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Short Cuts

Short documentaries and adventures in sound presented by Josie Long.

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Noel

Noel

A 6 year old takes a rather un-childlike view on the realities of Santa Claus, Icelandic Christmas characters creep out ... Read more

24 Dec 2019

32mins

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Body Language

Body Language

Reading Russian literature - without a book - in solitary confinement, speaking with someone else's voice and the need t... Read more

21 Jun 2016

27mins

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Anonymity

Anonymity

Josie Long presents a sequence of mini documentaries exploring what happens when nobody knows your name. From our transg... Read more

22 Apr 2014

27mins

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The Other Side

The Other Side

Josie Long hears stories of crossing over to the other side - from radio waves permeating political barriers to the migr... Read more

26 Jun 2018

29mins

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Split

Split

Josie Long presents a series of delightful and adventurous short documentaries, brief encounters, true stories and found... Read more

11 Jun 2013

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Rabbit Holes

Rabbit Holes

Josie Long dives down a rabbit hole in this sequence of short documentaries, true stories and radio adventures.We hear t... Read more

7 Oct 2014

28mins

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Wild Water

Wild Water

From finding your way in a cold, dark sea swim to coping with the isolation at the bottom of the ocean, Josie Long hears... Read more

17 Nov 2015

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Lines of Communication

Lines of Communication

Josie Long presents a selection of short documentaries about communication - messages that could break your heart, rescu... Read more

18 Jun 2013

27mins

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Mary Oliver

Mary Oliver

"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"- Mary OliverJosie Long heads out alone into n... Read more

10 Sep 2019

29mins

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Connections

Connections

A message in a bottle, cast into the ocean, reaches a woman who needs it.A lifeboat adrift and isolated in icy waters an... Read more

14 Oct 2014

28mins

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Mistaken Identity

Mistaken Identity

The lust to escape your life, gifts that make you feel misunderstood and a mystery with an elusive man at it's centre - ... Read more

19 Jun 2018

28mins

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The End of the Story

The End of the Story

Josie Long presents short documentaries on things drawing to a close - from stories captured, bottled and buried over ti... Read more

5 Dec 2016

28mins

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The Archivist

The Archivist

The tattered book worth risking everything for, the man who can't forget and chronicling history one voice message at a ... Read more

24 Sep 2019

29mins

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Afterlife

Afterlife

How imprisonment revealed an unlikely talent, a musical story of what follows after a dust storm has passed and the unex... Read more

3 Nov 2015

28mins

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The Fear

The Fear

Josie Long gets scared as she presents a sequence of frightening mini documentaries.From the sound of fear to the feel o... Read more

29 Oct 2013

28mins

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Into the Woods

Into the Woods

From tree climbing to getting lost in the forest, Josie Long ventures into the woods. Featuring Sook-Yin Lee on the wild... Read more

3 Apr 2018

29mins

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Inheritance

Inheritance

From the sounds of the womb to fading memories - Josie Long hears stories of what we inherit from past generations. The ... Read more

10 Nov 2015

28mins

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So It Goes

So It Goes

"We are here to help each other get through this thing, whatever it is."Josie Long presents short documentaries and radi... Read more

28 Mar 2017

29mins

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Role Models

Role Models

What can we learn from the humanity of others? From seeing ourselves reflected in someone else? Josie Long presents stor... Read more

26 Sep 2017

28mins

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Borderlands

Borderlands

Josie Long explores uncertain territory - from a micronation to the porous borders between dreams and reality.We hear fr... Read more

14 Nov 2016

28mins

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