Short Cuts

A showcase for delightful and adventurous short documentaries. A selection of brief encounters, true stories, radio adventures and found sound.

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0101Misadventures20120110Nina Garthwaite, the founder of the public listening phenomenon 'In the Dark', presents a showcase for delightful and adventurous short documentaries.

In the first edition of Short Cuts, she delves into tales of misadventure - starting with a chance encounter on a train where a couple's absorption in the crossword disguises a possible hidden romance. And encompassing the writer Joe Dunthorne's reminiscences of his misspent gap year selling door to door in Australia.

From the charged atmosphere on the London underground to distorted visions on the top of a mountain - Nina navigates tales of love, loss and wild abandonment.

Produced by Eleanor McDowall

Tales of misadventure: A chance encounter on a train and gap year reminiscences.

A showcase for delightful and adventurous short documentaries. A selection of brief encounters, true stories, radio adventures and found sound.NINA GARTHWAITE, the founder of the public listening phenomenon 'In the Dark', presents a showcase for delightful and adventurous short documentaries.

A showcase for delightful and adventurous short documentaries. A selection of brief encounters, true stories, radio adventures and found sound.A selection of brief encounters, true stories and found sound find a home in this new series for BBC Radio 4.

0102Divided We Stand20120117A selection of brief encounters, true stories and found sound find a home in this new series for BBC Radio 4.NINA GARTHWAITE, the founder of the public listening phenomenon 'In the Dark', presents a showcase for delightful and adventurous short documentaries.

In the second edition of this series, 'Divided we Stand', we hear stories of separation - political, personal and playful. From the story of a singing airman in World War Two, and his feelings about the class divide to a classic tale of unrequited love between an animated cat and mouse, Ignatz and Krazy Kat. We eavesdrop on a breakdown of communication between a Nigerian woman and an Irishman and listen to the lilting musicality of a litany of peace walls and separation barriers from around the world.

Produced by Eleanor McDowall

A selection of brief encounters, true stories and found sound find a home in this new series for BBC Radio 4. NINA GARTHWAITE, the founder of the public listening phenomenon 'In the Dark', presents a showcase for delightful and adventurous short documentaries.

0103The Comfort Of Strangers20120124NINA GARTHWAITE, the founder of the public listening phenomenon 'In the Dark', presents a showcase for delightful and adventurous short documentaries.

In this third edition of the series we seek the 'Comfort of Strangers' as Nina examines the ties which bind us to those we barely know. We hear a heartbreaking tale of companionship between a woman and an injured whale alongside the story of a Danish legionnaire who spent four years entrusting his life to a circle of strangers, thrown together in terrible circumstances. The writer DEBORAH MOGGACH relays an act of extraordinary kindness from someone she didn't know and the musician Jack Lewis explores how those closest to you can sometimes seem like strangers as he interviews his brother Jeffrey.

Produced by Eleanor McDowall

NINA GARTHWAITE examines the ties that bind us to those we barely know.

0104 LASTLost For Words20120131NINA GARTHWAITE, the founder of the public listening phenomenon In the Dark, presents a showcase for delightful and adventurous short documentaries.

In the final edition of the series we find ourselves 'Lost for Words' as Nina explores our difficulty expressing ourselves. In 'The True Language', the sound artist JOHN WYNNE examines our attachment to the first language we learn - and what happens when it starts to disappear. We discover how simple geographical terms can become politically charged as the Irish novelist GLENN PATTERSON struggles to find the right word to describe his home. And the singer and broadcaster Cerys Matthews reflects on the musicality of language.

Produced by Eleanor McDowall

Nina explores the difficulty people have in expressing themselves.

0201Tracing The Line2012091120160207 (BBC7)Nina Garthwaite presents mini-documentaries with stories of lifelines.

NINA GARTHWAITE, the founder of the public listening phenomenon 'In the Dark', presents a showcase for delightful and adventurous short documentaries. A selection of brief encounters, true stories, radio adventures and found sound.

In 'Tracing the Line' we hear tales of lifelines, unfamiliar paths and lines broken and crossed. In one short the economics editor for Newsnight, PAUL MASON, offers us an unusual take on the UK's economic lines. We dive deep into Britain's underwater labyrinth of tunnels and caves in order to discover the tale of the 'Dead Man's Handshake' - only attached to the surface, and safety, by one thin lifeline. Whilst across the pond, we hear the story of an American who secretly wore a wire to record his life for five years.

Produced by Eleanor McDowall

NINA GARTHWAITE presents a showcase for delightful and adventurous short documentaries. A selection of brief encounters, true stories, radio adventures and found sound.

The items featured in this programme were:

Lifelines - Part One

Produced by Kate Bland

Kyrie Osbornum

Featuring PAUL MASON

Posterity

Produced by David Weinberg

LUAS Lines

Written and read by Joseph O'Connor

Produced by Leo Hornak

Lifelines - Part Two

Donald Semenza - The Line

Produced by PEJK MALINOVSKI.

In 'Tracing the Line', we hear tales of lifelines, unfamiliar paths and lines broken and crossed. In one short the economics editor for Newsnight, Paul Mason, offers us an unusual take on the UK's economic lines. We dive deep into Britain's underwater labyrinth of tunnels and caves in order to discover the tale of the 'Dead Man's Handshake' - only attached to the surface, and safety, by one thin lifeline. Whilst across the pond, we hear the story of an American who secretly wore a wire to record his life for five years.

NINA GARTHWAITE, the founder of the public listening phenomenon In the Dark, presents a showcase for delightful and adventurous short documentaries. A selection of brief encounters, true stories, radio adventures and found sound.

0202Faking It2012091820160214 (BBC7)Nina Garthwaite presents a showcase for delightful and adventurous short documentaries. A selection of brief encounters, true stories, radio adventures and found sound.

In 'Faking It', she blurs the line between fact and fiction with tales of love, lying and a loose grip on reality.

The indie pop duo Summer Camp construct a 'documentary song' which delves into the falsity of flirting and those moments when we realise we've really fallen in love and the actor JONATHAN KEEBLE reveals his real - or is it his false - identity...

Nina also learns how you successfully conceal your true self in the workplace, why you shouldn't trust your new boyfriend's grandmother and the dangers of picking a fight with a Ouija board.

Produced by Eleanor McDowall

The items featured in this programme were:

Translations

Featuring JONATHAN KEEBLE

The Disguise

Produced by Leo Hornak

All There Is

Composed by Summer Camp

The Chamuyero

Produced by Barney Rowntree

The Séance

Produced by Bob Carlson.

Blurring the line between fact and fiction with tales of love, loss and bending the law.

The indie pop duo Summer Camp construct a 'documentary song' which delves into the falsity of flirting and those moments when we realise we've really fallen in love and the actor Jonathan Keeble reveals his real - or is it his false - identity ...

The S退ance

0203The Space Between Us2012092520160221 (BBC7)Nina Garthwaite presents a showcase for delightful and adventurous short documentaries. A selection of brief encounters, true stories, radio adventures and found sound.

In The Space Between Us, Nina explores the difficulties and delights of distance. We travel to the outer reaches of the galaxy in the intriguing 'audio movie' Made Out of Meat and take a joyful journey to the middle of absolutely nowhere with the writer Ian Sansom.

We hear tales of family tussles over living space, a pop song constructed around a gap in understanding between scientists and the general public, and a look at the spaces in our speech patterns as the comedian Dan Schreiber explores the importance of a well placed...pause in the delivery of a joke.

Produced by Eleanor McDowall

The items featured in this programme were:

Mind the Gap

Featuring Dan Schreiber

Tears, Gravity and Distance

Produced by Karl James

They're Made Out of Meat

Produced by Jonathan Mitchell

Silent Comedy

Produced by Rachel Hooper

The Table

Produced by Katie Burningham

Higgs Boson!

Produced by Mad Genius.

NINA GARTHWAITE explores the difficulties and delights of distance.

0204Into The Wild2012100220160228 (BBC7)Tales of transgression, wild children and dangerous encounters with ferocious beasts.

NINA GARTHWAITE presents a showcase for delightful and adventurous short documentaries. A selection of brief encounters, true stories, radio adventures and found sound.

This week, Nina ventures 'Into the Wild' with tales of transgression, life threatening encounters with ferocious beasts and one mother's look at the wildness of her young children - who she refers to as her 'gleeful barbarians'.

In the middle of the night, we plunge beneath the silvered mercury surface of a moonlit lake, with the wild swimmer Kate Rew, and venture into a nightmarish adventure on an unsafe safari with the author Kester Brewin.

Produced by Eleanor McDowall

The items featured in the programme are:

Wild Water - Part One

Featuring Kate Rew

Can't Rewind the Past

Produced by STEVE URQUHART

Produced by Sarah Boothroyd

Produced by Jessie Levene

The Fear of Surviving

Featuring Kester Brewin

Chain of Missing Links (El Pajaro Volador)

Produced by Brendan Baker

Wild Water - Part Two

Featuring Kate Rew.

0205Making The Cut20121009NINA GARTHWAITE presents a showcase for delightful and adventurous short documentaries. A selection of brief encounters, true stories, radio adventures and found sound.

This week, Nina hears about the cuts we make and how we learn to recover from them. From not making the cut in a team to the actions of a rogue hairdresser.

We hear one man's story of how he coped working inside an Irish 'meat factory' and the unusual soundtrack that enveloped him, and a modern retelling of the old Persian fable which looks at how the moon got her scars.

Produced by Eleanor McDowall

The items featured in the programme are:

Derby Tape Club - Cut Up

Found sound from Mark Vernon

Meat Factory: Earworms

Produced by Ronan Kelly

Featuring Glen Morris

Two Little Girls Explain the Worst Haircut Ever

Produced by Jeff Cohen

Not Untouchable

Produced by Matilda James

Christine Jorgensen

Produced by PEJK MALINOVSKI and Seline Baumgartner.

Nina Garthwaite hears about the cuts we make and how we learn to recover from them.

0206 LASTBlackout20121016NINA GARTHWAITE presents a showcase for delightful and adventurous short documentaries. A selection of brief encounters, true stories, radio adventures and found sound.

We hear tales of adventure, transgression and terror in the dark as Nina switches out the lights for the last programme in this current series - Blackout.

The writer Ben Shattuck describes the last reported Jonah-esque trip into the dark, dank belly of a whale and asks - could you ever survive? Grandmaster Caz delves into hip hop mythology and tells the story of how the music came on in the 1977 New York City blackout... after the lights went out. And there are tales of dangerous trips in complete blackness and sparks flying after the lights have tripped.

The items featured in the programme are:

Let's Get it On

Produced by STEVE URQUHART

Light at the End of the Tunnel

Produced by Clare Coyne

Swallowed by a Whale

Produced by MARTIN JOHNSON

Featuring Dr Andrew Morley

Headlights

Produced by NINA GARTHWAITE

Lights Out

Produced by Delaney Hall

Produced by Eleanor McDowall

Nina Garthwaite presents tales of adventure, transgression and terror in the dark.

0301Someone To Watch Over Me20130528In the first programme of this series of Short Cuts, Josie Long presents a selection of short documentaries which peel back the curtain, peer into the darkness and look out at those who are watching us.

By turns delightful and unsettling, today's audio adventures include the secret games teachers play when they're invigilating exams, a photographer whose ambition is to capture 'still lives' of people unawares in their homes at night, and a glimpse of the devices you can buy to spy on those supposedly close to you.

Produced by Eleanor McDowall.

The items featured in the programme are:

Produced by Sara Parker

Stand by Me

Produced by Benjamin Partridge

I Was Bruce Lee

Produced by Leo Hornak

Cracking the Love Code

Produced by Bob Carlson

All Eyes on Us

Produced by Steve Urquhart

She Sees Your Every Move

Produced by Jonathan Mitchell

Josie Long presents short documentaries which look out at those who are watching us.

0302Taking Flight2013060420130805 (R4)JOSIE LONG presents a selection of short documentaries in which people hurl themselves into the air with the hope of taking flight.

We glide through the air, fall into the sea and explore grand leaps of the imagination, which cross the border between dreaming and reality.

From comedian HOLLY WALSH's tale of hurtling off the edge of a pier in a handmade helicopter, through to the story of a trapeze artist balancing on the edge of falling as he casts himself upwards.

The items featured in the programme are:

The Fall

Featuring Charlie Morley

Sky Boy

Produced by Hana Walker-Brown

Falling for Rambo

Featuring HOLLY WALSH

Produced by BENJAMIN PARTRIDGE

The Dreamers

Looking Up

Originally broadcast in 'Space' from Radiolab

http://www.radiolab.org

Produced by Eleanor McDowall

From comedian HOLLY WALSH's tale of hurtling off the edge of a pier in a handmade plane, through to the story of a trapeze artist balancing on the edge of falling as he casts himself upwards.

0303Split2013061120130806 (R4)Josie Long presents a series of delightful and adventurous short documentaries, brief encounters, true stories and found sound.

She examines rips in the fabric of the universe, delving into stories of splits, divisions and tears. From broken hearts and split lips to broken bones and divided personalities.

We hear from an octogenerian boxer who learnt to fight to stop others mocking his stutter, a mimic who taught herself how to assume alternate personalities and we recover from heartbreak using the 'Automated Relationship Replacement Hotline'.

Produced by Eleanor McDowall

We examine rips in the fabric of the universe as JOSIE LONG delves into stories of splits, divisions and tears. From broken hearts to divided personalities.

We hear from a woman who was so tired of being in two minds that she surrendered all of her decision making to a piece of string, a mimic who taught herself how to assume alternate personalities and we recover from heartbreak using the 'Automated Relationship Replacement Hotline'.

The items featured in the programme are:

Originally broadcast in WireTap

http://www.cbc.ca/wiretap/

Produced by Natalie Kestecher

The full version of this story can be found here: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/360/string/4010328

Split Voices

Produced by Sarah Cuddon

Other Halves

Produced by Dennis Funk

Josie presents stories of splits, divisions and tears.

0304Lines Of Communication2013061820130807 (R4)Josie Long presents a selection of short documentaries about communication - messages that could break your heart, rescue you from a fight or save you from a long stay in jail.

The writer Glenn Patterson explains why sometimes we should ignore the writing on the wall, and musician Tom Robinson describes the unlikely message he sent at a time when he was in a lot of trouble.

Stories of last words, lost love and lights being knocked out.

The items featured in the programme are:

Guess Who

Found sound from the collection of Mark Vernon

http://www.meagreresource.com/

L'Esprit De L'Escalier

Produced by Hana Walker-Brown

Yanto

Featuring Glenn Patterson

Produced by Rachel Hooper

Message from Above

Featuring Tom Robinson

Produced by Alan Hall

Dear Sophie

Produced by Sara Parker

Conversations with Nic

Featuring Esther Baker

Produced by Eleanor McDowall

Josie Long presents stories of last words, lost love and lights being knocked out.

0305Lost And Found2013062520130808 (R4)Josie Long presents a selection of short documentaries with stories of loss and discovery.

From being lost in the music to lost love - Josie delves into tales of forgotten cassette tapes, voices rediscovered and teenage rebellion.

Hide and Seek

Feat. Steve Colgan

Lost in Music

Produced by Steve Urquhart

I am Luther Blissett

Produced by Rosanna Arbon

Fluctuations

Produced by Phil Smith

Lost Voices

Feat. Jude Rogers

Looking for Layla

Produced by Hana Walker-Brown

Producer: Eleanor McDowall

0306 LASTEscape2013070220130809 (R4)Josie Long presents a showcase for delightful and adventurous short documentaries and makes her escape as we hear stories of running away, flight and car chases.

From breaking away to disappearing into escapism - we hear the tale of an 'unkidnapping' as a couple race across the Spanish countryside, alongside the story of a 93 year old wing walker getting lost in the clouds.

Producer: Eleanor McDowall

From breaking away to disappearing into escapism - we hear the tale of a narrow escape as three young Australian men desperately try to manoeuvre themselves out of trouble, alongside the story of a 93 year old wing walker getting lost in the clouds.

The items featured in the programme are:

Swimming in Snafu

Produced by Meagan Perry

River Guard

Feat. LAURA BARTON

Drive for Portugal

Produced by Leo Hornak

Head in the Clouds

Produced by SARA PARKER

Road Warriors

Produced by Bob Carlson

Originally featured in Unfictional

http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/uf/uf111202the_road_warriors

Feat.LAURA BARTON

Rpt

Josie Long presents stories of running away, flight and car chases.

0401Fictions2013092420140224 (R4)Josie Long presents a sequence of unbelievable mini documentaries looking at bending the truth, fantasists and outright liars.

Josie hears how the writer Ross Sutherland invented a mysterious secret society by accident and looks for secrets scratched into the sidewalks of San Francisco by an enigmatic writer known only as 'Nikko'.

The items featured in the programme are:

Hearts and Crafts

Featuring the voices of Harriet Craft

Featuring Raji James

Wash Club

Featuring Ross Sutherland

Originally broadcast in the episode 'Standouts' on Snap Judgement

http://snapjudgment.org/

Producer: Eleanor McDowall

Josie Long presents a sequence of mini documentaries about bending the truth.

0402Hush2013100120140303 (R4)Josie Long presents a series of short documentaries about keeping quiet, being lost for words and complete silence.

From the crushing silence after a musician's mistake to the tense hush that surrounds two teenage boys as they hide inches from their headmaster in an oversized box - tales of attempts to keep quiet and the struggle to raise your voice.

The items featured in the programme are:

Wilderness

Feat. Kate Adie

Produced by Sara Parker

Hidden

Feat. Kester Brewin

Sailing By

Feat. Pete Long and Diana Speed

Produced by Leo Hornak

Nobody Else Can Hear It

Feat. Jack Davidson

Produced by Hana Walker-Brown

Hearing Voices

El's Story

Produced by Natalie Kestecher

Originally broadcast in 'Stories of Silence' on ABC

Josie Long presents a new series of short documentaries.

Feat.KATE ADIE

Tales of keeping quiet, being lost for words and struggling to raise your voice.

0403Resistance2013100820140310 (R4)Josie Long presents a sequence of mini documentaries about small acts of resistance - from bursting into song to crashing a car into a wall.

We hear from a woman whose encounter with an underground resistance movement led to tapped phones and aggressive encounters with ice cream salesmen and listen to the power of a collective as individual voices at a protest are woven into music.

The items featured in the programme are:

La esperanza muere al último

Feat. Studs Terkel

Nicholas Petron

Produced by StoryCorps

Heavy Iron Beast

Produced by Leo Hornak

Stories from the Underground

Feat. Kathy Reina

Produced by Will Drysdale

Rabble Rousers

Produced by Sarah Boothroyd

http://sarahboothroyd.com

Gentle Angry People

Feat. the San Ghanny choir

Produced by Rose de Larrabeiti

http://storycorps.org

Josie Long presents a sequence of mini documentaries about small acts of resistance.

0404Growing Pains2013101520140317 (R4)Josie Long explores the painful process of growing up in a sequence of mini documentaries.

From first steps to last love, we hear tales of controversial haircuts, the search for independence and the need to let go of the past.

The items featured in the programme are:

Singing Boys

Prod. Rikke Houd

Like Rude Boys

Prod. Steve Urquhart

Dark Eyes

Prod. Natalie Kestecher

Originally broadcast on ABC Radio National

Scared

Prod. John Biewen

The Man in the Picture

Prod. Sara Parker

Danny and Annie

Prod. StoryCorps

Feat. voices recorded at the creative arts organisation Only Connect

Prod.STEVE URQUHART

Prod.SARA PARKER

Josie Long presents a sequence of mini documentaries about the pain of growing up.

0405The Trip2013102220140324 (R4)Josie Long presents a sequence of mini documentaries about unusual journeys.

Josie Long goes on a series of unusual journeys as she presents a sequence of mini documentaries about adventurous trips.

From searching for teenage misadventure through to finding yourself, we travel from the British seaside to the freezing landscape of Minnesota altering minds and bodies along the way.

