"I noticed that language seems to fail us. How do you write about the foundations of our existence? That is how mythology enters very naturally into the story, because history is about ideas, religions, empires, wars and culture. Mythology is about the fundaments. Sun, moon, wind, oceans, great floods and tragic gods... We are living in mythological times, where we are shaking the fundaments." - Andri Snær Magnason

Drawing on ideas in his book, On Time and Water, the Icelandic writer Andri Snær Magnason and the Scottish artist Katie Paterson explore how our imagination can help us hold the moment we live in. From handfuls of dust to watching geological time mark the landscape, this documentary flows from the night skies into the deepest known point in our oceans.

Archive recording from Raddir - Voices: Recordings of Folk Songs courtesy of the Árni Magnússon Institute 'Vatnajökull (the sound of)' recording courtesy of Katie Paterson

Recording of the journey to Okjökull by Guðni Tómasson Music composed and performed by Phil Smith and Zac Gvi

Produced by Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

Zak and Jules discuss dealing with the fear of the unknown and how this affected them when leaving prison. They also hear from people inside about some of the hobbies they’ve developed to help pass the time, and the small privileges they now recognise that they’re missing out on. 

Useful organisations:

Mental Health and Emotional Support

Mind (Nationwide) – Offers mental health resources, advice, and support

https://mind.org.uk

Samaritans (Nationwide) – Provides a listening ear for anyone struggling or feeling overwhelmed.

https://samaritans.org

Second Step (Bristol and South West) – Provides mental health support and housing assistance.

https://second-step.co.uk

Housing and Homelessness

Shelter (Nationwide) – Offers housing advice and support.

https://shelter.org.uk

The Wallich (Wales) – Provides housing and support services for people experiencing homelessness.

https://thewallich.com

Crisis (Nationwide) – Assists individuals experiencing homelessness or at risk of it after release.

https://crisis.org.uk

St Petrocs (Cornwall) – Supports individuals at risk of homelessness, including those recently released from prison.

https://www.stpetrocs.org.uk/

YMCA Derbyshire (Midlands) – Provides supported housing and life skills programs for ex-offenders.

https://ymcaderbyshire.org.uk

Employment and Training

St. Giles Trust (Nationwide) – Supports people transitioning out of prison, including help with employment.

https://stgilestrust.org.uk

Tempus Novo (Yorkshire) – Connects ex-offenders with employers and provides mentoring support.

https://tempusnovo.org

Northern Learning Trust (North East) – Offers education and mentoring for individuals in the criminal justice system.

https://northernlearningtrust.org.uk

Bounce Back (Nationwide) – Helps individuals leaving prison gain training and employment in construction.

https://www.bouncebackproject.com/

Mentoring and Personal Development

Spark2Life (London)– Offers mentoring and personal development for people navigating life after prison.

https://spark2life.co.uk

The Forward Trust (Nationwide) – Provides life coaching, addiction recovery, and reintegration programs.

https://forwardtrust.org.uk

The Footprints Project (Dorset, Hampshire, Isle of Wight) – Provides mentoring and support for reintegration after prison.

https://www.footprintsproject.co.uk/

Sacro (Scotland) – Offers mentoring and restorative justice services for reintegration.

https://sacro.org.uk

Legal and Advocacy Support

Unlock (Nationwide) – Provides advice on dealing with criminal records and rights post-prison.

https://unlock.org.uk

The Howard League for Penal Reform (Nationwide) – Campaigns for improvements in prison conditions and post-release support.

https://howardleague.org

Changing Lives (North East & Yorkshire) – Offers creative programs alongside housing, addiction recovery, and employment services.

https://changing-lives.org.uk

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The week’s biggest stories like you’ve never heard them before. Jon Holmes remixes the news into a satirical concept album.

This week - Budget, Bluffs, and Fight Club.

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Sasami is a singer, songwriter and producer who grew up in Los Angeles. But now she’s based in Northern California, and as you’ll hear in this episode, that’s significant. Sasami went to school for classical French horn. She was in the band Cherry Glazerr, and she’s had a lot of collaborations with other artists on their projects and her own. Collaboration is at the heart of the song that I talked to her about for this episode. It’s called “In Love With A Memory,” and it features Clairo on vocals, and it was co-produced with Grammy-winning producer Rostam. The song is on Sasami’s third album, Blood on the Silver Screen, which is out March 2025. Coming up, you’ll hear the original voice memos that she recorded for this song back in the fall of 2022. You’ll also hear the demo she made in Garageband after that, and then how she and Rostam turned that demo into the final version, a duet with Clairo.

For more info, visit songexploder.net/sasami.

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What sound can teach us about our Sun? In this episode, we explore how NASA scientists translate electromagnetic waves from the Sun into sound, and even music. Through this process, researchers are gradually unlocking the Sun’s secrets, from the steady “hum” of the star’s rotation, to the way that solar winds “play” the Earth’s magnetosphere like a harp. This story comes from the podcast NASA’s Curious Universe, and features Host and Astrophysicist Padi Boyd, Sonification Specialist Robert Alexander and Heliophysicist Mike Hartinger. 

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Today, a story that starts small and private, with one woman alone in her bathroom, as she makes a quiet, startling discovery about her own body. But that small, private moment grows and grows, and pretty soon it becomes something so big that it has impacted the life of every person reading this right now… and all that without the woman ever even knowing the impact she had. We originally aired this story back in 2010, but we thought we’d bring it back today, as questions about bodily autonomy circle with renewed force.

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2024 was the year when the Post Office's victimisation of sub-postmasters became a ubiquitous national story, after the airing of an ITV Drama. "Mr Bates vs the Post Office" was viewed by more than 10 million people, and brought political momentum to the resolution of the ongoing injustices associated with the scandal. Before the election, the government passed landmark legislation to cut through the achingly slow judicial process and speedily overturn hundreds of convictions in one fell swoop. It was a major victory for Sub Postmasters and campaigners - but does it mean the scandal is over?

In a new episode of "The Great Post Office Trial", Nick Wallis goes behind the scenes of the efforts to get that legislation passed, hearing from the then Justice secretary and Post Office minister on the complex negotiations against the clock that got it through. And he also hears about the key compromise that helped reduce criticism from the judiciary - but has left some convicted sub-postmasters still out in the cold.

He also explores the question of accountability at the top, as the police investigation grinds on, revisiting the evidence given by former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells, which was pushed out of the news cycle by the announcement of the election.

And he hears from Sub Postmasters who are still frustrated by the pace and quantity of compensation payments, as more victims of this scandal continue to be put through the ringer in pursuit of the compensation the government has promised; he puts their concerns to Gareth Thomas MP, who has taken over since the election as the minister responsible, and Neil Brocklehurst, the Post Office's interim CEO.

Producer: Robert Nicholson Executive Producer: Will Yates Sound Design: Emma Barnaby Research: Artemis Irvine

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In this valuable ep, you're going to hear how being an outsider can spur you on to amazing things. How naivety and drive outweighs perfection. How true, fleixible working can transform a business. And what an inspiring human Jason Mitchell is!

Jason was just 29 when he set up the super successful The Connected Set thanks to his outsider-like thinking. And in this conversation with Kimberly he reveals how he has gone from 'wild card' to wildly happy running his production company. Not producing cookie cutter content :-)

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Resources

Film & TV charity - https://filmtvcharity.org.uk/ - 24 hour support line, as well as lots of other useful resources.

Samaritans

- https://www.samaritans.org/

Mind

- https://www.mind.org.uk/

Shout - if you would prefer to text not talk

https://giveusashout.org/

Call It - bullying and harrassment

https://www.callitapp.org/

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