Short Cuts

By BBC Radio 4Society & Culture Documentary

Short Cuts episodes

June 06, 2023 An Ending
From 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 Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
30 min
April 18, 2023 Fugitive
From 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 Kacoutié
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 Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft
Produced by Axel Kacoutié
Executive Producer: Alan Hall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
29 min
April 11, 2023 Creatures
Eavesdrop 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 Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
30 min
April 04, 2023 Invitations
Josie 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.
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 Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
30 min
March 28, 2023 On Wheels
Josie 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 Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
30 min
March 21, 2023 Dig for Joy!
Listen 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
A Different Reality
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 Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
30 min
March 14, 2023 Present Tense
A 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 Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft.
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
30 min
January 24, 2023 Fatherhood
Memories, 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 Kacoutié
Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft
Produced by Axel Kacoutié
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
30 min
January 17, 2023 Without Words
From 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 Kacoutié, Andrea Rangecroft and Eleanor McDowall
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
31 min
January 10, 2023 Through the Looking Glass
A 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 Kacoutié
Shade Podcast - https://pod.link/1469562537
FIELDS
Original music by Ariana Martinez
Produced by Ariana Martinez
Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
30 min