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A criminal defence lawyer finds a surprising new job foisted upon him and a son attempts to recover his joyfulness on a family holiday. Josie Long presents short festive documentaries and merry sonic adventures.
Family YogaProduced by Kit Callin
A Conversation with my Mum at ChristmasFeaturing Rhik SamadderA version of this story first appeared in Rhik Samadder's memoir, I Never Said I Loved YouMusic by The Enchanted CinemaProduced by Sarah Cuddon
Miracle on the George Washington BridgeProduced by Luke Green
Santa CallsFeaturing Matt StorrsProduced by Talia Augustidis
Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea RangecroftSeries Producer: Eleanor McDowallA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
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Feeding the birds, sharing meals and chaotic menus - Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about eating together.
Bird FeederProduced by Stella Sims
And to Start...Produced by Mae-Li Evans
FoodhallProduced by Nadia Mehdi
Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea RangecroftSeries Producer: Eleanor McDowallA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
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Time capsules and yesterday's dreams of tomorrow, Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures exploring lost futures.
That’s Merely an Adjective Produced by Zara Karschay
Time Play by Chelsea Kigano, Lily Sloane, Lilia Vega, and Emily ShawOriginally made as part of The 24-Hour Radio Race from KCRW's Independent Producer ProjectMusic and sound design by Lily Sloane, with Time Ain't Gonna Make Me Stay by Ed AndrewsSpecial thanks to David Lee
Letters Produced by Mika Golubovsky and Sasha BorzenkoFeaturing Zehnya Feldman and Natasha Zotova
Higher GroundProduced by Leila Goldstein Featuring Winda Safitri, Yoppi and Naya Hidayatul Alialna
Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea RangecroftProduced by Axel KacoutiéA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
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Siren song, lunar eavesdroppers and the gathering dark - Josie Long presents short documentaries about venturing into the night.
Siren SongFeaturing melancholydiProduced by Kalli Anderson
Lunar EavesdroppersAn extract from Space Ham, first broadcast in BBC Radio 3's Between the EarsProduced by Rose de Larrabeiti and Caroline DevineA Whistledown production for BBC Radio 3
BeneathProduced by Sami El-Enany
BrückeFeaturing Stephen JenkinsonProduced by Phil Smith
Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea RangecroftSeries Producer: Eleanor McDowallA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
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Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures that venture into the forest.
Searching for EdenWritten, performed and composed by Nyokabi Kariũki Drums - Chris O'LearyField Recordings taken in Mũrang'a, Kenya
The Final BreathFeaturing Robin ElmsProduced by Kendra Hanna and Max Jungreis
El ManglarFeaturing Paolo Realpe, founder of Muisne Desde Adentro Special thanks to Dr. Pilar Egüez Guevara, co-founder and director of Comidas que Curan (Foods that Heal)Produced by Mickal Aranha
Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea RangecroftSeries Producer: Eleanor McDowallA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
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Wishes, wonders, and wisdom. Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures uncovering the power of words.
mother-house by produced by Catherine Boulle.Inspired by the guided visualisations accompanying the book 'Motherhood: Is it for me?' by Denise L. Carlini & Ann Davidman.
Weird World Whimsy produced and composed by Suzie McCarthy.Featuring actor, teacher and director, Mary Lou Rosato.Interview recording by audio producer Donelle Wederburn in New York City. The piece featured a canoe trip on the Tapiskwan Sipi, which runs through Atikamekw Nehirowisiwok territory in the unceded province of Quebec.Special thanks to Nina Garthwaite, Tom Todoroff, Emily Moulton, Katherina Lindekens and Emma Lehman from Noise Club.
Buranbur: a comfort in words by audio maker and producer Suhaar Ali.Featuring the first Somali woman elected to the cabinet, Fadumo Aalin, who talks about her mother and poet Hawo Jibril.
Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea RangecroftProduced by Axel KacoutiéA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
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Trying to capture a lost homeland on tape, reclaiming urban landscapes through the sound of skateboarding, and the noise that is one of the great equalisers of the world. Short documentaries that ripple through space - presented by Josie Long.