Frank Education

Feat. Philip Bill Bruckner

Prod. Hana Walker-Brown

St Audries

Feat. Margaret Pepper

Prod. Olivia Humphreys

My Father Takes a Vacation

Prod. Martin Johnson

Cold in Minnesota

Originally broadcast on the Unfictional Podcast

Prod. Bob Carlson

Prod.MARTIN JOHNSON

0406 LASTThe Fear2013102920140331 (R4)JOSIE LONG presents a sequence of frightening mini-documentaries.

JOSIE LONG gets scared as she presents a sequence of frightening mini documentaries.

From the sound of fear to the feel of terror, we hear the story of a sleepwalking menace stalking through an American summer camp late at night and tales of how the young David O'Doherty was terrorised by his older brother.

Producer: Eleanor McDowall

The items featured in the programme are:

Dead Man's Hand

Feat. David O'Doherty

Prod. Sophie Black

Welcome to the Inn

Feat. Wolfgang Georgsdorf

Prod. Phil Smith

The Casserole

Music by Cabinet of Living Cinema featuring Zac Gvirtzman

Prod. Sarah Cuddon

Die

From the podcast Random Tape

Prod. David Weinberg

Wilder

Feat. Dave Benson

Dead Man's Hand: Feat. David O'Doherty: Prod. Sophie Black

Welcome to the Inn: Feat. Wolfgang Georgsdorf: Prod. Phil Smith

The Casserole: Music by Cabinet of Living Cinema featuring Zac Gvirtzman: Prod. Sarah Cuddon

Die: From the podcast Random Tape: Prod. David Weinberg

Wilder: Feat. Dave Benson: Prod. Sophie Black.

0501Waking Life2014040120230322 (BBC7)
Josie Long presents a sequence of brief encounters, true stories and short documentaries in which the boundaries blur between real life and dreaming.

From the addictive, perception-altering qualities of romantic love through to a surreal story about recording dreams, we hear from the legendary film editor and director Walter Murch about the dreamlike qualities of cinematic narratives and the psychologist Susan Blackmore's experience of looking down from the ceiling at her own body.

The items featured in the programme are:

Feat. Susan Blackmore

Prod. Sara Parker

Feat. Walter Murch

The Man Who Could Record Your Dreams

Prod. Bob Carlson

Originally broadcast on Unfictional

An extended version of this story can he found here: http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/uf/uf110909the_man_who_could_re

Last Words

Feat. Kester Brewin

Love is a Drug

Feat. Helen Fisher

Prod. Hana Walker Brown

Answer Machine

Found sound from Tape Findings

http://www.sweetthunder.org/tapes/

JOSIE LONG presents a sequence of brief encounters, true stories and short documentaries in which the boundaries between 'real' life and dreaming blur.

From the addictive, perception-altering qualities of romantic love through to a surreal story about recording dreams. We hear from the legendary film editor and director Walter Murch about the dreamlike qualities of cinematic narratives and the psychologist SUSAN BLACKMORE's experience of looking down from the ceiling at her own body.

Feat.SUSAN BLACKMORE

Prod.SARA PARKER

Feat.HELEN FISHER

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in April 2014.

Josie Long presents a sequence of mini documentaries in which reality becomes dreamlike.

0502Trespass2014040820230329 (BBC7)Josie Long ventures where she shouldn't with this sequence of brief encounters, true stories and radio adventures about acts of trespass.

Stories of stolen waxworks, formal letters severing friendships, and travels into unknown territory.

Urban Exploration

Feat. Bradley Garrett

http://www.bradleygarrett.com/stills/

Stealing Snowdon

Produced by Olivia Humphreys

Crown the King

Produced by Adam Kampe

Originally produced for the Third Coast International Audio Festival 'ShortDocs' competition

http://thirdcoastfestival.org/library/collections/4-shortdocs

The Disavowal

Produced by Katie Burningham

Munich

Feat. Phillip Bull Bruckner

Produced by Hana Walker-Brown

Produced by Olivia Humphreys, Chloe White and Will Davies

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2014.

Josie Long presents a sequence of short documentaries about venturing where you shouldn't

0503Between2014041520230405 (BBC7)
Josie Long presents a series of mini-documentaries exploring the idea of being in limbo.

From the story of a journalist impersonating a journalist in an Afghan village based in Canada to the music of answer machine messages, Josie examines what happens when we are neither here nor there.

Feat. Jurate Jurkeviciene

Produced by Sara Parker

The Village

Feat. Chris Bowman

Produced by Sophie Black

The Gallery

Feat. Fernando Maquieira

Produced by Sarah Cuddon

http://www.fernandomaquieira.com/index.php?/projects/out-of-mind/

'Messages'

From 'Portraits in Absentia

Composed and Performed by Jocelyn Pook

http://www.jocelynpook.com/

Nine Months

Feat. Jane Dolby

Produced by Hana Walker-Brown

http://www.fishwiveschoir.co.uk/

http://singing-fishwife.blogspot.co.uk/

Producer: Eleanor McDowall

A Falling Tree Production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2014.

0504Anonymity2014042220230412 (BBC7)
Josie Long presents a sequence of mini documentaries exploring what happens when nobody knows your name.

From our transgressions online through to an unusual love affair between two strangers who had never set eyes on each other, Josie hears how anonymity can both ensnare and liberate us.

Producer: Eleanor McDowall

Featuring:

Long Distance

Feat. Victor LaValle

Produced by Katie Burningham

Undercover

Feat. Fergal Keane

The Mollusc and the Peacock

Produced by Natalie Kestecher

Anonymous

Produced by Hana Walker-Brown

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2014.

Josie Long explores what happens when nobody knows your true identity

0505Mystery2014042920230419 (BBC7)Josie Long investigates small mysteries in this sequence of mini documentaries.

Hearing tales of ghost ships, hidden underground kingdoms and the disappointment of discovering the banality of your family's secrets.

The items featured in the programme are:

Finding Sumo

Produced by Bob Carlson

First broadcast in 'Family Justice' on UnFictional:

Love Letters

Feat. Alan Dearn

Ryou-Un Maru

Produced by Martin Johnson

The Underground Kingdom

Feat. Ross Sutherland

A Falling Tree Production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 2014.

Josie Long explores the disappointment of banal family secrets.

0506 LASTExplorers2014050620230426 (BBC7)
Josie Long goes on an adventure as she presents a sequence of mini documentaries about exploration.

With tales of riding cellos down the mountain side and sexual exploration on the U Bahn.

With tales of riding cellos down the mountain side and romantic exploration on the U Bahn.

Great Bear Rainforest

Produced by Elizabeth Arnold

Die Fremde

Produced by Phil Smith

Out of the Blocks (Extract)

Produced by Aaron Henkin and electronic musician Wendel Patrick

Everest Glissando

Feat. Stephen Venables

Produced by Hana Walker-Brown

Producer: Eleanor McDowall.

A Falling Tree Production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2014.

Josie Long presents a sequence of mini documentaries about exploration.

0601Rabbit Holes2014100720230503 (BBC7)
Josie Long dives down a rabbit hole in this sequence of short documentaries, true stories and radio adventures.

We hear tales of a spam email that alters the course of two people's lives and a mysterious monument made out of shoes at a deserted intersection in rural Indiana - and Miranda July leads listeners into another world with her story of swim coaching an elderly team in a town near no large bodies of water.

We hear tales of a spam email that alters the course of two people's lives and a mysterious monument made out of shoes at a deserted intersection in rural Indiana.

Miranda July leads us into another world with her story of swim coaching an elderly team in a town near no large bodies of water.

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2014.

Josie Long dives down a rabbit hole in this sequence of short documentaries.

0602Connections2014101420230510 (BBC7)
A message in a bottle, cast into the ocean, reaches a woman who needs it, a lifeboat adrift and isolated in icy waters and a crackling, radio connection offers a lifeline between friends. Josie Long hears tales of making contact.

A message in a bottle, cast into the ocean, reaches a woman who needs it.

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2014.

Josie Long hears stories of making contact.

0603Behind The Curtain2014102120230517 (BBC7)
Secret telephone discos for cold calling salesmen, moral dilemmas which emerge behind the scenes on a reality television show and Joe Dunthorne attempts to gain access to the OULIPO.

Josie Long peers behind the curtain to reveal stories from behind the scenes.

There's secret telephone discos for cold calling salesmen, moral dilemmas which emerge behind the scenes on a reality television show and Joe Dunthorne attempts to gain access to the OULIPO.

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2014.

0604After Dark2014102820230524 (BBC7)
Love found after a blackout, telephone counselling for bereaved rock star managers and erotica for the elderly. Josie Long presents tales of blackouts, late nights and bedtime stories.

Josie Long presents tales from after the lights go out.

0605Nothing2014110420230531 (BBC7)Josie Long presents a programme about nothing.

A decades long murder mystery about the death of a man who never existed, the story of losing someone you never knew, and a first time treasure hunter finds something against the odds but ends up with nothing.

Josie Long presents stories about absence and nothing.

A decades long murder mystery about the death of a man who never existed, the story of losing someone you never knew and a first time treasure hunter finds something against the odds but ends up with nothing.

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2014.

0606 LASTThe Double2014111120230607 (BBC7)
JOSIE LONG hears stories of seeing double.

Tales of doppelgangers, identity theft and a woman who offered a living counterpart to dead composers. Featuring a new 'documentary song' from Gaggle.

Tales of dopplegangers, identity theft and a woman who offered a living counterpart to dead composers. Featuring a new 'documentary song' from Gaggle.

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2014.

Josie Long hears stories of dopplegangers.

0701Here Be Dragons2015040720230614 (BBC7)
A baby monitor which opens up a terrifying world, an explorer who ventures into the unknown and a woman who longs to disappear into space - Josie Long hears about dreams, desires and darkness in unmarked territories.

On old maps, the uncharted areas - dangerous or unexplored landscapes - used to be marked with illustrations of sea serpents rising from the water or dragons stalking the land. Sometimes these areas would just be marked with a phrase, 'Here Be Dragons'. In this programme, Josie hears tales of modern exploration - from space travel to the insides of our bodies, from night terrors to new worlds.

The items featured in the programme are:

Produced by Peregrine Andrews

Dangerous Appetites

Feat. Joe Dunthorne

The Blue Nile

Feat. John Blashford Snell

The Call

Produced by Rikke Houd with Sheida Jahanbin.

Josie Long presents stories of venturing into unknown territory.

0702Heartsong2015041420230621 (BBC7)
From the first touch to the last kiss, Josie Long hears stories of love, loss and finding yourself.

An audio diary shines a light on how we rebuild ourselves after the end of a relationship, a final kiss in a love affair holds us in a moment crackling with tension, and a first touch offers a moment of tenderness.

The items featured in today's programme are:

A Kiss

Produced by Kaitlin Prest with music by Kyle Kaplan

Editorial support from the School of Making Thinking, and Terrence Pender and Mitra Kaboli.

Originally aired on Radiotopia's The Heart.

http://www.theheartradio.org/

Edith's Passport

Produced by Eloise Stevens with music by Raphaella

Cello played by George Cooke

When Will This End?

Produced by Sally Herships with Carolyn Lenske

Prepared to Love

Feat. Adrian Howells

Produced by Karl James

Originally aired on The Dialogue Project

You can hear the story in it's entirety here: http://understandingdifference.blogspot.co.uk/2010/07/prepared-to-love.html.

An audio diary shines a light on how we rebuild ourselves after the end of a relationship, how a final kiss in a love affair holds us in a moment crackling with tension, and how a first touch offers a moment of tenderness.

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2015.

0703Adaptation2015042120230628 (BBC7)
Josie Long hears stories of adaptation.

A former ghost writer describes adapting someone else's life for the page, a woman who left Damascus considers how her city has changed in the last few years and we hear two stories of adapting to extraordinary circumstances - members of the Arctic 30 adjust to their new life inside a Russian prison, and a researcher perched on top of a Hawaiian volcano tests her psychological capacity to live on another planet.

The items featured in the programme are:

Invisible Ink

Feat. Mark McCrum

Produced by Olivia Humphreys

Martha's Mars

Feat. Martha Lenio

Produced by Tim Hinman

The Sound of Damascus

Feat. Sarah Dadouch

Produced by Fiona Clampin

Patience

Feat. Frank Hewetson and Dima Litvinov.

A former ghost writer describes the art of adapting someone else's life for the page, and a woman who left Damascus considers how her city has changed in the last few years.

Plus two stories of adapting to extraordinary circumstances - members of the Arctic 30 adjust to their new life inside a Russian prison, and a researcher perched on top of a Hawaiian volcano tests her psychological capacity to live on another planet.

Taking part:

Dima Litinov

Producers Olivia Humphreys, Tim Hinman, Fiona Clampin

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2015.

Josie Long hears tales of people who adapted to strange new lives and from a ghost writer.

0704The Conversation2015042820230705 (BBC7)
Josie Long presents stories of intimate conversations. A thirty year long conversation comes to an end, an undercover agent reveals how to flatter someone into prison and we discover the secrets of the 'dual form'.

The items featured in the programme are:

With the Caterpillar

Feat. Bostjan Dvorak

Produced by Phil Smith

Colleagues

Feat. Dr Irene Pepperberg

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

He Was So Happy to See Me

Feat. Ed Follis

Produced by Leo Hornak

99 Words

http://99words.co.uk/

Feat. Sally Potter

Beverly Eckert

Produced by Vanara Taing with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a nonprofit dedicated to recording and collecting stories of everyday people.

www.storycorps.org.

Josie Long presents stories of intimate conversations. A 30-year-long conversation comes to an end, an undercover agent reveals how to flatter someone into prison and we discover the secrets of the 'dual form'.

Featuring Bostjan Dvorak

Featuring Dr Irene Pepperberg

Featuring Ed Follis

Featuring Sally Potter

Executive Producer: Alan Hall

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in April 2015.

Josie Long hears stories of intimate conversations - including the 'dual form'.

0705Songlines2015050520230712 (BBC7)
Josie Long hears stories of music and memory. From the song that proves your parents right - rock and roll really will lead you down a dangerous path of drugs and destruction - to the symphony that haunted one man's dreams for decades.

The items featured in the programme are:

96 Tears

Feat. Anthony Bourdain

Produced by Ann Heppermann, Kara Oehler and Rick Moody

Piano Man

Feat. Barry Colson

Produced by Sindre Leganger

The Stage

Feat. Grace Savage

Produced by Hana Walker-Brown

Lullaby

Feat. Colin Dexter

Produced by Phil Smith

Dream Symphony

Feat. Stuart Sharp

Produced by Olivia Humphreys with Jodie Taylor.

Josie Long hears stories of music and memory. From a song that proves your parents right - rock 'n roll really will lead you down a dangerous path - to the symphony that haunted one man's dreams for decades.

Featuring:

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in May 2015.

Josie Long hears stories about the impact of music - from songs to symphonies.

0706 LASTInvestigation2015051220230719 (BBC7)
Josie Long presents stories of investigations - both amateur and professional.

The comedian Alex Edelman describes his search for a missing cult legend, a German historian talks about the trouble of tracking down Hitler's head and a group of young mothers gather together to solve the mystery of disappearing teething powder.

A German historian talks about the trouble of tracking down Hitler's head.

Plus, a group of young mothers gather together to solve the mystery of disappearing teething powder.

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2015.

Josie Long presents stories of investigations.

0801The Other2015101320200422 (BBC7)
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Josie Long hears stories of 'others' and outsiders.

From the other woman to the other Michael Jackson, Josie Long hears stories from 'others'.

John Osborne explores how your identity can become inextricably linked with someone you've never met, two academics discover how a piece of theatre can push you outside of society and a homicide detective talks about how you communicate with someone whose actions are outside of your understanding.

The items featured in the programme are:

A Boy Called Michael Jackson

Feat. John Osborne

Flopsy

Feat. Chris Knight and Camilla Power

The Conversation

Feat. Asbjorn Rachlew

Produced by Ronan Kelly

Originally featured in Curious Ear

http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/2013/0529/647430-radio-documetary-podcast-exam-asbjorn-rachlew-anders-breivik-norway/

Feat.JOHN OSBORNE

The Other Woman.

Josie Long presents stories of 'others' and outsiders.

Two academics discover how a piece of theatre can push you outside of society.

Plus a homicide detective talks about how you communicate with someone whose actions are outside of your understanding.

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2015.

Josie Long hears stories about 'others' and outsiders.

0802The Clock2015102020230823 (BBC7)
Josie Long with stories about time and timing.

JOSIE LONG navigates the changing texture of a day - with stories from the rush hour commute through the night until first light.

From an afternoon with Dr Clock the horologist through to a serendipitous voice reaching a woman in the darkness at 1am, we hear stories of time and timing.

From an afternoon with Dr Clock the horologist through to a serendipitous voice reaching a woman in the darkness of the early hours, we hear stories of time and timing.

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2015.

0803Copycat2015102720200429 (BBC7)
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Josie Long presents stories of imitation and plagiarism.

Howling like a wolf, stolen identities and poetry composed from borrowed words. Josie Long presents stories of imitation and plagiarism.

Featuring:

Inspiration

Feat. Tom Robinson

Howling Cameraman

Feat. Rolf Steinmann

http://rolfsteinmann.de/

Produced by Rachel Simpson

Turd Ferguson

Feat. Alex Edelman

Produced by Sophie Black

No More Questions

Written and produced by Ross Sutherland

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in October 2015

The items featured in the programme are:

  1. Inspiration: Feat. Tom Robinson
  2. Howling Cameraman: Feat. Rolf Steinmann (http://rolfsteinmann.de/); Produced by Rachel Simpson
  3. Turd Ferguson: Feat. Alex Edelman; Produced by Sophie Black
  4. No More Questions: Written and produced by Ross Sutherland

Written and produced by Ross Sutherland.

Featuring: Tom Robinson

Featuring Rolf Steinmann

Producer: Rachel Simpson

Featuring: Alex Edelman

Producer: Sophie Black

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4,first broadcast in October 2015

0804Afterlife2015110320200506 (BBC7)
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Josie Long hears stories of what follows after the main event.

Josie Long hears stories of what follows after the storm

How imprisonment revealed an unlikely talent, a musical story of what follows after a dust storm has passed and the unexpected complications of standing still to watch the seasons change.JOSIE LONG hears stories of what follows after the main event.

The items featured in this programme are:

John

Feat. John McAvoy and Darren Davies

Produced by Sophie Black

The Novelist

Feat. Lily Kestecher, Noel Debien, Claudia Taranto and Milan Durovic

Produced by Natalie Kestecher

Sound engineer / sound design by Russell Stapleton

The Man Who Couldn't Stop the Wind from Blowing

Produced by Cicely Fell

Original music by Smith & Watson.

Original music by Smith and Watson.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2015.

How imprisonment revealed an unlikely talent, a musical story of what follows after a dust storm has passed and the unexpected complications of standing still to watch the seasons change. Josie Long hears stories of what follows after the main event.

Josie Long presents stories of what follows after the main event; how imprisonment revealed an unlikely talent, a musical story of what follows after a dust storm has passed and the unexpected complications of standing still to watch the seasons change.

* John

Featuring John McAvoy and Darren Davies

Producer: Sophie Black

* The Novelist

Featuring Lily Kestecher, Noel Debien, Claudia Taranto and Milan Durovic

Producer: Natalie Kestecher

Sound engineer / sound design: Russell Stapleton

* The Man Who Couldn't Stop the Wind from Blowing

Producer: Cicely Fell

A Falling Tree Production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2015.

Josie Long presents stories of what follows after the main event.

0805Inheritance2015111020200513 (BBC7)
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Josie Long hears stories of what one generation passes on to another.

From the sounds of the womb to fading memories - JOSIE LONG hears stories of what we inherit from past generations.

The items feature in the programme are:

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

A Conversation

Feat. Walter Murch

Produced by Niccolò Castelli

https://vimeo.com/136595444

The Waves

Feat.SIAN PHILLIPS

Interview recorded for the Empathy Museum

http://www.empathymuseum.com/

Every Heart has a Limited Number of Heartbeats

Produced by MARTIN JOHNSON and Ann Heppermann

Originally featured in the Serendipity Podcast

http://thesarahawards.com/subscribe/.

The items featured in the programme are:

Feat. Sian Phillips

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 2015.

Featuring Sian Phillips

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2015.

Produced by Niccol  Castelli

0806 LASTWild Water2015111720200520 (BBC7)
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From finding your way in a cold, dark sea swim to coping with the isolation at the bottom of the ocean, JOSIE LONG hears stories of wild water.

