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Shorter Cuts Mar 29, 2022

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Josie Long presents even shorter short documentaries and audio adventures in this episode built around miniature works of audio art.

Our Shared Secrets Written by Joe Dunthorne

Gretchen Bender - Artificial Treatment. 1988. Recorded at Studio PASS. N.Y. by B. Hutchinson. Published on TELLUS, the Audio Cassette Magazine #21 - Audio by Visual Artists.

Donegal Revisited Produced by Phil Smith

Redacted Mixtape Produced by Erisa Apantaku

Doomscroll Produced by Axel Kacoutié

A Breath of Fresh Air Produced by Redzi Bernard and Phoebe McIndoe

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

Where The Wild Things Are Mar 22, 2022

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As we reach the ten year anniversary of his death, Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures inspired by the worlds of Maurice Sendak.

We're In The Den Feat. Carol Doose, Evan Roberts and Sofia Beverley Turnham Produced by Phoebe McIndoe

In the Hard Rock Night Kitchen Written and read by Tiffany Murray Additional material Joan Graham

Extract from Terry Gross's interview with Maurice Sendak Originally aired 20th September 2011 on Fresh Air from WHYY

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

Wildlife Mar 15, 2022

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Butterflies, rattlesnakes and feral chickens make their way through the short documentaries in Wildlife, as Josie Long presents audio adventures inspired by the natural world.

I Dream of Rattlesnakes Produced by Sam and Todd Wemmer Voiceover work by Annabelle Wemmer Winner of the Third Coast International Audio Festival Shortdocs Challenge

Chicken Roundabout Produced by Jake Lee-Savage Additional audio of the Chicken Man supplied by Nicholas Jenkins of Sounding Board Productions from their collection Suffolk Voices

The Magnolia Exist Featuring Naja Marie Aidt Produced by Nanna Hauge Kristensen

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

Weather Report Mar 08, 2022

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Clouds gather and rain begins to fall as Josie Long presents short documentaries about the weather. From a bird that emerges as a storm rolls across the sea from a writer's living experiment to get all her news from the weather report.

Helicopter and Canoe Produced by Kaija Siirala Thank you to Kari Siirala, Bailey Renshaw, Maarit Siirala, Gord, Micah and Casey Smith for sharing their memories of the trip.

Days Without Rain Written and read by Laura Barton

Storm Petrels Featuring David Bensen and Dr. Bill Montevecchi Produced by Rebecca Nolan

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

In Other Words Mar 01, 2022

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Josie Long presents audio adventures and short documentaries on the words we use to express ourselves. An artist explores new ways to talk about pain, an activist tries to live authentically in a language that feels like it wasn’t made for them, and a son connects to his parents through an Urdu love poem.

Makeshift Featuring Laura Pejak Produced by Nada Smiljanic and Jesse Lawson

A fragment between two Produced by Raheel Khan Featuring Vada/ Promise - a poem by Rukhsana Nazi - from the collection Rutth Juggeh/The Night Awakes. With thanks to Imtiaz Ahmed Qureshi from Intesaab Kahaani.

Perceptions of Pain Featuring Matilda Glen Produced by Phoebe McIndoe and Redzi Bernard

Producer: Andrea Rangecroft A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

The Lovers Feb 22, 2022

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Returning to an old flame, a snapshot of a break-up and a cascade of crushes - Josie Long presents short romantic documentaries about falling in and out of love.

Crushing Produced by Erisa Apantaku

We've Only Just Begun Featuring Ben Bryant and Elizabeth Hepburn Produced by Olivia Humphreys

Snapshot Featuring Scottee and Brian Teeling Produced by Scottee

Photo credit: Brian Teeling Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

The Horror! Feb 15, 2022

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The horror of renting, childhood pranks and being a woman online - Josie Long presents terrifying short documentaries and adventures in sound.

Fictional horror stories begin to creep into a writer's real life as she finds herself followed across the internet by an anonymous poster. Two young women discover their perfect new rental property marred by one small flaw - a man secretly living in their basement. And three brothers do battle in a home filled with tales of ghost stories and the sound of old horror movies.

Thump Thump Thump Produced by Chris Attaway A version of this story was first created for KCRW's 24 hour Radio Race

The Brothers and the Banshees Produced by Geoff Bird

The Antagonist Written and read by Nikita Gill Voiceover work by Tony Warmsley

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

The Night Before Christmas Dec 21, 2021

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Josie Long presents short festive documentaries about the night before Christmas.

A joyful Christmas scene discovered on an old tape, a poet holds the beauty and melancholy of a trip home on Christmas Eve, and Albert Woodfox reflects on 40 years of enforced isolation and the illumination and comfort offered by a group of schoolchildren in Liverpool.

Forwards and Backwards Featuring The Djursland Fiddlers recorded by Torben Harbo in the 1970s. Produced by Rikke Houd

Christmas Eve Written and read by Liz Berry Produced by Alia Cassam

Albert Featuring Albert Woodfox and David Moorhead Produced by Sarah Cuddon

Curated by Alia Cassam and Andrea Rangecroft Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall Executive Producer: Axel Kacoutié A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

The Day After Dec 14, 2021

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Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures on the days after a life-altering event and imagining better futures.

Three children look for the memory of their father on a baseball field, a resettled community wonders where they belong to and the writer Lola Olufemi offers experiments for imagining an alternative world.

Andromeda is a Baseball Diamond Produced by Ariel Mejia

Resettlement Featuring Geraldine Brown, Jeanette Brown, Linda Slade Byrne, Hana Deir and Cecil Penny. All took part in the Fisheries Household Resettlement Program in Placentia Bay. Produced by Rebecca Nolan

Experiments for the Day Before Yesterday’s Tomorrow Featuring Lola Olufemi Produced by Tej Adeleye

Programme image taken by Marilyn Marsh, courtesy of the Marine History Archive.

Curated by Alia Cassam and Andrea Rangecroft Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall Executive Producer: Axel Kacoutié A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

Inside Out Dec 07, 2021

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Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about how our sense of self collides with the world outside.

Two Russian journalists find their lives turned inside out when they are classified as foreign agents, Keanu Reeves offers inspiration for one writer navigating his mixed-race identity, and a virtual world offers freedom and new possibilities for a man with Parkinson’s disease.

Keanu Reeves Featuring Will Harris Produced by Alia Cassam

Hello, You're a Foreign Agent Featuring Sonya Groysman and Olya Churakova Produced by Mika Golubovsky and Charles Maynes

A Second Life Produced by Ellie Lightfoot and Gaby Caplan Sound designed by Ellie Lightfoot

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

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