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**Short Cuts**

Short documentaries and adventures in sound presented by Josie Long.

Latest Episodes:

Keeping Faith Aug 20, 2019

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Looking for a miracle and searching for divine love - Josie Long presents short documentaries about keeping faith.

Recitation Featuring Madinah Javed Produced by Alia Cassam

Crab Babygrow Featuring Sarah Mouracade Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

Divine Love Produced by Sook-Yin Lee

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

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2019.

Deep Time Aug 13, 2019

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A solar eclipse repeats over and over, a musical key unlocks lost memories and a life marked out in books. Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound on our experience of time.

Crow Featuring Christina McLeish Produced by Jaye Kranz

A Channel of Music Produced by Nanna Hauge Kristensen

Totality Written and produced by Mae-Li Evans Sound and composition by Calum Perrin This piece is an adapted extract from a performance developed and supported by The Yard Theatre, Camden People’s Theatre and Hearsay Festival.

Production Team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam

Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2019.

Press Record Jun 25, 2019

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The sounds of an empty apartment, the last tape of a loved one, the bootleg VHS tapes that helped inspire a musical movement and an erotic audio audition are at the heart of this edition of Short Cuts. Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about significant recordings that have impacted people's lives.

That DAT Produced by Natalie Kestecher

The Stains Featuring Diane Lane and Allison Wolfe Produced by Allyson McCabe

Sound Portrait of a Flat Produced by Jessica Gordon Braye

A Place for Us Featuring Tricia Davies Nearn Produced by Alan Hall

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

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2019.

Nature Documentaries Jun 18, 2019

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Singing with whales, a cloud of bats and the ballad of a rare bird. Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about the natural world.

Whale Duet A version of this story first appeared on the podcast Sound Matters Interview by Tim Hinman Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

Bats in the Attic Produced by Jessie Lawson

The Lord God Bird Originally broadcast in 2005 Produced by Dan Collison and Elizabeth Meister of Long Haul Productions The song - Great God Bird - was written and performed by Sufjan Stevens To listen to the song in its entirety and to hear more Long Haul stories, go to www.longhaulpro.org

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

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2019.

Nocturne Jun 11, 2019

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Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about what happens after darkness falls. From Mark Thomas's childhood nocturnal journeys to a late-night story told in the glow of a turf fire.

The Little Nuneen Featuring Gerald O'Brien Produced by Regan Hutchins

Escape Featuring Mark Thomas Produced by Sarah Cuddon

The Poem Explains Nothing Featuring Peter Beverley Produced by Peilin Li

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

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2019.

Mirror Image Jun 04, 2019

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Josie Long gazes into a mirror as she presents short documentaries and sonic adventures on reflections and doubles.

A woman wrestles with an unsettling shadow, the double act Split Britches explore life as partners and performers and a work of sound art offers advice on becoming more becoming...

Becoming More Becoming Originally made for the Third Coast International Audio Festival ShortDocs competition Produced by Sarah Boothroyd

Split Britches Feat. Peggy Shaw and Lois Weaver Produced by Alia Cassam

The Detonator Originally made for CBC's Love Me Produced by Sarah Geis, Mira Burt-Wintonick, Cristal Duhaime and 'Kate' Sound by Mira Burt-Wintonick

Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall.

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2019.

Desire Lines May 28, 2019

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Looking for love online, the desire lines we walk to a lover's house and the untethering of a breast-feeding baby from its mother - Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about being drawn towards the ones we love.

Desire Lines Featuring Laura Barton

The Real Tom Banks Produced by Jesse Cox Sound Engineer Timothy Nicastri Originally made for Radiotonic on ABC Radio National

Untethered Featuring Nell Frizzell

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

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2019.

What Lies Beneath May 20, 2019

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Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about what lies beneath the surface of things - from a subterranean journey to a dive inside a painting.

Seams (Extract) Originally made for the Timber Festival Produced by Geoff Bird

The Neighbour Produced by Sophie Townsend

The Box Originally made for the HearSay International Audio Festival Produced by Sofia Saldanha

A Deeper Dive Featuring Richard Scott Produced by Alia Cassam

Production Team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam

Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2019.

Early Spring Mar 26, 2019

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As the days lengthen and a new season approaches, Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound inspired by the Rilke poem Early Spring.

The People Who Feel Featuring Henry Cordova Produced by Ariana Martinez

Falling Like Blossom Featuring Naoko Abe Produced by Sarah Cuddon

Lilia is Listening Originally made for the podcast Love Me https://www.cbc.ca/radio/loveme/in-the-distance-1.4899506 Produced by Sara Brooke Curtis, with Cristal Duhaime, Mira Burt-Wintonick and Sarah Geis Mix by Cristal Duhaime

Readings by Stacia Brown

Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2019.

Between the Lines Mar 19, 2019

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Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about translation, interpretation and ideas that resonate in the gap between words - from the connection between one man and his translator, through Benjamin Clementine's interpretation of Satie, to the work of an ASL/English interpreter.

In Translation Featuring Miwako Ozawa and Hiromitsu Shinkawa A version of this story first appeared in the BBC World Service documentary Found in Translation made by Whistledown Productions https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03l3jxj Produced by Rose de Larrabeiti

Gymnopédie Featuring Benjamin Clementine Produced by Mooj Zadie

The Go-Between Featuring Christopher Desloges Music: Scorch by Nctrnm from the Free Music Archive Produced by Aliya Pabani

Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall.

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2019.

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