The items featured in the programme are:

Mirage

Produced by Cicely Fell

Pool Party

Produced by Phil Smith

Diver

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

The Swim

Produced by Jodie Taylor with Jenny Horwell.

Josie Long dives into stories of wild water.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2015.

0901Body Language2016062120191001 (BBC7)
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Reading Russian literature - without a book - in solitary confinement, speaking with someone else's voice and the need to be embraced. Josie Long delves into wordless communication.

From the melody of your speech to the brush of skin on skin, Josie explores body language. We hear about secret codes sent through walls, a sudden bodily change which left a woman feeling like a stranger to herself and the importance of touch.

Josie Long explores stories of wordless communication.

Josie Long presents stories about wordless communication.

Reading Russian literature - without a book - in solitary confinement and speaking with someone else's voice and the need to be embraced.

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2016.

0902The Stranger2016062820191008 (BBC7)
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Josie Long encounters strangers.

An innocent encounter tips from flirtation to danger, the professional stranger you never want to see on your door step and a partner whose revelation turns him in an instant into a stranger. Josie Long delves into stories of brushes with the unknown - flirtations, deceptions and the kindness of strangers.

Josie Long presents stories about brushes with the unknown.

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2016.

Josie Long presents stories about brushes with the unknown from innocent encounters to professional strangers. From 2016.

0903Vanishing Point2016070520191015 (BBC7)
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Josie Long hears stories of disappearance.

From the man who'll help you disappear to coping with a sudden, shocking loss - Josie Long looks at vanishing points.

We hear stories of private investigators, the search for solitude in the dust bowl and a woman's life changing in one devastating second.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2016.

0904Illuminations2016071220191022 (BBC7)
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Josie Long looks for light in the darkness.

A mysterious character offering to illuminate a course of action, an activist thrust into a glaring spotlight and the dull glow of car tail lights- Josie Long looks for illuminations in the darkness.

Featuring the actress and activist Sacheen Littlefeather walking onstage to collect Marlon Brando's oscar, a singing medium and Laura Barton on driving at night.

A mysterious character offering to illuminate a course of action, an activist thrust into a glaring spotlight and the dull glow of car tail lights - presenter Josie Long looks for stories featuring illuminations in the darkness.

First broadcast in 2016.

Josie Long looks for light in the darkness and illumination. From 2016.

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2016.

From the lick of flames to the glare of a spotlight – stories finding light in the darkness. Presented by Josie Long. From 2016.

0905Rivals2016071920191029 (BBC7)
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Josie Long hears stories of rivalry.

Fights for territory, standing your ground and petty feuds - JOSIE LONG hears stories of rivalry. From a bitter battle conducted in a laundrette to an ongoing argument between academics on either side of the world.

Josie Long presents stories about rivalry.

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2016.

Josie Long presents stories of rivalry.

Josie Long presents stories about rivalry from a battle fought with whisky to a laundrette feud. From July 2016.

0906Field Guides2016072620231108 (BBC7)Josie Long ventures outdoors to present stories of how our hearts entwine with the landscape - forests, lakes and skylines of the natural world.

The lessons about love and life that we can learn from a fig, a walk in the woods and a connection to a lost love found in the water.

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2016.

Josie Long presents stories of how our hearts entwine with the landscape.

Josie Long presents stories of how our hearts entwine with the landscape, from fig musings to a walk in the woods. From 2016.

0906 LASTField Guides2016072620191105 (BBC7)
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The lessons about love and life that we can learn from a fig, a walk in the woods and a connection to a lost love found in the water. Josie Long ventures outdoors, hearing stories of how human hearts become tangled in the forests, lakes and skylines of the natural world.

Josie Long hears stories of how human hearts entwine with the landscape.

First broadcast in 2016.

Josie Long hears stories of how our hearts entwine with the landscape.

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 2016.

Josie Long ventures outdoors to present stories of how our hearts entwine with the landscape - forests, lakes and skylines of the natural world.

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in July 2016.

Josie Long presents stories of how our hearts entwine with the landscape.

10The End Of The Story20170417Josie Long presents short documentaries on things drawing to a close - from stories captured, bottled and buried over time, to reflections at the end of a life well-lived.

The Kajakman

Produced by Rikke Houd

Too Many Miles

Originally produced for the Third Coast International Audio Festival

http://thirdcoastfestival.org/explore/feature/too-many-miles

Produced by Stephanie Rowden and Jennifer Metsker

Harold

Featuring Harold Stevenson

Produced by Sarah Geis

Josie Long explores what can emerge from an ending.

1001The Deep End2016101720190417 (BBC7)
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Josie Long hears stories of falling in at the deep end.

Josie Long hears short documentaries and true stories from people who have fallen in the deep end.

From the man who sets out to scam the con artists trying to exploit him, to the hypnotist who finds himself face to face with Uday Hussein, we hear true tales of falling down the rabbit hole into unsettling situations - including the moment when the poet Ross Sutherland accidentally crossed the boundary between fiction and reality and found himself being dragged into a wrestling match.

Wrestling With Fiction

Featuring Heresy and Ross Sutherland

Scamming the Scammers

Featuring Don Mullan

Produced by Claire Crofton

Larry and Uday

Featuring Larry Garrett

Produced by Sarah Geis

Josie Long presents stories about people who have fallen in the deep end.

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in October 2016.

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2016.

Josie Long presents stories about people who have fallen in the deep end, from scamming con artists to wrestling. From 2016.

1002Wild Youth2016102420190424 (BBC7)
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Josie Long hears tales wild youth - first love, sibling rivalry and dangerous encounters.

Falling in love, losing yourself and vicious sibling rivalries - Josie Long presents tales of wild youth. We hear the writer Joe Dunthorne and his sister Leah try to unpick old family scars and a story of attempted teen rebellion from Mae Martin.

Rivals

Featuring Joe and Leah Dunthorne

Featuring Mae Martin

Julius and Moses

Featuring Julius Matovu and Moses Walumsimbi

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2016.

Falling in love, losing yourself and vicious sibling rivalries - JOSIE LONG presents tales of wild youth. We hear the writer Joe Dunthorne and his sister Leah try to unpick old family scars and the story of a love affair gone awry which ended in armed robbery.

Josie Long hears tales of wild youth: first love, sibling rivalry and dangerous encounters

Stories of first love, sibling rivalry and dangerous encounters - Josie Long hears tales of wild youth. From October 2016.

Producer: Andrea Rangecroft

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2016.

Stories of first love, sibling rivalry and dangerous encounters - Josie Long hears tales of wild youth. From 2016.

1003The Witching Hour20161031An invitation to wander out into the darkness, an actor who discovers she's been killed off in real life and a late night wander into the Icelandic night. Josie Long hears tales of the witching hour as she ventures out for a midnight walk in the woods.

Josie Long hears tales of darkness and horror on a late night walk in the woods.

1004Losing Yourself2016110720190501 (BBC7)
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Josie Long hears stories of what can be found as we lose ourselves - from disappearing into anonymous environments to confronting existential threats.

Josie Long hears stories of what can be found when we lose ourselves.

Featuring Penny Rimbaud

Lost

Featuring Laura Barton

Produced by Ibby Caputo

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2019.

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

Stories about losing ourselves and disappearing into anonymous environments. Presented by Josie Long. From 2016.

Producer: Ibby Caputo

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2016.

1005Borderlands2016111420231227 (BBC7)JOSIE LONG explores uncertain territory - from a micronation to the porous borders between dreams and reality.

We hear from Prince Michael of Sealand, the head of state in an unrecognised micronation that sits in the North Sea, and the doctor who's documenting the dreams of the dying.

Josie Long explores uncertain territory.

Feat. Prince Michael of Sealand

Interviewed by Deborah Coughlin

Squatting the Embassy

Producer: Olivia Humphreys

Producer: Ed Lawrenson

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2016.

Josie Long explores uncertain territory - from a micronation to the porous borders between dreams and reality. From 2016.

1006Vox2016112120240103 (BBC7)Josie Long presents stories about brushes with the unknown.

Finding your voice, life or death conversations and seeking anonymity.

Josie Long explores the power of the human voice. From losing yourself in a crowd of others to the medium who finds herself conversing with a murderer.

Cards on the Table

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

Frantumaglia

Produced by Phil Smith

Power and Freedom

Produced by Sarah Boothroyd

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2016.

Josie Long presents stories about brushes with the unknown from life or death conversations to seeking anonymity. From 2016.

1006 LASTVox2016112120190508 (BBC7)
Finding your voice, life or death conversations and seeking anonymity - JOSIE LONG explores the power of the human voice. From losing yourself in a crowd of others to the medium who finds herself conversing with a murderer.

Cards on the Table

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

Frantumaglia

Produced by Phil Smith

Power and Freedom

http://sarahboothroyd.com/home.html

Produced by Sarah Boothroyd

1007The Dreamers2016112820190515 (BBC7)
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Josie Long hears stories of dreamers.

Josie Long hears stories of dreamers - from the search for utopia to striving to transform into the writer Barbara Cartland.

Becoming Barbara

Produced by Natalie Kestecher

Featuring Michaela Vieser

Produced by Tim Hinman and Michaela Vieser

Dear Face at Deer Lake with Deer People

Originally made for Third Coast International Audio Festival

http://thirdcoastfestival.org/explore/feature/dear-face-at-deer-lake-with-deer-people

Produced by Dear Deer Face Collective

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2016.

Josie Long presents stories about dreamers, from the search for utopia to becoming Barbara Cartland. From November 2016.

1008The End Of The Story2016120520240117 (BBC7)Josie Long presents stories on things drawing to a close - from stories captured, bottled and buried over time, to reflections at the end of a life well-lived.

The Kajakman

Produced by Rikke Houd

Too Many Miles

Originally produced for the Third Coast International Audio Festival

http://thirdcoastfestival.org/explore/feature/too-many-miles

Produced by Stephanie Rowden and Jennifer Metsker

Harold

Featuring Harold Stevenson

Produced by Sarah Geis

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2016.

Josie Long explores what can emerge from an ending.

Josie Long presents stories about things drawing to a close, from story endings to reflections of a life well-lived. From 2016.

1008 LASTThe End Of The Story2016120520170417 (R4)Josie Long explores what can emerge from an ending.



Josie Long presents short documentaries on things drawing to a close - from stories captured, bottled and buried over time, to reflections at the end of a life well-lived.

The Kajakman

Produced by Rikke Houd

Too Many Miles

Originally produced for the Third Coast International Audio Festival

http://thirdcoastfestival.org/explore/feature/too-many-miles

Produced by Stephanie Rowden and Jennifer Metsker

Harold

Featuring Harold Stevenson

Produced by Sarah Geis

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

1101Hope Dies Last2017022120200527 (BBC7)Josie Long with stories of hope in darkness.

JOSIE LONG hears stories of hope found amidst the darkness - tales of love letters, hope on the water and the man who has steered 28,000 people safely to shore across treacherous waters from the end of a phone line.

I must admit I'm deeply impressed by people who step out and do something and say something... whatever dreaming they would do it. A Mexican farm worker Jessie De La Cruz said, 'we have a saying in Spanish, when things look bleak, esperanzas mueren al ultimo. Hope dies last.' - Studs Terkel

The features in this programme are:

Dear John

Featuring Pam and John Redman

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

Bird in the Breath and Other Hopeful Cargo

Produced by Stephanie Rowden and Jennifer Metsker

Send Me Your Location

Featuring Dr Ahmad Terkawi

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 2017.

1102The Pretenders2017022820200603 (BBC7)JOSIE LONG presents stories of those who have pretended to be someone they're not. From an undercover cop to stars of the art world caught in an elaborate fiction.

The features in this programme are:

The Connor Brothers

Featuring James Golding, Mike Snelle and Marion Harris

Produced by Jodie Taylor

Wife of a Terrorist

Featuring Miss L

A version of this story first appeared in the essay collection, The Good Immigrant.

Featuring Ron Stallworth

Produced by Claire Crofton

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 2017..

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 2017. .

1103Out Of Time2017030720200610 (BBC7)Josie Long presents documentaries about time and timing.

JOSIE LONG presents documentaries about time and timing. From losing your grasp on the passing hours to a childhood fear of Sundays - how our experience of time gets under our skin.

The features in this programme are:

Tick Tick Tick

Produced by Steve Urquhart

Escaping the Present

Featuring Sarah Shourd

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

The Cymbal Crash

Featuring Jim Gordon

Produced by Maartje Duin

Produced by Shanida Scotland

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in March 2017..

1104The Leap2017031420200617 (BBC7)Josie Long hears stories of people who take a leap of faith.

JOSIE LONG hears stories of courage, fresh hope and pinball wizardry - from two lawyers who pursue a sudden courageous career change in middle age to the pursuit of new love after loss.

The items in the programme are:

Go For It!

Featuring Rev. Zenji Nio

Produced by Just Be Cuz

Geis and Geis: Pinball Machine Distributors

Featuring Ruth and Jim Geis

Produced by Sarah Geis

Featuring Laura Barton

The Understudy

Produced by Sophie Townsend with Mira Burt-Wintonick and Cristal Duhaime

Originally made for the CBC podcast series Love Me

http://www.cbc.ca/radio/loveme/episode-7-make-believe-1.3681206

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in March 2017.

1105Counterpoint2017032120200624 (BBC7)Josie Long explores how we talk to people we disagree with.

How do we talk to people we disagree with? How do we learn to listen? JOSIE LONG presents short documentaries and stories about communicating across the divide.

Featuring Giovanni Dettori

Produced by Rachel Simpson

Isolated Incidents

Featuring Nikesh Shukla

A version of this story was first published on Burnt Roti.

http://www.burntroti.com/blog/isolated-incidents

Forgiveness

Featuring Eva Kor

Produced by Claire Crofton

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in March 2017.

From the holocaust survivor who's dedicated her life to talking to those who hurt her to the musician who believes the world can be understood through the medium of counterpoint.

1106 LASTSo It Goes2017032820200701 (BBC7)We are here to help each other get through this thing, whatever it is.

JOSIE LONG presents short documentaries and radio adventures in the spirit of KURT VONNEGUT, shortly before the tenth anniversary of his death - from peculiar travel suggestions to the kindness contained in a library. The writer Joe Dunthorne also engages Vonnegut in a dialogue, inspired by God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian.

Produced by Phil Smith

Peculiar travel suggestions are dancing lessons from God

Featuring Roger Haworth, Evan Doorbell and Mark Bernay

Produced by Cicely Fell

Reporter on the Afterlife

Featuring Joe Dunthorne and KURT VONNEGUT

Josie Long presents radio adventures inspired by Kurt Vonnegut.

AFalling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in March 2017.

'We are here to help each other get through this thing, whatever it is.'

1201Postcards2017051620200708 (BBC7)
Josie Long presents stories of those who are far from home.

JOSIE LONG presents stories of messages sent across borders. Unsent postcards, a last message and the journey for home.

An old handwritten note, in pursuit of a woman who ran away, leads to a town submerged in water; the writer LAURA BARTON discovers a tranche of muted, unsent missives in a storage box; and we hear the voices of those who are far from home.

Dear Martha

Produced by Rikke Houd

Envision Yourself a Free Man

First made as part of the Restorative Radio project

http://www.restorativeradio.org/audio-postcards-2/

Produced by Sylvia Ryerson

A Very Different Time

Produced by Phil Smith

Featuring LAURA BARTON



A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

1201Postcards20170731Josie Long presents stories of those who are far from home.

Josie Long presents stories of messages sent across borders. Unsent postcards, a last message and the journey for home.

An old handwritten note, in pursuit of a woman who ran away, leads to a town submerged in water; the writer Laura Barton discovers a tranche of muted, unsent missives in a storage box; and we hear the voices of those who are far from home.

Dear Martha

Produced by Rikke Houd

Envision Yourself a Free Man

First made as part of the Restorative Radio project

http://www.restorativeradio.org/audio-postcards-2/

Produced by Sylvia Ryerson

A Very Different Time

Produced by Phil Smith

Featuring Laura Barton

1202The Test2017052320200715 (BBC7)
Josie Long presents stories of people testing their mettle.

Personality tests, tests of character and knowing how to cheat.JOSIE LONG presents stories of people testing their mettle.

The writers Ross Sutherland and Joe Dunthorne examine the Sutherland-Dunthorne luck index to see why one's success seems to mean the other's failure. James Acaster embarks on a quest in search of connection and oversized novelty letters, and we hear the story of two men who knew how to deceive the people examining them.

The Wow Scenario

Featuring James Acaster

Project Alpha

Featuring Mike Edwards

Produced by Claire Crofton

The Sutherland-Dunthorne Inverse Proportional Luck Index

Featuring Joe Dunthorne and Ross Sutherland

Personality tests, tests of character and knowing how to cheat. Josie Long presents stories of people testing their mettle.



A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in May 2017.

1202The Test20170801Josie Long presents stories of people testing their mettle.

Personality tests, tests of character and knowing how to cheat. Josie Long presents stories of people testing their mettle.

The writers Ross Sutherland and Joe Dunthorne examine the Sutherland-Dunthorne luck index to see why one's success seems to mean the other's failure. James Acaster embarks on a quest in search of connection and oversized novelty letters, and we hear the story of two men who knew how to deceive the people examining them.

The Wow Scenario

Featuring James Acaster

Project Alpha

Featuring Mike Edwards

Produced by Claire Crofton

The Sutherland-Dunthorne Inverse Proportional Luck Index

Featuring Joe Dunthorne and Ross Sutherland

1203Magical Realism2017053020200722 (BBC7)
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Josie Long presents documentaries where reality takes on a magical aspect.

Josie Long presents documentaries where reality takes on a magical aspect - tales of snake-filled American towns, a visit to a shaman and of crashing back down to earth.

The Curve of the Earth

Produced by Stephanie Rowden

http://www.stephanierowden.com

The Shaman

Produced by Rikke Houd

Snake Pit, Waurika

Produced by Sarah Geis

Produced by Phil Smith

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in May 2017.



A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

1203Magical Realism20170802Josie Long presents documentaries where reality takes on a magical aspect.

Josie Long presents documentaries where reality takes on a magical aspect - tales of snake-filled American towns, a visit to a shaman and of crashing back down to earth.

The Curve of the Earth

Produced by Stephanie Rowden

http://www.stephanierowden.com

The Shaman

Produced by Rikke Houd

Snake Pit, Waurika

Produced by Sarah Geis

Produced by Phil Smith

1204Radio With Pictures2017060620200805 (BBC7)
Josie Long presents new short documentaries inspired by images.

Defiantly staring down neo-Nazis, unwanted family portraits and a photographer searching for his subject years later - Josie Long presents new short documentaries inspired by images.

(Photo credit: Nathan Edwards/News Corp Australia)

Woman in the Photo

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

Resistance

Featuring Tess Asplund

Featuring Chimene Suleyman and Recep Süleyman Şehitoğlu



A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in June 2017.

Featuring Chimene Suleyman and Recep Süleyman ?ehito?lu

1204Radio With Pictures20170803Josie Long presents new short documentaries inspired by images.

Defiantly staring down neo-Nazis, unwanted family portraits and a photographer searching for his subject years later - Josie Long presents new short documentaries inspired by images.

(Photo credit: Nathan Edwards/News Corp Australia)

Woman in the Photo

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

Resistance

Featuring Tess Asplund

Featuring Chimene Suleyman and Recep Süleyman Şehitoğlu

1205Pause2017061320200812 (BBC7)
Josie Long hears stories of our desire for time to stop.

Josie Long hears stories of our desire to pause - from dismantling a house which seems stopped in time to the difficulties of watching your child grow up.

The House by the Creek

Produced by Sophie Townsend

Pony

Produced by Ibby Caputo

Private Black Motherhood and Public White Protest

Originally made for the Hope Chest podcast

https://stacialbrown.com/tag/hope-chest-podcast/

Produced by Stacia Brown



A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in June 2017.

1205Pause20170804Josie Long hears stories of our desire for time to stop.

Josie Long hears stories of our desire to pause - from dismantling a house which seems stopped in time to the difficulties of watching your child grow up.

