Summary
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.
Psalm Featuring Emil Blicher Bjerregaard and Mudar Salimeh Inspired by the poem Psalm written by Wisława Szymborska Music by Simon don Eriksen and Gregor Quendel Mix by Lærke Soedring Nielsen Produced by Nanna Hauge Kristensen
My Body is of Earth Created 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 Teacher A 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 Fidgen Sound design by Joel Cox Interpreter Youssef Taha Producer Louise Morris
Curated by Axel Kacoutié and Eleanor McDowall 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. |
| 0:06.0 | Hello, I'm Jacey Long and welcome to this podcast of Shortcuts. |
| 0:11.1 | I'm standing by a lake. |
| 0:13.3 | It's been raining. |
| 0:14.3 | It's a little brisk, but it's beautiful. |
| 0:25.2 | I'm sitting on the edge of Whitelock Reservoir leaning back to look up at the sky |
| 0:30.7 | which is at once so oppressive and grey |
| 0:35.2 | and so bright that I can barely open my headlights. |
| 0:41.3 | Seeing our planet Earth from space shifts the awareness of some astronauts. |
| 0:47.3 | This is shortcuts. |
| 0:49.3 | Our bodies can only live on land because we placental mammals carry the ocean inside. |
| 0:57.7 | I rarely dream, but swimming is always in my mind. |
| 1:02.4 | Today, earth, water, sky. |
| 1:10.4 | You're about to hear a documentary made by the Danish audio artist Nana Haga Christensen. |
| 1:17.0 | It was inspired by the poem Sarm, written by the Polish poet Visuava Shimborska, which begins. |
| 1:25.7 | Oh, the leaky boundaries of man-made states, |
| 1:29.3 | how many clouds float past them with impunity. |
| 1:36.3 | A tiny, fragile jewel in the infinite sky. No borders. |
| 1:45.2 | Seeing our planet Earth from space shifts the awareness of some astronauts. |
| 2:07.6 | It was tiny, shiny, the blue of the oceans, the white of the clouds, |
| 2:13.6 | a little streak of rust color that we call continents. It just glowed. |
| 2:19.3 | It is known as the overview effect. |
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