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The week in audio: Coming Out; The Great Post Office Trial; The Teen Commandments – review
A Lithuanian gay romance that will move you to tears; Nick Wallis continues his dogged coverage of the Post Office inquiry; and it’s early days for Sara Cox and Clare Hamilton’s new parenting podcastComing Out Radio AtlasThe Great Post Office Trial Radio 4/BBC SoundsThe Teen Commandments Sara CoxBy far the most moving and absorbing piece of audio I heard last week was on Radio Atlas, the website that showcases excellent non-English-speaking audio documentaries. Before I get to the programme itself, I feel Radio Atlas may need a reintroduction (I just checked, and I first wrote about it in 2016). Set up and run by Falling Tree’s Eleanor McDowall, it finds the best audio pieces from around the world and gives them a beautiful translation into English that appears on your screen, each word timed perfectly to those spoken, so that you’re not rushing ahead or catching up. It does mean, of course, that you have to look at your phone when you’re listening (unless you speak the language), but that’s good. These shows need your undivided attention. Continue reading...
A Lithuanian gay romance that will move you to tears; Nick Wallis continues his dogged coverage of the Post Office inquiry; and it’s early days for Sara Cox and Clare Hamilton’s new parenting podcast
Coming Out Radio Atlas
The Great Post Office Trial Radio 4/BBC Sounds
The Teen Commandments Sara Cox
By far the most moving and absorbing piece of audio I heard last week was on Radio Atlas, the website that showcases excellent non-English-speaking audio documentaries. Before I get to the programme itself, I feel Radio Atlas may need a reintroduction (I just checked, and I first wrote about it in 2016). Set up and run by Falling Tree’s Eleanor McDowall, it finds the best audio pieces from around the world and gives them a beautiful translation into English that appears on your screen, each word timed perfectly to those spoken, so that you’re not rushing ahead or catching up. It does mean, of course, that you have to look at your phone when you’re listening (unless you speak the language), but that’s good. These shows need your undivided attention. Continue reading...