The House by the Creek

Produced by Sophie Townsend

Pony

Produced by Ibby Caputo

Private Black Motherhood and Public White Protest

Originally made for the Hope Chest podcast

https://stacialbrown.com/tag/hope-chest-podcast/

Produced by Stacia Brown

1206 LASTWitness2017062020200819 (BBC7)
Josie Long hears stories of bearing witness.

Josie Long hears stories of bearing witness - from glimpsing the moment a parent changes to escaping a violent storm.

Featuring Lois Gibson

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

Tornado

Featuring David Walker, Lindsay Martindale and Tobey Walker

Produced by Ibby Caputo

Music SFX from theming, digifishmusic, wjoojoo, davethetech, fridobeck, InspectorJ and Robinhood76

Scaffold

Featuring Mark Thomas

Produced by Sarah Cuddon

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in June 2017.



A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

1206 LASTWitness20170807Josie Long hears stories of bearing witness.

Josie Long hears stories of bearing witness - from glimpsing the moment a parent changes to escaping a violent storm.

Featuring Lois Gibson

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

Tornado

Featuring David Walker, Lindsay Martindale and Tobey Walker

Produced by Ibby Caputo

Music SFX from theming, digifishmusic, wjoojoo, davethetech, fridobeck, InspectorJ and Robinhood76

Scaffold

Featuring Mark Thomas

Produced by Sarah Cuddon

1301Afterimage2017081520200826 (BBC7)A memory caught in a childhood drawing and a repeat encounter which offers hope at a point of despair - Josie Long explores the afterimage left by moments that touch us.

We hear from Sion Jair who climbs mountains as a way to cope with disappearing memories. Sophie Townsend finds an image from her daughter's childhood, which captures a difficult moment from their past. And Dylan Park, five years after his first deployment to Iraq, finds an unexpected reminder of his first tour in Arizona.

Brahim

Featuring Dylan Park

Mr Fix-It

Produced by Sophie Townsend

Featuring Sion Jair

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in August 2017.

Josie Long explores encounters which leave an indelible imprint.

JOSIE LONG explores encounters that leave an indelible imprint.



A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

1302Duet2017082220200902 (BBC7)Josie Long hears stories of duets, the perfect conversational dance and gatecrashing honeymoons. She also talks to the other half of her long-running comedy partnership - Robin Ince.

The poet John Osborne delves into late night radio phone in conversations, the artist Duncan Speakman invites the listener to engage in a duet and Phil Smith intrudes on a romantic moment.

Towards

Produced by Phil Smith

A Duet for Here and There

Written and produced by Duncan Speakman

With conceptual development by Tineke De Meyer

Written by John Osborne

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in August 2017.

Josie Long hears stories of duets, conversations and gatecrashing honeymoons.



A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

1303Tough Love20170829JOSIE LONG hears stories of difficult love and heartbreak.

JOSIE LONG hears stories of heartbreak. Difficult love, women encoded in music and rebuilding yourself after you've been broken.

LAURA BARTON offers a tender exploration of complex, enduring love, Natalie Kestecher rebuilds herself after a sudden shock and we dive into the sound of heartache.

Featuring LAURA BARTON

Twenty-Three

Produced by Alan Hall

Kintsugi Dog

Produced by Natalie Kestecher

Mix by Steven Tilley



A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

1304Machines2017090520200909 (BBC7)A disembodied voice, digital ghosts and the contraptions we build that alter our humanity - Josie Long presents new short documentaries about machines.

We hear from the voice of Siri in the UK about losing control of what you say. Also - the story of a digital version of yourself outliving you and our relationship to the tools we build and the scars they leave.

Daniel

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

Replika

Produced by Charles Maynes and Mika Golubovsky

15 Years

Produced by Shereen Ashman, Michelle Macklem and Daniel Guillemette

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in September 2017.

Josie Long explores how machines effect our humanity.



A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

1305In Motion2017091220200916 (BBC7)Escape artists, losing control of your body and losing yourself in water - Josie Long takes a twilight stroll across Hampstead Heath while she presents stories of movement.

Pond

Featuring Jessica J Lee

Featuring Ian Waterman

Produced by Rachel Simpson

Original interview recorded for the Empathy Museum

Lake

Einstein

Produced by Rikke Houd

Sea

Josie Long presents stories of movement.



A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in September 2017.

1306Lost In Translation2017091920200923 (BBC7)JOSIE LONG presents documentaries about what falls through the cracks in translation.

Secret languages, loving acts of translation and musical instruments with an unrecognised power - JOSIE LONG presents new documentaries about translation.

From the man who introduced a poet to Iran through a tender act of love for his father, to a debate about breaching the peace.

The Stash

Featuring Lou Savelli

Music by the Cabinet of Living Cinema

Produced by Sarah Cuddon

Be Myself

Featuring Joe Benjamin

Produced by Tayo Popoola

Days of Razors, Nights Full of Rats

Featuring Sahand and Ali Sahebdivani

Produced by Maartje Duin



A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in September 2017.

1307 LASTRole Models2017092620200930 (BBC7)JOSIE LONG hears stories of role models.

What can we learn from the humanity of others? From seeing ourselves reflected in someone else? JOSIE LONG presents stories of role models - from surrogate father figures to people who create a path for others to follow.

You know, vampires have no reflections in a mirror? There's this idea that monsters don't have reflections in a mirror. And what I've always thought isn't that monsters don't have reflections in a mirror. It's that if you want to make a human being into a monster, deny them, at the cultural level, any reflection of themselves... Part of what inspired me, was this deep desire that before I died, I would make a couple of mirrors. That I would make some mirrors so that kids like me might see themselves reflected back and might not feel so monstrous for it.' - Junot Diaz

What can we learn from the humanity of others? From seeing ourselves reflected in someone else? JOSIE LONG presents stories of role models.

Water Fleas

Featuring Akira Sakata

Produced by Phil Smith

Featuring Nikesh Shukla

Nadia

Produced by Sophie Townsend

Intolerants Not Welcome

Featuring Mark Thompson

Produced by Alan Hall

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in September 2017.

1401Out Of Thin Air2017111420201007 (BBC7)Josie Long hears stories which come out of nowhere.

Josie Long hears stories which come out of nowhere. A story of creation, time and disappearance; a writer takes a precarious drive down an icy road imagining the dive into nothing at the edge of her vision, and the unexpected kindness of a stranger pulls a man back from the brink.

Thin Air

Feat. Laura Barton

The Water

Produced by Rikke Houd

Originally broadcast on CBC's Love Me

http://www.cbc.ca/radio/loveme/the-island-and-the-sea-1.4234588

The Kindness of Strangers

Produced by Claire Crofton

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2017.



A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

1401Role Models20170926JOSIE LONG hears stories of role models.

What can we learn from the humanity of others? From seeing ourselves reflected in someone else? JOSIE LONG presents stories of role models - from surrogate father figures to people who create a path for others to follow.

You know, vampires have no reflections in a mirror? There's this idea that monsters don't have reflections in a mirror. And what I've always thought isn't that monsters don't have reflections in a mirror. It's that if you want to make a human being into a monster, deny them, at the cultural level, any reflection of themselves... Part of what inspired me, was this deep desire that before I died, I would make a couple of mirrors. That I would make some mirrors so that kids like me might see themselves reflected back and might not feel so monstrous for it.' - Junot Diaz



A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

1402Incantations2017112120201014 (BBC7)Josie Long hears stories spell craft, poetry and art coming to life.

What can a poet learn from a consultant sorcerer? Ross Sutherland explores the poetic possibilities of spell craft. A fragment of Sappho's poetic longing is unpicked alongside a reading by Anne Carson. And at night, in a gallery, art springs to life.

Featuring Ross Sutherland and Dr Alexander Cummins

After Fragment 31

Featuring Anne Carson and Jennifer Metsker

Produced by Stephanie Rowden and Jennifer Metsker

Nocturne

Produced by Neville Edwards and Cathy FitzGerald

On behalf of Antenna International for The National Gallery, London

Original poetry by Jacob Sam-La Rose and Aoife Mannix

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2017.

Josie Long hears stories of spell craft, poetry and art coming to life.



A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in November 2017.

1403The Insider2017112820201021 (BBC7)Josie Long hears stories from within hidden worlds.

Josie Long hears stories from within hidden worlds - a doctor living in quarantine, the founder of a time travellers convention and a radio DJ offering a lifeline to prisoners.

On The Inside

Featuring Bruce Aitken

Produced by Eliza Lomas

The Time Traveller's Convention

Produced by Jeff Emtman

Originally made for KCRW's Here Be Monsters

Music by The Black Spot

https://www.hbmpodcast.com

Featuring Dr Adaora Okoli

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.first broadcast in November 2017.



A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

1404Long Distance2017120520201028/29 (BBC7)Josie Long hears stories of relationships stretched across space.

Falling from a great height and last words across a telephone line - Josie Long hears stories of relationships stretched across space.

From the crossover between skydiving, Soren Kierkegaard and falling in love, to the final words uttered into the ear of a loved one on another continent.

Rafadan Yumurta

Produced by Phil Smith

On Top

Produced by Maria Donvang

Alfred and Katie

Featuring Dr Alfred Aidoo and Katie Stakolich

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in December 2017.



A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

1405Libraries2017121220201104/05 (BBC7)Josie Long explores the way our collections and accidental archives define us.

Josie Long explores the way our collections and accidental archives define us. Diving into a head full of palindromes, love letters, artistic accidents and family recipes.

Featuring the writer Nikesh Shukla, the illustrator Ralph Steadman, love letter writer extraordinaire Janet Gallen, and Martin Clear, the winner of the World Palindrome Championship.

Interview by Lina Misitzis

Originally broadcast in The Heart episode Love Letters produced by Kaitlin Prest

http://www.theheartradio.org/audio-smut/loveletters

Ralph Steadman: Better than Being in a Tent

Featuring Ralph Steadman

Produced by Leo Hornak

Yoko Is Not a Palindrome

Featuring Martin Clear

Produced by Miyuki Jokiranta

Featuring Nikesh Shukla

Featuring the writer Nikesh Shukla, the illustrator Ralph Steadman, love letter writer extraordinaire Janet Gallin, and Martin Clear, the winner of the World Palindrome Championship.

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2017.



A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in December 2017.

1406 LASTChristmas2017121920201223/24 (BBC7)JOSIE LONG hears new documentaries set at Christmas.

A two-decade long commitment to writing a new Christmas standard, an Icelandic documentary fairytale and the comedian MARK THOMAS feature in JOSIE LONG's festive documentary special.

The Night Before the Night Before Christmas

Featuring Seymour Sarnoff

Song performed by Jennifer Sheehan, arranged by Peter Millrose and written by Seymour Sarnoff

Produced by Alex Lewis

Solla Decorates for Christmas

Produced by Rikke Houd

Dad's Christmas

Featuring MARK THOMAS

Produced by Sarah Cuddon

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2017.



A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

1501Never Let Me Go2018021320201111/12 (BBC7)Love lost and found, a lingering goodbye and the after image of a loved one - Josie Long presents stories of holding on.

From the echoes of a partner that linger after their death to an extraordinary tale of love regained after fifty years apart.

Her Name Was Jean

Featuring Dennis Vinar, Karen Lehmann Vinar and Jean Voxland

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

The Awkward Goodbye

Produced by Duncan Cowles

Featuring Dr Jacqueline Hayes

Produced by Edward Lawrenson

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

Josie Long presents stories about holding on.



A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

1502Landscapes2018022020201118/19 (BBC7)From an island which resists invasion to a beloved city in which you can't be free - Josie Long presents a series of short documentaries where the landscape becomes a character.

Ribbon Gums

Produced by Sophie Townsend

Resistance

Featuring Lars Christian Kofoed Romer and Viola

Produced by Rikke Houd

Mosul Eye

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

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

Josie Long presents short documentaries where the landscape becomes a character.



A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

1503Colours2018022720201125/26 (BBC7)Blue skies, a rainbow of strangers and lipstick shades weave through today's short documentaries about colour. Josie Long explores how it affects the way we experience the world.

Featuring Laura Barton

Featuring Davia Nelson

Produced by Benjamen Walker

I Know Light Now

Featuring Vanessa Potter

Produced by Leila Hussain

Ring a Rainbow

Produced by Dennis Funk

Josie Long presents a rainbow of stories about colour.

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



A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

1504Unearthly2018030620201202/03 (BBC7)Josie Long presents short documentaries and stories about unearthly happenings - from the myths surrounding Lake Stechlin, which is said to boil whenever a major catastrophic event happens anywhere in the world, to an uneasy evening at a conference for exorcists.

Possession

Produced by Geoff Bird

Psychic Blob

Originally made for KCRW's Radio Race

Music by The Black Spot

Produced by Jeff Entman

Featuring Jessica J Lee

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

Josie Long presents short documentaries about unearthly happenings.



A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

1505Silent Night2018031320201209/10 (BBC7)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.

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

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

Josie Long listens for the sounds that lurk in the darkness.

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



A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

Jordan Scott's writing can be found at his website Lanterns at Guantကnamo

1506 LASTThe Answer2018032020201216/17 (BBC7)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.

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

Josie Long hears stories of seeking an answer.



A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

1507Cinema2018032720201230/31 (BBC7)Josie Long presents new short documentaries drawn from the silver screen.

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

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

Josie Long presents short documentaries drawn from the silver screen.



A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

1508 LASTInto The Woods2018040320210106/07 (BBC7)Josie Long ventures into the woods.

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.

Featuring Jochen Raiss and Leah

Produced by Phil Smith

Featuring Rachel and Carolyn Lloyd

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

Behind My House

Music by Sook-Yin Lee

Produced by Sook-Yin Lee

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



A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

1601Afterwords2018052220210113/14 (BBC7)
Josie Long presents short documentaries in which words linger long after they're uttered.

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

Featuring Jeremy Lee Bass

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

Featuring Julia Cooper

Produced by Veronica Simmonds

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



A Falling Tree Production for BBC Radio 4.

1602Beginnings2018052920210120/21 (BBC7)
Short documentaries about creating something out of nothing and the beginning of the end.

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

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



A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

1603Civil Disobedients2018060520210127/28 (BBC7)
Josie Long hears stories of small radical acts that help re-imagine the world around them.

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

Produced by Maria Dønvang

Critical Mass

Featuring Mark Thomas

Produced by Sarah Cuddon

Produced by Maria Dønvang

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



A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

1604The Watchers2018061220210203/04 (BBC7)
Josie Long hears stories of observation.

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

Featuring Sarah Algashgari

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

Following Father

Featuring Johanna Heldebro

Produced by Tom Henley

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



A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

1605Mistaken Identity2018061920210210/11 (BBC7)
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

Josie Long unfurls stories of mistaken identity and people who have been misunderstood.

The writer Nikesh Shukla and his friends, Nick Hern 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.

Featuring Nikesh Shukla, Nick Hern and Robbie Lingham



A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

1606 LASTThe Other Side2018062620210217/18 (BBC7)
JOSIE LONG hears stories of crossing over to the other side.

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

Featuring Laura Barton

The Last Night

Featuring Anny Shaw

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft



A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

1701Meals2018112020210224/25 (BBC7)
JOSIE LONG presents short documentaries about food - from congee on a mountaintop to the nightmarish consequences of a family dinner.

The writer Jessica J Lee tries to recreate a vivid sensory experience and Australian audio-maker MIKE WILLIAMS shares a visceral story of a Christmas Eve meal.

Mutual Mastication

Produced by STEVE URQUHART

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Produced by MIKE WILLIAMS

Congee Dreams

Produced by Jessica J Lee

Last Requests

Produced by Hannah Dean

JOSIE LONG presents short documentaries about food.

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

1702Me And You2018112720210303/04 (BBC7)Josie Long presents new short documentaries and audio essays about intertwining with another person.

A father and son stare out to sea and talk about a lost love, a woman writes a letter to her young daughter unpicking the complex intersections between motherhood, art, selfhood and capitalism, and a widow finds an unusual spirit guide for her grieving.

Victoria, My Spirit Widow

Produced by Sophie Townsend

The Art of Knowing When to Retreat

Produced by Stacia Brown

Originally made for the podcast Hope Chest

A Friend

Produced by Sayre Quevedo

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

Josie Long presents short documentaries about intertwining with another person.

1703Untethered2018120420210310/11 (BBC7)Navigating the technological nightmare of the afterlife, the feeling of weightlessness during a late night drive and finding yourself adrift at sea - Josie Long presents short documentaries and mini works of fiction about finding yourself untethered to the world around you.

Please Hold (Extract)

Originally made for the podcast 'Imaginary Advice'. Featured in the episode 'After This

Produced by Ross Sutherland

Night Rider

Produced by Ariana Martinez

Lauren and Ken

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

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

Josie Long presents short documentaries about feeling adrift.

1704Seasons2018121120210317/18 (BBC7)
Josie Long presents new short documentaries and audio adventures tied to the changing of the seasons.

Laura Barton offers an ode to the sticky heat of summer, we hear the beat of hummingbird wings in autumn and a love story tied to cold British winters and Colombia's 'spring city'.

On Music Overheard

Produced by Phil Smith

Featuring Laura Barton

Tiny Jalopy

Produced by Michelle Macklem

Olga

Josie Long presents new short documentaries tied to the seasons.

Josie Long presents new short documentaries and audio adventures tied to the changing of the seasons. Laura Barton offers an ode to the sticky heat of summer, we hear the beat of hummingbird wings in autumn and a love story tied to cold British winters and Colombia's 'spring city'.

Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall,

A Falling Tree Production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2018.

JOSIE LONG presents new short documentaries and audio adventures tied to the changing of the seasons.LAURA BARTON offers an ode to the sticky heat of summer, we hear the beat of hummingbird wings in autumn and a love story tied to cold British winters and Colombia's 'spring city'.

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

1705The Gloaming2018121820210324/25 (BBC7)Josie Long presents new short documentaries on searching for hope in the gathering darkness.

John McCarthy and Brian Keenan look back on a single act of human kindness that glows amid much darker memories, a late night conversation explores the hope bound up in playing the lottery, and we hear as voices fade in a Danish hospice.

Featuring John McCarthy and Brian Keenan

Produced by Geoff Bird

Fading

Produced by Nanna Hauge Kristensen

Produced by Phoebe Wang

Josie Long presents new short documentaries on searching for hope in the gathering dark.

John McCarthy and Brian Keenan look back on a single act of human kindness that glows amid much darker memories, a late night conversation explores the hope bound up in playing the lottery and we hear as voices fade in a Danish hospice.

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

1706 LASTLasso The Moon20181225JOSIE LONG presents short Christmas-themed documentaries and adventures in sound.

We hear from a long time resident of Santa Claus, Indiana, the comedian MARK THOMAS offers a tender reflection on Away in a Manger, and Karolyn Grimes - the woman who played Zuzu Bailey in the festive classic It's a Wonderful Life - explores how it's interwoven with her life.

The Chief Elf of Santa Claus, Indiana

Featuring Pat Koch

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

Featuring MARK THOMAS

Produced by Sarah Cuddon

Featuring Karolyn Grimes

1801Known For2019021920210331 (BBC7)
Short documentaries about people or places who become known for a single thing.

Josie Long presents short documentaries about people or places who become known for a single thing.

From the contested title of Britain's most haunted village to a tender reflection on an actor defined by their most famous role.

Produced by Ross Sutherland

Babi

Featuring Rosalind Jana

The Bystander

Featuring William Genovese

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

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

Josie Long presents short documentaries about people or places who become known for a single thing. From the contested title of Britain's most haunted village to a tender reflection on an actor defined by their most famous role.

1802The Descent20190226Short documentaries about downward spirals, presented by Josie Long.
1802The Forgetting2019022620210414 (BBC7)JOSIE LONG presents fragmentary short documentaries about lost memories. Searching for a half-remembered past, shape-shifting, elusive personal histories, forgetting yourself and a story of societal forgetting.

Mother of Memory

Produced by Nanna Hauge Kristensen

Seven Magic Mountains

Featuring Laura Barton

The Trace of A Cloud In A Chest (extract)

You can listen to the feature in full here: https://soundcloud.com/charles-parker-prize/the-trace-of-a-cloud-in-a-chest-by-weidong-lin-silver-2015

Produced by Weidong Lin

The Forgotten

Produced by Karla Marie Sweet

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

JOSIE LONG presents fragmentary stories of lost memories and societal forgetting.

