Concept: Loré Lixenberg, Fesrt Dadler. Direction, Sound: Ladislav Železný. Narrating Voices: Loré Lixenberg, Ladislav Železný. Actors: Ran Jiao, Jana Látalová, Loré Lixenberg, Barbora Matějková, Inga Zotova-Mikshin, Roman Zotov-Mikshin, Elia Moretti, Matěj Pour, Zden Brungot Svíteková, Lucie Vrbíková. Sound, Editing: Loré Lixenberg, Elia Moretti. Music Composition: Loré Lixenberg, Elia Moretti.

This radiophonic piece is based on the artistic research of Loré Lixenberg and the Ferst Dadler collective which took place in 2023-24 in the gardens of the Troja Castle and the Franciscan Garden in Prague. In this independent republic, citizenship is granted by the mere existence, and human and non-human beings have equal rights and are interconnected. The Republic of Zahradníiíiíiíiíi has redefined its territory in the radio space. In this republic, we exist through listening, and if citizenship is granted through existence, then listening becomes citizenship. Listening together is what brings us together and fosters a sense of belonging and identification with the Republic.

Author, Narrating Voice: Bo Norström Weile. Direction: Jakob Rasmussen. Editing: Malte Winther Bothe. Research: Victoria Breitenbauc. Producers: Maja Rathmann Mølbak, Emil Eusebius Olhoff-Jakobsen (Commissioning editor), Anders Stegger (Head of department.

The Roskilde Tragedy is an investigative narrative podcast series, exploring a defining moment in music history, and the circumstances that caused a deadly accident, and including never-before-published audio recordings. The score is entirely original and composed specifically for this podcast, based on the music of Pearl Jam. On June 30, 2000, nine young men lost their lives during a Pearl Jam concert at the Roskilde Festival main stage. The podcast features exclusive testimonies revealing that, after the accident, volunteers were told not to speak publicly, causing a growing sense of guilt among the guards, who have not spoken publicly about the accident since. Festival management presented a sanitized story, misleading the public. The podcast examines accountability, and the lasting impact when joy turns to tragedy.

Author, Narrating Voice, Producer: François-Xavier Szymczak. Other Participants: Mstislav Rostropovitch, Galina Vishnevskaya, Olga Rostropovitch, Elena Rostropovitch, Alexandre Soljenytsine, Henri Dutilleux, Benjamin Britten, Dimitri Chostakovitch, Louis Aragon, Henri Sauguet, Witold Lutosławski, Pierre Fournier, Artur Rubinstein, Guennadi Rojdestvensky, Etienne Vatelot, Claude Samuel, Nina Apreleff, Frédéric Lodéon, Yo Yo Ma, Sonia Wieder-Atherton, Xavier Phillips, Anne Gastinel, Yehudi Menuhin, Jacques Chancel, Bernard Gavoty, Ulysse Gosset, Philippe Rochot, Daniel Bilalian, Antoine Riboud, Michèle Dumontier. Producing Organisation: France Musique.

Mstislav Rostropovich (1927-2007) is the subject of several documentaries and books but his lifelong career lacks comprehensive documentary research for the media. Using global radio-TV archives from France, Russia, UK, Italy, Germany, Austria or USA, the seven-episode new saga "Rostropovich, the cello in freedom" by François-Xavier Szymczak for France Musique, explores the life of the artist and his role in historical upheavals. Rostropovich performed classical and romantic repertoire, commissioned hundreds of scores, and conducted major orchestras. A talented pianist, he was also a revered teacher and humanist. With his wife soprano Galina Vishnevskaya, he sheltered dissident Solzhenitsyn, defended Sakharov, supported Yeltsin, and famously played Bach at the Berlin Wall, cementing his legacy as a global symbol of freedom.

Authors, Direction: Merzouga (Eva Pöpplein, Janko Hanushevsky). Adapted from: Poems from the Moor by Emiliy Brontë. Narrating Voices: Veronika Bachfischer, Jean-Paul Baeck. Sound Track: Merzouga (Composition), Filippa Gojo (Vocals), Christoph Rieseberg (Sound engineer), Christoph Schumacher, Jens Müller (Sound technicians) . Editing: Sabine Küchler. Producing Organisation: Deutschlandfunk.

