6 October 2023, 0:05h, Deutschlandfunk Kultur: 

"Populist Radio" by Stefano Giannotti.

Translation from the Italian: Bonnie Eldred

Director: Götz Naleppa

With: Stefan Kaminski, Jeffrey Yu and the author

Drums: Arnaud Krakowka

Composition and realisation: the author

Sound: Herman Leppich and Stefano Giannotti

Dramaturgy: Marcus Gammel

Production: Deutschlandfunk Kultur 2023

Length: 53'14

Original transmission

"Populist Radio" broadcasts whatever comes across as spectacular and lurid. It's not the content that counts, but the maximally pointed form: Advertisements for absurd products, quotes from reckless politicians and religious fanatics, recommendations for action in the event of a nuclear war, information on the state of the pandemic. Every statement can also mean its opposite. Stefano Giannotti listens deeply into the abysses of the medium of radio.