Reduced Listening is an audio company making radio, podcasts, drama and documentary.
We work with the BBC and arts institutions, alongside cutting edge musicians and artists, and with people who have a story to tell.
We shine light through sound.
Nailing It
Spotify Studios
Reduced Listening steps into the world of vodcasting with a brand new original production for Spotify Studios... This is #NailingIt, a show about navigating the everyday challenges and toasting the triumphs of life in your twenties.
Decode (S02)
Spotify
Decode returns for a second series to go deep inside another iconic UK album, track by track, week by week, line by line, beat by beat. What masterpiece is being dissected this time? Say hello to Skepta’s award-winning Konnichiwa, from 2016.
Dream Fuel
BBC 6 Music
A brand new weekly 60-minute musical exploration, Dream Fuel With Arlo Parks - a space for music fans to share, relate, reflect, create, engage and be inspired.
Late Junction
BBC Radio 3
BBC Radio 3´s flagship programme for adventurous listeners is produced by Reduced Listening. One night a week, fifty-two weeks a year, we share records, old and new, from electronic music to field recordings, new composition to African jive.
Man in a Bag
Audible
What led to the bizarre and macabre death of British spy, Gareth Williams. Journalists Jonathan Maitland and Vanessa Bowles investigate one of the strangest deaths in recent British history.
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MIF Originals Podcast
MIF,
2019
A brand new podcast for the Manchester International Festival inviting artists to reimagine the format as an audio arts space
Can My Eleven Year Old Fix My Life?
BBC Radio 4,
2019
Arthur is 11, likes dinosaurs and plays the cello. His dad, Babak, avoids the gym, drinks and has panic attacks. For three weeks, Arthur tries to improve his dad’s life.
New Ways of Seeing
BBC Radio 4,
2019
How is technology changing the way we see? The artist James Bridle reimagines John Berger’s Ways of Seeing for the digital age and reveals the internet’s hidden infrastructure.
The Signal-Man
BBC Radio 3,
2019
A signalman on a remote railway line is visited by a traveller. Written by Ross Sutherland, inspired by a Charles Dickens ghost story, with recordings by Chris Watson.
The Rough Guide to Everywhere Podcast
Rough Guides,
2019
A travel podcast going out of the guidebook and into the wild. Reduced Listening have made Seasons 3 and 4 of the award-winning podcast, chatting to people who inspire us from around the world: comedians, authors, adventurers, all with travel stories to tell.
Hidden Cities Berlin Interactive Audio
Financial Times/Google,
2018
FT Hidden Cities is an audio adventure that will transport you to one of Europe's most exciting locations. Just open Google Assistant on your device and say, ‘Talk to Hidden Cities’ to start your journey.
An Angel in Miami
BBC Radio 4,
2019
Dark forces gather in the VIP section of a top Miami nightclub. Contemporary drama by Sebastian Baczkiewicz recorded in America’s fastest-growing city.
The Cult of Aphex Twin
BBC Radio 4,
2018
Music writer John Doran ventures into the strange world of Richard D James. Over the course of three decades James, known to his legion of hardcore fans as Aphex Twin, has achieved the primary but evasive aim of most serious musicians - the invention, exploration and curation of a truly unique and inimitable sound.
Sound Lines
BBC Radio 4,
2018
In a four-part series for BBC Radio 4, music broadcaster Verity Sharp listens along latitudinal lines, hearing local stories that are having a direct impact on music and musicians.