In her Poems from the Moor, Poet Emily Brontë evokes the bleak beauty of Yorkshire's moor covered hills where she grew up. The duo Merzouga transposes her poems into contemporary songs. Combined with notes from Brontë's journals, these songs are woven into an opulent sonic landscape of field recordings, vocals, and bio-acoustic recordings of water beetles. In Wildly Tender Is thy Music we accompany a bio-acoustician in a bird sanctuary on an island covered by moors. He records the habitat for a year, studying the cycle of the seasons. Merzouga dedicates one Brontë song to each season. By interrelating music and science, sound-art and poetry, Merzouga explores the importance of moors in the face of the climate-crisis and attempts to raise interest for this fascinating habitat between water and land.

Author, Music: Irene Buckley. Adapted from: Vona Groarke translation of work by Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill. Presenter: Claire Cunningham. Direction: Eoin O Kelly. Sound Track: RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Chamber Choir Ireland, Gavin Maloney (Conductor); Emma Nash, Kim Sheahan (soloists). Editing: Gar Duffy. Producers: Eoin O Kelly, Laoise O'Brien. Producing Organisation: RTÉ lyric fm.

Lament for Art O'Leary is a new opera written for orchestra, choir, soloists and electronics by Composer Irene Buckley. It takes its inspiration from the Irish language poem Chaoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire, composed by Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill in 1773, following the murder of her husband. It has been described as the greatest poem written on these islands (Britain and Ireland) in the 18th century. The first part is a short documentary describing how an original poem from the 18th century inspired a 21st century composer to write a new opera and how with the resources of radio (orchestra, choirs, studios, audio professionals, radio producers, etc...) this opera was taken from the page and brought to life as music for the radio audience. The second part is the recording of the opera itself. Both parts were broadcast together in December 2024 on RTÉ lyric fm. As a result of the broadcast the piece received its full concert premier at New Music Dublin 2025.

Authors: Giulia Giovannelli, Elisa Capobianco, Giulio Lo Iacono, Andrea Bonicatti. Script: Elisa Capobianco. Direction: Giulia Giovannelli. Narrating Voice: Elisabetta Malantrucco. Sound design: Massimo Verolini. Editing: Massimo Verolini. Editorial Staff: Barbara Spagnoli. Producer: Ylenia Leone. Producing Organisation: Rai Radio.

In Notes of Sustainability, the voices of the future take centre stage. Through the candid, curious, and sometimes surprising questions of children, this podcast brings together young listeners, Sanremo 2025 artists, and sustainability experts to explore how popular music can raise awareness about the most urgent global challenges of our time. From peace to climate justice, from migration to intergenerational dialogue, each episode is built around a central theme linked to the UN 2030 Agenda, using Sanremo songs as a springboard for discussion and inspiration. Music is a tool for building a more sustainable future. Songs aren't just entertainment: they are about peace, the environment, work, migration, intergenerational relationships, and can inspire change. The new generations are taking the mic to chat face-to-face with their favourite singers, the stars of Sanremo 2025 – artists who use their music to spread universal messages. A podcast that is more than a musical journey – it's an invitation to listen, reflect, and act, making sustainability sound engaging, inclusive, and accessible to all generations.

Direction: Susan Kenyon. Actor: Henry Goodman. Presenter: Petroc Trelawny. Editor: Brian Jackson. Producers: Susan Kenyon, Michael (Assistant Producer), Rossi Jessica Isaacs (Head of Production); Carwyn Griffith, Tim Ashburner (Technical Producers). Producing Organisation: BBC Audio London for BBC Radio 3.

