Short Cuts

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.Kiss Featuring Ted Brown Produced by Olivia HumphreysGow Gei Produced by Jess Ho and Michelle MacklemRestless Texture Featuring Ajay Chandra and Trish Cummings Produced by Calum PerrinCuratorial team: Alia Cassam and Andrea Rangecroft Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall Executive Producer: Zakia Sewell A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

A 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.Winter Forest, Bala, Ontario on 2nd December 2020 Recorded by Jess Shane Originally featured on the Field Recordings podcastThe Inaudible Spectrum Produced by Sami El-EnanyMokadi Written and read by Sarah BaylisFour Thirty-Three with Aoife Produced by Phil SmithCuratorial Team: Alia Cassam and Andrea Rangecroft Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall Exec Producer: Zakia Sewell A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

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 AlimohamedThe Four Corners of the Heart Featuring Denis Westhoff BBC Archive of Françoise Sagan, 1989 Produced by Hannah DeanPMHx 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 A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

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 CarterThe Blue of Dover Featuring Naji Ali Produced by Hunter Charlton and Ben Tulloh A version of this story first appeared on the SwimOut podcastAlmost Blue Featuring Laura BartonCuratorial team: Andrea Rangecroft Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

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-EnanyAdipositivity Project Featuring Substantia Jones Produced by Ellie Lightfoot with sound design by Miles MercerDrawing From The Gallery Featuring Priscilla Coleman Produced by Ben Tulloh and Hunter CharltonA 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 EarsCuratorial team: Andrea Rangecroft Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

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 BernardThe 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 WorldRe: The Moon Written and produced by Ross Sutherland Originally made for Imaginary AdviceProduction team: Andrea Rangecroft Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

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 read by Nikesh ShuklaMotherhood, a short story Featuring Heather O'Neill Produced by Sarah CuddonCall Me Mother Featuring Raven Mandella Produced by Suzie McCarthyMother, Unknown Produced by Nanna Hauge KristensenProduction team: Andrea Rangecroft Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

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 SaldanhaYou Go First Featuring Helene Ishikawa Produced by Rachel IshikawaUrsula Bloom speaking to Jack Singleton Home This Afternoon, BBC Radio, 1965From 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.ukProduction Team: Eleanor McDowall Produced by Andrea Rangecroft A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

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 GillThe 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 WhiteProduction team: Andrea Rangecroft Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

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 OsbandMerry Christmas Grandad Featuring Mark Thomas Produced by Sarah CuddonChristmas at the Movies Featuring Hanif Abdurraqib Production team: Andrea RangecroftSeries Producer: Eleanor McDowallA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2020.