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| Constellation | 27 Aug 2024 | 00:29:43 | |
Star maps, messages from Earth to the moon and reaching out across distance as Josie Long presents short documentaries about constellations. Star Map Featuring Ferdinand Hauge Leth Music by Kirstine Lindemann Captured by Trawl Hz Produced by Nanna Hauge Kristensen News to the Moon and Back Recordings courtesy of the NASA archive Produced by Mika Golubovsky The Complaints Department Featuring Evan Gregg and letters from www.dearmisterward.com Produced by Inge Oosterhoff Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 | |||
| In Colour | 20 Aug 2024 | 00:28:20 | |
A black and white film transformed, searching the sunset for the green flash and a reimagining of red. Josie Long presents a kaleidoscopic collection of short documentaries. Autism Plays Itself Adapted for radio by Jodie Taylor and Janet Harbord Based on the short film directed by Janet Harbord, produced by Whalebone Films and sound designed by Action Pyramid Green Flash Written by Joe Dunthorne Red of Visibility Produced by Phoebe McIndoe With thanks to THE ECCO founded by Jasmin Bauomy, where a version of this documentary was first created Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 | |||
| Roots | 30 Jan 2024 | 00:29:16 | |
Josie Long presents short documentaries that go back to the start. The musician Lucinda Chua traces the journey of a rose, a connection is forged between a young woman now and a trapeze artist on New Year's Eve 1942, and a touching personal archive illuminates the journey of a word. Muscles and Mysteries Produced by Teresa Kristoffersson First Words Produced by Kalli Anderson Featuring the voices of Kalli's parents, Kathy Hunt and Lance Anderson, as well as Kalli's husband, Zack Finkelstein, and their two children, aged 12 and 8. Reclaiming The Rose Produced, narrated and music by Lucinda Chua Chinese Narration by XiaoQiao Poetry in English and Chinese by He Sun Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 | |||
| Tomorrow | 15 Sep 2020 | 00:28:39 | |
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 Apantaku The Missing Featuring Roger Robinson Produced by Alia Cassam Production Team: Eleanor McDowall and Alia Cassam Produced by Andrea Rangecroft A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 | |||
| Hinterland | 07 Sep 2020 | 00:30:38 | |
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 by Sherre DeLys Music by Chris Abrahams Cruising Produced by Mara Lazer When You're Gone, You're Gone (extract 2) Presented / composed by Jocelyn Pook Produced by Kate Bland A Just Radio production for BBC Radio 3 Production team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 | |||
| The Departure | 02 Sep 2020 | 00:30:11 | |
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 Kendaru Co-created by Lou and Hannah Kendaru. Produced by Lou Kendaru First developed for Future Currents hosted by The Doing Group Seed of the Fruit Featuring Mark 'Mr T' Thompson Produced by Alan Hall With the voice of Cherise Hamilton-Stephenson Statistics from slavevoyages.org Commissioned by the National Maritime Museum for UNESCO’s International Day for the Rembrance of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and its Abolition Production Team: Eleanor McDowall and Alia Cassam Produced by Andrea Rangecroft A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 | |||
| The Question | 25 Aug 2020 | 00:29:38 | |
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 | |||
| Moments of Being | 18 Aug 2020 | 00:29:24 | |
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 convenient to call reality; and at some moments, the sealing matter cracks; in floods reality; that is, these scenes - for why do they survive undamaged year after year unless they are made of something comparatively permanent?" Waves Featuring Milton Dawes Produced by Mira Burt-Wintonick Music by Carl Vézina How It Felt Featuring Sofia Saldanha, Katharina Smets and Ariel Mejia Produced by Eleanor McDowall The Fear Featuring Erisa Apantaku Produced by James T. Green 28 hours Featuring Beverley Bass Produced by Andrea Rangecroft Production team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 | |||
| Touch | 11 Aug 2020 | 00:30:22 | |
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 Phil Smith Language is Born of Absence Produced by Mara Lazer Production team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 | |||
| Remix | 23 Jun 2020 | 00:29:38 | |
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 * No Need to Shout Featuring Scottee and Liam Gallagher Produced by Alia Cassam * The Toilets at Home Are All Gender Neutral Produced by Arlie Adlington Production Team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2020. | |||
| The Outside | 16 Jun 2020 | 00:30:03 | |
