Summary
Listen to the music of decomposing mushrooms, look through a photographer's lens at a surprising streak of streaking in the 1970s, and explore the world of a Danish hospital clown who opens up a pocket of a different reality.
Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about the joys that lurk beneath the surface of things.
Mushroom Music Featuring Mati Araoz Produced by Seb Masters
A Different Reality Featuring Boaz Barkan Produced by Nanna Hauge Kristensen
The Streak! Featuring Ron Harr Including original compositions by Alan Goffinski Produced by Alan Goffinski
Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.8 | Hello, welcome to the podcast of Shortcuts from Glendiston Wood. |
| 0:11.1 | It's a beautiful day. |
| 0:12.2 | And I've just seen the first other people that we've seen. |
| 0:14.4 | The whole time we've been here for hours is a man and his dog. |
| 0:17.9 | Just circling the woods in a manner that seems terrifying. |
| 0:20.6 | So that's good. I hope you |
| 0:21.8 | enjoy the recordings we've made. Today's episode is about how if you dig for it you can find |
| 0:27.8 | still even now radicalism and joy. I'm walking in the woods south of Glasgow, East Renfrewshire. |
| 0:45.3 | Just here I can see the remains of a low stone wall. |
| 0:49.3 | I don't know what this used to be. |
| 0:51.3 | I don't know why there's a wall here or was, |
| 0:59.3 | but it's covered in generations of moss and grasses and dead fern and leaves and mulch and movement. |
| 1:06.5 | So it's this brilliant combination of decay, |
| 1:11.0 | but the decay itself teeming with life. |
| 1:14.9 | Listen to that. |
| 1:20.1 | Finally some decent and aggressive bird song. |
| 1:26.9 | Oh. Oh. aggressive bird song. |
| 1:39.2 | This is shortcuts. |
| 1:41.6 | Right when they're really scared. |
| 1:44.3 | Right when they really feel like nobody sees them. |
| 1:49.8 | Brief encounters, true stories, radio adventures and found sound. |
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