Spoken Stories: Independence
by RTÉ Radio 1
March 28, 2021 11:00 pm
A series of 12 brand new commissioned short stories on the theme of independence, an RTÉ Radio 1 contribution to the Decade of Centenaries. Read by Fiona O’Shaughnessy. ‘On Being Sophia’ gives voice to Sophia, an actual female android who in 2017 was granted full citizenship by Saudia Arabia. 21 years later, Sophia now addresses the United Nations Education, Cultural and Scientific Organisation in Paris.
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