Sonic SkateboardingProduced by Alice Boyd and Tom CritchleyFeaturing Ben Dixon, Tom Critchley, Hannah, Zip and Bleu Music composed by Ben Dixon
Nat’s ApartmentWritten and produced by Emma-Lee MossMusic by Emma-Lee Moss and Nata Lee Hahn
Love in the Time of FlatulenceFeaturing Alison Downham Moore, Noam Osband, Zebulon Osband and Dahlia OsbandWritten and produced by Noam Osband
Produced by Andrea RangecroftCurated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea RangecroftA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
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Josie Long presents short documentaries against the clock in an episode around time and timing.
Dad's Secret Life of MatchmakingProduced by Josephine AndersonAdditional sound recording by Christopher Anderson
Loose EndsProduced by Jon Tjhia
There's Always a Next TimeProduced by Steve Urquhart
Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea RangecroftSeries Producer: Eleanor McDowallA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
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Star maps, messages from Earth to the moon and reaching out across distance as Josie Long presents short documentaries about constellations.
Star MapFeaturing Ferdinand Hauge LethMusic by Kirstine LindemannCaptured by Trawl HzProduced by Nanna Hauge Kristensen
News to the Moon and BackRecordings courtesy of the NASA archiveProduced by Mika Golubovsky
The Complaints DepartmentFeaturing Evan Gregg and letters from www.dearmisterward.comProduced by Inge Oosterhoff
Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea RangecroftSeries Producer: Eleanor McDowallA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
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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 ItselfAdapted for radio by Jodie Taylor and Janet HarbordBased on the short film directed by Janet Harbord, produced by Whalebone Films and sound designed by Action Pyramid
Green FlashWritten by Joe Dunthorne
Red of Visibility Produced by Phoebe McIndoeWith 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 RangecroftSeries Producer: Eleanor McDowallA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
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Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures which emerge from dreams, hidden places and the afterlife.
The Dreams (Extract)From Inventions for Radio by Barry Bermange and Delia DerbyshireOriginally broadcast on the BBC in 1964
Zero Fixation PointsProduced by Nada SmiljanicLocation production by Avi VarmaArchive courtesy of Rowan Farrell Featuring Professor Bridget Anderson and Dr Travis Van Isacker from the University of Bristol
The Quiet Violence of DreamsProduced by Kagiso Mnisi
FragmentsProduced by Eleanor McDowall
Curated by Axel Kacoutié and Eleanor McDowallSeries Producer: Eleanor McDowallA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
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Evaporating answers, mysterious music and disappearing dialects - Josie Long presents short documentaries about things in danger of becoming lost.
Pot-8-ToesFeaturing Billy Butler and Wally ScottOriginally broadcast in Hold Your Plums on Radio Merseyside
A Corner Seat in a Smoker, Facing the EngineProduced by Robin the Fog
Echoes of CockneyProduced by James Trice
PanchikoProduced by Tom Whalley
Curated by Axel Kacoutié and Eleanor McDowallSeries Producer: Eleanor McDowallA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
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Life and love. Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures exploring the language of care.
Life or DeathBy Marc KalaniFeaturing Cessie Alfonso and Carmeta Albarus author of The Making of Lee Boyd Malvo: The D.C. Sniper. BuzzBy Luca Evans (they/them)Featuring Joules Huang Duze (they/them) and Smokey Black (he/they)Additional recording by Aisha Lomax (she/her). Joules is a part-time organiser with Jews for Racial and Economic Justice and The LUNAR Collective, a volunteer with the Black Trans Liberation Kitchen, and a community educator for the Early Relationship Abuse Prevention Program. Smokey is a barber at Mutiny in Brooklyn NY. @Smokey.BlackPlease listen with headphones.
Patient as the HorizonBy Tej AdeleyeSarah Long from London Equine Therapy and Astrologer, Psychic Medium and Animal Communicator, Jessica Lanyadoo
Curated by Axel Kacoutié and Eleanor McDowallProduced by Axel KacoutiéA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
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In water, on wheels or explained over the phone - Josie Long presents short documentaries about moving our bodies.
Field NotesFeaturing Hannah KezemaProduced by Jess Shane and Kristine White
Instructions for Returning to My BodyGamelan music courtesy of Nusantara Produced by Kia Miakka Natisse
The Pink FlamingoFeaturing Peter PrijdekkerSound Recording by Edd KentishProduced by Hunter Charlton and Vicki Carter
Curated by Axel Kacoutié and Eleanor McDowallSeries Producer: Eleanor McDowallA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
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Two men on different continents share a love of butterflies, a swimming instructor seeks solace in the water and we dive inside an inner landscape. Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures that emerge from the earth, water and sky.
