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The Lost Podcasts – Number 41

Documentally — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 10:44:00 +0000

I found a folder of old recordings. I may start rummaging through them in order to upload some with more context and history.

They remind me of a time when I spent longer in the story. Taking the time to listen & create. I still create long form media but rarely get asked for the more pensive timeless stuff. Most people seem preoccupied with transient disposable media. Something created for SEO. A pretty picture or video, a snatched conversation that may or may not drive someone to click a link or become aware of a brand. We all have to earn a living, but I’m sure there is a way to inject some art, some passion and meaning into all of this.

Before I used apps like Audioboo I used to ‘long-form’ podcast. I recorded over a hundred, 45 of which sat on the Apple store under the title Documentally – ‘Mentally documenting the mind’. I used a handheld mp3 recorder and edited with either Audacity or Garageband. It used to take me ages for some of my more complicated shows. I did it because I enjoyed it. I never did it for the money as I was never paid for audio back then.

Not sure if my podcasts even appear on the Apple store now but having found this folder with clips and snippets, if there’s any interest I may dig out a few more.

This clip is the first half of one of the last podcasts I recorded before switching to Audioboo. It’s dated February 2008 and is a recording made in a street in Jordan while I was working on the video featured below. With the UK involved in yet another war I am again reminded of the victims. The migrants forced to flee in order to find some kind of sanctuary as the powers that be move their chess pieces in another battle for oil.

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The image at the top is of an Iraqi refugee living in Jordan and the music in the podcast clip is by Lone Pigeon

Life In The Shadows

Documentally — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:22:36 +0000

This was made 2 years ago. Doesn’t feel like it. So much has happened but it still feels like yesterday.

Things haven’t got any better. Quite the opposite. They are much worse.

Here is the original text that went with the video..

It’s the fifth anniversary of the Iraq War and with talk of it not being even half-way through, we are approaching the 4000th American combat death.

More importantly, a recent World Health Organization report based on Iraqi Health Ministry figures estimated that 151,000 Iraqi civilians were killed between March 2003, the start of the invasion, and June 2006.
Many of the reports of civilian deaths are disputed. What cannot be argued, however, is another grave consequence of the Iraq War: the displacement crisis as a mass exodus of Iraqis flee the instabilities and ever-increasing sectarian violence at home, tearing their families apart.

In mid-January 2008, with the support of the United Nations High Commission For Refugees (UNHCR), I traveled to Amman, Jordan to photograph and record a few of these families trapped in a no-man’s land; asylum seekers looking for refuge, too afraid to return to their blood-soaked country.

Here are a few of their stories.

Episode 42 – Life In The Shadows

Documentally — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:17:26 +0000

Sorry for the delay in getting this into my podcast feed. I had some strange issues with the way i had encoded it and it took a little bit of time to get the file just right so as it would show up in my feed.

I am guessing many of you have already seen this. To you guys I say once again, thank you for your support and also for passing this on to others..

To those that haven’t, and I know there are many who download the podcast that never visit any of my sites, here is a brief outline..

The fifth anniversary of the start of the Iraq War has just passed, and there is speculation that the engagement may continue yet another five years, if not more. To date, approximately 4,000 American soldiers have been killed in combat.

While the loss of combat troops is certainly tragic, even more stunning is a recent World Health Organization report based on Iraqi Health Ministry figures which estimates that 151,000 Iraqi civilians were killed between March 2003, the start of the invasion, and June 2006.

Many of the reports of civilian deaths are disputed. What cannot be argued, however, is another grave consequence of the Iraq War: the displacement crisis as a mass exodus of Iraqis flee the instabilities and ever-increasing sectarian violence at home, tearing their families apart.

In mid-January 2008, with the support of the United Nations High Commission For Refugees (UNHCR), I traveled to Amman, Jordan to photograph and record a few of these families trapped in a no-mans land; asylum seekers looking for refuge, too afraid to return to their blood-soaked country.

Here are a few of their stories:

The film can also be viewed as a .wmv file here.. http://www.unhcr.org/video/iraqi-refugees-in-jordan.wmv
…and downloaded as a real media file here.. http://www.unhcr.org/video/iraqi-refugees-in-jordan.rm
For more information please check out.. The UNHCR Multimedia pages

To download this film to your ipod or mobile device please subscribe to the podcast at The Documentally Podcast Feed

Iraqi Refugees: Life in the Shadows

Documentally — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:48:53 +0000

The fifth anniversary of the start of the Iraq War is upon us, and there is speculation that the engagement may continue yet another five years, if not more. To date, approximately 4,000 American soldiers have been killed in combat.

Here are a few of their stories:

To download this film to your ipod or mobile device please subscribe to the podcast at www.Documentally.com

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales License.

[This film is dedicated to the memory of my Mother Liala Payne. Two weeks before I left for Jordan I explained my plans. She was proud and answered as she always did when i told her about a trip abroad.. Simply "Take care". Without her giving me the freedom she did as I was growing up I would not be the person I am now. I am sorry she did not get to see these stories. She died suddenly as I was due to leave. I flew out a week after we laid her to rest.]