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Tomorrow Sep 15, 2020

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Programming a stand up comedian, learning to challenge ideas of perfectionism through tending a garden, and poems looking towards a more empathetic future. Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures exploring our visions of the future.

S.E.I.N.F.E.L.D. Produced by Ross Sutherland Originally produced for Imaginary Advice

Learning/Unlearning Featuring Ciarra Jones Produced by Erisa Apantaku

The Missing Featuring Roger Robinson Produced by Alia Cassam

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

Hinterland Sep 07, 2020

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Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about hinterlands - areas lying beyond what is visible or known. From how to read the dangers and possibilities of public space to the space you might inhabit after you die.

When You're Gone, You're Gone (extract) Presented / composed by Jocelyn Pook Produced by Kate Bland A Just Radio production for BBC Radio 3

Jarman's Garden Produced by Sherre DeLys Music by Chris Abrahams

Cruising Produced by Mara Lazer

When You're Gone, You're Gone (extract 2) Presented / composed by Jocelyn Pook Produced by Kate Bland A Just Radio production for BBC Radio 3

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

The Departure Sep 02, 2020

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Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about leaving places behind. From zip wiring over the Iron Curtain, to reflecting on lost connections with your country of origin and a poem remembering the thousands of people lost to the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

Zip Wire Featuring Daniel Pohl Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

half / half Featuring Hannah Kendaru, Lou Kendaru and Remi Kendaru Co-created by Lou and Hannah Kendaru. Produced by Lou Kendaru First developed for Future Currents hosted by The Doing Group

Seed of the Fruit Featuring Mark 'Mr T' Thompson Produced by Alan Hall With the voice of Cherise Hamilton-Stephenson Statistics from slavevoyages.org Commissioned by the National Maritime Museum for UNESCO’s International Day for the Rembrance of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and its Abolition

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

The Question Aug 25, 2020

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Short documentaries and adventures in sound about quiz shows and queries for an uncertain future. Presented by Josie Long.

Google Oracle Produced by Annina Lehmann

The $64,000 Question Produced by Jodie Taylor from Fat Rat Films

The Interview Featuring Laura Barton

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

Moments of Being Aug 18, 2020

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Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound inspired by Virginia Woolf's idea of Moments of Being.

"I find that scene making is my natural way of marking the past. Always a scene has arranged itself: representative; enduring. This confirms me in my instinctive notion (it will not bear arguing about; it is irrational) the sensation that we are sealed vessels afloat on what it is convenient to call reality; and at some moments, the sealing matter cracks; in floods reality; that is, these scenes - for why do they survive undamaged year after year unless they are made of something comparatively permanent?"

Waves Featuring Milton Dawes Produced by Mira Burt-Wintonick Music by Carl Vézina

How It Felt Featuring Sofia Saldanha, Katharina Smets and Ariel Mejia Produced by Eleanor McDowall

The Fear Featuring Erisa Apantaku Produced by James T. Green

28 hours Featuring Beverley Bass Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

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

Touch Aug 11, 2020

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From a tender dance and the absence of a lover to the music a tongue makes as it touches the inside of your mouth - Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about the sensation of touch.

Hard To Say Featuring Ed Werler Produced by Bente Birkeland

Tongue Tied Produced by Sami El-Enany

REGARDS TOP UP YOUR OWN ARTWORK FOR Feauring. Alexandra Smith and Angus Rogers Produced by Phil Smith

Language is Born of Absence Produced by Mara Lazer

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

Remix Jun 23, 2020

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Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about remixing and reinventing the world.

Jonathan Zenti builds something new from undelivered audio projects, Scottee's grandad becomes an emerging artist and we hear reimagined whale song.

* Porn Whales Originally made for In The Dark Radio www.inthedarkradio.org Produced by Ed Prosser

* Apology Letter Produced by Jonathan Zenti

* No Need to Shout Featuring Scottee and Liam Gallagher Produced by Alia Cassam

* The Toilets at Home Are All Gender Neutral Produced by Arlie Adlington

Production Team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2020.

The Outside Jun 16, 2020

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Lying on your back and gazing at the stars in Australia, viewing the world through the eyes of a little dog and venturing outside your home - Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about the outside world.

Emu in the Sky Featuring Krystal DeNapoli Produced by Krystal DeNapoli, Michelle Macklem, and Zoe Tennant

Paws for Thought (featuring Little Oblong) Produced by Phil Smith

The Outside Produced by Hana Walker-Brown

Production team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2020.

Words To Live By Jun 09, 2020

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Josie Long presents short documentaries about the writers and musicians whose words help us navigate the difficult moments in our lives.

From James Baldwin to Adrienne Rich, the lyrics of Jimmie Rodgers to a new poem by Axel Kacoutié.

* James Baldwin in conversation with Studs Terkel Originally broadcast in 1961 Courtesy of the Studs Terkel Radio Archive

* For george, breonna, ahmaud, and christian Produced by James T. Green Originally made for the podcast u+1f60c

* Dedications Featuring Mary Jean Chan Produced by Alia Cassam Featuring recordings of Adrienne Rich from the audio archives of the public radio show, New Letters on the Air, a production of New Letters magazine at the University of Missouri-Kansas City

* The Watertank Featuring Damian Le Bas Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

* You Got Through the Day Produced by Axel Kacoutié

Production team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2020.

Kids Jun 03, 2020

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Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures with and about kids.

Exploring the world through the eyes of a little boy, beauty pageants for children, a weather forecast takeover and finding a newborn on the subway.

*Let’s Get Lost Together

Featuring Eligh Moon Produced by Sara Brooke Curtis

*Beauty Queen Dropout

Featuring Samara Addai Produced by Deborah Shorinde