The Lost Olympians

Audible / ATTN.

Sound Designer, Music, Mix




Awards / Recognition:
  • Webby Awards 2024 - Best Audio Documentary

In 1971, 12-year-old Lesley Cairns was a South African swimming phenom with big Olympic dreams. But because she was classified as “coloured” by the apartheid regime, you won’t find her swimming scores in the record books. Or anywhere. She crossed a line she didn’t know existed—one that led to a harrowing visit from the secret police. In this four-part series, Lesley and her brother, Patrick Cairns, dive into a family secret that reveals the role that sport played in their country’s liberation movement.


Inside The Hive
Vanity Fair / Conde Nast The Anthrax Threat
Campside / Sony Sports Explains The World
Wondery / Campside The Lost Olympians
Audible / ATTN. In The Room
Fresh Prouce The Next Big Idea
Linked In Not Lost
Pushkin / Topic / iHeart Somethin' Else / Sony
Poppin Slate (branded)
 Future Hindsight Time - Person of the Week
Sugar 23 Beast Master
Audible The Holly
FAUCI
Pushkin Miracle & Wonder
Pushkin Somebody
iHeart / Topic Hasta La Vista, America
Pushkin Chronicles of Now
Pushkin Mobituaries
CBS Desconstructed
Topic / The Intercept Evening At The Talkhouse
Topic / The Intercept The Economist Asks
The Economist Babbage
The Economist The Nod
Gimlet Everyhing Is Stories Secret History of The Future
Slate / The Economist Kismet
Cocoon Audio My Name Is Pedro
Sweet 180 The Breakthrough
ProPublica Trycicle Talks Cavendish Music Memory Motel Sound Drafts Skip Hop The Storm Talk To Paulie
BBox Radio Audi The Cold Lands (shorts)
Cinereach David Bowie Is Hungry EP // Ariel EP Irregular Films National Youth Theater Skylab.fm