From The Rocking Chair

In this episode, architect and green crusader Tallulah D'Silva takes us from construction sites to Goa’s khazans and rivers, from scrap yards to government offices. She talks about how `sustainability` has become a marketing gimmick. About migration, education and citizen activism, and why Goa’s villages, that once sustained themselves, are being slowly hollowed out. Over the years, Tallulah has pioneered multiple citizen-led initiatives that sit at the intersection of ecology, design, and public life. She is a former consultant to the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM)  for Panjim City, where she worked on urban renewal, heritage conservation, and basic services for the urban poor. As part of the city’s Comprehensive Mobility Plan, she was one of the early voices pushing for pedestrianisation of Panjim.

In this episode, we follow the remarkable journey of Lina Pires — from her music-filled Goan upbringing in India to her pioneering work as a music educator in Kenya. Lina reflects on arriving in a newly independent Kenya, helping shape university music programmes, and later introducing music braille to blind students at a time when no one in the country had ever taught it.  It is story that reveals how migration and memory intertwine to create a sense of home across continents.  

Nightmares don’t always end when the morning comes. In this chilling second part dark fiction of Aunty Dee and the Thing That Stayed, Esme wakes to a strange gnawing sound in the walls of her aunt’s old building. What seems like termites soon reveals itself to be something far older — and far more dangerous. As secrets surface, Aunty Dee warns of “The Old Ones,” forgotten beings who linger in the cracks of reclaimed land and abandoned stairwells. This short fiction blends horror, mystery, and family drama into a haunting ghost story set in a crumbling city apartment. Shadows stir, locks slide open, and Esme must decide whether she can ever escape what lives inside the walls. Perfect for fans of eerie audio dramas, paranormal tales, and dark storytelling, this episode will leave you questioning: what lives in the places we abandon — and what happens when those places refuse to let us go? #HorrorPodcast #FictionPodcast #AudioDrama #GhostStory #SupernaturalPodcast #DarkFiction

Beneath the city's tarmac, behind the scaffolding, something old still remains, half-forgotten, half-asleep, waiting for someone to remember. Auntie Dee remembers.  When her sister and young niece arrive, the past begins to stir.  You can hear it in the walls. You can see it in the corners. And some doors should never be opened.

As memories rise from the ruins and old spirits stir, a forgotten map and a local legend draw past and present together. A lyrical tale of migration, memory, and the quiet magic that lingers in the land we try to leave behind. Background music for episode 1: Stefano Musso (Alio Die)