Paper Radio

Paper Radio

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Paper Radio episodes

  • Weather #3

    The third and final episode of Thomasin Sleigh’s Weather trilogy. In a world plagued by the sudden absence of its weather forecasters, these unexplained disappearances become absorbed into the minutiae of everyday life.

    Listen to: Weather #1, Weather #2

    5 min
  • The Cosmic Frequency

    Before the likes of Skype and Twitter, curious people built and operated amateur ‘ham’ radios in order to connect with other curious people around the world.

    The Cosmic Frequency tells the story of Maggie Iaquinto, an American-born Australian who forged a unique relationship with the Russian cosmonauts aboard the space station Mir.

    36 min
  • Weather #2

    The second of Thomasin Sleigh’s three part Weather series. In a world mysteriously absent of its meteorologists, people begin to study details of the weather themselves.

    Listen to: Weather #1, Weather #3

    5 min
  • The Sound of Music

    In a surreal pop renovation of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic musical, The Sound Of Music fuses familiar and familial characters as it grapples with who we are, and become, in love.

    The Sound of Music is taken from Tom Cho’s book Look Who’s Morphing, published by Giramondo.

    12 min
  • Weather #1

    The first story in a series of three, Weather #1 chronicles a world in which all meteorologists have vanished suddenly and without explanation.

    See also: Weather #2, Weather #3

    5 min
  • Calf Club 1989

    Played out against a backdrop of pre-teen animal husbandry, Calf Club 1989 is the story of a sister and brother grappling with an unexpected familial revelation.

    0 min
  • Tone Deaf

    In his ongoing wrestling match with the Cantonese language, Benjamin Law charts his attempts to master his family’s mother tongue.

    Tone Deaf is an extract from Benjamin Law’s book The Family Law, published by Black Inc. Fine out more about the book here; it’s since been adapted for TV, too!

    Please note: this podcast contains explicit language.

    20 min
  • The Drowning Man

    A teacher’s classroom of restless, indifferent students becomes suddenly reliant on his seemingly worthless field study on drowning.

    11 min

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Paper Radio. Stories, tall and true, from Australia and New Zealand.