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Short documentaries and adventures in sound presented by Josie Long
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    A criminal defence lawyer finds a surprising new job foisted upon him and a son attempts to recover his joyfulness on a family holiday. Josie Long presents short festive documentaries and merry sonic adventures.Family Yoga
    Produced by Kit CallinA Conversation with my Mum at Christmas
    Featuring Rhik Samadder
    A version of this story first appeared in Rhik Samadder's memoir, I Never Said I Loved You
    Music by The Enchanted Cinema
    Produced by Sarah CuddonMiracle on the George Washington Bridge
    Produced by Luke GreenSanta Calls
    Featuring Matt Storrs
    Produced by Talia AugustidisCurated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft
    Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
    A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
    BBC Radio 4added an audiobook to the bookshelfPodcast: Short Cuts7 days ago
    Feeding the birds, sharing meals and chaotic menus - Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about eating together.Bird Feeder
    Produced by Stella SimsAnd to Start...
    Produced by Mae-Li EvansFoodhall
    Produced by Nadia MehdiCurated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft
    Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
    A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
    BBC Radio 4added an audiobook to the bookshelfPodcast: Short Cuts14 days ago
    Time capsules and yesterday's dreams of tomorrow, Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures exploring lost futures.That’s Merely an Adjective
    Produced by Zara KarschayTime Play by Chelsea Kigano, Lily Sloane, Lilia Vega, and Emily Shaw
    Originally made as part of The 24-Hour Radio Race from KCRW's Independent Producer Project
    Music and sound design by Lily Sloane, with Time Ain't Gonna Make Me Stay by Ed Andrews
    Special thanks to David LeeLetters
    Produced by Mika Golubovsky and Sasha Borzenko
    Featuring Zehnya Feldman and Natasha ZotovaHigher Ground
    Produced by Leila Goldstein
    Featuring Winda Safitri, Yoppi and Naya Hidayatul AlialnaCurated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft
    Produced by Axel Kacoutié
    A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
    BBC Radio 4added an audiobook to the bookshelfPodcast: Short Cuts21 days ago
    Siren song, lunar eavesdroppers and the gathering dark - Josie Long presents short documentaries about venturing into the night.Siren Song
    Featuring melancholydi
    Produced by Kalli AndersonLunar Eavesdroppers
    An extract from Space Ham, first broadcast in BBC Radio 3's Between the Ears
    Produced by Rose de Larrabeiti and Caroline Devine
    A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 3Beneath
    Produced by Sami El-EnanyBrücke
    Featuring Stephen Jenkinson
    Produced by Phil SmithCurated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft
    Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
    A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
    BBC Radio 4added an audiobook to the bookshelfPodcast: Short Cuts3 months ago
    Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures that venture into the forest.Searching for Eden
    Written, performed and composed by Nyokabi Kariũki
    Drums - Chris O'Leary
    Field Recordings taken in Mũrang'a, KenyaThe Final Breath
    Featuring Robin Elms
    Produced by Kendra Hanna and Max JungreisEl Manglar
    Featuring Paolo Realpe, founder of Muisne Desde Adentro
    Special thanks to Dr. Pilar Egüez Guevara, co-founder and director of Comidas que Curan (Foods that Heal)
    Produced by Mickal AranhaCurated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft
    Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
    A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
    BBC Radio 4added an audiobook to the bookshelfPodcast: Short Cuts3 months ago
    Wishes, wonders, and wisdom. Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures uncovering the power of words.mother-house by produced by Catherine Boulle.
    Inspired by the guided visualisations accompanying the book 'Motherhood: Is it for me?' by Denise L. Carlini & Ann Davidman.Weird World Whimsy produced and composed by Suzie McCarthy.
    Featuring actor, teacher and director, Mary Lou Rosato.
    Interview recording by audio producer Donelle Wederburn in New York City.
    The piece featured a canoe trip on the Tapiskwan Sipi, which runs through Atikamekw Nehirowisiwok territory in the unceded province of Quebec.