1803The Descent2019030520210421 (BBC7)Falling space debris sparks an adventure across continents - and underpants dangling from a tree push a woman into a downward spiral. Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about The Descent.

The King and I

Produced by Natalie Kestecher

Skylab

Featuring Stan Thornton

Produced by Hannah Dean

Seven Miles Deep

Featuring Don Walsh

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

Short documentaries about downward spirals, presented by Josie Long.

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

1804Oulipo2019031220210428 (BBC7)Josie Long presents a series of short documentaries and audio adventures inspired by the work of the Oulipo, a loose collective of writers and mathematicians who use playful constraints in their work to spark new ideas.

The Oulipo's name - Ouvroir de littérature potentielle - roughly translates as 'the workshop of potential literature'. They have produced works such as Georges Perec's La Disparition; A Void in the English translation, in which the letter e never appears; If on a Winter's Night a Traveller..., Italo Calvino's novel which features ten different first chapters of novels; and Raymond Queneau's Exercises in Style, in which the same story is retold 99 times in a different style.

Our workshop for potential radio features literary reviews, audio games and new stories from Joe Dunthorne, Jon Tjhia, John-Luke Roberts and Ross Sutherland.

As Far As The I

Produced by Jon Tjhia

Peanut Butter

Featuring Joe Dunthorne

Featuring John-Luke Roberts

The Other Ross Sutherland

Featuring Roddy Forsyth and Ross Sutherland

An alternate version of this story first appeared on the podcast Imaginary Advice

Produced by Ross Sutherland

Josie Long presents short documentaries inspired by Oulipian constraints.

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

The Oulipo's name - Ouvroir de litt退rature potentielle - roughly translates as 'the workshop of potential literature'. They have produced works such as Georges Perec's La Disparition; A Void in the English translation, in which the letter e never appears; If on a Winter's Night a Traveller..., Italo Calvino's novel which features ten different first chapters of novels; and Raymond Queneau's Exercises in Style, in which the same story is retold 99 times in a different style.

1804The Descent20190305
1805Between The Lines2019031920210505 (BBC7)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

Josie Long presents short documentaries about translation and interpretation.

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 interpreter.

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

Gymnop退die

1806 LASTEarly Spring2019032620210407 (BBC7)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 Córdova

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

JOSIE LONG presents adventures in sound inspired by the Rilke poem Early Spring.

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

Featuring Henry Cordova

1901What Lies Beneath2019052120210512 (BBC7)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

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

1902Desire Lines2019052820210519 (BBC7)
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.

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

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

Short documentaries about being drawn towards the ones we love presented by JOSIE LONG.

A serendipitous encounter, the desire lines we walk to a lover's house and the untethering of a breast-feeding baby from it's mother - JOSIE LONG presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about being drawn towards the ones we love.

1903Mirror Image2019060420210526 (BBC7)
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...

Originally made for the Third Coast International Audio Festival ShortDocs competition

Produced by Sarah Boothroyd

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

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

Josie Long presents short documentaries and sonic adventures on reflections and doubles.

Josie Long presents short documentaries and sonic adventures on mirrors and reflections.

1904Nocturne2019061120210602 (BBC7)
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

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

Josie Long presents short documentaries about what happens after darkness falls.

1905Nature Documentaries2019061820210609 (BBC7)
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

Short documentaries about the natural world presented by Josie Long.

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.

Producer: Andrea Rangecroft

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

1906 LASTPress Record2019062520210616 (BBC7)
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

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

2001Deep Time2019081320210623 (BBC7)
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

Josie Long presents short documentaries about our experience of time.

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

2002Keeping Faith2019082020210630 (BBC7)
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

Produced by Sook-Yin Lee

Production Team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam

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

2003Self-portrait2019082720210707 (BBC7)
Josie Long draws her own image whilst presenting short documentaries about turning the camera lens or microphone on yourself.

A Private Ritual

Written by Jess Bineth and Tilly Lawless

Produced by Jess Bineth

Ghosts

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

How To Remember

Produced by Axel Kacoutié ?

Production Team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam

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

Josie Long presents short documentaries about turning the lens or microphone on yourself.

Josie Long with short documentaries about turning the lens or microphone on yourself.

Produced by Axel Kacouti退?

2004Musical2019090320210714 (BBC7)
A spider infestation turns into a musical performance, the pianist Glenn Gould unpicks the magic of Petula Clark's Downtown and Patrick Haggerty talks about Lavender Country, which has come to be known as the first gay country music album.

Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about music and musicians.

Featuring Patrick Haggerty

Produced by Thomas Curry, Lauren Eisen and Sofie Strøbeck

Featuring Glenn Gould

Produced by Alan Hall

Spiders! The Musical

Produced by Phil Smith

Image Credit: Matthew Wilson

Production team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam

Short documentaries about music and musicians presented by Josie Long.

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

2005Mary Oliver2019091020210721 (BBC7)
Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

- Mary Oliver

Josie Long heads out alone into nature to present short documentaries and adventures in sound inspired by the poet Mary Oliver. From a meditation on the seasons amid the changing climate, to an exploration of wanting with Laura Barton.

Featuring Laura Barton

Mary Oliver - Listening to the World (edited extract)

Interview by Krista Tippett

This interview was originally produced for The On Being Project

onbeing.org

To Fail as a Witness

Featuring Anne Fosburg

Produced by Ariana Martinez

Special thanks to Anne Fosburg and collaborator Mitchell Johnson for the early correspondence that motivated this work.

Production Team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam

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

'Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?'

2006Family Ties2019091720210728 (BBC7)
A family whose women are bound by activism, poetry between generations and forging new families in later life. Josie Long presents short documentaries about familial connections.

Radical Love

Featuring Ash Sarkar

Produced by Alia Cassam

A Beautiful Arrangement

Featuring Stefanie Clark and Jane Callahan-Moore

Produced by Bill Healy

Loose Lips

Featuring Mark ‘Mr T' Thompson and Fiona Goffe

Produced by Alan Hall

Production Team: Eleanor McDowall and Alia Cassam

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

Short documentaries about familial connections with Josie Long.

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

Featuring Mark ‘Mr T' Thompson and Fiona Goffe

2007 LASTThe Archivist2019092420210804 (BBC7)
The tattered book worth risking everything for, the man who can't forget and chronicling history one voice message at a time. Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about record keepers.

Memories

Featuring Bob Petrella

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

Messages from Manus Island

Featuring Behrouz Boochani

Produced by Femi Oriogun-Williams

The Exercise Book

Featuring Jeremiah

Production Team: Eleanor McDowall and Alia Cassam

Producer: Andrea Rangecroft

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

2101From The Heart2019111920210811 (BBC7)From a broken-hearted granddaughter's search for understanding to a collective conversation around desire - Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about desire, love and heartbreak.

ROW-cub

Produced by Neena Pathak

Texts I've Sent The Government

Featuring John-Luke Roberts and River Hall

Falckensteinscredo

Produced by Phil Smith

An Interrogation

Produced by Erisa Apantaku

Production Team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam

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

Josie Long presents short documentaries about desire, love and heartbreak.

2102Sports2019112620210713 (R4)From rally car driving to the healing power of climbing - Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about sport, exercise and competition.

Go Faster

Featuring Rosemary Smith

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

Climb When Ready

Featuring Cassius Adair and Martha Bennett

Produced by Arlie Adlington

Music credit: Negentropy by Chad Crouch

That's It

Featuring recordings from The Sound of Sport

Produced by Bus Crush

Production Team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam

Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about sport.

2103Beasts2019120320210818 (BBC7)Magical creatures wrap themselves around you in the fog and we hear a musical tribute to furry beasts - Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about real and imagined animals.

Cat Names

Produced by Joseph Keckler

Ashi Magari

Produced by Rikke Houd

Touching the Elephant

Presented by Kim Normanton

Produced by Matt Thompson

Mastered by Jon Calver

Originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1997

Concerts for Dogs

Featuring Laurie Anderson

Produced by Tim Hinman

Originally made for Sound Matters

Production Team: Alia Cassam and Andrea Rangecroft

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

Short documentaries about creatures - both real and imagined - presented by Josie Long.

2104Maps20191210Navigating emotional terrain, finding joy in another world and mapping a continuum of thinking. Josie Long presents short documentaries about charting the territory.

Pixels and Bits

Featuring Stephen Sexton

Produced by Alia Cassam

Drive Straight Ahead

Written by Jonathan Goldstein and Mira Burt-Wintonick

Produced by Jonathan Goldstein, Mira Burt-Wintonick and Cristal Duhaime

Originally broadcast on CBC's WireTap

Playing in the Dark

Featuring Gail Lewis, Ego Ahaiwe Sowinski and Natasha Mumbi Nkonde

Produced by Tej Adeleye

Production Team: Eleanor McDowall and Alia Cassam

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

Short documentaries about charting the territory with Josie Long.

2105Bodies20191217Short documentaries and adventures in sound about the body presented by Josie Long.

Joe Dunthorne searches for under-described parts of the body, Nanna Hauge Kristensen explores the division between body and mind and we hear the sounds of sleep.

Production Team: Alia Cassam and Andrea Rangecroft

Joe Dunthorne dives into poetic descriptions of the body and we hear the sound of sleep. Visceral short documentaries and adventures in sound presented by Josie Long.

Her Eyes Were Like...

Featuring Joe Dunthorne, Caroline Bird, Ross Sutherland and Jack Underwood

While You Were Sleeping

Featuring Dr Jim Grayburn

Produced by Calum Perrin

Transition

Produced by Nanna Hauge Kristensen

2105Maps2019121020210825 (BBC7)Navigating emotional terrain, finding joy in another world and mapping a continuum of thinking. Josie Long presents short documentaries about desire, love and heartbreak.

Pixels and Bits

Featuring Stephen Sexton

Produced by Alia Cassam

Drive Straight Ahead

Written by Jonathan Goldstein and Mira Burt-Wintonick

Produced by Jonathan Goldstein, Mira Burt-Wintonick and Cristal Duhaime

Originally broadcast on CBC's WireTap

Playing in the Dark

Featuring Gail Lewis, Ego Ahaiwe Sowinski and Natasha Mumbi Nkonde

Produced by Tej Adeleye

Production Team: Eleanor McDowall and Alia Cassam

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

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

Josie Long presents short documentaries about desire, love and heartbreak. From 2019.

2106 LASTBodies2019121720210901 (BBC7)Joe Dunthorne dives into poetic descriptions of the body and we hear the sound of sleep. Visceral short documentaries and adventures in sound presented by Josie Long.

Her Eyes Were Like...

Featuring Joe Dunthorne, Caroline Bird, Ross Sutherland and Jack Underwood

While You Were Sleeping

Featuring Dr Jim Grayburn

Produced by Calum Perrin

Transition

Produced by Nanna Hauge Kristensen

Production Team: Alia Cassam and Andrea Rangecroft

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

Josie Long presents short documentaries about the body.

2106 LASTNoel20191224Icelandic Christmas characters creep out of the darkness, Scottee tells the story of a loving gift that travelled across countries and generations and the festive season bursts into song. Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound for Christmas Eve.

Festive short documentaries and adventures in sound presented by Josie Long.

A 6 year old takes a rather un-childlike view on the realities of Santa Claus, Icelandic Christmas characters creep out of the darkness, Scottee tells the story of a loving gift that travelled across countries and generations and the festive season bursts into song. Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound (for grown-ups) on Christmas Eve.

I Don't Know

Produced by Andy Mills with the musicians Matt and Jacob Boll, Corey and Cobey Bienert and Enoch Kim.

Featuring Rósa Thorsteinsdottir and Eva Maria Jónssdottir from The Arni Magnussen Institute

Produced by Rikke Houd

Nativity

Featuring Scottee

Produced by Alia Cassam

The Night Before the Night Before Christmas (Reprise)

Featuring Seymour and Stuart Sarnoff

Produced by Alex Lewis

Featuring R sa Thorsteinsdottir and Eva Maria J nssdottir from The Arni Magnussen Institute

2201Endurance2020021820210908 (BBC7)
Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about feats of endurance. A marathon runner needs to outrun a race official who wants her off the track, a woman goes on an exhausting dating quest and a writer living in the shadow of a nuclear reactor finds unlikely companionship with cockroaches.

Josie Long presents short documentaries about feats of endurance.

Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about feats of endurance. A marathon runner needs to outrun a race official who wants her off the track, a woman exhausts herself while running through the personal ads and a writer living in the shadow of a nuclear reactor finds unlikely companionship with cockroaches.

Featuring Laura Barton

Mr Right

Produced by Inge Hoonte

Originally made for Deep Wireless 4

Runner 261

Featuring Kathrine Switzer

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

Isn't it lovely?

Produced by Phoebe Wang

First commissioned as a part of the Constellations podcast's exhibition Resonant Bodies and then released in Constellations

This piece was supported in part by the Wassaic Artist Residency Program.

Kathrine Switzer photo credit - Boston Herald

Production Team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam

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

Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about feats of endurance. From February 2020.

2202Dancing On The Radio2020022520210915 (BBC7)
Short documentaries and adventures in sound about dancing. Presented by Josie Long

Josie Long presents toe-tapping, choreographed short documentaries and adventures in sound about dancing. From falling in love with movement to the art of staying still.

Vogue

Featuring Darren Suarez

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

Screen Test

Featuring Lucinda Childs

Produced by Hannah Dean

With music by Kayla Painter

Includes audio from the upcoming Andy Warhol exhibition at Tate Modern

It's a Commitment (Extract)

Originally made for the Smash/Cut podcast

Featuring Dr Brenda Dixon Gottschild and Dr Halifu Osumare

Produced by Alexander Charles Adams and Margaret Laurena Kemp

Music Credits: Revolution Void, Lloyd Rodgers, Kitchen Romance, and Alexander Charles Adams

Production Team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam

Josie Long presents toe-tapping, choreographed short documentaries offering three adventures in sound about dancing. From falling in love with movement - to the art of staying still.

Includes audio from Andy Warhol exhibition at Tate Modern

Music Credits: Revolution Void, Lloyd Rodgers, Kitchen Romance, and Xander Adams

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

Short documentaries and adventures in sound about dancing. With Josie Long. From 2020.

Produced by Xander Adams and Margaret Laurena Kemp

Josie Long presents stories about dancing.

Josie Long presents stories about dancing from falling in love with movement - to the art of staying still. From 2020.

2203Tarot2020030320210922 (BBC7)
Short documentaries inspired by the tarot deck. Presented by Josie Long.

Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound inspired by the tarot deck. From an imagined reading with Madame Cinnamon Black in New Orleans to a card that helps two sisters understand each other.

Sylvia Plath and the Tarot Pack

Featuring David Trinidad and Rebecca Tamás

Produced by Alia Cassam

Shadow Work

Produced by Ari Mejia

Three Cards

Featuring Madame Cinnamon Black

Produced by Cristal Duhaime

Originally recorded for 48 Hour Party People, a travel podcast hosted by Brendan Francis Newnam

Thanks to Mira Burt-Wintonick, Brendan Francis Newnam, Jackson Musker, Danielle Henderson and the Historic Voodoo Museum

Production Team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam

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

Featuring David Trinidad and Rebecca Tamကs

Josie Long presents stories inspired by the tarot deck, including a card that helps sisters understand each other. From 2020.

2204Call Me2020031020210929 (BBC7)
Short documentaries that centre around a phone line presented by Josie Long.

Wrong numbers that make the right connections and the comforting voices of strangers - Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about phones.

Monitoring

Produced by Mark Vernon

The Phoneline

Made by Jodie Taylor, producer at Fat Rat Films

This documentary featured recreated calls, all calls to NACOA's helpline remain absolutely confidential.

Please Hold

Produced by James T. Green

Originally made for the podcast u+1f60c

A 6 instead of a 9

Featuring Kasey Bergh and Henry Glendening

Produced by Claire Crofton

Production Team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam

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

Josie Long presents stories about phones, from wrong numbers making right connections to comforting voices. From 2020.

2205Encounters With Old Texts2020031720211006 (BBC7)
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, a cryptic crossword, personal ads and the work of Dylan Thomas inspire new short documentaries and adventures in sound presented by Josie Long.

Poem for October

Featuring Terry Jones

Produced by Sarah Cuddon

Slow Burn Seeking

Featuring Casey Orozco-Poore

Produced by Ariana Martinez

Produced by James T. Green

Relics

Featuring John-Luke Roberts

Production Team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam

Short documentaries inspired by encounters with old texts. Presented by Josie Long.

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

Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound inspired by encounters with old texts. From March 2020.

2206Habitat2020032420240228 (BBC7)Growing up in a changing landscape, communicating disaster through a language barrier, a sonic illustration of the world's dwindling animal populations and finding hope outside our windows. Josie Long presents short documentaries on the climate crisis.

Smoke Signals

Produced by Natalie Kestecher

Hearing Extinction

Produced by Mona Chalabi and Emmy the Great

Mother Earth

Produced by Alia Cassam

Terrace, Rome, Italy during the lockdown

Produced by Daria Corrias

Originally recorded for the Field Recordings podcast

Production Team: Eleanor McDowall and Alia Cassam

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

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

Short documentaries about our changing climate with Josie Long.

Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about our changing climate. From March 2020.

2206 LASTHabitat2020032420211013 (BBC7)Josie Long presents short documentaries on the climate crisis - growing up in a changing landscape, communicating disaster through a language barrier and a sonic illustration of the world's dwindling animal populations.

Production Team: Alia Cassam and Eleanor McDowall

Producer: Andrea Rangecroft

Short documentaries about our changing climate with Josie Long.

Growing up in a changing landscape, communicating disaster through a language barrier, a sonic illustration of the world's dwindling animal populations and finding hope outside our windows. Josie Long presents short documentaries on the climate crisis.

Smoke Signals

Produced by Natalie Kestecher

Hearing Extinction

Produced by Mona Chalabi and Emmy the Great

Mother Earth

Produced by Alia Cassam

Terrace, Rome, Italy during the lockdown

Produced by Daria Corrias

Originally recorded for the Field Recordings podcast

Production Team: Eleanor McDowall and Alia Cassam

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

2207Storytellers2020033120211020 (BBC7)
Short documentaries about telling stories with Josie Long.

A subject feedbacks back to her documentarian, a voicemail tells a story and the writer Ross Sutherland wonders how storytelling advice could save a relationship in trouble.

Nicola Talkback

Produced by Jess Shane

Music by Abby Swidler

Easiness

Featuring Ben Seretan

Produced by Alex Lewis

Originally produced for Audio Playground

Marriage Story

Featuring Ross Sutherland and Peter Saddington

Production Team: Eleanor McDowall and Alia Cassam

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

Josie Long presents short documentaries about storytellers.

Josie Long presents stories about storytellers, from a voicemail to saving a relationship in trouble.

2207 LASTStorytellers20200331JOSIE LONG presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about storytellers. A documentary subject responds to her documentarian and the writer Ross Sutherland wonders how storytelling advice could save a relationship in trouble.

Production Team: Alia Cassam and Eleanor McDowall

Producer: Andrea Rangecroft

JOSIE LONG presents short documentaries about storytellers.

Short documentaries about telling stories with Josie Long. A subject feedbacks back to her documentarian, a voicemail tells a story and the writer Ross Sutherland wonders how storytelling advice could save a relationship in trouble.

Nicola Talkback

Produced by Jess Shane

Music by Abby Swidler

Easiness

Featuring Ben Seretan

Produced by Alex Lewis

Originally produced for Audio Playground

Marriage Story

Featuring Ross Sutherland and Peter Saddington

Production Team: Eleanor McDowall and Alia Cassam

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

2301The Sea, The Sea2020051920211027 (BBC7)
Short documentaries on crashing waves and diving under the water. Presented by Josie Long.

Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about the sea.

The sounds of the sea, whispers into a wind phone and the dark, silent nights in Lyø, Denmark; a writer reflects on women dreaming of diving beneath the surface of the water; an Hawaiian surfer describes the exhilaration of riding through the barrel of a wave and stories from cliff-edge towns in the UK as the water comes ever-closer.

