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The Other Side Jun 26, 2018

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Josie Long hears stories of crossing over to the other side - from radio waves permeating political barriers to the migratory routes of eels.

Radio 100 Featuring Leslie Rosin, Cornelia Saxe and Gregor Schuster Produced by Leo Hornak

The Other Side Featuring Laura Barton

The Last Night Featuring Anny Shaw Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

Mistaken Identity Jun 19, 2018

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The lust to escape your life, gifts that make you feel misunderstood and a mystery with an elusive man at it's centre - Josie Long unfurls stories of mistaken identity.

The writer Nikesh Shukla and his friends, Nick Hearne and Robbie Lingham, talk about the frustrating mysterious character who entered their lives after they sent a lamb chop into space. The Australian producer Natalie Kestecher is horrified by a gift from a close friend and a young woman plots her escape in a call from Laura Mayer's How Are You Doing Project.

Navy Story Originally recorded for the How Are You Doing Project Produced by Laura Mayer

The Gift Featuring writing from the Redundant Women series Produced by Natalie Kestecher

Adam Featuring Nikesh Shukla, Nick Hearne and Robbie Lingham

Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

The Watchers Jun 12, 2018

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Josie Long hears stories of observation - from glimpsing who you might become to an artist who secretly surveilled her father.

Rosalind Jana explores the crackle of possibility and hope in a love story observed across a crowded room, Johanna Heldebro talks about her art project - To Come Within Reach of You - in which she followed and photographed her father, and Sarah Algashgari talks about working at the first football match in Saudi Arabia that allowed female spectators.

Deciphering Featuring Rosalind Jana

The Watchers Featuring Sarah Algashgari Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

Following Father Featuring Johanna Heldebro Produced by Tom Henley

Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 2018.

Civil Disobedients Jun 05, 2018

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A porcine presidential campaign, the feeling of freedom in a communal action and a Danish poet who helps you re-imagine the world - Josie Long hears stories of small radical acts.

Comedian and activist Mark Thomas talks about the feeling of liberty on a city street flooded with bicycles, we explore how Inger Christensen's words have fed into the imaginations of Danish activists, and we hear about Pigasus's curtailed political campaign.

Pigasus the Immortal Featuring Abe Peck, Jim Lato and Judy Gumbo Interviews by Sarah Geis

Inger Christensen Produced by Maria Dønvang

Critical Mass Featuring Mark Thomas Produced by Sarah Cuddon

Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2018.

Beginnings May 29, 2018

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Josie Long presents short documentaries about creating something out of nothing, fresh starts and the beginning of the end.

From a band that existed before they'd ever met each other to the new beginnings which bring sweet, if painful, endings in a relationship between a mother and daughter.

The Dandelion Adventure Produced by Geoff Bird

Good Year for the Roses Produced by Sophie Townsend

Meteor Shower Produced by Nanna Hauge Kristensen

Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast on May 2018.

Afterwords May 22, 2018

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A dream-like journey, a man trying to prove he hasn't died and a reflection on a eulogy. Josie Long presents documentaries where words linger long after they're uttered.

Featuring the voices of the oral historian Studs Terkel, recorded a couple of years before he passed away, and the writer Julia Cooper, finding the words she wished she could offer her younger self.

A Taxi Stops Produced by Rikke Houd

Afterwords Featuring Jeremy Lee Bass Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

Eulogy Featuring Julia Cooper Produced by Veronica Simmonds

Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2018.

Into the Woods Apr 03, 2018

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From tree climbing to getting lost in the forest, Josie Long ventures into the woods.

Featuring Sook-Yin Lee on the wild forest of her childhood, the musician and radio producer Phil Smith on the love and freedom of clambering amid the branches, and a mother and daughter losing themselves amongst the trees.

Climb Featuring Jochen Raiss and Leah Produced by Phil Smith

Lost Featuring Rachel and Carolyn Lloyd Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

Behind My House Music by Sook-Yin Lee Produced by Sook-Yin Lee

Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2018.

Cinema Mar 27, 2018

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Josie Long hears stories drawn from the silver screen. Luke Skywalker helps Joe Dunthorne reckon with his own mortality, the writer Ross Sutherland explores the hidden history of the audience and Amanda Foster offers an insight into the life of a stuntwoman.

Luke Deathbringer Featuring Joe Dunthorne

Body Double Featuring Amanda Foster Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

Hollywood Forever Featuring Ross Sutherland

Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2018.

The Answer Mar 20, 2018

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Josie Long presents short documentaries and stories about the quest for resolution. Years spent in search of a solution to Elgar's Enigma, an adult seeks an answer to a childhood letter and a mother records her young son's responses.

The Being Sound Produced by Stephanie Rowden

Get Pierced Produced by Duncan Cowles

Counter Melody Featuring Bob Padgett (who runs the website The Enigma Theme Unmasked) Produced by Daniel Estrin, Jessi Carrier, Steven Jackson and Nick van der Kolk.

Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in March 2018.

Silent Night Mar 13, 2018

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A quiet walk through an abandoned prison camp in darkness, late night ambient sound in the Maasai Mara - Josie Long listens for sounds in the hush of the night.

Silent Night Featuring Carl Cattermole Produced by Thomas Glasser and based on his documentary for National Prison Radio, Sounds Inside

Crickets - Night - Maasai Mara Produced by Jonathan Zenti

Ambient Sir Featuring Jordan Scott Jordan Scott's writing can be found at his website Lanterns at Guantánamo Produced by Jess Shane

Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in March 2018.

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