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A miscellany of stories, presented by Ross Sutherland.
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46 Incantations (repeat)
Ross explores the connections between poetry and spellcasting.
Nb. This episode was originally broadcast in 2018.
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"Imaginary Advice" Will Return
The final piece of music in this episode is "Bleaky Enchanting" by Jonnie Common from the Missing Episode soundtrack. For more of Jonnie's music go to:
http://www.jonniecommon.com/
Thanks so much for listening to Imaginary Advice in 2022!
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97 The Signalman
In homage to the Charles Dickens ghost story, The Signalman, Ross Sutherland spends a night in one of the last working signal boxes in the UK.
A Reduced Listening Production for BBC Radio 3
Written by Ross Sutherland
Produced by Jack Howson and Joby Waldman
Sound Design by Chris Watson and Steve Bond
Contributor: Dave Beckett
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96 Zeno's Library
Following the acquisitions director of an infinite library on their last day of work.
Written by Nick Douglas (nickdouglas.me)
Performed by Ross Sutherland
Produced by Ross Sutherland
Contains music by Jeremy Warmsley (jeremywarmsley.com)
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95 The True Crime of Your Frozen Death
A homage to the Giallo film genre, set within the True Crime podcasting scene.
Story by Ross Sutherland
Translated by Cristina Marras (cristinamarras.com)
Performed by Cristina Marras and Ross Sutherland
Additional voice acting by Andrea de’Cesco, Gianfranco Bitti, Fausta Laddomada
Original music by Jeremy Warmsley (jeremywarmsley.com)
Produced by Ross Sutherland
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To hear an English-subtitled version of this episode, subscribe to the Radio Atlas podcast. (radioatlas.org). RA episode released Oct 7th.
For further listening on a similar theme, I recommend Cristina's story "Games We Play in the Dark":
https://soundcloud.com/kommunic8/explorations-on-darkness-1-games-we-play-in-the-dark -
94 Locked Room Mystery (Side B)
Basically a dance-music remix of last month’s episode. "Locked Room Mystery Side B" is set in the same country manor as Side A, but 76 years later, during a shitty rave.
Written and produced by Ross Sutherland
Additional music by Jeremy Warmsley (jeremywarmsley.com)
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Customer Reviews
Astounding.
This podcast is always entertaining and enriching — better, it is sometimes sublime.
Favorite pandemic discovery
Supremely well edited and produced, what stands out above all is the quality of story telling and the host’s endearing humanity in the face of inscrutable and baffling mystery. A truly lovely quest for meaning.
Amazing
I’m usually wary of fiction podcasts but this one consistently blows my mind.