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First Light Jun 22, 2021

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Josie Long presents short documentaries about illumination, the breaking of a new day, healing and hope.

Light in the Winter Forest Written and read by Anna Selby First published in Field Notes (Hazel Press)

Call Me Mother Featuring Sandra Caldwell and Shon Faye Produced by Thomas Curry The original version of this interview was produced for the Call Me Mother podcast from the production company Novel.

The Day of Flowers Featuring Tamika Bell, Paulette Carrington, Starr Granger, Ivy Johnson, and Yvonne Newkirk Produced by Alex Lewis This audio feature was based on a collaboration with artists Mark Strandquist and Courtney Bowles to create a monument for former long-term and life-sentenced women in the American prison system called “On The Day They Come Home”.

Curatorial team: Alia Cassam and Andrea Rangecroft Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall Executive Producer: Zakia Sewell A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

Land Jun 15, 2021

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Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about our connection to the land. The devastation of bushfires in south eastern Australia, the significance of the acorn for tribal members from the Konkow Nisenan Maidu Nations, and the storyteller Richard O’Neill on the stopping places woven into the British landscape. Then came the birds Featuring Alice Ansara Produced by Sarah Mashman Winner of the HearSay Audio Prize ‘Provoke’ Award 2021

Our rocks are alive Featuring Alicia Potts Singing by Chanse Adams-Zavalla Co-produced by Michelle Macklem, Alicia Potts and Zoe Tennant

Listen to the land Featuring Richard O’Neill

Photo credit: Tiffany Adams

Production Team: Eleanor McDowall and Alia Cassam Produced by Andrea Rangecroft Executive Producer: Zakia Sewell A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

Grace Notes Jun 08, 2021

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Audio adventures and short documentaries about music, presented by Josie Long. The soundtrack to an exploration of queerness, moments of transcendence in Indian classical music, and the folk singer Rowan Rheingans on her musical homage to a Dutch Jewish diarist.

Etty Featuring Rowan Rheingans Produced by Alia Cassam

Nada - On Being Sound Featuring Pandit Uday Bhawalkar With thanks to Romila Thapar, Arun Khopkar and the George Harrison family Produced by HJ Radia

Chasing a Meaning Produced by Erisa Apantaku

Curatorial team: Alia Cassam and Eleanor McDowall Producer: Andrea Rangecroft Executive Producer: Zakia Sewell A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

Smoke and Mirrors Jun 01, 2021

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Josie Long presents magical short documentaries and audio adventures about illusions. From a series of magical failures to an illusion which helped steer someone safely home.

Magic Mike Produced by Mike Williams

Third Man Factor Produced by Olivia Humphreys

Sand Produced by Ariel Mejia

Curatorial Team: Alia Cassam and Andrea Rangecroft Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall Exec Producer: Zakia Sewell A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

Sensory May 25, 2021

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Josie Long presents visceral short documentaries and audio adventures about - or made to engage - the senses. From the taste of a soup nearly lost to a storm, to a collective kiss in.

Kiss Featuring Ted Brown Produced by Olivia Humphreys

Gow Gei Produced by Jess Ho and Michelle Macklem

Restless Texture Featuring Ajay Chandra and Trish Cummings Produced by Calum Perrin

Curatorial team: Alia Cassam and Andrea Rangecroft Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall Executive Producer: Zakia Sewell A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

Silence May 18, 2021

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A hush descends as Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about silence.

From an artwork that pulls sounds outside of the range of human hearing within it - vibrations in the soil, the sound of bats in Senegal caught on a supersonic microphone - to a story about the silence which lies between generations in a family.

Winter Forest, Bala, Ontario on 2nd December 2020 Recorded by Jess Shane Originally featured on the Field Recordings podcast

The Inaudible Spectrum Produced by Sami El-Enany

Mokadi Written and read by Sarah Baylis

Four Thirty-Three with Aoife Produced by Phil Smith

Curatorial Team: Alia Cassam and Andrea Rangecroft Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall Exec Producer: Zakia Sewell A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

Unfinished Mar 30, 2021

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Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about looking for completion. A son who finishes his mother’s novel, a family returning to a sacred place and an exploration of a body as ‘an unfinished product’.

Return to Iraq Featuring Zohra Aly and Amina Alimohamed

The Four Corners of the Heart Featuring Denis Westhoff BBC Archive of Françoise Sagan, 1989 Produced by Hannah Dean

PMHx Written, sound designed, scored, and performed by James T. Green A special thanks to C’ne Rohlsen, Axel Kacoutié, C.C. Paschal, Cher Vincent, Zakiya Gibbons, and Veralyn Williams for editorial and artistic guidance.

Curatorial team: Eleanor McDowall Produced by Andrea Rangecroft A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

The Blue of Distance Mar 23, 2021

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Short documentaries and adventures in sound about the colour blue, presented by Josie Long. From a view of the earth from space to an affinity with the ocean.

A Blue Gem Below Featuring Jessica Meir Produced by Lauren Armstrong Carter

The Blue of Dover Featuring Naji Ali Produced by Hunter Charlton and Ben Tulloh A version of this story first appeared on the SwimOut podcast

Almost Blue Featuring Laura Barton

Curatorial team: Andrea Rangecroft Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

The Gallery Mar 16, 2021

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Short documentaries and adventures in sound about artworks and artists, presented by Josie Long. From an audio re-imagining of Bridget Riley to the work of a courtroom sketch artist.

The Mandjet A response to Shih-Li by Bridget Riley Produced by Sami El-Enany

Adipositivity Project Featuring Substantia Jones Produced by Ellie Lightfoot with sound design by Miles Mercer

Drawing From The Gallery Featuring Priscilla Coleman Produced by Ben Tulloh and Hunter Charlton

A Model Life Featuring Sue Tilley Produced by Alan Hall This interview was originally broadcast as part of the documentary Art Values in BBC Radio 3's Between the Ears

Curatorial team: Andrea Rangecroft Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

Moonlight Mar 09, 2021

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Short documentaries and adventures in sound which take place under the light of the moon, presented by Josie Long. From a night swim across a freezing cold lake to the writer Courttia Newland on astral projection.

Home In Darkness Featuring Courttia Newland Produced by Phoebe McIndoe and Redzi Bernard

The Night Swimmer Featuring the voice of Marilyn Korzekwa and the sounds of Lake Superior Produced by Kalli Anderson and Kaija Siirala Music: By Micah Smith, Jordy Walker and Off World

Re: The Moon Written and produced by Ross Sutherland Originally made for Imaginary Advice

Production team: Andrea Rangecroft Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

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