The Only Thing Certain in Life is a documentary for Heart and Soul on the BBC World Service, presented by the wonderful Rochi Rampal, about learning how to die.
Rochi spent 8 months recording an audio diary whilst accessing treatment for a secondary cancer diagnosis. She also spoke to Kevin Toolis, and Ketika Garg about the importance of ritual and faith in death culture. Is it possible to be prepared for our own death?
I co-produced and sound designed this doc. Silvia Malnati and Anishka Sharma from Reduced Listening had worked with Rochi on the idea, and had recorded all the material. They brought me on to edit the material into a narrative structure, work with Rochi on the script for the voiceover, and sound design. I had such a lovely time working on this!
I love coming onto projects to do work out narrative structures, edit and sound design. Hit me up if you need me! Another example of when I’ve done this is for Living Leg-End on BBC Radio 4.
JESSE LAWSON 