PsalmFeaturing Emil Blicher Bjerregaard and Mudar SalimehInspired by the poem Psalm written by Wisława Szymborska Music by Simon don Eriksen and Gregor QuendelMix by Lærke Soedring NielsenProduced by Nanna Hauge Kristensen
My Body is of EarthCreated by Zara Zimbardo and Lily Sloane With editorial support from Keisha "TK" Dutes and sound consultation from Adriene Lilly
Finding Freedom in the Water: Gaza’s Swimming TeacherA version of this story first aired on BBC World Service's Outlook in March 2023 ('My Life in Seven Swimming Pools') and in an updated version in April 2024 ('Finding Freedom in the Water: Gaza's Swimming Teacher) presented by Jo FidgenSound design by Joel CoxInterpreter Youssef TahaProducer Louise Morris
Curated by Axel Kacoutié and Eleanor McDowallSeries Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
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A grand piano slowly climbs the stairs in Glasgow, a man in Brighton keeps finding his upright pianos going missing, a piano decays slowly in the woods while a grandson finds himself thrust into the role of a ship's pianist. Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures with a piano at their heart.
Pianos Aren't His ForteFeaturing Mark CampbellProduced by Phil SmithIncluding piano performances from Mark Campbell and Songs Without Words composed by Felix Mendelssohn and performed by Vassily Primakov from the Free Music Archive
Piano in the WoodsWritten and produced by Ross SutherlandFeaturing performances from the project Piano in the Woods by the improviser, artist and curator Sam Bailey. You can learn more about the project at pianointhewoods.com
Two, Three, HupProduced by Steve UrquhartFeaturing piano performances by Steve Urquhart
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowallCurated by Axel Kacoutié and Eleanor McDowallA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
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Chrononormativity, duppies and post-colonial thought. Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures exploring beyond the past, present and futures.
Language in the Land of Duppies: Exploring the origins of Jamaican folklore as a gateway to understanding the legacy of slavery on the island.Produced by Laura CartySpecial thanks to Alexander Powell, Carmen Johnson, Natalia Downer, Kandice Thompson and Jean Smart.
All my friends are turning into StarsWritten and performed by David Amber DevereuxWith Dr Matthew Temple, Research Fellow,Universidad Diego PortalesAdditional voices by Lou Sutcliffe and Alessa CatterallFeaturing quotes from De Profundus by Oscar Wilde, Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, and In A Queer Time And Place by Jack Halberstam
Interjections on the future: There is not currently any obvious path to reconstructing a popular faith in political, economic and even some social institutions but while it might not always feel like it today, the unwinding of colonial modernity is underway and accelerating. Produced by composer and researcher, Sara Rahman.Featuring psychiatrist Isabel Valli and writers and artists Fer Boyd and Maedeline Stack.
Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft Produced by Axel KacoutiéA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
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Word spirits, back rooms and a reply all-pocalypse - Josie Long presents short documentaries that emerge from the internet.
Word SpiritsWith thanks to Caroline Hesse, Donovan McGrath, Mary Dolejsi, Nicole Reinsch, Nalini Kumari, Zen Priest & Buddhist Scholar John Stevens (for permission to include his Classical Aikido Kototama Chant), and Critical Sound Explorer & Artist Matt Parker (for permission to include excerpts from The People's Cloud / Field Recordings of Internet Data Centres): https://www.earthkeptwarm.comAdditional mixing by MaitreyaProduced by HJ Radia
The Back RoomsProduced by Mae-Li Evans
The Bello Tolls for TheeProduced by Nadia Mehdi
Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea RangecroftSeries Producer: Eleanor McDowallA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
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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 MysteriesProduced by Teresa Kristoffersson
First WordsProduced 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 ChuaChinese Narration by XiaoQiaoPoetry in English and Chinese by He Sun
Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea RangecroftSeries Producer: Eleanor McDowallA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
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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 TimeFeaturing Jonathon KeatsProduced by Nadia Mehdi
HauntedFeaturing Linda FleishmanProduced by Elizabeth Friend
Darling, Are You Dreaming?Featuring Jules and VitalProduced by Eloise Stevens
Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft Series Producer: Eleanor McDowallA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
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