Summary
Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures with and about kids.
Exploring the world through the eyes of a little boy, beauty pageants for children, a weather forecast takeover and finding a newborn on the subway.
*Let’s Get Lost Together
Featuring Eligh Moon Produced by Sara Brooke Curtis
*Beauty Queen Dropout
Featuring Samara Addai Produced by Deborah Shorinde
*The Random Weather Report
Featuring Niamh and Tommy Produced by Chris Attaway Originally produced for Audio Playground audioplayground.xyz
*Bundle on the Subway
Featuring Pete Mercurio and Danny Stewart
Produced by Andrea Rangecroft
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2020.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | Hello, welcome to the podcast version of Shortcuts. |
| 0:08.0 | Today's episode is all about kids and kids' voices. |
| 0:12.0 | And is there anything more delightful? |
| 0:15.0 | Maybe it's because I am relatively new at being a parent, |
| 0:18.0 | but I still find everything delightful about children. |
| 0:21.5 | But maybe it's because I always have. |
| 0:23.4 | But is there anything sweeter than hearing somebody not quite saying their grammar right in a cute, high-pitched voice? |
| 0:31.2 | No, there isn't. |
| 0:32.2 | That's why Jopasquale was so popular. |
| 0:35.1 | Papa, can you sing me to drink a trinkle little star? |
| 0:37.7 | Yeah. Will you sing it?ink a Trinkle Little Star? Yeah. |
| 0:38.4 | Will you sing it? |
| 0:39.3 | Yeah. |
| 0:39.6 | Tintu, |
| 0:41.0 | dintu little star. |
| 0:44.3 | How about. |
| 0:45.7 | This is shortcuts. |
| 0:48.7 | Hello, |
| 0:49.3 | that! |
| 0:50.8 | Brief encounters. |
| 0:53.6 | Toys. Radio reference. Yes. Brief encounters Two stories |
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