by Maartje Duin for VPRO (22nd October 2015)