In water, on wheels or explained over the phone - Josie Long presents short documentaries about moving our bodies. Field Notes
Featuring Hannah Kezema
Produced by Jess Shane and Kristine White Instructions for Returning to My Body
Gamelan music courtesy of Nusantara 
Produced by Kia Miakka Natisse The Pink Flamingo
Featuring Peter Prijdekker
Sound Recording by Edd Kentish
Produced by Hunter Charlton and Vicki Carter Curated by Axel Kacoutié and Eleanor McDowall
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

Body Movements

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Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures which emerge from dreams, hidden places and the afterlife. The Dreams (Extract)
From Inventions for Radio by Barry Bermange and Delia Derbyshire
Originally broadcast on the BBC in 1964 Zero Fixation Points
Produced by Nada Smiljanic
Location production by Avi Varma
Archive courtesy of Rowan Farrell 
Featuring Professor Bridget Anderson and Travis Van Isacker from the University of Bristol The Quiet Violence of Dreams
Produced by Kagiso Mnisi Fragments
Produced by Eleanor McDowall Curated by Axel Kacoutié and Eleanor McDowall
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

The Invisible

Evaporating answers, mysterious music and disappearing dialects - Josie Long presents short documentaries about things in danger of becoming lost. Pot-8-Toes
Featuring Billy Butler and Wally Scott
Originally broadcast in Hold Your Plums on Radio Merseyside A Corner Seat in a Smoker, Facing the Engine
Produced by Robin the Fog Echoes of Cockney
Produced by James Trice Panchiko
Produced by Tom Whalley Curated by Axel Kacoutié and Eleanor McDowall
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

Lost

Life and love. Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures exploring the language of care. Life or Death
By Marc Kalani
Featuring Cessie Alfonso and Carmeta Albarus author of The Making of Lee Boyd Malvo: The D.C. Sniper.
 
Buzz
By Luca Evans (they/them)
Featuring Joules Huang Duze (they/them) and Smokey Black (he/they)
Additional recording by Aisha Lomax (she/her).  
Joules is a part-time organiser with Jews for Racial and Economic Justice and The LUNAR Collective, a volunteer with the Black Trans Liberation Kitchen, and a community educator for the Early Relationship Abuse Prevention Program. 
Smokey is a barber at Mutiny in Brooklyn NY. @Smokey.Black
Please listen with headphones. Patient as the Horizon
By Tej Adeleye
Sarah Long from London Equine Therapy and Astrologer, Psychic Medium and Animal Communicator, Jessica Lanyadoo Curated by Axel Kacoutié and Eleanor McDowall
Produced by Axel Kacoutié
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

Devotions

Two men on different continents share a love of butterflies, a swimming instructor seeks solace in the water and we dive inside an inner landscape. Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures that emerge from the earth, water and sky. Psalm
Featuring Emil Blicher Bjerregaard and Mudar Salimeh
Inspired by the poem Psalm written by Wisława Szymborska 
Music by Simon don Eriksen and Gregor Quendel
Mix by Lærke Soedring Nielsen
Produced by Nanna Hauge Kristensen My Body is of Earth
Created by Zara Zimbardo and Lily Sloane 
With editorial support from Keisha "TK" Dutes and sound consultation from Adriene Lilly Finding Freedom in the Water: Gaza’s Swimming Teacher
A version of this story first aired on BBC World Service's Outlook in March 2023 ('My Life in Seven Swimming Pools') and in an updated version in April 2024 ('Finding Freedom in the Water: Gaza's Swimming Teacher) presented by Jo Fidgen
Sound design by Joel Cox
Interpreter Youssef Taha
Producer Louise Morris Curated by Axel Kacoutié and Eleanor McDowall
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

Body Movements

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