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Radio Atlas is an English-language home for subtitled audio from around the world. A place to hear inventive documentaries, dramas and works of sound art that have been made in languages you don’t necessarily speak.

  1. 1D AGO · VIDEO

    Schizophonies

    A tender and complex family portrait, as a sister traces the fractures left by her brother’s experiences with mental illness. By Rislane Hakym (2024) Originally from northern France, Rislane Hakym places social issues at the heart of her practice. She has been a jury member at international festivals. With a background in audiovisual and journalism, … Continue reading "Schizophonies"

    39 min

  2. FEB 9 · VIDEO

    A Circle of Men

    Seasons shift, as the songs of distant whales are swallowed by the fog. Henriette Rasmussen explores the brittle and tender edges of masculinity in her community. By Henriette Rasmussen for RANA / Radiophonic Narration (2009) Born in 1950, Henriette Rasmussen lived in Nuuk, Greenland. She worked at KNR (Greenlandic Broadcasting Corporation) in the 1970’s before … Continue reading "A Circle of Men"

    35 min

  3. FEB 2 · VIDEO

    Old Lika Pathetic Symphony

    Life and death at the Plitvice Lakes. By Čedo Prica, Zvonimir Bajsić and Maksim Jurjević for Radio Zagreb (1975) “What I do is writing with a microphone. Our lexicon is the sound material we shape. We use speech, not language. All these terms: documentary radio drama, radio feature, acoustic film—are not quite appropriate. It is, … Continue reading "Old Lika Pathetic Symphony"

    38 min

  4. 08/14/2025 · VIDEO

    Forest Is

    Memories entangle with the trees as we wander into the forest By Marta Medvešek for Radio Slovenija (2023) Rest, peace and silence, but also sawing, creaking and crying; an elegant spruce and a beech with dense rustling leaves; harsh winters and a deer roaring in the moonlight. In the conflicting juxtaposition of safety and danger, … Continue reading "Forest Is"

    24 min

  5. 07/30/2025 · VIDEO

    The Elders

    Documentary recordings of laughter musically interweave in this imagined scene By Stéphane Borrel (2024) Les Anciens (The Elders) is part of a larger electroacoustic (acousmatic) work by Stéphane Borrel called Laughing Tonalities. The work uses as its essential sound material the laughter from recordings of three hundred invited participants. Stéphane writes, “The musical writing – … Continue reading "The Elders"

    4 min

  6. 07/23/2025 · VIDEO

    Worried Waters of the War: Ukrainian Dreamscapes of 2022

    Dreamscapes submerged in rising water By Yevhenii Poliakov (2025) Dreams calm down our worries. We overcome extreme experiences with the flood of feelings that our mind reworks each night. 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 … Continue reading "Worried Waters of the War: Ukrainian Dreamscapes of 2022"

    4 min

  7. 06/03/2025 · VIDEO

    He Called Me His Typhoon

    A conversation grows from a chance encounter on a train By Mattias Wallenius (2024) “I met Lisa on a train in the summer of 2023. She sat down next to me and introduced herself (which is very uncommon on a public train in Sweden (and probably many places in the world)). I was going to … Continue reading "He Called Me His Typhoon"

    3 min

  8. 02/10/2025 · VIDEO

    Coming Out

    A tender love story, lived in private, across five decades. By Rūta Dambravaitė and Inga Janiulytė-Temporin for LRT (2024) 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 … Continue reading "Coming Out"

    49 min
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Radio Atlas is an English-language home for subtitled audio from around the world. A place to hear inventive documentaries, dramas and works of sound art that have been made in languages you don’t necessarily speak.

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  • Creator
    Radio Atlas
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2026
  • Episodes
    86
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2017 Radio Atlas
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