Summary
Short documentaries and adventures in sound which take place under the light of the moon, presented by Josie Long. From a night swim across a freezing cold lake to the writer Courttia Newland on astral projection.
Home In Darkness Featuring Courttia Newland Produced by Phoebe McIndoe and Redzi Bernard
The Night Swimmer Featuring the voice of Marilyn Korzekwa and the sounds of Lake Superior Produced by Kalli Anderson and Kaija Siirala Music: By Micah Smith, Jordy Walker and Off World
Re: The Moon Written and produced by Ross Sutherland Originally made for Imaginary Advice
Production team: 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. |
| 0:06.0 | Dancing in the moonlight, everybody's feeling warm and bright. |
| 0:13.2 | We've got it. |
| 0:14.3 | Oh, my da-ba-da. |
| 0:17.0 | Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-la-la-la-la-la. So, um... So just to let you know, I've had that in my head all day because of today's title. |
| 0:32.1 | As you can hear, there's a lot of car noise here. |
| 0:35.3 | So it's probably not a good idea. |
| 0:40.7 | Just thought I'd record while i walk even though we'd know this isn't content okay hello i'm josey long and tonight i have been trying and failing |
| 0:50.0 | to look at the moon on a stroll in the slightly noisier suburb of Glasgow than I thought it would be. |
| 0:57.8 | It's a beautiful, eerie winter light, except there's no moon. |
| 1:02.8 | Please, I know this is a podcast, and you might have chosen a good time to listen to it that is not the evening. |
| 1:08.8 | But if you can, what I would love you to do is to listen to this. |
| 1:13.7 | Maybe sat by a window looking up at the moon |
| 1:16.0 | or out on a nighttime stroll with the moon lighting your way. |
| 1:31.9 | This is Shortcuts. |
| 1:33.9 | You're kind of in a world of your own. |
| 1:36.3 | Brief encounters, true stories. |
| 1:39.0 | I thought to myself, was that an out-of-body experience? |
| 1:42.8 | Radio adventures and found sound. |
| 1:48.0 | I think we broke the moon. |
| 1:51.0 | Today, |
| 1:54.0 | Moonlight. |
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