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 Smith The Outside Produced by Hana Walker-Brown Production team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2020. | |||
| Words To Live By | 09 Jun 2020 | 00:32:48 | |
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 christian Produced by James T. Green Originally made for the podcast u+1f60c * Dedications Featuring Mary Jean Chan Produced by Alia Cassam Featuring recordings of Adrienne Rich from the audio archives of the public radio show, New Letters on the Air, a production of New Letters magazine at the University of Missouri-Kansas City * The Watertank Featuring Damian Le Bas Produced by Andrea Rangecroft * You Got Through the Day Produced by Axel Kacoutié Production team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2020. | |||
| Kids | 03 Jun 2020 | 00:29:48 | |
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 Weather Report Featuring Niamh and Tommy Produced by Chris Attaway Originally produced for Audio Playground audioplayground.xyz *Bundle on the Subway Featuring Pete Mercurio and Danny Stewart Produced by Andrea Rangecroft A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2020. | |||
| In Dreams | 23 Jan 2024 | 00:29:13 | |
A couple looks for each other in their dreams, a research facility delves into the otherworldly, and a philosopher imagines a flow of time set to the rhythm of our rivers - Josie Long presents short documentaries that emerge from the dreams of others. River Time Featuring Jonathon Keats Produced by Nadia Mehdi Haunted Featuring Linda Fleishman Produced by Elizabeth Friend Darling, Are You Dreaming? Featuring Jules and Vital Produced by Eloise Stevens Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 | |||
| Dreaming | 26 May 2020 | 00:29:19 | |
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 Space Feat. Ebony Flowers Produced by Jess Shane Music by Chad Crouch and Abby Swidler Ursula Le Guin Interviewed on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour Originally broadcast in 1990 Evin and Ian Produced by Georgia Moodie Production Team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2020. | |||
| The Sea, The Sea | 19 May 2020 | 00:29:51 | |
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 ever-closer. The Wave Featuring Clyde Aikau Music by Cabinet of Living Cinema Produced by Sarah Cuddon The Widow of the Sea Produced by Nanna Hauge Kristensen Dreaming Featuring Margaret Drabble Originally recorded by Sarah Cuddon for The Diving Venus The View from the Edge Featuring Darcy Bayless and Juliet Blaxland who has written a book about her experiences in a cliff edge house called The Easternmost House. Produced by Chloe White and Jodie Taylor Production Team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in 2020. | |||
| Storytellers | 31 Mar 2020 | 00:29:57 | |
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 Story Featuring Ross Sutherland and Peter Saddington Production Team: Eleanor McDowall and Alia Cassam Produced by Andrea Rangecroft A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2020. | |||
| Habitat | 31 Mar 2020 | 00:30:02 | |
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 Terrace, Rome, Italy during the lockdown Produced by Daria Corrias Originally recorded for the Field Recordings podcast Production Team: Eleanor McDowall and Alia Cassam Produced by Andrea Rangecroft A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2020. | |||
| Encounters With Old Texts | 17 Mar 2020 | 00:30:44 | |
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: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2020. | |||
| Call Me | 10 Mar 2020 | 00:29:45 | |
Wrong numbers that make the right connections and the comforting voices of strangers - Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about phones. Monitoring Produced by Mark Vernon The Phoneline Made by Jodie Taylor, producer at Fat Rat Films This documentary featured recreated calls, all calls to NACOA’s helpline remain absolutely confidential. Please Hold Produced by James T. Green Originally made for the podcast u+1f60c A 6 instead of a 9 Featuring Kasey Bergh and Henry Glendening Produced by Claire Crofton Production Team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2020. | |||
| Tarot | 03 Mar 2020 | 00:29:48 | |
Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound inspired by the tarot deck. From an imagined reading with Madame Cinnamon Black in New Orleans to a card that helps two sisters understand each other. Sylvia Plath and the Tarot Pack Featuring David Trinidad and Rebecca Tamás Produced by Alia Cassam Shadow Work Produced by Ari Mejia Three Cards Featuring Madame Cinnamon Black Produced by Cristal Duhaime Originally recorded for 48 Hour Party People, a travel podcast hosted by Brendan Francis Newnam Thanks to Mira Burt-Wintonick, Brendan Francis Newnam, Jackson Musker, Danielle Henderson and the Historic Voodoo Museum Production Team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2020. | |||
