Summary
Josie Long presents audio adventures and short documentaries on the words we use to express ourselves. An artist explores new ways to talk about pain, an activist tries to live authentically in a language that feels like it wasn’t made for them, and a son connects to his parents through an Urdu love poem.
Makeshift Featuring Laura Pejak Produced by Nada Smiljanic and Jesse Lawson
A fragment between two Produced by Raheel Khan Featuring Vada/ Promise - a poem by Rukhsana Nazi - from the collection Rutth Juggeh/The Night Awakes. With thanks to Imtiaz Ahmed Qureshi from Intesaab Kahaani.
Perceptions of Pain Featuring Matilda Glen Produced by Phoebe McIndoe and Redzi Bernard
Producer: Andrea Rangecroft A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, my own music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.4 | Hello, my friends of radio. |
| 0:08.3 | I'm called J.C. Long. |
| 0:10.3 | I have one star, and I'm a friend. |
| 0:14.1 | And I have no other animals. |
| 0:15.7 | It's tragic. |
| 0:17.1 | Bienvenu to this podcast or ballade of diffusion or audio-a-demand. |
| 0:26.3 | Oh my gosh, my French is so bad. I'm so sorry. |
| 0:29.5 | I'm sorry. |
| 0:30.5 | For all my inaccuracies. |
| 0:35.7 | Welcome to the podcast of Shortcuts. |
| 0:40.3 | I wish that I could speak many languages, but try as I can. I am a blunt novice in French and a true beginner in about three others, |
| 0:48.8 | including Scots Gallic, the Gallic sporsal. The garlic sconell. |
| 0:54.6 | That's all I can say. |
| 0:57.1 | I hope you enjoyed today's episode about translation, reinterpretation and language and its limits. |
| 1:09.2 | Oh, the alphabet. |
| 1:11.7 | Come on, T, thank alphabet. Nice. |
| 1:12.3 | Come on, T, thank you. |
| 1:14.5 | T-E-T-E-T-E-T-E-H. |
| 1:16.7 | So I'd say here. |
| 1:18.1 | Here comes. |
| 1:19.7 | Short cuts. |
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