Summary
Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about being in motion - from scandalising dance moves to taking flight.
The Twist Extract from Between the Ears: Monument (London 1935 - 1993) First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in 1993 Composed by Ian Gardiner Produced by Alan Hall Performed by Ensemble George W Welch With a cast of voices from the BBC Sound Archive
Life Begins in the Stillness Featuring Gabriel Rodreick Produced by Julie Censullo
Unknown Person (from Baggage Allowance) Released on the album A Secret Code Composed and performed by Pamela Z
Joy of Bundle Sound design by Axel Kacoutié Written and produced by Lou Mensah
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. |
| 0:05.7 | Hello, my name's Josie Long. |
| 0:07.7 | Welcome to the podcast of Shortcuts. |
| 0:09.4 | I hope you're having a wonderful day. |
| 0:11.1 | Today's episode is all about movement of so many kinds. |
| 0:15.8 | Dancing, which is my new morning hobby when I do the early mornings with my children. |
| 0:20.8 | I turn on the mornings with my children. |
| 0:26.3 | I turn on the radio and my daughter says, no, no radio, no music. |
| 0:30.6 | And then I try to just persuade her to dance. |
| 0:32.8 | And then eventually we will have a little morning boogie. |
| 0:40.7 | My legs are sinking into the peat and the moss. |
| 0:45.3 | If I don't move, the moss will grow on me. |
| 0:48.8 | Feels like it already has. |
| 0:52.3 | This is shortcuts. It feels like if I sat here long enough, I'd just dissolve into it, become a part of it. |
| 1:00.5 | Brief encounters, true stories, radio adventures, and found sound. |
| 1:05.7 | It's this sort of awakening. |
| 1:08.8 | Today, movement. |
| 1:11.2 | Underwear, socks. I always feel it. I'm imagin movement. Underwear, socks. |
| 1:12.6 | I always feel it's imaginable. |
| 1:14.5 | Underweight many pair of socks. |
| 1:16.5 | Got to look really lovely tonight because I'm going to this social. |
| 1:19.6 | I want to look to mash it. |
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