| Dancing on the Radio | 25 Feb 2020 | 00:29:39 | |
Josie Long presents toe-tapping, choreographed short documentaries offering three adventures in sound about dancing. From falling in love with movement - to the art of staying still. Vogue Featuring Darren Suarez Produced by Andrea Rangecroft Screen Test Featuring Lucinda Childs Produced by Hannah Dean With music by Kayla Painter Includes audio from Andy Warhol exhibition at Tate Modern It's a Commitment (Extract) Originally made for the Smash/Cut podcast Featuring Dr Brenda Dixon Gottschild and Dr Halifu Osumare Produced by Xander Adams and Margaret Laurena Kemp Music Credits: Revolution Void, Lloyd Rodgers, Kitchen Romance, and Xander Adams Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2020. | |||
| Endurance | 18 Feb 2020 | 00:30:35 | |
Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about feats of endurance. A marathon runner needs to outrun a race official who wants her off the track, a woman exhausts herself while running through the personal ads and a writer living in the shadow of a nuclear reactor finds unlikely companionship with cockroaches. Endurance Featuring Laura Barton Mr Right Produced by Inge Hoonte Originally made for Deep Wireless 4 Runner 261 Featuring Kathrine Switzer Produced by Andrea Rangecroft Isn't it lovely? Produced by Phoebe Wang First commissioned as a part of the Constellations podcast's exhibition Resonant Bodies and then released in Constellations This piece was supported in part by the Wassaic Artist Residency Program. Kathrine Switzer photo credit - Boston Herald Production Team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2020. | |||
| Noel | 24 Dec 2019 | 00:32:30 | |
A 6 year old takes a rather un-childlike view on the realities of Santa Claus, Icelandic Christmas characters creep out of the darkness, Scottee tells the story of a loving gift that travelled across countries and generations and the festive season bursts into song. Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound (for grown-ups) on Christmas Eve. I Don't Know Produced by Andy Mills with the musicians Matt and Jacob Boll, Corey and Cobey Bienert and Enoch Kim. Out of the Dark Featuring Rósa Thorsteinsdottir and Eva Maria Jónssdottir from The Arni Magnussen Institute Produced by Rikke Houd Nativity Featuring Scottee Produced by Alia Cassam The Night Before the Night Before Christmas (Reprise) Featuring Seymour and Stuart Sarnoff Produced by Alex Lewis Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 | |||
| Instructions | 16 Jan 2024 | 00:28:51 | |
A pamphlet from the 1980s illuminates the world we live in now, a musical invitation for your domestic space, and some dazzling canine choreography for your ears. Josie Long presents short documentaries based around instructions. How to Listen... including How Not To, How You Ought To, and How You Won't (Extract) Written by Stephen Potter and Joyce Grenfell Produced by Stephen Potter Originally broadcast on BBC Third Programme in 1946 Hot Dogs! Presented by Alan Smith Produced by Steve Urquhart Originally broadcast on Alan Smith's Mid Morning Show, BBC Radio Cumbria in 1999 Hell Rubs and Sobs Produced by Sami El-Enany How To Look 30 When You're 30 Produced by Jesse Lawson Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 | |||
| Bodies | 17 Dec 2019 | 00:30:01 | |
Joe Dunthorne dives into poetic descriptions of the body and we hear the sound of sleep. Visceral short documentaries and adventures in sound presented by Josie Long. Her Eyes Were Like... Featuring Joe Dunthorne, Caroline Bird, Ross Sutherland and Jack Underwood While You Were Sleeping Featuring Dr Jim Grayburn Produced by Calum Perrin Transition Produced by Nanna Hauge Kristensen Production Team: Alia Cassam and Andrea Rangecroft Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in December 2019. | |||
| Maps | 10 Dec 2019 | 00:29:11 | |
Navigating emotional terrain, finding joy in another world and mapping a continuum of thinking. Josie Long presents short documentaries about desire, love and heartbreak. Pixels and Bits Featuring Stephen Sexton Produced by Alia Cassam Drive Straight Ahead Written by Jonathan Goldstein and Mira Burt-Wintonick Produced by Jonathan Goldstein, Mira Burt-Wintonick and Cristal Duhaime Originally broadcast on CBC's WireTap Playing in the Dark Featuring Gail Lewis, Ego Ahaiwe Sowinski and Natasha Mumbi Nkonde Produced by Tej Adeleye Production Team: Eleanor McDowall and Alia Cassam Produced by Andrea Rangecroft A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2019. | |||
| Beasts | 03 Dec 2019 | 00:28:47 | |