    Special thanks to Nina Garthwaite, Tom Todoroff, Emily Moulton, Katherina Lindekens and Emma Lehman from Noise Club.Buranbur: a comfort in words by audio maker and producer Suhaar Ali.
    Featuring the first Somali woman elected to the cabinet, Fadumo Aalin, who talks about her mother and poet Hawo Jibril.Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft
    Produced by Axel Kacoutié
    A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
    BBC Radio 4added an audiobook to the bookshelfPodcast: Short Cuts3 months ago
    Trying to capture a lost homeland on tape, reclaiming urban landscapes through the sound of skateboarding, and the noise that is one of the great equalisers of the world. Short documentaries that ripple through space - presented by Josie Long.Sonic Skateboarding
    Produced by Alice Boyd and Tom Critchley
    Featuring Ben Dixon, Tom Critchley, Hannah, Zip and Bleu
    Music composed by Ben DixonNat’s Apartment
    Written and produced by Emma-Lee Moss
    Music by Emma-Lee Moss and Nata Lee HahnLove in the Time of Flatulence
    Featuring Alison Downham Moore, Noam Osband, Zebulon Osband and Dahlia Osband
    Written and produced by Noam OsbandProduced by Andrea Rangecroft
    Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft
    A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
    BBC Radio 4added an audiobook to the bookshelfPodcast: Short Cuts4 months ago
    Josie Long presents short documentaries against the clock in an episode around time and timing.Dad's Secret Life of Matchmaking
    Produced by Josephine Anderson
    Additional sound recording by Christopher AndersonLoose Ends
    Produced by Jon TjhiaThere's Always a Next Time
    Produced by Steve UrquhartCurated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft
    Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
    A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
    BBC Radio 4added an audiobook to the bookshelfPodcast: Short Cuts4 months ago
    Star maps, messages from Earth to the moon and reaching out across distance as Josie Long presents short documentaries about constellations.Star Map
    Featuring Ferdinand Hauge Leth
    Music by Kirstine Lindeman
    Produced by Nanna Hauge KristensenNews to the Moon and Back
    Recordings courtesy of the NASA archive
    Produced by Mika GolubovskyThe Complaints Department
    Featuring Evan Gregg and letters from www.dearmisterward.com
    Produced by Inge Oosterhoff Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft
    Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
    A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
    BBC Radio 4added an audiobook to the bookshelfPodcast: Short Cuts4 months ago
    A black and white film transformed, searching the sunset for the green flash and a reimagining of red. Josie Long presents a kaleidoscopic collection of short documentaries.Autism Plays Itself
    Adapted for radio by Jodie Taylor and Janet Harbord
    Based on the short film directed by Janet Harbord, produced by Whalebone Films and sound designed by Action PyramidGreen Flash
    Written by Joe DunthorneRed of Visibility
    Produced by Phoebe McIndoe
    With thanks to THE ECCO founded by Jasmin Bauomy, where a version of this documentary was first createdCurated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft
    Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
    A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
    BBC Radio 4added an audiobook to the bookshelfPodcast: Short Cuts7 months ago
    Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures which emerge from dreams, hidden places and the afterlife.The Dreams (Extract)
    From Inventions for Radio by Barry Bermange and Delia Derbyshire
    Originally broadcast on the BBC in 1964Zero Fixation Points
    Produced by Nada Smiljanic
    Location production by Avi Varma
    Archive courtesy of Rowan Farrell
    Featuring Professor Bridget Anderson and Travis Van Isacker from the University of BristolThe Quiet Violence of Dreams
    Produced by Kagiso MnisiFragments
    Produced by Eleanor McDowallCurated by Axel Kacoutié and Eleanor McDowall
    Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
    A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
    BBC Radio 4added an audiobook to the bookshelfPodcast: Short Cuts7 months ago
    Evaporating answers, mysterious music and disappearing dialects - Josie Long presents short documentaries about things in danger of becoming lost.Pot-8-Toes
    Featuring Billy Butler and Wally Scott
    Originally broadcast in Hold Your Plums on Radio MerseysideA Corner Seat in a Smoker, Facing the Engine
    Produced by Robin the FogEchoes of Cockney
    Produced by James TricePanchiko
    Produced by Tom WhalleyCurated by Axel Kacoutié and Eleanor McDowall
    Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
    A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
    BBC Radio 4added an audiobook to the bookshelfPodcast: Short Cuts7 months ago
    Life and love. Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures exploring the language of care.Life or Death
    By Marc Kalani
    Featuring Cessie Alfonso and Carmeta Albarus author of The Making of Lee Boyd Malvo: The D.C. Sniper.

