Short Cuts

Short Cuts

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May 05, 2015 Songlines
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:
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
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in May 2015.
29 min
April 29, 2015 The Conversation
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'.
With the Caterpillar
Featuring Bostjan Dvorak
Produced by Phil Smith
Colleagues
Featuring Dr Irene Pepperberg
Produced by Andrea Rangecroft
He Was So Happy to See Me
Featuring Ed Follis
Produced by Leo Hornak
99 Words
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Featuring Sally Potter
Beverly Eckert
Produced by Vanara Taing with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a nonprofit dedicated to recording and collecting stories of everyday people.
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
Executive Producer: Alan Hall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in April 2015.
29 min
April 21, 2015 Adaptation
Josie Long hears stories of adaptation.
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:
Mark McCrum
Martha Lenio
Sarah Dadouch
Frank Hewetson
Dima Litinov
Producers Olivia Humphreys, Tim Hinman, Fiona Clampin
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2015.
28 min
April 14, 2015 Heartsong
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, 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.
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2015.
28 min
April 07, 2015 Here Be Dragons
Josie Long hears stories of seeing double.
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.
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2015.
28 min
November 11, 2014 The Double
Josie Long hears stories of seeing double.
Tales of dopplegangers, identity theft and a woman who offered a living counterpart to dead composers. Featuring a new 'documentary song' from Gaggle.
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2014.
30 min
November 04, 2014 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.
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2014.
28 min
October 28, 2014 After Dark
Josie Long presents tales of blackouts, late nights and bedtime stories.
Love found after a blackout, telephone counselling for bereaved rock star managers and erotica for the elderly.
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2014.
29 min
October 21, 2014 Behind The Curtain
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.
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2014.
31 min
October 14, 2014 Connections
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.
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2014.
29 min

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Short documentaries and adventures in sound presented by Josie Long.