Magical creatures wrap themselves around you in the fog and we hear a musical tribute to furry beasts - Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about real and imagined animals. Cat Names Produced by Joseph Keckler Ashi Magari Produced by Rikke Houd Touching the Elephant Presented by Kim Normanton Produced by Matt Thompson Mastered by Jon Calver Originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1997 Concerts for Dogs Featuring Laurie Anderson Produced by Tim Hinman Originally made for Sound Matters Production Team: Alia Cassam and Andrea Rangecroft Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2019. | |||
| Sports | 26 Nov 2019 | 00:30:28 | |
From rally car driving to the healing power of climbing - Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about sport, exercise and competition. Go Faster Featuring Rosemary Smith Produced by Andrea Rangecroft Climb When Ready Featuring Cassius Adair and Martha Bennett Produced by Arlie Adlington Music credit: Negentropy by Chad Crouch That's It Featuring recordings from The Sound of Sport Produced by Bus Crush Production Team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 | |||
| From the Heart | 19 Nov 2019 | 00:28:37 | |
From a broken-hearted granddaughter's search for understanding to a collective conversation around desire - Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about desire, love and heartbreak. ROW-cub Produced by Neena Pathak Texts I've Sent The Government Featuring John-Luke Roberts and River Hall Falckensteinscredo Produced by Phil Smith An Interrogation Produced by Erisa Apantaku Production Team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2019. | |||
| The Archivist | 24 Sep 2019 | 00:29:23 | |
The tattered book worth risking everything for, the man who can't forget and chronicling history one voice message at a time. Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about record keepers. Memories Featuring Bob Petrella Produced by Andrea Rangecroft Messages from Manus Island Featuring Behrouz Boochani Produced by Femi Oriogun-Williams The Exercise Book Featuring Jeremiah Produced by Andrea Rangecroft Production Team: Eleanor McDowall and Alia Cassam Producer: Andrea Rangecroft A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2019. | |||
| Family Ties | 17 Sep 2019 | 00:29:20 | |
A family whose women are bound by activism, poetry between generations and forging new families in later life. Josie Long presents short documentaries about familial connections. Radical Love Featuring Ash Sarkar Produced by Alia Cassam A Beautiful Arrangement Featuring Stefanie Clark and Jane Callahan-Moore Produced by Bill Healy Loose Lips Featuring Mark ‘Mr T’ Thompson and Fiona Goffe Produced by Alan Hall Production Team: Eleanor McDowall and Alia Cassam Produced by Andrea Rangecroft A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2019. | |||
| Mary Oliver | 10 Sep 2019 | 00:29:46 | |
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" - Mary Oliver Josie Long heads out alone into nature to present short documentaries and adventures in sound inspired by the poet Mary Oliver. From a meditation on the seasons amid the changing climate, to an exploration of wanting with Laura Barton. Wild and Precious Featuring Laura Barton Mary Oliver - Listening to the World (edited extract) Interview by Krista Tippett This interview was originally produced for The On Being Project onbeing.org To Fail as a Witness Featuring Anne Fosburg Produced by Ariana Martinez Special thanks to Anne Fosburg and collaborator Mitchell Johnson for the early correspondence that motivated this work. Production Team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2019. | |||
| Musical | 03 Sep 2019 | 00:33:02 | |
A spider infestation turns into a musical performance, the pianist Glenn Gould unpicks the magic of Petula Clark's Downtown and Patrick Haggerty talks about Lavender Country, which has come to be known as the first gay country music album. Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about music and musicians. Lavender Country Featuring Patrick Haggerty Produced by Thomas Curry, Lauren Eisen and Sofie Strøbeck Downtown Featuring Glenn Gould Produced by Alan Hall Spiders! The Musical Produced by Phil Smith Image Credit: Matthew Wilson Production team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2019. | |||
| Self-Portrait | 27 Aug 2019 | 00:29:36 | |
Josie Long draws her own image whilst presenting short documentaries about turning the camera lens or microphone on yourself. A Private Ritual Written by Jess Bineth and Tilly Lawless Produced by Jess Bineth Ghosts Produced by Andrea Rangecroft How To Remember Produced by Axel Kacoutié Production Team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2019. | |||
| Minis | 09 Jan 2024 | 00:29:51 | |