    Buzz
    By Luca Evans (they/them)
    Featuring Joules Huang Duze (they/them) and Smokey Black (he/they)
    Additional recording by Aisha Lomax (she/her).
    Joules is a part-time organiser with Jews for Racial and Economic Justice and The LUNAR Collective, a volunteer with the Black Trans Liberation Kitchen, and a community educator for the Early Relationship Abuse Prevention Program.
    Smokey is a barber at Mutiny in Brooklyn NY. @Smokey.Black
    Please listen with headphones.Patient as the Horizon
    By Tej Adeleye
    Sarah Long from London Equine Therapy and Astrologer, Psychic Medium and Animal Communicator, Jessica LanyadooCurated by Axel Kacoutié and Eleanor McDowall
    Produced by Axel Kacoutié
    A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
    BBC Radio 4added an audiobook to the bookshelfPodcast: Short Cuts7 months ago
    In water, on wheels or explained over the phone - Josie Long presents short documentaries about moving our bodies.Field Notes
    Featuring Hannah Kezema
    Produced by Jess Shane and Kristine WhiteInstructions for Returning to My Body
    Gamelan music courtesy of Nusantara
    Produced by Kia Miakka NatisseThe Pink Flamingo
    Featuring Peter Prijdekker
    Sound Recording by Edd Kentish
    Produced by Hunter Charlton and Vicki CarterCurated by Axel Kacoutié and Eleanor McDowall
    Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
    A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
    BBC Radio 4added an audiobook to the bookshelfPodcast: Short Cuts8 months ago
    Two men on different continents share a love of butterflies, a swimming instructor seeks solace in the water and we dive inside an inner landscape. Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures that emerge from the earth, water and sky.Psalm
    Featuring Emil Blicher Bjerregaard and Mudar Salimeh
    Inspired by the poem Psalm written by Wisława Szymborska
    Music by Simon don Eriksen and Gregor Quendel
    Mix by Lærke Soedring Nielsen
    Produced by Nanna Hauge KristensenMy Body is of Earth
    Created by Zara Zimbardo and Lily Sloane
    With editorial support from Keisha "TK" Dutes and sound consultation from Adriene LillyFinding Freedom in the Water: Gaza’s Swimming Teacher
    A version of this story first aired on BBC World Service's Outlook in March 2023 ('My Life in Seven Swimming Pools') and in an updated version in April 2024 ('Finding Freedom in the Water: Gaza's Swimming Teacher) presented by Jo Fidgen
    Sound design by Joel Cox
    Interpreter Youssef Taha
    Producer Louise MorrisCurated by Axel Kacoutié and Eleanor McDowall
    Series Producer: Eleanor McDowallA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
    BBC Radio 4added an audiobook to the bookshelfPodcast: Short Cuts8 months ago
    A grand piano slowly climbs the stairs in Glasgow, a man in Brighton keeps finding his upright pianos going missing, a piano decays slowly in the woods while a grandson finds himself thrust into the role of a ship's pianist. Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures with a piano at their heart.Pianos Aren't His Forte
    Featuring Mark Campbell
    Produced by Phil Smith
    Including piano performances from Mark Campbell and Songs Without Words composed by Felix Mendelssohn and performed by Vassily Primakov from the Free Music ArchivePiano in the Woods
    Written and produced by Ross Sutherland
    Featuring performances from the project Piano in the Woods by the improviser, artist and curator Sam Bailey. You can learn more about the project at pianointhewoods.comTwo, Three, Hup
    Produced by Steve Urquhart
    Featuring piano performances by Steve UrquhartSeries Producer: Eleanor McDowall
    Curated by Axel Kacoutié and Eleanor McDowall
    A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
    BBC Radio 4added an audiobook to the bookshelfPodcast: Short Cuts10 months ago
    Chrononormativity, duppies and post-colonial thought. Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures exploring beyond the past, present and futures. Language in the Land of Duppies: Exploring the origins of Jamaican folklore as a gateway to understanding the legacy of slavery on the island.