The Wave

Featuring Clyde Aikau

Music by Cabinet of Living Cinema

Produced by Sarah Cuddon

The Widow of the Sea

Produced by Nanna Hauge Kristensen

Featuring Margaret Drabble

Originally recorded by Sarah Cuddon for The Diving Venus

The View from the Edge

Featuring Darcy Bayless and Juliet Blaxland who has written a book about her experiences in a cliff edge house called The Easternmost House.

Produced by Chloe White and Jodie Taylor

Production Team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam

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

Short documentaries about crashing waves and diving beneath the surface of the water. Presented by Josie Long. From 2020.

2302Dreaming2020052620211103/04 (BBC7)
Short documentaries about the imagination presented by Josie Long.

Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about dreaming and the imagination. Dive into an astronaut's dreamscape, take an audio drawing lesson with Ebony Flowers and listen to Ursula Le Guin explore world-building.

Production Team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam

The Astronaut's Dream

Feat. Helen Sharman

Produced by Edward Prosser

Music by Kevin MacLeod

Originally created for the Royal Institution

Self Portrait in Outer Space

Feat. Ebony Flowers

Produced by Jess Shane

Music by Chad Crouch and Abby Swidler

Interviewed on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour

Originally broadcast in 1990

Evin and Ian

Produced by Georgia Moodie

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

Short documentaries about dreaming and imagination presented by Josie Long. From 2020.

2303Kids2020060220211110/11 (BBC7)
Short documentaries about childhood. Presented by Josie Long.

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

The Random Weather Report

Featuring Niamh and Tommy

Produced by Chris Attaway

Originally produced for Audio Playground

audioplayground.xyz

Bundle on the Subway

Featuring Pete Mercurio and Danny Stewart

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

Production Team: Eleanor McDowall and Alia Cassam

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

Josie Long presents stories about childhood, from a weather forecast takeover and finding a newborn on the subway. From 2020.

2304Words To Live By2020060920211117/18 (BBC7)
Josie Long presents short documentaries on words to live by.

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

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

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 Kacouti退.

Produced by Axel Kacouti退

Josie Long presents stories about writers and musicians whose words help us navigate difficult moments in our lives. From 2020.

2305The Outside2020061620211124/25 (BBC7)Short documentaries about the outside world presented by Josie Long.

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

Produced by Hana Walker-Brown

Production team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam

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

2306 LASTRemix2020062320211201/02 (BBC7)Short documentaries about remixing and reinventing the world presented by Josie Long.

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

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

2401Touch20200811Short documentaries about the sensation of touch presented by Josie Long.

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

Short documentaries about the sensation of touch. Presented by Josie Long.

2402Moments Of Being20200818Josie 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

Short documentaries about 'moments of being'. Presented by Josie Long.

'The past only comes back when the present runs so smoothly that it is like the sliding surface of a deep river. Then one sees through the surface to the depths. In those moments I find one of my greatest satisfactions, not that I am thinking of the past; but that it is then that I am living most fully in the present. For the present when backed by the past is a thousand times deeper...'

Music by Carl V退zina

2403The Question20200825Short documentaries on quiz shows and queries for an uncertain future. With Josie Long.

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

2404The Departure20200901Josie 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

Short documentaries about leaving. Presented by Josie Long.

2405Hinterland20200908Josie 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 loving act of re-making the world in your hands.

Production team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam

Short documentaries about hinterlands. Presented by Josie Long.

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)

2406 LASTTomorrow20200915Programming 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

Short documentaries about our visions of the future with Josie Long.

2407 LASTHauntings20200922Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about absences which leave a mark. A quiet city, a haunted literature and an attic filled with the sounds of secret symphonies.

Production Team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam

Short documentaries about absences which leave a mark. Presented by Josie Long.

Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about absences which leave a mark. An unexpected visitor, a haunted literature and a grandson searches for the truth about a grandmother he never knew.

Ghosts

Featuring Mariana Enr퀀quez

Unexpected Guests (Extract)

Produced by Phoebe Judge, Lauren Spohrer, and Nadia Wilson

Originally made for the podcast Criminal

Alicia

Written and produced by Sayre Quevedo, with editing by Cristal Duhaime, Mira Burt-Wintonick and Sarah Geis, mixed by Mira Burt-Wintonick

Originally made for the podcast Love Me

Beloved

Featuring Toni Morrison

Produced by Shanida Scotland

2501The Interpreter20201117From the act of translating dance into words to finding understanding between two divorced parents - JOSIE LONG presents stories of interpretation.

What Is This Shape?

Producer: Jess Shane

Music: Daniel Pencer

Featuring. iele paloumpis, Seta Morton, Alejandra Ospina and Krishna Washburn

This research featured in this doc was catalyzed by the evening-length dance performance of In place of catastrophe, a clear night sky, which was set to premiere at Danspace Project in May 2020, but has been postponed due to COVID-19. It was directed by iele paloumpis in collaboration with Marielys Burgos-Meléndez, Seta Morton, Alejandra Ospina, Monica Rodriguez, Ogemdi Ude, Krishna Washburn, Adrien Weibgen and Marýa Wethers. For more information, please visit inplaceofcatastrophe.com

The project featured in this doc was made possible, in part, by the Danspace Project Commissioning Initiative and Production Residency Program funded by the Lambent Foundation Fund of the Tides Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; with additional support through a 2019 Movement Research Residency, funded by the Scherman Foundation's Katharine S. and Axel G. Rosin Fund; and is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC); as well as Dance/NYC's Disability. Dance. Artistry. Dance and Social Justice Fellowship Program, made possible by the generous support of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs CreateNYC Disability Forward Fund and the Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation, and with additional support from the New York Community Trust. Creative developmental residencies at The Chocolate Factory Theater, Queer

Art Pride at Abrons Arts Center, AUNTS Residency at Mount Tremper Arts, and the Zil Culture Center in Moscow through the GPS/Global Practice Sharing program of Movement Research with funding from the Trust for Mutual Understanding, have also contributed to this ongoing research.

Poem With Captions

By Raymond Antrobus

A Birthday Card

Producer: Nanna Hauge Kristensen

Sound Design: Astrid Hald

I'm So Sorry

Producer: Eleanor McDowall

Music: Jeremy Warmsley

Created for audioplayground.xyz

Production Team: Andrea Rangecroft

Short documentaries and adventures in sound about interpretation presented by JOSIE LONG.

This research featured in this doc was catalyzed by the evening-length dance performance of In place of catastrophe, a clear night sky, which was set to premiere at Danspace Project in May 2020, but has been postponed due to COVID-19. It was directed by iele paloumpis in collaboration with Marielys Burgos-Mel退ndez, Seta Morton, Alejandra Ospina, Monica Rodriguez, Ogemdi Ude, Krishna Washburn, Adrien Weibgen and Marýa Wethers. For more information, please visit inplaceofcatastrophe.com

2502Miniatures20201124JOSIE LONG presents a selection of miniature documentaries and tiny audio adventures.

A short song about the joys of singing, a 3-minute elevator journey with the poet PAUL FARLEY, a snappy surrealist game and a journey into the world of the planet's tiniest inhabitants.

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

Even shorter short documentaries with JOSIE LONG.

Josie Long presents a selection of miniature documentaries and tiny audio adventures. A 3-minute elevator journey with the poet Paul Farley, a snappy surrealist game and a journey into the world of the planet's tiniest inhabitants.

Mini Break

The Pitch

Written by Paul Farley

Produced by Geoff Bird

Five-Seven-Five

Produced by Sami El-Enany and Axel Kacouti退

The Shape of You in Her

Produced by Jonathan Williams

Created for audioplayground.xyz

Time is Happening

Produced by Annina Lehman

The Quiet

Featuring Aisling Gallagher

Produced by Calum Perrin

An extract from Conversations Future Selves, a collaborative project commissioned by YLab and HARP

An Acoustic Acclamation to Things Tiny

Produced by Action Pyramid

A Hymn to Cardea

Featuring Stephen Jenkinson

Produced by Phil Smith

Production Team: Eleanor McDowall

2503Readers20201201Short documentaries and audio adventures about the letters and books which reach unexpected readers - with JOSIE LONG.

From the woman who has collected 8000 strangers' diaries to the letter treasured by a political prisoner who'd never met its senders.

The Mother

Featuring Cedric Jones, Sonia Sanchez and Haki Madhubuti

Produced by Sarah Cuddon

Revolutionary Greetings

Featuring Lee Mostert, Freda Mostert, Estelle Leonard and Chris Giffard

Produced by Neroli Price with additional reporting by Rasmus Bitsch

Sally's Diaries

Featuring Sally MacNamara Ivey

Produced by Olivia Humphreys

Production team: Andrea Rangecroft

Letters and books which reach unexpected readers. With JOSIE LONG

Letters and books which reach unexpected readers. With Josie Long.

2504Silent Symphonies20201208JOSIE LONG presents short documentaries and audio adventures about listening to the music which lies beneath the surface of things - uncovering one woman's secret musical rebellion and a sonic poem from audio artist Axel Kacoutié about mapping our differing experiences and associations with the world around us.

Production team: Eleanor McDowall

Producer: Andrea Rangecroft

Short documentaries with JOSIE LONG listening to what lies beneath the surface.

Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about listening to what lies beneath the surface. Uncovering one woman's secret musical rebellion, rescuing musical scores written by prisoners in concentration camps and mapping our differing experiences in a sonic poem by the audio artist Axel Kacouti退.

A Unique Literature

Featuring Francesco Lotoro

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

Mirry

Featuring Tom Fraser, Margaret Drage and Geoffrey Drage

Co-produced by Kirsteen McNish and Eleanor McDowall

Music by Mirabel Lomer, Tom Fraser and Simon Tong

A Sound Poem

First broadcast in the Constellations podcast episode 'Inner Geographies

Produced by Axel Kacouti退

2505The Caretakers20201215Short documentaries about caretakers. Presented by JOSIE LONG.

Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures on the caretakers who help our worlds to run and re-imagining the places we love.

The Reason That I'm Still Here

Featuring Usnia Granger

Produced by Michael Segalov

Featuring Scottee and his mum Sarah

The Dustbin Man Cometh

Produced by Ed Prosser

From Surface to Core

Feat. Miriam Gonzကlez

Produced by Ariana Martinez

Production team: Andrea Rangecroft

2506 LASTA Merry Little Christmas2020122220231220 (BBC7)Cold-calling Santa Claus, family gatherings and a solo tradition for the 25th December - JOSIE LONG presents festive short documentaries.

Santa Clauses

Produced by Noam Osband

Merry Christmas Grandad

Featuring Mark Thomas

Produced by Sarah Cuddon

Christmas at the Movies

Featuring Hanif Abdurraqib

Production team: Andrea Rangecroft

Short festive documentaries and adventures in sound presented by JOSIE LONG.

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

Cold-calling Santa Claus, family gatherings and a solo tradition. Josie Long presents festive short documentaries. From 2020.

2601Acts Of Love2021021620230423 (R4)Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures that centre around acts of love - from the story of Ruth Coker Burks, who became a loving caretaker for hundreds of men during the AIDS epidemic, to the poet Nikita Gill's look at a love which ended in its beginning.

Jewels from the Sun

Written and read by Nikita Gill

The Last Act

Featuring Anita Barrows

Produced by Phil Smith

This interview first appeared in the documentary To Bear Witness on BBC Radio 3 in Between the Ears.

Comet Dust

Featuring Ruth Coker Burks

Produced by Jodie Taylor and Chloe White

Production team: Andrea Rangecroft

Josie Long presents short documentaries about acts of love.

2602Correspondents20210223JOSIE LONG presents short documentaries and audio adventures about the act of writing - from pen-pals connecting across thousands of miles to the love letters that are cherished, hidden and lost.

Production Team: Eleanor McDowall

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

Short documentaries with JOSIE LONG about keeping in touch.

Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about letter writing - Mother's Day cards travelling thousands of miles home, love letters that are cherished, hidden and lost, and a one-way correspondence bringing comfort during chemotherapy.

Letters to My Dear Lovers

Produced by Sofia Saldanha

You Go First

Featuring Helene Ishikawa

Produced by Rachel Ishikawa

Ursula Bloom speaking to Jack Singleton

Home This Afternoon, BBC Radio, 1965

From Me To You

Featuring Alison Hitchcock and Brian Greenley

Produced by Helen Zaltzman

First broadcast in The Allusionist podcast episode ‘66. Open Me part 1

frommetoyouletters.co.uk

2603Motherhood2021030220230430 (R4)Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about mothers and motherhood.

We hear a story of a recurrent dream about searching for an absent mother, Heather O'Neill delves into the ways her mother and her own experience of motherhood have threaded through her life, and the writer Nikesh Shukla reflects on ways to remember a mother you've lost.

Production team: Andrea Rangecroft

Short documentaries about mothers and motherhood. Presented by Josie Long.

Fragments Of My Mother

Written and read by Nikesh Shukla

Motherhood, a short story

Featuring Heather O'Neill

Produced by Sarah Cuddon

Call Me Mother

Featuring Raven Mandella

Produced by Suzie McCarthy

Mother, Unknown

Produced by Nanna Hauge Kristensen

2604Moonlight2021030920230507 (R4)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

Short documentaries which take place under the light of the moon presented by Josie Long.

2605The Gallery2021031620230514 (R4)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

Feat.uring 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

Short documentaries about artworks and artists. Presented by Josie Long.

Featuring Substantia Jones

2606 LASTThe Blue Of Distance20210323Short documentaries about the colour blue. Presented by Josie Long.

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

2607 LASTUnfinished2021033020230521 (R4)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

Short documentaries with Josie Long about looking for completion.

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'.

BBC Archive of Fran瀀oise Sagan, 1989

A special thanks to C'ne Rohlsen, Axel Kacouti退, C.C. Paschal, Cher Vincent, Zakiya Gibbons, and Veralyn Williams for editorial and artistic guidance.

2701Silence20210518A 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.

Curatorial Team: ALIA CASSAM and Andrea Rangecroft

JOSIE LONG presents short documentaries about silence.

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

Exec Producer: Zakia Sewell

2702Sensory20210525Josie Long presents visceral short documentaries and audio adventures about - or made to engage - the five senses. From the taste of a soup nearly lost to a storm, to a collective kiss in.

Curatorial team: Alia Cassam and Andrea Rangecroft

Josie Long presents visceral short docs about - or made to engage - the five senses.

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.

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

Executive Producer: Zakia Sewell

Josie Long presents visceral short docs about - or made to engage - the senses.

2703Smoke And Mirrors20210601Josie 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.

Curatorial Team: Alia Cassam and Andrea Rangecroft

Josie Long presents magical short documentaries about illusions.

Magic Mike

Produced by Mike Williams

Third Man Factor

Produced by Olivia Humphreys

Sand

Produced by Ariel Mejia

Exec Producer: Zakia Sewell

2704Grace Notes20210608Audio 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.

Curatorial team: Alia Cassam and Eleanor McDowall

Producer: Andrea Rangecroft

Exec Producer: Zakia Sewell

Josie Long presents short documentaries about music.

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

Executive Producer: Zakia Sewell

2705Land20210615Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about our connection to the land. The significance of the acorn for members of the Maidu tribe in northern California, and the storyteller Richard O'Neill on the stopping places woven into the British landscape.

Curatorial team: Alia Cassam and Eleanor McDowall

Producer: Andrea Rangecroft

Executive Producer: Zakia Sewell

Short documentaries with Josie Long about our connection to the landscape.

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

2706 LASTFirst Light20210622Josie 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

Executive Producer: Zakia Sewell

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`.

2801Leonora Carrington2021081020220109 (R4)Otherworldly encounters with a painting that comes to life, a surprise connection and fragments of a life... Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures inspired by the worlds of the artist, surrealist painter and novelist Leonora Carrington, a decade on from her death.

Curatorial team: Alia Cassam and Andrea Rangecroft

Executive Producer: Axel Kacoutié

Josie Long presents short documentaries inspired by the work of Leonora Carrington.

Otherworldly encounters with a painting that comes to life, a surprise connection and a magical summoning... Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures inspired by the surreal worlds of the artist and writer Leonora Carrington, a decade on from her death.

Interviewed by John Silver (1992)

Archive courtesy of John Silver

Down Below

Produced by Nanna Hauge Kristensen

Prim

Feat. Joanna Moorhead

Produced by Sarah Cuddon

A Summoning

Produced by Sami El-Enany

Executive Producer: Axel Kacouti退

2802Portals2021081720220116 (R4)Josie Long presents short documentaries about portals and gateways. A safe passage into the world, a scent which can take you somewhere else and a swim in the moonlight to heal a broken heart.

Eider

Produced by Rikke Houd

Featuring Courtney Rafuse

Produced by Aliya Pabani

To the Moon

Featuring Marta Medvesek

Produced by Marta Medvesek and Phoebe McIndoe

Curatorial team: Alia Cassam and Andrea Rangecroft

Executive Producer: Axel Kacoutié

Josie Long presents short documentaries about portals and gateways. A safe passage into the world, a scent which can take you somewhere else...

Executive Producer: Axel Kacouti退

2803Video Games2021082420220123 (R4)Audio adventures and short documentaries about gaming, presented by Josie Long. The joy and frustration of new adventures, fast cars and family days out at the M6 Southwaite Services, and finding love by the fountain in Dalaran.

Go South

Produced by Mae-Li Evans

Pole Position

Featuring Steve, Alistair and Sandy Urquhart

Produced by Steve Urquhart

Meet you at the fountain in Dalaran

Featuring Michelle and Alberto Naso

Curatorial team: Alia Cassam and Eleanor McDowall

Producer: Andrea Rangecroft

Executive Producer: Axel Kacoutié

Josie Long presents short documentaries about gaming.

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

Executive Production: Axel Kacoutié

Executive Producer: Axel Kacouti退

2804Tenderness2021083120220130 (R4)Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about finding tenderness. Conversations with cats, the sound of a piano drifts through the night and a memory of old, lost love.

Cat Chat

Produced by Danny Greenwald

The Piano

Produced by Sofia Saldanha

Originally made for Centro de Dramaturgia e Argumento (CeDA) and Antena 2

Marianne

Marianne Ihlen interview recorded by Alan Hall

Originally broadcast in the BBC Radio 4 documentary Leonard and Marianne

Jan Christian Mollestad was talking on CBC's 'As It Happens

www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens

Curatorial team: Alia Cassam and Andrea Rangecroft

Executive Producer: Axel Kacoutié

Josie Long presents short documentaries about finding tenderness.

Executive Producer: Axel Kacouti退

2805Repetition20210907Short documentaries about repetition with Josie Long. A writer stumbles across another version of himself online, delving into the world of positive affirmation and a tender exchange over breakfast.

Curatorial team: Alia Cassam and Andrea Rangecroft

Executive Producer: Axel Kacoutié

Short documentaries about repetition with Josie Long. 195 ways to thank someone for their letter, avoiding getting stuck in a thought loop and a tender exchange over breakfast.

Thanks For Your Letter

Written and read by Joe Dunthorne

Meditation

Produced by Ellie Lightfoot and Miles Mercer

Checking One's Levels

Produced by Talia Augustidis

Executive Producer: Axel Kacouti退

2806 LASTThe Hidden Part20210914Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about what remains hidden from view. A writer learns more than she would like about her lover's past conquests and a man wrestles with hyper-visibility as he walks home.

Everything, Nothing

Featuring Laura Barton

Surveillance

Produced by Derick Armah and Ivan d'Avoine

Into Shadow

Featuring John Colverson

Produced by Phil Smith

Curatorial team: Alia Cassam and Andrea Rangecroft

Executive Producer: Axel Kacouti退

Josie Long presents short documentaries about what remains hidden from view.

2807Elders20210921Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about guiding lights and those who have gone before - from finding connection with someone whose last dance was over a century ago to one of the last people in the UK to have performed an old ritual.

Breath is Life (extract)

Featuring Eileen Kramer

Produced by Eleanor McDowall

You belong to the land, and the land belongs to you

Featuring Alice Starmore

Interview and music by Col Gordon

Produced by Katie Revell

This interview originally appeared in the Farmerama series 'Landed

My Flamenco Ancestor

Produced by Yinka Esi Graves and Carys Wall

Inspired by the documentary Gurumbe: Afro-Andalusian Memories by Miguel À?ngel Rosales

Curatorial team: Alia Cassam and Andrea Rangecroft

Executive Producer: Axel Kacoutié

Josie Long presents short documentaries about guiding lights.

