Summary
Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures that invite a listener to participate. From a musical performance to sinking into the perspective of your wall.
Your Wall Produced by Sharon Mashihi Originally created for the audio issue of McSweeney’s magazine, in collaboration with Radiotopia Sharon’s editor at McSweeney’s was Claire Boyle. Additional notes were provided by Audrey Mardavich and Julie Shapiro.
Three Layer Score Produced by Kalli Anderson Engineer: Chad Bernhard Composer and Narrator: Elizandro Garcia Montoya Performers: Kalli Anderson, Theo Carroll, Minna Finkelstein, Elwyn Finkelstein, Zack Finkelstein, Jacob Krupnick, Lu Olkowski, Jess Shane, Carly Stone, Kate Sutherland and Zoe Tennant
Late night, with headphones, in a completely, utterly, dark room, with some space to move by Hofesh Shechter From Everyday Moments, produced by Fuel To hear more, visit Fuel Digital at https://fueltheatre.com/projects/everyday-moments/
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. |
| 0:05.0 | Hello, welcome to the podcast of Shortcuts. |
| 0:08.0 | I'm Josie Long, and I'd like to invite you to enjoy today's show. |
| 0:16.0 | This is Shortcuts, Brief Encounters, True Stories, Radio Adventures and Fan Sound. |
| 0:26.6 | Don't think about me. |
| 0:28.6 | Today, using your voice, an instrument or simply dreaming. |
| 0:33.6 | Take a deep breath, invitation, and feel what it's like to be held. Today's episode is all |
| 0:44.1 | about accepting an invitation to interact with this show in a slightly unusual way. We are offering a |
| 0:51.3 | hand out of the radio and saying, come along. |
| 0:55.0 | The first thing you're going to hear was made by the audio artist Sharon Meshihi. |
| 1:00.0 | It's a participatory piece designed to be listened to in your home, sitting or standing, next to a blank spot on your wall. |
| 1:09.0 | I'm currently staying in a kind of business-apart hotel, |
| 1:14.6 | which is useful for this because my walls at home are as cluttered as my brain. |
| 1:19.0 | But here, there's wall upon wall of magnolia painted quiet. |
| 1:43.3 | Ha! Magnolia painted quiet. I've been pretty sad lately. |
| 1:50.4 | I'm lonely, and I'm blaming myself for my loneliness. |
| 2:00.7 | I'm. W-A-L-L-L. |
| 2:07.6 | Sometimes I get to staring at my walls, and I think about what they've seen, what they know after all these years. |
| 2:18.3 | I mean, every wall in every home witnesses many lifetimes of memories. |
| 2:26.3 | Memories like the music played from the speakers on Sunday. |
| 2:33.3 | Can you do the dishes? |
| 2:34.9 | No, you do the dishes. |
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