Short Cuts

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. Fragments Of My Mother Written and...

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...

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 inter...

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 Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC...

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 Caretaker Featuring Scottee and his mum Sarah The Dustbin Man Cometh Produced by Ed Prosser From Surface to Core Feat. Miriam González Produced by Ariana Martinez Production...

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 Kacoutié. A Unique Literature Featuring Francesco Lotoro Produced by Andrea Rangecroft Mirry...

Short 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 M...

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 Produced by Andrea Rangecroft The Pitch Written by Paul Farley Produced by Geoff Bird Five-Seven-Five Produced by Sami El-Enany and Axel Kacoutié The Shape o...

From 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 catastro...

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 Enríquez Unexpected Guests (Extract) Produced by Phoebe Judge, Lauren Spohrer, and Nadia Wilson Originally made for the podcast Criminal Alicia Written and pro...

Programming 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...

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...

Josie 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 Ken...

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

Josie 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...

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 P...

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 * N...

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 Smi...

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 christia...

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 Weathe...

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. 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 Sp...

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 e...

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 St...

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 Ter...

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 Maslow Produced by James T. Green Relics Featuring John-Luke Roberts Production Team: An...