Radio Documentary: The Sounds of War
How does sound impact on the wartime experience of civilians and combatants? How can everyday sounds connect to wartime trauma? Conversely, how can they work to heal trauma, or manage that trauma as it is happening? In this radio documentary, Alina Kostrubitska interviews Dr Beryl Pong alongside other academics, civilians, and members of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to explore the auditory landscape of wartime Ukraine, and how the sounds of war shape life at and beyond the battlefront.
You can listen to the documentary above. It has been reproduced with the kind permission of Alina.
Episode Description
Title: The Sounds of War (32 minutes)
Step into a world where every echo tells a story. The Sounds of War takes you to the heart of Ukraine’s sonic battlefield, where sirens, drones, and silence shape daily life. Through raw voices and real recordings, this radio documentary lets you hear war as those who live it do.
Contributors:
Maryna - citizen of Kyiv, Ukraine
Pavlo - military of Armed Forces of Ukraine
Beryl Pong - academic and researcher at the University of Cambridge
Nigel Osborne - British composer
Neil Greenberg - professor, clinical and academic psychiatrist at King’s College
Producer - Alina Kostrubitska (Imperial College London)