This unique and moving broadcast, presented live from Auschwitz on the 80th anniversary of its liberation, used music to tell the stories of artists caught up in the Holocaust. Music is a powerful vehicle for storytelling as it gives direct insight into the humanity of its creators, bringing us closer to truly understanding the horrors of the Holocaust. 1.1m people were murdered at Auschwitz: most of them Jewish, but Poles, Roma and Sinti, homosexuals and Jehovah's Witnesses, among others. The broadcast, presented by Petroc Trelawny, drew on music connected to the camp: works by composers who were murdered and recordings of those who survived. We explore how music was used and abused by the Nazis with their infamous prisoner orchestras. We also hear commissioned performances and powerful recorded testimony from the BBC Archives.

Direction: Miira Karhula. Actors: Anna-Maija Tuokko, Kristofer Gummerus, Jukka Puotila, Jarkko Tamminen, Nora Rinne, Pelle Heikkilä, Sophia Heikkilä, Ria Kataja, Melike Basaranoglu, Erja Manto, Mitra Matouf, Kari Heiskanen. Editing: Anders Wiksten. Producers: Pekka Ruohoranta (Yle), Hanna Laakkonen (WBITVP). Coproducing Organisation: Warner Bros. International Television Prod. Finland.

Sanna Marin experienced a challenging childhood in recession-era Finland during the 1990s. Her father struggled with alcoholism, and she later grew up with two mothers. Her political journey began in the Tampere City Council. She gains recognition as a formidable and skilled chairperson. Within her party, precision and dedication alone prove insufficient – she must master the art of building alliances. Through Twitter, she discovered social media's power to amplify political visibility – with millions of followers. Later she found herself at the centre of public controversy over her social life, leaked party videos, and alleged drug use and faced intense media scrutiny with increasingly intrusive questions. But how much partying is too much for a leader? Is it acceptable for a young Prime Minister to party? As Finland wrestles with a pandemic, confronts the war in Ukraine, and joining NATO, Finland's "Dancing Prime Minister" Sanna Marin walks a tightrope between public admiration and fierce criticism – constantly redefining what it means to lead, and to live, in the spotlight. Comprehensive research was carried out for this 10-episode audio drama. The series blends factual accounts with thoughtfully imagined private moments. This creative approach, long established in biographical filmmaking, finds fresh expression through the intimate medium of audio storytelling. Upon release, Sanna Marin – Millions of Followers became YLE Areena's most popular series even surpassing TV shows in viewership.

Author: David Lescot. Direction: Sabine Zovighian, Samuel Hirsch. Actor: Ludmilla Dabo, Antoine Sarrazin et Emma Liégeois. Editing: Sabine Zovighian. Producing Organisation: ARTE Radio.

"When an animal imitates humans, people say it's smart. That's also what adults say about children". A white whale near the coast, wearing a harness – wasn't it spotted before, playing rugby? Could it be the beluga accused of spying for Russia? In August 2024, Hvladimir the whale was found dead after years off Norway's coast. From this strange and political tale, Writer-Director David Lescot composed a musical, aquatic radio ballad. Spoken and sung at 67 BPM by Ludmilla Sabo, Antoine Sarrazin and Emma Liégeois, directed by Sabine Zovighian and Samuel Hirsch, this epic of the secret-agent whale drifts through mysteries: Who was it? What did it want? Can animals go to war? And what was it trying to tell us? A dreamy investigation into memory, absurdity, and the blurry line between human and animal.

Author: Romain Weber. Actors: Bonnie Charlès, Zoé Lignac, Toku Bogui, Nadja Maire, Caroline Mounier, Nacima Bekhtaoui, Marion Doumenc, Max Baraké, Solal Bouloudnine, Claire Dumas, Frédéric Pierrot, Sarah Suco, Yannick Choirat, Hortense Monsaingeon, Maïa Berling, Bernadette Lesaché, Johanna Nizard, Pol Moan, Matthieu Ruffault, Charles Van de Vyver, Axelle Tournade, Gomidas Calis, Claudia Mongumu, Joseph Kempf, Clara Meyer, Antoine Vignal, Stella Collin. Music: Jefferson Lembeye. Producing Organisation: France Culture.