Inspired by the documentary Gurumbe: Afro-Andalusian Memories by Miguel @ngel Rosales

Executive Producer: Axel Kacouti退

2901Red20211116Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures on the colour red. A redhead in a crowd of redheads, exploring notes of red on the piano, and a nation's relationship with the colour red.

Roodharigendag (Redhead days)

Featuring Shelby Vittek

Produced by Gaby Caplan and Ellie Lightfoot

The Little Red Piano

Featuring Duncan Honeybourne

Produced by Flora Zajicek

Our home on native land

Produced by Kalli Anderson

The painting referred to in this feature is The Scream by Cree artist Kent Monkman. This piece includes short excerpts from news reports from the CBC, APTN News, CityNews, CTV, CP24, Global News and 680 News. It also includes the voices of Bob Paulson, Chief Allan Adam, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Cindy Blackstock. The music is Land Back by The Halluci Nation.

Photo credit: Birgitta Honeybourne

Curated by Alia Cassam and Eleanor McDowall

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

Executive Producer: Axel Kacoutié

Josie Long presents short documentaries about the colour red.

Executive Producer: Axel Kacouti退

2902Wheel Of Fortune20211123A writer wonders if she has been cursed by the comedian Stewart Lee, a man builds his home beside an active volcano, and the story of a clothes peg and it's strange, romantic power.

Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about luck, superstition and surrendering to chaos.

Sandwiches

Featuring Laura Barton and Stewart Lee

Kilauea

Featuring Gary Sleik

Produced by Thomas Phillips

Lucky 7

Featuring Richard O'Neill

Photo credit: Gary Sleik ('Photo taken February 11, 2017 at 7: 48 a.m. about 7 km west of my home, on my morning walk to see where the lava was flowing on the surface. I was able to see these flows from my bed at night, more comfortable for me than most people I'm sure.')

Curated by Alia Cassam and Andrea Rangecroft

Executive Producer: Axel Kacoutié

Josie Long presents short docs about luck, superstition and surrendering to chaos.

Executive Producer: Axel Kacouti退

2903Past Tense20211130Josie Long presents audio adventures and short documentaries about what's gone before.

A daughter's decades-long search for a father who went missing as a political prisoner in South Africa, a poem by the German-American poet Lisel Mueller listing the parts that make up our memories, and the writer and comedian Heidi O'Loughlin untangles the stories woven into and around her Polynesian identity.

Curated by Alia Cassam and Eleanor McDowall

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

Executive Producer: Axel Kacoutié

Short documentaries looking into the past with Josie Long.

Josie Long presents audio adventures and short documentaries about what's gone before. A daughter's decades-long search for her father who went missing as a political prisoner in South Africa, a poem by the German-American poet Lisel Mueller listing the parts that make up our memories, and the writer and comedian Heidi O'Loughlin untangles the stories woven into and around her Polynesian identity.

Nombulelo Booi

Featuring Nombulelo Booi and Madeleine Fullard, with translation by Thenjiwe Kona.

Produced by Catherine Boulle and Bongani Kona

This piece is part of a larger, ongoing documentary project by Catherine and Bongani titled Time, Paper, Bone about the work of the Missing Persons Task Team, and the exhumation of James Booi's remains. The project won the 2021 Whickers Radio and Audio Funding Award.

Necessities

Written by Lisel Mueller

Read by Lisel Mueller and Studs Terkel and from a conversation originally broadcast in January 1987.

Courtesy of the Studs Terkel Radio Archive

From the South Pacific

Written and read by Heidi O'Loughlin

Curatorial team: Alia Cassam and Eleanor McDowall

Producer: Andrea Rangecroft

Executive Producer: Axel Kacouti退

2904Inside Out20211207Josie 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.

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

Josie Long presents short docs on how our sense of self collides with the world outside.

Executive Producer: Axel Kacouti退

2905The Day After20211214Josie 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.

Curated by Alia Cassam and Andrea Rangecroft

Executive Producer: Axel Kacoutié

Josie Long presents short documentaries on the days after your life changes.

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.

Executive Producer: Axel Kacouti退

2906 LASTThe Night Before Christmas20211221Josie 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

Executive Producer: Axel Kacoutié

Executive Producer: Axel Kacouti退

3001The Horror!20220215The 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

Terrifying short documentaries and adventures in sound. Presented by Josie Long.

3002The Lovers20220222Returning 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 Begin

Featuring Ben Bryant and Elizabeth Hepburn

Produced by Olivia Humphreys

Featuring Scottee and Brian Teeling

Produced by Scottee

Photo credit: Brian Teeling

Short romantic documentaries and adventures in sound. Presented by Josie Long.

We've Only Just Begun

3003In Other Words20220301Josie 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 father and son connect through the language of love in Urdu poetry.

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

Josie Long presents short documentaries on how we express ourselves.

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

3004Weather Report20220308Clouds 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

Storm clouds gather as Josie Long presents short documentaries about the weather.

3005Wildlife20220315Josie Long presents short documentaries inspired by the natural world.

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

3006Where The Wild Things Are20220322Josie Long presents short documentaries inspired by the worlds of Maurice Sendak.

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

3007Shorter Cuts20220329Josie Long presents even shorter short documentaries and audio adventures.

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

Produced by Axel Kacouti退

3101I Will Wait For You20220524A wait of 33 years between a marriage proposal and a response, a skittish piano tries to avoid the stage and a young boy looks out to sea waiting for his father. Josie Long presents short documentaries and works of sound art about waiting, yearning and anxiously anticipating.

Produced by Eleanor McDowall

Isabel and Alf

Featuring Isabel Bader

Produced by Kalli Anderson

Thank you to Isabel Bader, Ruth Clarke and Olivia Richardson.

The Voice of the Sea

Feat.uring Abel Coentrão

Produced by Rebecca Nolan

Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

Short documentaries about waiting, yearning and anxiously anticipating with Josie Long.

Feat.uring Abel Coentr o

Curated by Axel Kacouti退, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

3102Sound Effects20220531Listening to the melodies in auctioneer school, reimagining the sound in your ears and a twilight audio-experience which takes you back in time. Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures inspired by unusual sound worlds.

The Auctioneer (Excerpt)

Originally produced by Ned Sublette for New American Radio

somewhere.org

Accompaniment for Ever-Present Sounds

Composed by Sami El-Enany

Flying Fox

Featuring Lawrence Pope

Produced by Thomas Phillips

Photo credit: Doug Gimesy

Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

Josie Long presents short documentaries inspired by unusual sound worlds.

Curated by Axel Kacouti退, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

3103Devotion20220607Josie Long presents audio adventures and short documentaries dedicated to our love for those around us - an invocation for creating new life, finding meaning in being stood up and decades spent hearing about, and helping, Britain's LGBTQ+ life.

Alone

Produced by Noam Osband

Thank you for being here

Featuring Switchboard volunteers past and present

Produced by Tash Walker and Adam Zmith

Originally from The Log Books podcast, produced by Tash, Adam and Shivani Dave

An Invocation for All Fertility Treatments

Accessing the Powers of the Universe: An Invocation for All Fertility Treatments is written and performed by Erica Gillingham

Co-produced by Erica Gillingham and Andrea Rangecroft

Producer: Andrea Rangecroft

Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

Josie Long presents short documentaries on dedication.

Curated by Axel Kacouti退, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

3104Detectives20220614Josie Long, P.I. investigates a series of mysterious audio adventures and short documentaries including The Big Sleep (at 73) and The Case of the Disappearing Turtle.

Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

Short documentaries about sleuthing with Josie Long, PI.

Josie Long, P.I. investigates a series of mysterious audio adventures and short documentaries including The Young Detective, The Case of the Disappearing Turtle and The Big Sleep (at 73).

The Missing Turtle

Featuring Diana and Oliva

Produced by Maria Dønvang

Featuring Hilde Lysiak

You Will Die at 73

Featuring Hugh Clegg and Jamie Robinson

Directed by Hugh Clegg

Music composed by Mathilde Koechlin and Jamie Robinson

Sound Design by Carlos San Juan Juanchi

Producer: Andrea Rangecroft

Curated by Axel Kacouti退, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

3105Numbers20220621From a rhythm that weaves itself through memory to our relationship with deep time, Josie Long presents a countdown of numerically-inspired short documentaries.

Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

The Everywhen

Featuring Dave Johnston-Pitt and Sam Juparulla Wickman

Produced by Jaye Kranz

The Yelling Birds of the Presidio

Featuring Jenny Phillips, who also shared the field recordings used to create this piece

Produced by Kalli Anderson and Kaija Siirala

Counting to Six

Accordion played by Kaveh Ghaffari, Tonbak by Farhad Asadi and Pedal Steel by Michael Eckert

Produced by Arif Mirbaghi

Curated by Axel Kacouti退, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

3106 LASTAction!20220628An AI writes a Nicolas Cage film, a Matt Damon lookalike causes havoc and a story has it's climax removed - Josie Long presents short action-driven documentaries and audio adventures.

Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

Josie Long presents short action-driven documentaries.

An AI writes a Nicolas Cage film, a Matt Damon lookalike causes havoc and a story has its climax removed - Josie Long presents short action-driven documentaries and audio adventures.

Produced by Jesse Lawson and Arlie Adlington

Originally created for KCRW's 24 Hour Radio Race

Nic O Las

Produced by Suzie McCarthy

The Juicy Part

Produced by Jess Shane

Sweat

Feat. Laura Barton

Curated by Axel Kacouti退, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

3107Twilight Hours20220705As the light fades, Josie Long presents short documentaries about hovering on the edge of darkness. A poetic dialogue prompted by an eager moon and a wander through nature in the gloaming.

Produced by James T. Green and Ariana Martinez

The History of Night

Featuring Dr Andrew Flack

Produced by Hunter Charlton

Epilogue

Produced by Sean Towgood

Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

Josie Long presents short documentaries about the fading light.

Curated by Axel Kacouti退, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

3108New Forms20220712A therapeutic technique sits at the heart of an interview and the protagonist of a novel speaks back to its writer - Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures which experiment with form.

Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

Josie Long presents short documentaries which experiment with form.

Everything is Fine Forecast

Originally produced for the podcast Randomly Generated Thought

Written and performed by Ewan Cameron.

Music and sound design by Ewan Cameron

Life Partners

Produced by Christina Hardinge

Afterword

Written and read by Bongani Kona

Sound design by Catherine Boulle

Curated by Axel Kacouti退, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

3201Radio20220906Treetop antennas, a witness from history and a dialogue with a loudspeaker - Josie Long presents short radio docs and adventures in sound inspired by broadcasts into the ether.

From the forests of North Carolina, USA to the city of Kyiv, Ukraine - two ham radio enthusiasts seek each other out and a voice from the past prompts a dialogue on listening between a rabbi and a radio producer.

Treetop Radio

Featuring Volodymyr Gurtovy and Thomas Witherspoon

Produced by Cicely Fell

Here Comes Everybody

Extract from Shake Rattle Roll - originally made for New American Radio

Produced by Gregory Whitehead and Dan Lander

www.somewhere.org

Mattie's Broadcast

Produced by Veronica Simmonds

Featuring music from Alphabet of Wrongdoing by Cantor/Composer/Vocalist Daniela Gesundheit

Curated by Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

Adventures in sound inspired by broadcasts into the ether. Presented by Josie Long.

3202Scenes From A Life20220913A car ride tumbles through grief, teenagers howl in the woods and a snapshot of a day's answering machines across America - Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures where all the action unfolds in the present.

Church in the woods, Louisiana, USA at 6pm in April 2020

Produced by Mara Lazer

The Balloon

Produced by Talia Augustidis

Animal Tracking Class

With Andrius GaidamaviĀ?ius

Produced by Vaida Pilibaitytė

This recording was originally broadcast in the documentary Širdies formos pėdsakais (Heart Shaped Footprints)

Thank you for Calling

Produced by Jules Bradley

Curated by Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

Josie Long presents short documentaries built only from scenes unfolding in the present.

With Andrius Gaidamavi?ius

Produced by Vaida Pilibaityt?

This recording was originally broadcast in the documentary Širdies formos p?dsakais (Heart Shaped Footprints)

3203Memento Mori20220920A charged summer, a garden blooms again, a silent room and the rumbling of lava - Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound which explore our mortality.

A New Tense

Author: Brit Jensen

Sound: Martin Ožvold

Music: Kaj T. Jensen, Bjørg Siedelman Christensen and Fagradsfjall

Bower

Produced by Phil Smith

Dragonfly

Featuring Rebecca Finkel

Produced by Alexandra Salmon

Curated by Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

Short documentaries about mortality. Presented by Josie Long.

Sound: Martin Ožvold

3204Competition20220927A bike race in memory of a Hastings fisherman, the football match that will never happen again, and the highs and lows of a dance competition through the eyes of a child. Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures on the journey to first place.

The Cha-cha Champion

Featuring Emily, Marlene and Tomasz

Produced by Sam Stone

When Goss was God

Written and read by Juliet Jacques

The Ascent

Featuring Gary Reid and Paul Joy

Produced by Jodie Taylor and Will Davies

Producer: Andrea Rangecroft

Curated by Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

Short documentaries on the journey to first place. Presented by Josie Long.

3205Symbols And Signs20221004Recurring dreams, tarot cards and a message from the universe - Josie Long presents short documentaries about symbols and signs.

Look Cool Be Gay

Produced by Jesse Lawson and Sylwia Osiecka

Call Me

Produced by Emily Finch

The Magician

Produced by Axel Kacouti退

Curated by Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

Josie Long presents short documentaries about symbols and signs from the universe.

3301Autobiography20221122A vision of the city after dark through the eyes of a graffiti writer, a poem addressed to a piece of legislation and a glimpse of what it means to sell the pain in your life as art.

Short autobiographical docs, adventures in sound and new forms where producers turn the microphone on themselves. Presented by Josie Long.

Dear Section 28

Produced by Tash Walker

A406

Catharsis

Produced by Scottee

Curated by Axel Kacouti退, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

Short autobiographical documentaries and adventures in sound. Presented by Josie Long.

3302Intimacies20221129A writer discovers his digital double, the story behind a name and an erotic invitation - short documentaries about the intimate relationships between us. Presented by Josie Long.

The Double

Written and read by Joe Dunthorne

A version of this story first appeared in the London Review of Books

Intimacy

Produced by Kristina Loring

A Name That Sounds Pretty

Produced by Erisa Apantaku

Curated by Axel Kacouti退, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

3303Small Victories20221206A sibling faces an unfair accusation of teen pop vandalism, an academic conducts a study into missing forks and three friends search for the right note. Josie Long presents short documentaries about small and petty victories.

For Fork's Sake

Produced by Mike Williams

Good Company

Produced by Jesse Lawson

The Gouging

Produced by Steven Jackson

Original music by Steven Jackson and Cue Shop, a music library and scoring co-op

Curated by Axel Kacouti退, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

Short documentaries about small and petty victories. Presented by Josie Long.

3304Expression20221213The secret language between partners, the melody of the voice, laughter from your belly and permission to scream - Josie long presents short visceral documentaries about how we express ourselves.

Belly Laugh

Featuring the voices of Jane Watson, Jean Mcglashen and Sue Relf with her husband Willy, and the laughter yoga session run by Brighton Laughter Club.

Produced by Jodie Taylor

AAAAH!

Produced by Jesse Lawson

Anatomy of a Voice

Produced by Ellie Lightfoot and Spencer Fox

Curated by Axel Kacouti退, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

Short documentaries about how we express ourselves. Presented by Josie Long.

3305Season's Greetings20221220Josie Long presents short Yuletide documentaries and festive audio adventures.

Two women discover their families are tied by the true story behind the classic film It's A Wonderful Life, and a Ukrainian singing group in Canada remembers loved ones through Christmas songs as war continues in their homeland.

Also, a profile on Father Christmas and a nativity criticism session with its young cast.

Featuring Raymond Briggs and Janet Cohen

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1981

Seneca Falls

Featuring Elizabeth Kress and Kathy Williamson

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

Featuring Harold Williamson and children from two schools in Sunderland

Produced by Michael Barton

From an episode of Children Talking called The Spirit of Christmas. First broadcast on Boxing Day 1963.

Can We Come Carol?

Featuring Natalia Telentso

The singers are Eli Camilo, Natalia, Carlos, Olga, Vera, Olessia, Briga, Anna and Mira from the Montreal Koliada group that was co-founded by Natalia and Eli.

Produced by Mira Burt-Wintonick

Curated by Axel Kacouti退, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

Short Yuletide docs and festive adventures in sound with Josie Long.

3306Time Stops2022122720240101 (R4)As time appears to fall still between Christmas Day and New Year's Eve, Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures that play with our temporal senses.

Blight

Created by Jocelyn Pook and John Smith

Originally created for the series Sound on Film in 1996

Released on Purge Records

Raven

Produced by Vaida Pilibaitytė

Produced by Jules Bradley

Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

Josie Long presents short documentaries that play with our perception of time.

Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures where time appears to stop.

3306 LASTTime Stops2022122720240101 (R4)As time appears to fall still between Christmas Day and New Year's Eve, Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures that play with our temporal senses.

Blight

Created by Jocelyn Pook and John Smith

Originally created for the series Sound on Film in 1996

Released on Purge Records

Raven

Produced by Vaida Pilibaityt?

Produced by Jules Bradley

Curated by Axel Kacouti退, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

Josie Long presents short documentaries that play with our perception of time.

Produced by Vaida Pilibaitytė

Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures where time appears to stop.

3307The River20230103Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures on the flow of water. A stream of voices from around the world speak of the myths and legends born from water. The author Damian Le Bas follows the ripples left by a tragedy on the River Medway in the 1850s. And at the confluence of two rivers, the writer Laura Barton looks to the poet Raymond Carver for guidance on her last decade.

Other Water

Written and read by Laura Barton

In Fresh Water

Featuring Ed Granston, Stephen Mallett and Damian Le Bas

Produced by Damian Le Bas and Andrea Rangecroft

A River of Voices

Featuring Devi Lockwood, Jo Darrington, Zella Downing, Iain Wilson, Mark Binder, Ole ؀vretveit, Lupita Pocket, Leszek Daworski, Ateli Nasoru, Steve Maina, Ryan Burns and 3 anonymous women in Mississippi.

Produced by Samia Bouzid and Devi Lockwood

Curated by Axel Kacouti退, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

Josie Long presents short documentaries on the flow of water.

3308Through The Looking Glass20230110A private empty gravel lot transforms into a community beach in the pandemic and an invitation to step inside a work of art - Josie Long presents short documentaries about worlds turned upside down.

Bloordale Beach

Feat. Shari Kasman

Produced by Sarah Melton

With music from Pop Plug & Canada Katana and Catjam

Portals

Featuring Cassi Namoda

Originally produced for Shade Podcast's series Interludes.

Conceptualised by Executive Producer, Lou Mensah and created by Audio Artist, Axel Kacouti退

Shade Podcast - https://pod.link/1469562537

FIELDS

Original music by Ariana Martinez

Produced by Ariana Martinez

Curated by Axel Kacouti退, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

Short documentaries about worlds turned upside down. Presented by Josie Long.

3309Without Words20230117From searching for voices in a sea of static to words falling away in a period of grief, Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about moments when language evades us.

A Study in Quietness

Produced by Cat Gough

Al Waqwaq

Composed by Sami El-Enany

Understanding Gwyn

Co-created by audio producer Christina Hardinge and her interviewee Christina

Sound designer & Composer Noemie Ducimetiere

Curated by Axel Kacouti退, Andrea Rangecroft and Eleanor McDowall

Josie Long presents short documentaries about moments when language evades us.

3310Fatherhood20230124Memories, love and snot. Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures exploring the labyrinth of fatherhood.

An Occasion for Tears

Produced by Mike Williams

In Third Person (For my son)

Written and read by Raymond Antrobus

Are You Here?

Produced by Axel Kacouti退

Curated by Axel Kacouti退, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

Short documentaries and adventures in sound. Presented by Josie Long.

3401Present Tense20230314A shared experience of sonic joy crosses over the boundary of a prison wall, a conversation across generations explores being alive to the present moment, and an audio artwork from the archives plunges a listener into the sensation of time speeding up.

Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures that hold you in the present tense.

The Evenings of Certain Lives (two extracts)

Produced by Barry Bermange

Composition by Delia Derbyshire (Radiophonic Workshop)

Listening / Reminiscing

by Lavender Suarez

(via the producer Kalli Anderson)

In The Moment

Produced by Amalie Sortland

Prisoncast!

These sounds were originally recorded for Season 4 of the Motive Podcast from WBEZ, hosted by Shannon Heffernan

WBEZ's Lauren Frost and Alex Keefe headed up the original Prisoncast! broadcast, which was hosted by Ayana Contreras. But a big team of producers and editors came together to record and mix the sounds.

This Short Cuts edit was created by Shannon Heffernan

Curated by Axel Kacouti退, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft.

Josie Long presents short docs and audio adventures that hold you in the present tense.

3402Dig For Joy!20230321Listen to the music of decomposing mushrooms, look through a photographer's lens at a surprising streak of streaking in the 1970s, and explore the world of a Danish hospital clown who opens up a pocket of a different reality.

Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about the joys that lurk beneath the surface of things.

Mushroom Music

Featuring Mati Araoz

Produced by Seb Masters

Featuring Boaz Barkan

Produced by Nanna Hauge Kristensen

The Streak!

Featuring Ron Harr

Including original compositions by Alan Goffinski

Produced by Alan Goffinski

Curated by Axel Kacouti退, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

Josie Long presents short docs about the joys that lurk beneath the surface of things.

3403On Wheels20230328Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about life on wheels. A woman cyclist rolls solo though the Scottish landscape, a car park becomes a vortex of roller skaters and Jungle music at night, and listening to the rhythms of all that spins.

Carpark Cruisers and Jungle Movers

Produced by Olivia Davies

Wheel Talk

Composed and produced by Sami El-Enany

Postcards

Written and produced by Rowan Rheingans

Music composed and performed by Rowan Rheingans

Bagpipes by John-Francis Goodacre

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

Curated by Axel Kacouti退, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

Short documentaries about rolling through the world. With Josie Long.

3404Invitations20230404Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures that invite a listener to participate. From a musical performance to sinking into the perspective of your wall.

Produced by Sharon Mashihi

Originally created for the audio issue of McSweeney's magazine, in collaboration with Radiotopia

Sharon's editor at McSweeney's was Claire Boyle. Additional notes were provided by Audrey Mardavich and Julie Shapiro.

Three Layer Score

Produced by Kalli Anderson

Engineer: Chad Bernhard

Composer and Narrator: Elizandro Garcia Montoya

Performers: Kalli Anderson, Theo Carroll, Minna Finkelstein, Elwyn Finkelstein, Zack Finkelstein, Jacob Krupnick, Lu Olkowski, Jess Shane, Carly Stone, Kate Sutherland and Zoe Tennant

Late night, with headphones, in a completely, utterly, dark room, with some space to move

by Hofesh Shechter

From Everyday Moments, produced by Fuel

To hear more, visit Fuel Digital at https://fueltheatre.com/projects/everyday-moments/

Curated by Axel Kacouti退, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

Josie Long presents short documentaries that invite a listener to participate.

3405Creatures20230411Eavesdrop on the conversations of cows and go in search of the 'whistle pig', as Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about animals.

Extract from Actual bird record of a nightingale no. 1. Published by The Gramophone Company Ltd in 1910.

From the British Library Sound Archive, part of the Animals: Art, Science and Sound exhibition

https://sounds.bl.uk

Roger

Produced by Kalli Anderson

Does a Cow Know?

Featuring Samar Nasrullah Khan

Produced by Katie Revell

Curated by Axel Kacouti退, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

Josie Long presents short documentaries about animals.

3406 LASTFugitive20230418From pirate radio to queering futures, Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures exploring fugitive acts of resistance.

Radio Free Dixie by Weyland McKenzie-Witter

Produced by Weyland McKenzie-Witter

Featuring Teishan Latner (Assistant professor of history at Thomas Jefferson University and author of Cuban Revolution in America: Havana and the Making of a United States Left, 1968-1992 (UNC Press, 2018).

Claude Marks is the co-director of the Freedom Archive in Berkeley California

2023 A2 History class from BSix College in Hackney

WHITE NOISE

Produced by Axel Kacouti退

A Symphony of Quiet

Produced by Tej Adeleye

Featuring Professor Kevin Quashie, Mabel, Bridget, Flo and Idris from Out & Proud African LGBTI (OPAL) and Petals

Curated by Axel Kacouti退, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

Executive Producer: Alan Hall

Josie Long presents short documentaries exploring quiet acts of resistance.

3501An Ending20230606From one last journey in the morning light to caring for an endling - the last of a species - Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures that begin at the end.

Toughie

Featuring Mark Mandica

Produced by Sarah Craig

Including recordings by Mark Mandica and Thomas Bancroft

The Heart's Chorus (Extract)

Originally created for the HearSay Festival in 2019

With musical performances from Niamh O'Brien (harp) and Wes Swing (cello)

Produced and composed by Phil Smith

Setting Sail (Extract)

Originally broadcast in 1985

Produced by Piers Plowright

Curated by Axel Kacouti退, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

Josie Long presents short documentaries that begin with an ending.

3502Movement20230613Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about being in motion - from scandalising dance moves to taking flight.

The Twist

Extract from Between the Ears: Monument (London 1935 - 1993)

First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in 1993

Composed by Ian Gardiner

Produced by Alan Hall

Performed by Ensemble George W Welch

With a cast of voices from the BBC Sound Archive

Life Begins in the Stillness

Featuring Gabriel Rodreick

Produced by Julie Censullo

Unknown Person (from Baggage Allowance)

Released on the album A Secret Code

Composed and performed by Pamela Z

Joy of Bundle

Sound design by Axel Kacouti退

Written and produced by Lou Mensah

Curated by Axel Kacouti退, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

Josie Long presents short documentaries about being in motion.

3503Geographies20230620Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures centred on a specific point on the map.

An Arctic voyage that veers off track and echoes for years in the minds of its passengers, a baking hot summer evening in Suffolk, and an audio essay exploring the effect of environmental racism on memories of the West London town of Southall.

At Sea

Featuring Dr Carol Cotterill, Liam Frost, Dan Harvey and the ship's crew

Produced and read by Vicky Long

8pm, rural village garden, Suffolk, UK on 19th July 2022

Produced by Melissa Harrison

Originally featured on the Field Recordings podcast

The Personal is Political

Written and read by Daljeet Kaur Jutla

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

Curated by Axel Kacouti退, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

Josie Long presents short documentaries centred around a specific place.

3504Flow20230627From professional news watchers who speak each word aloud to melting ice, Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about the flow of stories through and around people.

Produced by Jules Bradley

Circulation

Field Recordings from InspectorJ, Zimbot, Dobroide, Tosha73 on freesound.org

Produced by Son Hanson

Bikes Up Ben Nevis

Featuring Iain Lynn

Violin by Eloise Kenny-Ryder

Produced and composed by Calum Perrin

Curated by Axel Kacouti退, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

Josie Long presents short documentaries on the flow of stories through and around people.

3505Memory20230704An in-patient in a spinal injuries unit reconnects with herself by learning to cook again after a life-changing injury, friends remember the musician Joe Scurfield and the archive of folk music he left behind, and a radio cantata in memory of 12 civilians killed by US forces in Iraq in 2007. Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about remembering, relearning and commemorating.

Canto I, Crazy Horse One-Eight

Produced and performed by Gregory Whitehead

Commissioned by Magz Hall for the 2014 Radio Dreamlands project

Feast

Produced by Bronwen Livingstone

The Tunebank

Featuring Tim Dalling and Pete Challoner

Produced by Rowan Rheingans

Music performed by Joe Scurfield, Tim Dalling, Pete Challoner and Rowan Rheingans

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

Curated by Axel Kacouti退, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

Josie Long presents short documentaries exploring remembrance.

3506Soundscape20230711From the texture of silence to sonic disappearances, Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about the soundscapes we inhabit.

Omissa Oloisaan

Produced by Miyuki Jokiranta

A Moonlit Memory

Featuring Salma Ahmed Caller

Sounds from YleArkisto, reinsamba, Benboncan, Julius_galla, Straget, FaireDesVagues and SoundLover16 on freesound.org

Produced by Taqwa Sadiq

Sacha Taki

Featuring Jonathan Grefa, president of the Ancestral Kichwa Population of Kawsak Sacha (PAKKS - https://pakks.org.ec/), Rosa Santi, Education and Health Coordinator of PAKKS, Dr. Paola Moscoso, Director of Voces del Bosque and Graciela Tupay (singer)

With thanks to Amaru Grefa, External communication and media of PAKKS, Pastor Inmunda , ex president of PAKKS, Didier Lacaze, Director of Sacha Warmi

Rosa Canelos, Sacha Warmi, Dr. Alice Eldridge, University of Sussex, Gustavo Chiriboga, Voces del Bosque, Sozapato, Voces del Bosque

With recordings from Voces del Bosque

https://www.vocesdelbosque.com/?lang=en

Produced by Mickal Aranha

Curated by Axel Kacouti退, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

Josie Long presents short documentaries about the soundscapes we inhabit.

3507Art20230718Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures rediscovering the contexts that give cause to communities and their art.

An Image Interrupted

Produced by Danny Greenwald

Featuring the voice of Taha Heydari

3508 LASTNew Word Order20230725Made up, mixed or invented. Josie Long presents not-so-long-radio sound paintings melting how we use words to make space for who we want to be.

A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening

Produced by Darragh Amelia

Featuring June Katz, Patricia Hirsch, poet Xiao Yue Shan, photographer Anna Francesca Jennings and historian Alma Simba.

The Magic of Waves

Produced by Ȁve-Marie Bouch退

Remember There Is More

Produced by Tej Adeleye

Featuring activist Ngozi Alston, creator of the term Neuroexpansive; Dr Nick Walker, creator of Neuroqueer theory; Dr Ned Hallowell; Dr Keri Opai; Matana Roberts; Aiyanna Goodfellow, founder of Neuromancers and `a darling spook, writer, ghost whisperer, and friend'.

Produced by Axel Kacouti退

Curated by Axel Kacouti退, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

Josie Long presents short docs on how we use words to make space for who we want to be.

3601Signal To Noise20230919Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about finding meaning amid the noise.

The poet and audio producer Ross Sutherland seeks to understand the strange echoes in his hearing, a remnant from a house fire is transformed into music and the radio-maker Liza Yeager finds magic in a series of encounters.

Hallucinations

Featuring Dr Theresa Marschall and Lizzy Dening

Produced by Ross Sutherland

The Right Colour Candle

Featuring Annegret Curtis, Ed Dadey and Jan Gehmlich

Produced by Liza Yeager

Stovepipe Wind Harp Summons the Frogs

Produced by Fil Corbitt

Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

Josie Long presents short documentaries on finding meaning amid the noise.

Curated by Axel Kacouti退, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

3602The Tipping Point20230926A small boy accidentally creates a vast new lizard population in his hometown, a sonic storm gathers and a writer takes his family on a precarious family boat trip. Josie Long presents short documentaries about situations tumbling out of control.

Eight Go To Treasure Island

Written and read by Joe Dunthorne

A Mirror

Featuring Steve Urquhart

Produced by Eleanor McDowall

With thanks to Rosalind Jana for pointing out the poetry of the Beaufort Scale

Lazarus Lizards

Narrated by Addie

Produced by Jennifer McCord and Carrie Ann Welsh

Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

Curated by Axel Kacouti退, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

3603Echoes20231003Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures that reverberate through time.

An Urdu language lesson between a father and daughter reveals cultural loss and the father's longing to belong. A wife uncovers the fingerprints her husband left on their world before he died and with them, the microscopic details of grief. And a simple object offers comfort and connection to a grandmother and a long line of Indian women.

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

Josie Long presents short documentaries that reverberate through time.

A simple object offers comfort and connection to a grandmother and a long line of Indian women; a wife uncovers the fingerprints her husband left on their world and with them, the microscopic details of grief; and an Urdu language lesson between a father and daughter reveals cultural loss and the father's longing to belong. Josie Long presents short documentaries that reverberate through time.

Silver Cup: A Female Grammar

Written and produced by HJ Radia

With thanks to Laura Barton

In loving memory of J.K Dave (1956-2023)

Fingerprints and Lightbulbs

Written and produced by Amanda Priestley

22 Words

Featuring Safwat Saleem and his daughter

Produced by Safwat Saleem

Curated by Axel Kacouti退, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

3604Archival Imaginings20231010Josie Long presents short documentaries about our imaginations for collecting histories.
3604Meeting Myself Coming Back20231010Notes to Self and Sonic Symmetry. Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures exploring what it looks like coming back to yourself.

The News

Produced by Jess Shane

Featuring Jennifer Mills

Drawn Onward

Produced by Alan Goffinski and Sarita Bhatt

Music, Mix and Sound Design by Alan Goffinski

Man to Boy

Produced by Christina Hardinge and Jack Miguel

Featuring Jacob Kelly

Music by Samuel Mumford

Produced by Axel Kacoutié

Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

Josie Long presents short documentaries about coming back to yourself.

Produced by Axel Kacouti退

Curated by Axel Kacouti退, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

3605Into The World20231017Visions and out of body experiences during birth and a name that stretches back through time - Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about the experience of coming into the world.

Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

Josie Long presents short documentaries about coming into the world.

Transition

Produced by Kalli Anderson and apè Aliermo

Featuring excerpts from SIMULA, an 8.2-channel sound installation by apè Aliermo and mixed and mastered by Rose Bolton.

This composition includes sound recorded during three anonymous births and electromagnetic sound recorded in a hospital during one of the births.

The voices you hear are Redzi Bernard, Becky Kenna, Amy Macfarlane and Andrea Gummo.

Hope is the thing with feathers

Produced by Nanna Hauge Kristensen

Originally broadcast, in a different version, on BBC Radio 3's Between the Ears

Loweza Ayazi

Featuring Nomkhubulwane Mnisi

Produced by Kagiso Mnisi

Produced by Kalli Anderson and ap耀 Aliermo

Featuring excerpts from SIMULA, an 8.2-channel sound installation by ap耀 Aliermo and mixed and mastered by Rose Bolton.

Curated by Axel Kacouti退, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

Visions and out of body experiences during birth and a name that stretches back through time - Josie Long presents short documentaries about coming into the world.

3606The Soil20231024A remnant from the Cold War becomes an accidental haven for wildlife, a poet and a tree surgeon search for the roots of a metaphor, and a musician searches for an anchor to home. Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about the ground beneath your feet.

Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

Josie Long presents short documentaries about the ground beneath your feet.

Always Moving

Cello performed by Joe Reynolds

Engineered by Yuri Shibuichi

Composed and produced by Tendertwin (Bilge Nur Yilmaz)

Memorial Landscape

Featuring Kai Frobel

Translator Jana Kosok

Produced by Tom Phillips

Poet / Tree

A conversation between Matthew Reid and Raymond Antrobus

Curated by Axel Kacouti退, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

An accidental wildlife haven grows along the Iron Curtain and a poet and a tree surgeon look for the roots of a metaphor. Josie Long presents shorts on the ground under your feet.

3607Creature Features20231031From a creature that leaps in the darkness of your basement to a fish that drains the life force of its partner - Josie Long presents creature features and creepy crawly short documentaries for Halloween.

Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

Curated by Axel Kacouti退, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

In Spirit

Featuring James Maclaine, Senior Curator of Fish, at the Natural History Museum, London

Produced and sound designed by Meera Kumar

The Seventh Sense

Thanks to Emma Rathbone, Gaye Williams, Ben Pagac, Mary Jane Epps, and everybody who shared a camel cricket story

Music by Cue Shop, Big Lazy, and Blue Dot Sessions

Produced by Jesse Dukes

For the Pigeons

Produced by John Luke Roberts

3608Heart's Desire20231107Getting lost in childhood longings, the search for the home we carry inside ourselves and exploring true sexual desire in a world shaped by media and societal pressures. Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures that explore our desires.

Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

Josie Long presents short documentaries about desire.

Curated by Axel Kacouti退, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

American Glove Cafe

Featuring Conor O'Toole and Fán

Written and produced by Conor O'Toole

Are We There Yet?

Featuring Angeliki Androutsopoulos, Garth Davis, Amira and Danita, plus recordings by Mary Hufford for The Library of Congress.

Produced by Jaye Kranz

Original commissioned and produced for Constellations podcast

Desire Shapes

Featuring Poppy

Produced by Phoebe McIndoe

Josie Long explores our desires with short documentaries and audio adventures to make your heart race.

3609 LASTArchival Imaginings20231114Josie Long presents short documentaries about our imaginations for collecting histories.

Liminal prose and cryptic hotlines. Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures navigating our relationship and imaginations to history collecting.

The Flight of Sankofa

Produced by Weyland Mckenzie-Witter

Featuring Lisa Anderson, the Director of the Black Cultural Archives, Dr Etienne Jospeh of Decolonising the Archive and Christopher West the inaugural curator for the Black diaspora, John Hay Library, Brown University, who recently curated an exhibition using Brown University's Mumia Abu-Jamal collection.

Xenoglossia

Produced by Kamikaze Jones

Fish & Chips

(best listened to with headphones)

Produced by Abira Hussein and Olani Ewunnet

Recorded with Sue Bowerman

Featuring the voices of Somali Aunties from London

Special thanks to Alan Archer-Boyd, and Whose Knowledge?

Produced by Axel Kacoutié

Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

3701Minis20240109Josie Long presents short documentaries that invite a listener to participate.

The moment of time before a camera shutter closes, a symphony of ums reveals a partner's untruths, and two women linked by a phantom thread reflect on their changing bodies. Josie Long presents even shorter short documentaries.

Is This An Image?

Produced by Jon Tjhia

Death from Above

Written and read by Joe Dunthorne

Body of Work

Featuring the voices of writer Marleen Kruithof and cinematographer Babette Mangolte

Music by Nicola Mecca

Produced by Georgia Walker

What's in an Um?

Produced by Talia Augustidis

Charon

Composed, produced and performed by Jamie Payne

Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

3702Instructions20240116A pamphlet from the 1980s illuminates the world we live in now, a musical invitation for your domestic space, and some dazzling canine choreography for your ears. Josie Long presents short documentaries based around instructions.

How to Listen... including How Not To, How You Ought To, and How You Won't (Extract)

Written by Stephen Potter and Joyce Grenfell

Produced by Stephen Potter

Originally broadcast on BBC Third Programme in 1946

Hot Dogs!

Presented by Alan Smith

Produced by Steve Urquhart

Originally broadcast on Alan Smith's Mid Morning Show, BBC Radio Cumbria in 1999

Hell Rubs and Sobs

Produced by Sami El-Enany

How To Look 30 When You're 30

Produced by Jesse Lawson

Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

From canine choreography to a musical performance in your kitchen, Josie Long presents short documentaries based around instructions.

3703In Dreams20240123Two romantic partners find each other in their dreams, a research facility delves into the otherworldly, and a philosopher imagines a flow of time set to the rhythm of our rivers - Josie Long presents short documentaries that emerge from the dreams of others.

Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

3704Roots20240130The musician Lucinda Chua traces the journey of a rose, a connection is forged between a young woman now and a trapeze artist on New Year's Eve 1942 and a touching personal archive illuminates the journey of a word. Josie Long presents short documentaries that go back to the start.

Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

3705The Net20240206Word spirits, back rooms and a reply all-pocalypse - Josie Long presents short documentaries that emerge from the internet.

With thanks to Caroline Hesse, Donovan McGrath, Mary Dolejsi, Nicole Reinsch, Nalini Kumari, Zen Priest & Buddhist Scholar John Stevens (for permission to include his Classical Aikido Kototama Chant), and Critical Sound Explorer & Artist Matt Parker (for permission to include excerpts from The People's Cloud / Field Recordings of Internet Data Centres): https://www.earthkeptwarm.com

Additional mixing by Maitreya

Produced by HJ Radia

The Back Rooms

Produced by Mae-Li Evans

The Bello Tolls for Thee

Produced by Nadia Mehdi

Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft

3706Hereafter20240213Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures exploring the hereafter.