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An occasional non-narrated storytelling mixtape. The series is an experiment in sound design; audio stretched apart, and glued back together again. Part mix tape. Part noise art. Part sound experiment. All non-narrated audio storytelling. YOUR STORIES, TOLD IN YOUR OWN VOICE YOV is produced by Joel Werner (https://soundcloud.com/joelbwerner)
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If we want to avert the worst impacts of a climate crisis, who’s going to get us there? And how are they going to do it? Meet the people helping us navigate our way to a better future. Who’s Gonna Save Us? is a co-production of ABC Science and triple j Hack. Host: Jo Lauder Series Producer: Cheyne Anderson Executive Producer (audio): Joel Werner Executive Producer (digital): Clare Blumer Sound engineer: Hamish Camilleri
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08 | The energy it takes to be extremely online
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We’re all online, all the time. You’re online right now! But have you ever stopped to think about what's behind the screen? What sort of infrastructure is required to keep us online 24/7? And – how much energy does it use? Guests: Guy Danskine, Tanya Notley, Kate Pounder, Glenn Uidam, Jackie McKeon Host: Jo LauderReporter: Joel WernerSeries Produce…
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Politicians have been slow to act on climate change, even though people want more action. So what would happen if everyday people got the keys to climate policy? Well, France gave it a crack. In 2019, 150 French citizens were asked to come up with their country’s climate policy and told that their ideas would be adopted. But did it work? And is del…
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Traditionally Australia's electricity system has been dirty, and heavily centred around coal communities. But there's a shift happening. Towns around the country – from Yackandandah, to Shackleton, to Marlinja – are using renewables to take control of their energy. The benefits are flowing back into local communities, and remote places are finally …
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Saul Griffith has an ambitious plan to save the planet. And it all begins at home. It’s an electrified revolution for the Australian household! We also meet the petrolheads swapping out fossil fuels for electrons. Climb in, help the environment, save money… and have some fun along the way. Guests: Saul Griffith, Andrew Davies, Cameron Gardiner Host…
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Gomeroi woman Dorothy Tighe stood up to a room full of powerful people for her country. Student Solomon Yeo took his message from a Vanuatu university to the UN General Assembly. Solomon's story and the fight of the Gomeroi are part of a new wave of climate action: one that's happening in courtrooms. It's all about finding bold and creative ways to…
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What happens to Australia’s “carbon capital” when we phase out coal? If we’re going to tackle climate change, we have to stop burning fossil fuels. That means big change for the towns across Australia whose economies depend on coal and gas. Reporter Cheyne Anderson visits Gladstone, in central Queensland, to meet some of the locals who are thinking…
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For decades, scientists have been warning us about climate change. The warnings have been getting more and more urgent -- but we're still falling short of what the science says we need to do. Today, the stories of climate scientists who have become fed up with not being heard and are taking matters into their own hands. Some are getting involved in…
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Have you ever done something that’s just blown everything up? A single decision that changed everything? This episode is all about people taking a stand for the climate. It’s about being brave in those moments, backing yourself and what you believe is right. Choosing to do something, even if it means risking everything. We’re going to meet three pe…
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This isn't a podcast about how climate change is real – we've known that for a long time. And it's not another show about the devastation climate change is causing, or how we got here. Because we don't need to talk about the problem anymore. We know what's going on. This is a show about how much better things could be, and the people who are fighti…
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Episode 04:Brian Foo is the Data-Driven DJ. A career programmer, Brian spends his days working as a developer at the New York Public Library. But by night, he takes datasets, and transforms them into music. The song Two Trains tells the story of income inequality along New York City's 2 Train.This episode features the song "New York Counterpoint" b…
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Episode 03:Neil Harbisson was born with Achromatopsia (ACHM) – he sees the world in grayscale.Yet he perceives more colors than normal sighted humans – and not just the colors that you and I perceive, but infrareds and ultra violets.Neil is the world’s first cyborg to interpret color as sound.The experimental music sequence features samples from “P…
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Tape Recorder And Synthesizer Ensemble (T.R.A.S.E)
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Episode 02:In 1982, a teenage Andy Pop recorded an album in his bedroom. Andy played a homemade synthesizer, and recorded using gear that he’d assembled from magazine kit modules.A handful of people heard the recordings before the tape was packed away, and forgotten about for thirty years.In 2012, that tape got Andy a record deal.This is the story …
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Wowee Zowee! The World's Most Prolific Artist.
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Episode 01:Steve Keene is, perhaps, the world's most prolific artist. Over the past twenty years he’s created in excess of 250 000 paintings.Keene obsesses over quantity. He works on 60-80 artworks at a time, surrounding himself with plywood canvas duplicates that he paints simultaneously – oftentimes across multiple works with the same dipped brus…
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