Summary
The lust to escape your life, gifts that make you feel misunderstood and a mystery with an elusive man at it's centre - Josie Long unfurls stories of mistaken identity.
The writer Nikesh Shukla and his friends, Nick Hearne and Robbie Lingham, talk about the frustrating mysterious character who entered their lives after they sent a lamb chop into space. The Australian producer Natalie Kestecher is horrified by a gift from a close friend and a young woman plots her escape in a call from Laura Mayer's How Are You Doing Project.
Navy Story Originally recorded for the How Are You Doing Project Produced by Laura Mayer
The Gift Featuring writing from the Redundant Women series Produced by Natalie Kestecher
Adam Featuring Nikesh Shukla, Nick Hearne and Robbie Lingham
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.
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| 0:28.2 | And now I'll return you to your advertised programming. |
| 0:32.3 | This is the BBC. |
| 0:36.4 | Hello, welcome to the podcast version of shortcuts. |
| 0:39.5 | I'm Josie Long, or am I? |
| 0:41.8 | I am. |
| 0:43.0 | Today's show is all about mistaken identity |
| 0:45.5 | and whether or not you can ever know who somebody really is. |
| 0:49.8 | I like classic cars. |
| 0:51.5 | You would never guess that about me. |
| 0:53.2 | You don't know me at all. |
| 0:59.3 | This is Shortcuts. |
| 1:03.5 | Brief encounters, true stories, radio adventures and found sound. |
| 1:09.3 | Today, mistaken identity. I didn't want to reign on her parade, |
| 1:14.8 | but I wasn't going to let her get away with telling me that there was a particular shade of pink I love. |
| 1:20.7 | And without thinking, I'd text them a home address. Never, dealer. Never give a serial killer your home address. |
| 1:30.9 | There are times in your life where you know that where you are isn't right, what you're |
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