Short Cuts

Liminal prose and cryptic hotlines. Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures navigating our relationship and imaginations to history collecting.The Flight of Sankofa Produced by Weyland Mckenzie-Witter Featuring Lisa Anderson, the Director of the Black Cultural Archives, Dr Etienne Jospeh of Decolonising the Archive and Christopher West the inaugural curator for the Black diaspora, John Hay Library, Brown University, who recently curated an exhibition using Brown University’s Mumia Abu-Jamal collection.Xenoglossia Produced by Kamikaze JonesFish & Chips (best listened to with headphones) Produced by Abira Hussein and Olani Ewunnet Recorded with Sue Bowerman Featuring the voices of Somali Aunties from London Special thanks to Alan Archer-Boyd, and Whose Knowledge?Produced by Axel Kacoutié Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

Getting lost in childhood longings, the search for the home we carry inside ourselves and exploring true sexual desire in a world shaped by media and societal pressures. Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures that explore our desires.American Glove Cafe Featuring Conor O’Toole and Fán Written and produced by Conor O’TooleAre We There Yet? Featuring Angeliki Androutsopoulos, Garth Davis, Amira and Danita, plus recordings by Mary Hufford for The Library of Congress. Produced by Jaye Kranz Original commissioned and produced for Constellations podcastDesire Shapes Featuring Poppy Produced by Phoebe McIndoeProduced by Andrea Rangecroft Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

From a creature that leaps in the darkness of your basement to a fish that drains the life force of its partner - Josie Long presents creature features and creepy crawly short documentaries for Halloween.In Spirit Featuring James Maclaine, Senior Curator of Fish, at the Natural History Museum, London Produced and sound designed by Meera KumarThe Seventh Sense Thanks to Emma Rathbone, Gaye Williams, Ben Pagac, Mary Jane Epps, and everybody who shared a camel cricket story Music by Cue Shop, Big Lazy, and Blue Dot Sessions Produced by Jesse DukesFor the Pigeons Produced by John Luke RobertsSeries Producer: Eleanor McDowall Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

A remnant from the Cold War becomes an accidental haven for wildlife, a poet and a tree surgeon search for the roots of a metaphor, and a musician searches for an anchor to home. Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about the ground beneath your feet.Always Moving Cello performed by Joe Reynolds Engineered by Yuri Shibuichi Composed and produced by Tendertwin (Bilge Nur Yilmaz)Memorial Landscape Featuring Kai Frobel Translator Jana Kosok Produced by Tom PhillipsPoet / Tree A conversation between Matthew Reid and Raymond AntrobusSeries Producer: Eleanor McDowall Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

Visions and out of body experiences during birth and a name that stretches back through time - Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about the experience of coming into the world.Transition Produced by Kalli Anderson and apè Aliermo Featuring excerpts from SIMULA, an 8.2-channel sound installation by apè Aliermo and mixed and mastered by Rose Bolton. This composition includes sound recorded during three anonymous births and electromagnetic sound recorded in a hospital during one of the births. The voices you hear are Redzi Bernard, Becky Kenna, Amy Macfarlane and Andrea Gummo.Hope is the thing with feathers Produced by Nanna Hauge Kristensen Originally broadcast, in a different version, on BBC Radio 3's Between the EarsLoweza Ayazi Featuring Nomkhubulwane Mnisi Produced by Kagiso Mnisi Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

Jennifer Mills, an artist who publishes a one-page newspaper about herself, and Jacob Kelly discuss personal curation through diaries and social media. They explore the beauty of life, poetry, music, and the impact of migration. Childhood experiences, mental health struggles, and the importance of compassion are also explored.

A simple object offers comfort and connection to a grandmother and a long line of Indian women; a wife uncovers the fingerprints her husband left on their world and with them, the microscopic details of grief; and an Urdu language lesson between a father and daughter reveals cultural loss and the father's longing to belong. Josie Long presents short documentaries that reverberate through time.Silver Cup: A Female Grammar Written and produced by HJ Radia With thanks to Laura Barton In loving memory of J.K Dave (1956-2023)Fingerprints and Lightbulbs Written and produced by Amanda Priestley22 Words Featuring Safwat Saleem and his daughter Produced by Safwat SaleemProduced by Andrea Rangecroft Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

A small boy accidentally creates a vast new lizard population in his hometown, a sonic storm gathers and a writer takes his family on a precarious family boat trip. Josie Long presents short documentaries about situations tumbling out of control.Eight Go To Treasure Island Written and read by Joe DunthorneA Mirror Featuring Steve Urquhart Produced by Eleanor McDowall Featuring cellos by incidentalnoise With thanks to Rosalind Jana for pointing out the poetry of the Beaufort ScaleLazarus Lizards Narrated by Addie Produced by Jennifer McCord and Carrie Ann WelshSeries Producer: Eleanor McDowall Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

Dr Theresa Marschall and Lizzy Dening discuss the unsettling experience of hallucinated sounds. Liza Yeager explores witchcraft and healing incantations in a German village. The speakers delve into their experiences with time and personal space. They also discuss grief, art, and overcoming death. Lastly, they explore rituals and sound art in nature.

Made up, mixed or invented. Josie Long presents not-so-long-radio sound paintings melting how we use words to make space for who we want to be.A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening Produced by Darragh Amelia Featuring June Katz, Patricia Hirsch, poet Xiao Yue Shan, photographer Anna Francesca Jennings and historian Alma Simba.The Magic of Waves Produced by Ève-Marie BouchéRemember There Is More Produced by Tej Adeleye Featuring activist Ngozi Alston, creator of the term Neuroexpansive; Dr Nick Walker, creator of Neuroqueer theory; Dr Ned Hallowell; Dr Keri Opai; Matana Roberts; Aiyanna Goodfellow, founder of Neuromancers and “a darling spook, writer, ghost whisperer, and friend".Produced by Axel Kacoutié Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4