Summary
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Concerts for Dogs Featuring Laurie Anderson Produced by Tim Hinman Originally made for Sound Matters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.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.1 | Hello, I'm Asma Mere. |
| 0:07.0 | Before you listen to your podcast, I'd like to remind you about the Radio 4 Christmas |
| 0:11.2 | appeal, which maybe is familiar to you as carols and Christmas crackers. |
| 0:16.1 | Over its long history, Radio 4 listeners have supported St. Martin in the fields to provide practical |
| 0:21.7 | help and support to thousands of people so that they can leave homelessness behind. Many people, |
| 0:28.3 | for many reasons, find themselves a long way from home. Their journey home can start anytime |
| 0:33.8 | and anywhere. It can start with a cup of tea and someone listening. |
| 0:38.2 | It can start with a deposit |
| 0:39.7 | for a room in a house. |
| 0:41.8 | Please support the BBC Radio 4 |
| 0:43.6 | Christmas appeal with St Martin in the fields |
| 0:45.9 | by donating online on the Radio 4 website. |
| 0:49.9 | Whether you're a long-standing donor |
| 0:51.4 | or this is your first year, |
| 0:53.4 | thank you. Home starts here. |
| 0:56.7 | Hello, welcome to the podcast version of Shortcuts. |
| 1:09.0 | I'd really like to encourage you if you have any pets to gather them around the radio. |
| 1:13.6 | Like a very beautiful 1950s Christmas card, if you can imagine that the dog and the cat just craning into the wireless. |
| 1:21.6 | And if you don't have any pets, I suggest you take a walk down by the riverbank, try to usher a little rat or a mole, or a fox. |
| 1:29.8 | We've got a very friendly fox that comes to our door. |
| 1:32.7 | And people who visit are horrified, and they're like, why does the fox come to your door? |
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