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 - 

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XMTR#13: The Art of Conversation - Joy Kahumbu (Compassionate Neighbours)

’Telling Stories’ is a new British podcast series all about how to become a better storyteller in sound. Lucia Scazzocchio speaks to one half of the team Phoebe McIndoe about what she’s learnt so far from a new generation of audio producers, writers and makers with tips, reflections and challenges that can be applied to all forms of storytelling.

XMTR#12 Telling Stories with Phoebe McIndoe

XMTR#11: Escaping isolation, a country, your own prison

Introducing LEvitAtion a radiophonic journey into Blackout

XMTR#10: Blackout

Lucia Scazzocchio from Social Broadcasts in conversation with Claire MacDonald; artist, writer and Unitarian Minister at Lewisham Unity.

XMTR#9: The Art of Conversation - Claire MacDonald

A conversation about conversation with award winning audio storyteller Cathy Fitzgerald.

XMTR#8: The Art of Conversation - Cathy Fitzgerald

In conversation with Suzanne O’Connell, co-founder of multi-disciplinary collective The Decorators and now working as a landscape architect based in Dublin.

XMTR #07: The Art of Conversation - Suzanne O'Connell

To kick off this season exploring the art of conversation, here's an introduction to some of the ways Social Broadcasts uses radio formats to initiate, facilitate and record everyday conversations.

XMTR #06: The Art of Conversation - Social Broadcasts

Tall tales, true tales and something in between tales. A dark yarn from The Embers Collective, a nostalgic moment with local writer Masembe and an Irish folk tale from the Fireside podcast.

XMTR #05: Stories

A show dedicated to the Goodwin Sands Radiogram, a podcast series and live radio experience depicting the lives of the people from the South East coast of the UK, written and produced by Ben Horner.

XMTR #04: The Goodwin Sands Radiogram

Why ancient Chinese artefacts are disappearing from museums around the world, how one woman believes that trepanning is the answer to spiritual enlightenment and long life and where a Merseyside shopping reveals more than pound shop bargains.

XMTR #03: Art heists, a baroness with a vision and a shopping centre in Merseyside

Diving for shipwrecks and lost treasure, reflecting on the coastal towns of Britain and an invitation to sit be the fire in an Irish mountain village.

XMTR #02: Shipwrecks, the British coast and an Irish village in the hills

Episode 1 launches with a DJ set for demanding bears, a teenage shooting and a London sink estate in transition; featuring works from Imaginary Advice, Awful Grace and The London Transport Museum.

XMTR #01: Music for bears, a shooting and a London sink estate

Do you find yourself stuck in the same channels? Unable to break out of the echo-chamber of your media consumption and worldview. Transmitter is here to cut through the noise. Lucia Scazzocchio from 'Social Broadcasts' scans the digital soundscape every other month to bring you original sounds, new voices and archive treasures from podcasts, radio, sound installations and anything that catches her ears.