Re:sound #221 The Writing Out of Trouble Show

Published: May 20, 2016, 7 p.m.

b'This hour we\'re featuring two stories of love through loss... plus an interview with the producers who\'ve written their way through these troubled moments.The Updatesby Sophie Townsend with Sound Engineer Louis Mitchell. Sophie\'s updates were read by Gabrielle Rogers (360documentaries, ABC RN 2014)When Sophie Townsend\\u2019s husband Russell was diagnosed with lung cancer, she became the family spokesperson, a task she found endless, difficult and confronting. People\\u2019s questions about his sickness left her reeling, because the news she had to give them was never good. Soon she started the Russell Updates, a weekly email that laid it all bare for friends and family. The updates were not just a way to keep everyone informed, but Sophie\\u2019s way of working things out in her own head, and keeping herself afloat.ASK MEby Sara Brooke Curtis (Unfictional, KCRW 2016)Sara spent her days riding buses and walking the beach alone, thinking of someone who wasn\'t there. In time, she found an unlikely stranger to share her thoughts with, and help her grieve.PhotoSebastian Hilliggoo.gl/jveDj3


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