Observer Effect

These audio plays explore unexpected perspectives, with stories about imaginative innovations and practical solutions to age old problems. Can considering a new point of view change an individual, a community, or a whole industry?

Adrift
Encarni Medina-Lopez
Salt of the Earth
Dimitri Mignard
In The Lab
Daniel Orejon
On a remote Scottish beach, a scientist tries to salvage equipment damaged in a storm. As she dwells on personal and professional struggles, she’s interrupted by a phone call from her unsympathetic boss – forcing a long-overdue confrontation. During a field trial of a new irrigation technology, a researcher and a local villager swap knowledge and plan for a future where new advancements have made traditional lifestyles more secure. A charming slice of high-energy absurdism imagining a conversation between two experiments – rivals under neighbouring microscopes – bickering through the wee small hours in an University of Edinburgh lab.