    Produced by Laura Carty
    Special thanks to Alexander Powell, Carmen Johnson, Natalia Downer, Kandice Thompson and Jean Smart.All my friends are turning into Stars
    Written and performed by David Amber Devereux
    With Dr Matthew Temple, Research Fellow,
    Universidad Diego Portales
    Additional voices by Lou Sutcliffe and Alessa Catterall
    Featuring quotes from De Profundus by Oscar Wilde, Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, and In A Queer Time And Place by Jack HalberstamInterjections on the future: There is not currently any obvious path to reconstructing a popular faith in political, economic and even some social institutions but while it might not always feel like it today, the unwinding of colonial modernity is underway and accelerating.
    Produced by composer and researcher, Sara Rahman.
    Featuring psychiatrist Isabel Valli and writers and artists Fer Boyd and Maedeline Stack.Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft
    Produced by Axel Kacoutié
    A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
    BBC Radio 4added an audiobook to the bookshelfPodcast: Short Cutslast year
    Word spirits, back rooms and a reply all-pocalypse - Josie Long presents short documentaries that emerge from the internet.Word Spirits
    With thanks to Caroline Hesse, Donovan McGrath, Mary Dolejsi, Nicole Reinsch, Nalini Kumari, Zen Priest & Buddhist Scholar John Stevens (for permission to include his Classical Aikido Kototama Chant), and Critical Sound Explorer & Artist Matt Parker (for permission to include excerpts from The People's Cloud / Field Recordings of Internet Data Centres): https://www.earthkeptwarm.com
    Additional mixing by Maitreya
    Produced by HJ RadiaThe Back Rooms
    Produced by Mae-Li EvansThe Bello Tolls for Thee
    Produced by Nadia MehdiCurated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft
    Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
    A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
    BBC Radio 4added an audiobook to the bookshelfPodcast: Short Cutslast year
    Josie Long presents short documentaries that go back to the start. The musician Lucinda Chua traces the journey of a rose, a connection is forged between a young woman now and a trapeze artist on New Year's Eve 1942, and a touching personal archive illuminates the journey of a word. Muscles and Mysteries
    Produced by Teresa KristofferssonFirst Words
    Produced by Kalli Anderson
    Featuring the voices of Kalli's parents, Kathy Hunt and Lance Anderson, as well as Kalli's husband, Zack Finkelstein, and their two children, aged 12 and 8. Reclaiming The Rose
    Produced, narrated and music by Lucinda Chua
    Chinese Narration by XiaoQiao
    Poetry in English and Chinese by He Sun Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft
    Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
    A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
    BBC Radio 4added an audiobook to the bookshelfPodcast: Short Cutslast year
    A couple looks for each other in their dreams, a research facility delves into the otherworldly, and a philosopher imagines a flow of time set to the rhythm of our rivers - Josie Long presents short documentaries that emerge from the dreams of others.River Time
    Featuring Jonathon Keats
    Produced by Nadia MehdiHaunted
    Featuring Linda Fleishman
    Produced by Elizabeth FriendDarling, Are You Dreaming?
    Featuring Jules and Vital
    Produced by Eloise StevensCurated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft
    Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
    A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
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