March 2020. Alma (18) is in her final year of high school. After breaking up with her boyfriend, she finds out he has posted nude photos of her on Snap. Shaken, she uncovers a disturbing trend: across France, young men are sharing intimate images of their exes online. These accounts, called "fishas" (a reversal of affiche, the French word for "display"), attract massive followings. With cyber police overwhelmed, young women begin organising to fight back, forming an NGO called Stopfisha. Joining the feminist activists, Alma finds long-sought answers – and realises she's one of thousands. They all share one thing: they're women. 500 cases a day in France. 50,000 worldwide. The question is: when does a phenomenon of this magnitude become a political issue?

Author: Hans Christoph Böhringer. Direction: Pauline Seiberlich, Jakob Roth (Directing Assistant). Narrating Voice: Banafshe Hourmazdi. Actors: Virginia Obiakor, Carolin Conrad, Vincent Redetzki, Jakob Tögel, Carmen Yasemin Ipek, Valentin Mirow, Soraya Bouabsa, Jan Meeno Jürgens, Vincent Sauer, Jochanah Mahnke, Pauline Fusban. Sound Track: Friedrich Byusa Blam; Gerhard Wicho, Jan Piepenstock, Fabian Zweck, Robin Auld (Sound Engineering). Editing: Katarina Agathos. Producing Organisation: Bayerischer Rundfunk.

My Life as Spam is set in a near future where all communication is flooded with bots and fakes – spam filters are now a matter of national security. Miriam, a government employee tasked with developing these filters, is suddenly classified as a bot herself. She is locked out of her workplace, her apartment and her social circle. Her former colleague Sam is no help, but Miriam meets other outcasts at a self-help group for people who fail at I'm-Not-a-Robot tests. Miriam finds an unlikely ally in Charlie, an activist fighting for the rights of machines. However, Charlie seems completely convinced that Miriam is actually a bot, despite her human appearance. Miriam has to play along. When they break into the ministry, all pretences are dropped, and Miriam discovers just how deep the fake world goes.

Author, Actor: Nuala McKeever. Direction: Kevin Reynolds. Editing: Damian Chennells. Producing Organisation: RTÉ Radio.

Truth, Love or Promise is written and performed by Nuala McKeever, who plays… Brenda, The Narrator: a woman who joins a writing class. Maureen: separated, straight talking woman from West Belfast. Joanna: an English woman who finds herself in Belfast after her husband is transferred to The North. Three women meet at a creative writing class in Belfast. As the course progresses, Brenda, Maureen and Joanna get to know each other through their stories. But it's the things they're not saying that really tell the tale. Gradually through laughter and tears, the truth emerges. When the truth turns out to be shocking, they must decide what ultimately matters most – Truth, Love or Promise. Probably all three!

Author: Anatolii Neiolov. Direction: Svitlana Svyrydko. Sound Track: Maryna Holtseva, Svitlana Svyrydko. Producers: Svitlana Svyrydko, Kateryna Avramenko (Commissioning Editor). Producing Organisation: Ukrainske Radio.

The 3rd Separate Assault Brigade is a true legend of Ukrainian military service. They perform incredible feats, they are superhumans… or, perhaps, just humans? A radio play that dispels myths about the Ukrainian army and tells real-life stories from the frontline without pretence or pathos. In 13 episodes, you will learn about our defenders at the beginning of the full-scale invasion, how they said goodbyes to their families; about unexpected meetings in the queue at the military enlistment office; life in the army; extreme and funny incidents during combat missions; a miraculous resurrection in a combat hospital; faith at the front; motivation and disappointment, and the power of love and support in war. The radio play used poems written by artists who have defended Ukraine and records of Ukrainian national songs.

Author: Linda Marshall Griffiths. Direction, Producer: Nadia Molinari. Actor: Safia Oakley-Green, Cel Spellman, Toby Jones, Jenny Platt, Rupert Hill, aTachia Newall, Kiara Kiandra, Esh Alladi Louis Brown, Ethan Cale, Katie Fletcher, Leah Gwendolyn, Naomi Ricci, Una Togher, Elsa Tuxworth, Samuel Tweats. Editing: Sharon Hughes. Producing Organisation: BBC Studios Audio Drama.

