Gaia
What if the Earth wants humanity destroyed? What if a way is found to communicate with our planet? And what if the person in charge of negotiations is a refugee cleaner?
By Martin Jameson.
In today's 'zeit', the 'geist' is everywhere - environmental catastrophe, conspiracy theories, populism, fake news, the age of the algorithm, nationalism, racism, social exclusion. Not to mention pandemics.
As the world teeters on the edge of various self-made apocalypses, Angst! takes a satirical sideways look at our own naked fears. Five separate but connected half-hour 'what if?' stories all told under the watchful eye of the enigmatic Timor Greer.
What if the planet is, in reality, a single sentient organism, intent on ridding itself of the poisonous human parasites living on its surface? And what if a way is found to communicate with this 'intelligence'? And what if the person put in charge of negotiations is a refugee cleaner from Darfur?
Cast:
Gaia 鈥�.. Kerry Shale
Nemat 鈥�.. Yusra Warsama
Timor Greer 鈥�.. Cyril Nri
Other voices are played by the cast
Sound design 鈥�.. Adam Woodhams and Steve Bond
Production manager 鈥�.. Anna de Wolff Evans
Executive producer 鈥�.. Sara Davies
Series creator 鈥�.. Martin Jameson
Produced and directed by Nicolas Jackson
An Afonica production for 麻豆社 Radio 4
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- Fri 20 Aug 2021 14:15麻豆社 Radio 4
- Fri 14 Apr 2023 23:30麻豆社 Radio 4