The moment of time before a camera shutter closes, a symphony of ums reveals a partner's untruths, and two women linked by a phantom thread reflect on their changing bodies. Josie Long presents even shorter short documentaries. Is This An Image? Produced by Jon Tjhia Death from Above Written and read by Joe Dunthorne Body of Work Featuring the voices of writer Marleen Kruithof and cinematographer Babette Mangolte Music by Nicola Mecca Produced by Georgia Walker What's in an Um? Produced by Talia Augustidis Charon Composed, produced and performed by Jamie Payne Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 | |||
| Keeping Faith | 20 Aug 2019 | 00:29:21 | |
Looking for a miracle and searching for divine love - Josie Long presents short documentaries about keeping faith. Recitation Featuring Madinah Javed Produced by Alia Cassam Crab Babygrow Featuring Sarah Mouracade Produced by Andrea Rangecroft Divine Love Produced by Sook-Yin Lee Production Team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2019. | |||
| Deep Time | 13 Aug 2019 | 00:29:23 | |
A solar eclipse repeats over and over, a musical key unlocks lost memories and a life marked out in books. Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound on our experience of time. Crow Featuring Christina McLeish Produced by Jaye Kranz A Channel of Music Produced by Nanna Hauge Kristensen Totality Written and produced by Mae-Li Evans Sound and composition by Calum Perrin This piece is an adapted extract from a performance developed and supported by The Yard Theatre, Camden People’s Theatre and Hearsay Festival. Production Team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2019. | |||
| Press Record | 25 Jun 2019 | 00:28:28 | |
The sounds of an empty apartment, the last tape of a loved one, the bootleg VHS tapes that helped inspire a musical movement and an erotic audio audition are at the heart of this edition of Short Cuts. Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about significant recordings that have impacted people's lives. That DAT Produced by Natalie Kestecher The Stains Featuring Diane Lane and Allison Wolfe Produced by Allyson McCabe Sound Portrait of a Flat Produced by Jessica Gordon Braye A Place for Us Featuring Tricia Davies Nearn Produced by Alan Hall Production Team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2019. | |||
| Nature Documentaries | 18 Jun 2019 | 00:29:28 | |
Singing with whales, a cloud of bats and the ballad of a rare bird. Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about the natural world. Whale Duet A version of this story first appeared on the podcast Sound Matters Interview by Tim Hinman Produced by Andrea Rangecroft Bats in the Attic Produced by Jessie Lawson The Lord God Bird Originally broadcast in 2005 Produced by Dan Collison and Elizabeth Meister of Long Haul Productions The song - Great God Bird - was written and performed by Sufjan Stevens To listen to the song in its entirety and to hear more Long Haul stories, go to www.longhaulpro.org Production Team: Alia Cassam and Eleanor McDowall Producer: Andrea Rangecroft A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2019. | |||
| Nocturne | 11 Jun 2019 | 00:28:43 | |
Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about what happens after darkness falls. From Mark Thomas's childhood nocturnal journeys to a late-night story told in the glow of a turf fire. The Little Nuneen Featuring Gerald O'Brien Produced by Regan Hutchins Escape Featuring Mark Thomas Produced by Sarah Cuddon The Poem Explains Nothing Featuring Peter Beverley Produced by Peilin Li Production team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2019. | |||
| Mirror Image | 04 Jun 2019 | 00:30:03 | |
Josie Long gazes into a mirror as she presents short documentaries and sonic adventures on reflections and doubles. A woman wrestles with an unsettling shadow, the double act Split Britches explore life as partners and performers and a work of sound art offers advice on becoming more becoming... Becoming More Becoming Originally made for the Third Coast International Audio Festival ShortDocs competition Produced by Sarah Boothroyd Split Britches Feat. Peggy Shaw and Lois Weaver Produced by Alia Cassam The Detonator Originally made for CBC's Love Me Produced by Sarah Geis, Mira Burt-Wintonick, Cristal Duhaime and 'Kate' Sound by Mira Burt-Wintonick Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall. A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2019. | |||
| Desire Lines | 28 May 2019 | 00:28:35 | |
Looking for love online, the desire lines we walk to a lover's house and the untethering of a breast-feeding baby from its mother - Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about being drawn towards the ones we love. Desire Lines Featuring Laura Barton The Real Tom Banks Produced by Jesse Cox Sound Engineer Timothy Nicastri Originally made for Radiotonic on ABC Radio National Untethered Featuring Nell Frizzell Production Team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2019. | |||
