

Short Cuts
BBC Radio 4
Short documentaries and adventures in sound presented by Josie Long.
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Jun 28, 2022 • 28min
Action!
An AI writes a Nicolas Cage film, a Matt Damon lookalike causes havoc and a story has its climax removed - Josie Long presents short action-driven documentaries and audio adventures.Matt Damon
Produced by Jesse Lawson and Arlie Adlington
Originally created for KCRW's 24 Hour Radio RaceNic O Las
Produced by Suzie McCarthyThe Juicy Part
Produced by Jess ShaneSweat
Feat. Laura BartonCurated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

Jun 21, 2022 • 29min
Numbers
From a rhythm that weaves itself through memory to our relationship with deep time, Josie Long presents a countdown of numerically-inspired short documentaries.The Everywhen
Featuring Dave Johnston-Pitt and Sam Juparulla Wickman
Produced by Jaye KranzThe Yelling Birds of the Presidio
Featuring Jenny Phillips, who also shared the field recordings used to create this piece
Produced by Kalli Anderson and Kaija SiiralaCounting to Six
Accordion played by Kaveh Ghaffari, Tonbak by Farhad Asadi and Pedal Steel by Michael Eckert
Produced by Arif MirbaghiCurated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

Jun 14, 2022 • 29min
Detectives
Josie Long, P.I. investigates a series of mysterious audio adventures and short documentaries including The Young Detective, The Case of the Disappearing Turtle and The Big Sleep (at 73).
The Missing Turtle
Featuring Diana and Oliva
Produced by Maria DønvangThe Young Detective
Featuring Hilde Lysiak
You Will Die at 73
Featuring Hugh Clegg and Jamie Robinson
Directed by Hugh Clegg
Music composed by Mathilde Koechlin and Jamie Robinson
Sound Design by Carlos San Juan JuanchiProducer: Andrea Rangecroft
Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

Jun 7, 2022 • 29min
Devotion
Josie Long presents audio adventures and short documentaries dedicated to our love for those around us - an invocation for creating new life, finding meaning in being stood up and decades spent hearing about, and helping, Britain's LGBTQ+ life.Alone
Produced by Noam OsbandThank you for being here
Featuring Switchboard volunteers past and present
Produced by Tash Walker and Adam Zmith
Originally from The Log Books podcast, produced by Tash, Adam and Shivani DaveAn Invocation for All Fertility Treatments
Accessing the Powers of the Universe: An Invocation for All Fertility Treatments is written and performed by Erica Gillingham
Co-produced by Erica Gillingham and Andrea RangecroftProducer: Andrea Rangecroft
Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

May 31, 2022 • 30min
Sound Effects
Listening to the melodies in auctioneer school, reimagining the sound in your ears and a twilight audio-experience which takes you back in time. Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures inspired by unusual sound worlds.The Auctioneer (Excerpt)
Originally produced by Ned Sublette for New American Radio
somewhere.orgAccompaniment for Ever-Present Sounds
Composed by Sami El-EnanyFlying Fox
Featuring Lawrence Pope
Produced by Thomas PhillipsPhoto credit: Doug GimesyCurated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

May 24, 2022 • 30min
I Will Wait For You
A wait of 33 years between a marriage proposal and a response, a skittish piano tries to avoid the stage and a young boy looks out to sea waiting for his father. Josie Long presents short documentaries and works of sound art about waiting, yearning and anxiously anticipating.Skittish Piano
Produced by Eleanor McDowallIsabel and Alf
Featuring Isabel Bader
Produced by Kalli Anderson
Thank you to Isabel Bader, Ruth Clarke and Olivia Richardson.The Voice of the Sea
Feat.uring Abel Coentrão
Produced by Rebecca NolanCurated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

Mar 29, 2022 • 29min
Shorter Cuts
Josie Long presents even shorter short documentaries and audio adventures in this episode built around miniature works of audio art.Our Shared Secrets
Written by Joe DunthorneGretchen Bender - Artificial Treatment. 1988. Recorded at Studio PASS. N.Y. by B. Hutchinson.
Published on TELLUS, the Audio Cassette Magazine #21 - Audio by Visual Artists.Donegal Revisited
Produced by Phil SmithRedacted Mixtape
Produced by Erisa ApantakuDoomscroll
Produced by Axel KacoutiéA Breath of Fresh Air
Produced by Redzi Bernard and Phoebe McIndoeSeries Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

Mar 22, 2022 • 28min
Where The Wild Things Are
As we reach the ten year anniversary of his death, Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures inspired by the worlds of Maurice Sendak.We're In The Den
Feat. Carol Doose, Evan Roberts and Sofia Beverley Turnham
Produced by Phoebe McIndoeIn the Hard Rock Night Kitchen
Written and read by Tiffany Murray
Additional material Joan GrahamExtract from Terry Gross's interview with Maurice Sendak
Originally aired 20th September 2011 on Fresh Air from WHYYSeries Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

Mar 15, 2022 • 28min
Wildlife
Butterflies, rattlesnakes and feral chickens make their way through the short documentaries in Wildlife, as Josie Long presents audio adventures inspired by the natural world.I Dream of Rattlesnakes
Produced by Sam and Todd Wemmer
Voiceover work by Annabelle Wemmer
Winner of the Third Coast International Audio Festival Shortdocs ChallengeChicken Roundabout
Produced by Jake Lee-Savage
Additional audio of the Chicken Man supplied by Nicholas Jenkins of Sounding Board Productions from their collection Suffolk VoicesThe Magnolia Exist
Featuring Naja Marie Aidt
Produced by Nanna Hauge KristensenSeries Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

Mar 8, 2022 • 30min
Weather Report
Clouds gather and rain begins to fall as Josie Long presents short documentaries about the weather. From a bird that emerges as a storm rolls across the sea from a writer's living experiment to get all her news from the weather report.Helicopter and Canoe
Produced by Kaija Siirala
Thank you to Kari Siirala, Bailey Renshaw, Maarit Siirala, Gord, Micah and Casey Smith for sharing their memories of the trip. Days Without Rain
Written and read by Laura BartonStorm Petrels
Featuring David Bensen and Dr. Bill Montevecchi
Produced by Rebecca NolanSeries Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4