A re-imagining of Bernard Shaw's classic play Saint Joan, set in a contemporary context where Joan is a young climate activist. Inspired by Greta Thunberg and Fridays for Future; a youth-led global climate justice movement. In response to the decimation of the natural world, Joan calls for government action on the climate emergency, catching the imagination of young people who join her in protest. Joan speaks at the UN, and an agreement is reached. But soon world leaders renege on their commitments and ignore her. When Joan takes extreme action masterminding "dark cities" attacking global infrastructure, she is arrested, extradited to the US and put on trial for terrorism. In court Joan passionately defends her work for the broken planet that she is fighting for. She will never, whatever the consequences, turn away from that. This production combines both as the narrative is reimagined in a contemporary context where Saint Joan is a young British climate activist. The drama explores one of the biggest questions for a young activist: "how far should I go? If nothing changes, even as politicians promise change will come, then what do I do?". A genius may appear only once in a generation, but perhaps all those young people who understand what the world could look like, can become a new kind of genius that makes Joan's vision real. The cast includes award winning actors Safia Oakley Green and Toby Jones and multiple young voices as chorus. The dynamic sound-world combines dialogue, interior voice, and recorded voices on mobile phones and online.

Direction: Claudia Taranto. Narrating Voice: Miranda Jakich. Producers: Claudia Taranto, Simon Branthwaite.

At the height of the Cold War a New Zealand teenager is left alone by her father in a hospital in the Soviet Union where doctors try to grow new fingers on her left hand. Sounds like fiction? This actually happened to writer Miranda Jakich. A lifetime later New Zealand secret service files reveal the lies that destroyed Miranda's dreams of being a diplomat. Her story takes us to post-war Yugoslavia, suburban New Zealand, Moscow and into the hearts of two sisters whose love for each other helped them both survive.

Authors: Manon Mottard, Frédéric Moray. Direction, Narrating Voice: Manon Mottard. Coproducing Organisation: Limited Adventures.

"Unlock your potential! Unleash your inner power! Achieve ultimate happiness!". These typical self-help slogans promise success and fulfillment to anyone who truly wants it. And business is booming: the self-help industry was valued at over $43 billion in 2022, according to a report by Grand View Research. The Trap takes us behind the scenes – and into the darker side – of this pursuit of happiness with a price tag.

Author, Host: Rose Eveleth. Sound: Mitra Kaboli, Robert Rodriguez (Mixing). Editors: Alison MacAdam, Veronica Simmonds. Other participants: Dania Suleman (fact checking), Hillary Dann (archival research), Lisa Pollak (Additional Reporting, Editing, and Producing). Producers: Ozzy Llinas Goodman, Andrew Mambo, Rhaina Cohen; Chris Oke, Cesil Fernandes, Irene Noguchi (Executive Producers); Katie Simon (Supervising Editor for Embedded); Anna Ashitey (Digital Producer); Michael Kamel (Production Manager); Collin Campbell (NPR's Senior VP for Podcasting); Arif Noorani (Director of CBC Podcasts). Producing Organisations: Bucket of Eels, CBC, NPR's Embedded.

Since the very beginning of women's sports, there has been a struggle to define who, exactly, gets to compete in the women's category. Today, that struggle is erupting again – threatening Olympic dreams and the careers of some of the top athletes in the world. With unprecedented access to athletes, coaches, doctors and officials, Tested explores the question at the core of this debate – one that goes far beyond sports: what is fair, and who decides? Tested follows the unfolding story of two athletes: Christine Mboma, the Olympic silver medallist from Namibia, and Maximila Imali, who holds two Kenyan national records. These women are not trans athletes. They were assigned female at birth, raised as girls, and have never questioned their gender identity. But they have bodies that some argue give them an "unfair advantage". Last year, track and field authorities announced new regulations that mean that Christine and Max can't compete in the female category unless they lower their body's naturally occurring testosterone levels. The new rules offer them three choices: give up their Olympic dreams, try to challenge the rules, or alter their bodies. Christine and Max take different paths, and Tested follows them as they grapple with the results of their choices and try to find their place on the track. Alongside these two athletes, Tested traces the surprising, 100-year history of sex testing in elite sports that led to this moment.

