Summary
Growing up in a changing landscape, communicating disaster through a language barrier, a sonic illustration of the world’s dwindling animal populations and finding hope outside our windows. Josie Long presents short documentaries on the climate crisis.
Smoke Signals Produced by Natalie Kestecher
Hearing Extinction Produced by Mona Chalabi and Emmy the Great
Mother Earth Produced by Alia Cassam
Terrace, Rome, Italy during the lockdown Produced by Daria Corrias Originally recorded for the Field Recordings podcast
Production Team: Eleanor McDowall and Alia Cassam Produced by Andrea Rangecroft
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2020.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | Hello, I'm Josie Lung. Welcome to the podcast of Shortcuts. I have no idea when and in what circumstances you're downloading this. But all I can genuinely say is, I really hope you're okay and my heart goes out to you. And oh my word, what an unusual time to be releasing an audio show. |
| 0:26.1 | Do you know what? This is a real boon for anxious people like me |
| 0:28.7 | because for the first time ever, everyone's feeling a bit anxious. |
| 0:31.5 | You're not the slightest bit alone. Everyone's here. |
| 0:34.1 | You see, there's no way to joke about this. |
| 0:36.3 | It's too hard to joke about it. |
| 0:41.4 | There's something moving. |
| 0:44.1 | This is shortcuts. |
| 0:46.7 | Oh, wonderful. |
| 0:48.9 | Brief encounters, true stories, radio adventures and found sound. |
| 0:55.2 | Look at this guy. |
| 0:57.3 | He's like, where is everyone? |
| 1:00.4 | Today, Habitat. |
| 1:03.5 | There's something about waking up to the smell of smoke. |
| 1:07.9 | Day after day, week after week, month after month that makes you finally get it. |
| 1:16.6 | If you listen to all these creatures together, you can hear a story of extinction. |
| 1:21.6 | With the increasing temperatures, the heavy rains, the strong winds that came. My parents had to sell the land |
| 1:29.5 | to sustain our lives. It's like stabbing you in the hearts when you can't fight for your life. |
| 1:43.3 | I'm looking out on the River Lee in Clapton in East London. |
| 1:47.0 | We were planning on recording this slightly further afield, but those plans have changed. |
| 1:53.0 | And the wind is just gently rippling the water. |
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