Summary
Short documentaries about repetition with Josie Long. 195 ways to thank someone for their letter, avoiding getting stuck in a thought loop and a tender exchange over breakfast.
Thanks For Your Letter Written and read by Joe Dunthorne
Meditation Produced by Ellie Lightfoot and Miles Mercer
Checking One's Levels Produced by Talia Augustidis
Curatorial team: Alia Cassam and Andrea Rangecroft Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall Executive Producer: Axel Kacoutié A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.2 | Hello, welcome to the podcast of Shortcuts. |
| 0:08.0 | I'm Josie Long, and today's episode is about repetitions. |
| 0:12.0 | I feel that I've said this every single episode, this series, which in itself is apt, given the title, but I really love the stories. |
| 0:20.5 | Today, all the other episodes put |
| 0:22.7 | them in the bin all of them all of the series in the bin just this one no I don't mean that |
| 0:28.9 | but listen out the week I don't say it then you'll be hearing something this is shortcuts this is shortcuts. |
| 0:39.3 | This is shortcuts. |
| 0:42.3 | This is shortcuts. |
| 0:43.3 | This is shortcuts. |
| 0:45.3 | Do you want me to do that again? |
| 0:48.3 | Okay. |
| 0:49.3 | Brief encounters. |
| 0:51.3 | Brief encounters. |
| 0:52.3 | True stories. |
| 0:53.3 | Brief encounters. True stories, radio adventures, |
| 0:57.7 | and found sound. |
| 1:02.1 | Today, repetition. |
| 1:04.9 | Repetition. |
| 1:07.1 | Today, repetition. |
| 1:07.1 | When someone's in an altered state, they're very, very vulnerable. |
| 1:12.6 | The mind becomes much less concerning about what's real and what's not real, what's true and what's not true. |
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