Author, Narrating Voice: Violette Gitton. Direction: Violette Gitton, Samuel Hirsch. Producing Organisation: ARTE Radio.

"Don't go thinking that folks coming in here stop living". In 2020, during lockdown, Violette developed OCD and started compulsively recording everything. A few months later, she checked into a psych ward where her obsession turned into a group podcast. Recorded inside the clinic, this documentary offers a rare, intimate look at life in psychiatry. Patients' voices challenge clichés about madness and rethink what vulnerability means. Edited from 30 hours of audio, it explores tolerance, mental health, and institutional care. Violette Gitton is a writer and filmmaker, also working as a coach for child actors. Misfortune Level 2 is her first podcast.

Direction, Editing, Narrating Voices: Anna Marsibil Clausen, Liam O'Brien. Sound Track: Úlfur Eldjárn (Composer), Peadar Carney (Sound Designer). Producers: Anna Marsibil Clausen, Liam O'Brien; Johannes Olafsson, Þorgerður E. Sigurðardóttir (production assistance). Coproducing Organisation: RTÉ.

When Icelander Jón Jónsson arrived in Dublin in February 2019, he came for 10 days of fun. But within a day of landing here, Jón had vanished. We begin investigating Jón's disappearance by examining the 48 hours before he was last seen alive. When Jón's partner Jana discovers that her passport is mysteriously missing the night before their trip, the couple argues. In the morning Jón leaves for Dublin by himself. Their text messages, security footage, as well as never before heard eyewitness accounts, form a timeline of Jón's trip, as he makes his way to the Bonnington Hotel, playing poker through the night. In the morning, Jana finds him sleeping in the hotel room, empty wallet on the nightstand. A few moments later, Jón leaves the hotel, vanishing into thin air on one of Ireland's busiest streets. This series sparked both Gardaí and Icelandic police into placing new investigative teams on Jón's case – as well as carrying out a major search for his remains in Santry Demense. This 7-part co-production between RTÉ and RÚV also shows the trauma of families living with a missing person. We reveal that it appears Jón was killed in a case of mistaken identity by a hitman hired by someone in Iceland. Gardaí change Jón's status from a missing person case to a criminal investigation. Shortly after the series ends, Gardaí take Jón's case to Europol – who only deal with serious international organised crime. Irish and Icelandic police teams then meet at Europol offices in the Hague and in June 2025, Gardaí travel to Iceland for the first time to interview over 20 persons of interest.

Direction, Producer: Nicoline Greer. Narrating Voice: Roz Purcell. Sound Track: Stephen Warbeck.

On 28 August 1976, 23-year-old Elizabeth Plunkett met friends for a night away. Later that night, she was abducted and brutally raped and murdered by Ireland's first serial killers – John Shaw and Geoffrey Evans – who had just been released from prison. A month after Elizabeth was attacked, her body washed up on a beach in County Wexford. Following a nationwide manhunt, her attackers were both arrested but not before they killed a second Irish woman, 23-year-old Mary Duffy. The two murderers received life sentences in prison. In 2022 the Plunkett family learned that no one was ever convicted of the murder of Elizabeth Plunkett, despite both men confessing to her murder. Now Elizabeth's family are determined to get justice for her and restore dignity to Elizabeth's memory.

Direction: Manuel Maria Perrone. Editing: Thomas Chiesa.

A journey through archives, my own and others' voices, trying to understand what the truths were of yesterday and the more stuttering truths of today. A train journey, with my daughter in my arms teaching me how to be a commuter father, between Ticino and Lombardy: Chiasso, a border station, Seveso, an endless station. A 33 minute journey – 33 years. Those of my father and those that separate me from his death, when by chance I find myself in the recording studio. When searching through the archives I find his voice, a man who will forever remain younger than I am. 33, as they say at the doctor's or as they preach in church. A prophet with an expiration date.