| What Lies Beneath | 20 May 2019 | 00:29:41 | |
Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about what lies beneath the surface of things - from a subterranean journey to a dive inside a painting. Seams (Extract) Originally made for the Timber Festival Produced by Geoff Bird The Neighbour Produced by Sophie Townsend The Box Originally made for the HearSay International Audio Festival Produced by Sofia Saldanha A Deeper Dive Featuring Richard Scott Produced by Alia Cassam Production Team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2019. | |||
| Early Spring | 26 Mar 2019 | 00:30:38 | |
As the days lengthen and a new season approaches, Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound inspired by the Rilke poem Early Spring. The People Who Feel Featuring Henry Cordova Produced by Ariana Martinez Falling Like Blossom Featuring Naoko Abe Produced by Sarah Cuddon Lilia is Listening Originally made for the podcast Love Me https://www.cbc.ca/radio/loveme/in-the-distance-1.4899506 Produced by Sara Brooke Curtis, with Cristal Duhaime, Mira Burt-Wintonick and Sarah Geis Mix by Cristal Duhaime Readings by Stacia Brown Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2019. | |||
| Between the Lines | 19 Mar 2019 | 00:30:09 | |
Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about translation, interpretation and ideas that resonate in the gap between words - from the connection between one man and his translator, through Benjamin Clementine's interpretation of Satie, to the work of an ASL/English interpreter. In Translation Featuring Miwako Ozawa and Hiromitsu Shinkawa A version of this story first appeared in the BBC World Service documentary Found in Translation made by Whistledown Productions https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03l3jxj Produced by Rose de Larrabeiti Gymnopédie Featuring Benjamin Clementine Produced by Mooj Zadie The Go-Between Featuring Christopher Desloges Music: Scorch by Nctrnm from the Free Music Archive Produced by Aliya Pabani Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall. A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2019. | |||
| Archival Imaginings | 14 Nov 2023 | 00:29:22 | |
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 Jones Fish & 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 | |||
| Oulipo | 12 Mar 2019 | 00:29:53 | |
Josie Long presents a series of short documentaries and audio adventures inspired by the work of the Oulipo, a loose collective of writers and mathematicians who use playful constraints in their work to spark new ideas. The Oulipo's name - Ouvroir de littérature potentielle - roughly translates as 'the workshop of potential literature'. They have produced works such as Georges Perec's La Disparition; A Void in the English translation, in which the letter e never appears; If on a Winter's Night a Traveller..., Italo Calvino's novel which features ten different first chapters of novels; and Raymond Queneau's Exercises in Style, in which the same story is retold 99 times in a different style. Our workshop for potential radio features literary reviews, audio games and new stories from Joe Dunthorne, Jon Tjhia, John-Luke Roberts and Ross Sutherland. As Far As The I Produced by Jon Tjhia Peanut Butter Featuring Joe Dunthorne A Void Featuring John-Luke Roberts The Other Ross Sutherland Featuring Roddy Forsyth and Ross Sutherland An alternate version of this story first appeared on the podcast Imaginary Advice Produced by Ross Sutherland Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2019. | |||
| The Descent | 05 Mar 2019 | 00:28:48 | |
Falling space debris sparks an adventure across continents - and underpants dangling from a tree push a woman into a downward spiral. Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about The Descent. The King and I Produced by Natalie Kestecher Skylab Featuring Stan Thornton Produced by Hannah Dean Seven Miles Deep Featuring Don Walsh Produced by Andrea Rangecroft Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2019. | |||
| The Forgetting | 26 Feb 2019 | 00:29:02 | |
Josie Long presents fragmentary short documentaries about lost memories. Searching for a half-remembered past, shape-shifting, elusive personal histories, forgetting yourself and a story of societal forgetting. Mother of Memory Produced by Nanna Hauge Kristensen Seven Magic Mountains Featuring Laura Barton The Trace of A Cloud In A Chest (extract) You can listen to the feature in full here: https://soundcloud.com/charles-parker-prize/the-trace-of-a-cloud-in-a-chest-by-weidong-lin-silver-2015 Produced by Weidong Lin The Forgotten Produced by Karla Marie Sweet Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2019. | |||