View out to sea, small waves and a headland in the background

Wild Eye Audio Postcards

Social Broadcasts

Immerse yourself in the captivating nature and stories of the North Coast through Wild Eye audio postcards. Sound artist Lucia Scazzocchio from Social Broadcasts has created a series of podcasts platforming local voices.

These short ‘audio postcards’ feature the voices of local people, mixing personal histories and knowledge with the perspectives of scientists, artists, conservationists and young people from across the Scarborough and Whitby area.

Offering intimate snapshots of wildlife, shifting tides, and human stories, these audio postcards invite you to listen closely, slow down and experience the North Coast in a new way.

“The beauty of living by the sea is that you can always hear the wind and the waves and the oyster catchers and the seagulls.” – Extract from Audio Postcard: The North Sea

“I couldn’t really imagine growing up anywhere other than a coastal town.” – Extract from Audio Postcard: Heritage and Place

“If you sit on the harbour wall almost any time of year sometimes you can see the fin shape of the harbour porpoises’ back dipping in and out of the sea as they catch fish.” – Extract from Audio Postcard: Marine Wildlife

Click the links below to download pdf transcripts of the podcasts

1. Heritage and Place Transcript
2. The North Sea Transcript
3. Marine Wildlife Transcript
4. Local Changes Transcript
5. Climate Change Transcript
6. The Future Transcript

Blue, white and peach coloured strings crisscrossing across water.

Audio production by Lucia Scazzocchio from Social Broadcasts with field recording by Andrea Campisi and sound design by Silvia Malnati.

These podcasts won a Silver Award in the ‘Sustainability’ category of the Audio Production Awards.

Many thanks to podcast participants: Amy Blythman, Anna Fitzpatrick, Annabelle Vallat, Bex Lynam, Charlotte Hanson, Dominique Bouchard, Emily Ford, Fran Sutterby, Izellah Kakoz, Jacob and Cheryl Newton, Kristy Adaway, Lindy Rowley, Lou and Ebony Brown, Mark Douglas, Mark Vesey, Matt Newsome, Phoebe Cookson, Richard Fluin, Rodney Forster, Rowan Burgin, Ryan Gander, Sophie Shelton, Steven Crawford, Tom Rowley, Wave Crookes. Sea Shanties were sung by Robert Hartley. Thanks also to Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, English Heritage, Scarborough Maritime Heritage Centre, Scarborough Sixth Form and Whish (Whitby Hidden Impairments Support and Help).

About Social Broadcasts

‘Social Broadcasting’ combines community engagement, co-creation, audio production and broadcasting techniques, where everyday conversations and narratives can create meaningful insights around broader social themes. Social Broadcasts are often collaborative and immersive, experimenting with many different forms of audio and creating interactive environments where the public are invited to share and record their own experiences and stories.

Founded by Lucia Scazzochio, an award-winning sound artist and audio producer who has been nurturing and curating diverse stories and conversations that weave individual personal narratives as a way to help us better understand the wider social context. She has worked with many of the major museums (Tate, V&A, Van Abbe Museum, London Transport Museum, British Museum, Tower of London) to create immersive community and oral history-focused sound works as well as producing shortlisted audio documentaries and radio dramas.

Find out more at https://www.socialbroadcasts.co.uk/ (opens in new window)

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