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Still Life

Still Life

Written by: Naomi Bloomstein and Chloe Turpin
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Still Life tells real stories you don’t usually hear this closely - a collection of intimate audio portraits brought to life through immersive sound and documentary storytelling.

This season explores different forms of loss and grief - navigating a breast cancer diagnosis through an audio diary, accompanying a parent on their final journey to Dignitas or family estrangement.

These are stories about love, identity, resilience and what it means to keep going when life takes an unexpected turn. Lived, intimate moments rarely spoken aloud.

Naomi Bloomstein 2026
Social Sciences
Episodes
  • S1 Ep3: Parallel Lives
    May 29 2026

    Family estrangement affects an estimated one in five families in the UK, yet still remains largely hidden and unspoken.

    Parallel Lives is Chloe’s story - about growing up with a violent mother, the weight that carries and the quiet, complicated grief of mourning a relationship with someone who is still alive.

    Please note this episode talks about domestic abuse and violence.

    Producer Naomi Bloomstein, Sound Designer and Music Composition Chloe Turpin.

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    19 mins
  • S1 Ep2: Anti-Primal
    May 29 2026

    Bonnie travelled with her mother to Switzerland for an assisted death at Dignitas - and then turned the experience into an award-winning one-woman show.

    Assisted dying remains illegal in the UK, yet hundreds of people make the journey to Switzerland each year.

    Anti-Primal explores choice, grief, and the complicated intimacy of saying goodbye.

    Please note this episode explores assisted dying and the processes involved.

    Producer Naomi Bloomstein, Sound Designer and Music Composition Chloe Turpin.

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    20 mins
  • S1 Ep1: Ode to a Nipple
    May 29 2026

    After a breast cancer diagnosis, Gaby’s honest and compelling audio diary explores how her relationship with her body shifts - held together by uncertainty, resilience, and humour.

    Please note: this episode contains discussion of cancer treatment and surgery.

    Producer Naomi Bloomstein, Sound Designer and Music Composition Chloe Turpin

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    18 mins
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