Chancin' Me Arm
[A dramatic monologue] Drinkin’, workin’, emigratin’ and boilin’ spuds in hot tar. The life of a chancer. Performed by Lorcan Cranitch. See a video version of this story here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN7OyCyXykE&feature=youtu.be Full transcript here: https://medium.com/@mrjohnroche_42475/yarn-12-chancin-me-arm-6b89c5154782 - Comments and feedback very welcome! Email: yarnstorypodcast (at) gmail.com.
15 Feb 201913min
Brick Lane
[A beat poem] Walk with the narrator on a six minute stroll down one of London's most famous streets. You'll meet its inhabitants and visitors, all to a thumping music beat. Sound design: Drembot Illustration: Ricky Burgess Full transcript: https://medium.com/@mrjohnroche_42475/walk-with-the-narrator-on-a-six-minute-stroll-down-one-of-londons-most-famous-streets-c003a7a0b13b - Comments and feedback very welcome! Email: yarnstorypodcast (at) gmail.com.
8 Aug 20186min
Oonagh and the Giant
[A mythic audio drama] The Irish legend of how the Giant’s Causeway came to be.
26 Juli 20187min
Cuban Missile Crisis
[An historical documentary] October 1962. A bold move on the Cold War chessboard makes America very nervous. Russia installs nuclear missiles in revolutionary Cuba and points them directly at the US. Life as we know it becomes increasingly precarious as communication between Moscow and Washington breaks down. Meanwhile, naval personnel on the Caribbean seas sense they have their finger on far more than a trigger. Yarn 09 is the story of the Cuban Missile Crisis. We explore the ideological and technological that created history's most dangerous moment and ask who the heroes really were?
18 Juli 201826min
Wild Night
[A true crime audio drama] "You met a murderer that night you know" A night out to the pub in rural Ireland leads to gossip and ends in murder.
29 Maj 201815min
Every Second Saturday
[An emotional short story] A story about the effect divorce and shared custody has on children and parents. Full transcript here: https://medium.com/@mrjohnroche_42475/yarn-07-every-second-saturday-54ad64d588bd
21 Maj 201810min
Anthem
[A music and culture documentary] The melody of nations Respected and revered, the national anthem is a country's musical tribute to itself. But in a world so splintered, are songs invoking God, love of country and bloody slaughter the ones we need to be singing? Yarn 06 is melodic journey through some of the world's most famous national anthems. On the way, we get up close and personal with the triumphant tribalism at the heart of a nation's sense of self.
13 Maj 201822min
Lefty
[An autobiographical short story] When you think one of your legs is possessed. I have cerebral palsy. It mainly affects my left leg. Lefty tries to disrupt my life whenever possible, especially in public or in sensitive situations. Eventually, enough is enough and my doctors come up with an unusual plan to pacify Lefty but he's not going to like it. Featured on the Third Coast International Audio Festival's podcast - Re:Sound Full transcript here: https://medium.com/@mrjohnroche_42475/yarn-05-lefty-281996a9b776 - Comments and feedback very welcome! Email: yarnstorypodcast (at) gmail.com.
14 Feb 201819min
