“One of the best podcasts of the year” - 2019, Bello Collective Review
Nominated for Best Documentary Podcast at The Australian Podcast Awards, 2019
Silent Waves is a 7-part Audio Documentary / Podcast created by Georgina Savage and Raquel O’Brien.
Silent Waves tells one true story led by 25 year old Raquel O’Brien, as she attempts to liberate herself from the trauma of childhood sexual abuse and a father with a dark secret.
To do so, she has raw, brutally honest and open conversations with her family about the cataclysmic circumstances of their story for the first time... and all on tape.
What emerges is a larger story as her previously fractured family, emboldened by being interviewed, find the freedom to confront their conflicting versions of the events and reconcile with it and each other.
Georgina Savage - Co-creator, executive producer, editor
Raquel O'Brien - Co-creator, Host, producer
Nearly Network - Produced in partnership with Nearly
IMXO From Alt Music Group - Music production
Lloyd Richards & Charlie Vonux - Sound design assistance
Stacy Gougoulis - Graphic design
Reviews:
https://wilwilliams.reviews/2018/09/10/silent-waves/ - “Silent Waves - A Moving, Harrowing Look Into The Life Of An Abuse Survivor.”
https://www.vwt.org.au/what-we-are-listening-to-silent-waves/ - “Silent Waves starts by asking the question, “How many (childhood sexual abuse) crimes go unreported because they are considered ‘family business’?” There is overwhelming evidence to suggest that the answer to this question is too many. In this question, ‘unreported’ could easily be replaced with other painfully raw words like ‘unspoken,’ or ‘unresolved’. They all contain the same sad, uncomfortable answer. This podcast unflinchingly shines its light there.”
https://www.theskinny.co.uk/tv-radio/opinion/silent-waves-podcast-column - “Even if you’re the kind of person that gets triggered by the word trigger, you’ll be hard pushed not to find them worth listening to.”