Scenes from a Life
Short Cuts
BBC
4.8 • 788 Ratings
🗓️ 13 September 2022
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
A car ride tumbles through grief, teenagers howl in the woods and a snapshot of a day's answering machines across America - Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures where all the action unfolds in the present.
Church in the woods, Louisiana, USA at 6pm in April 2020 Produced by Mara Lazer
The Balloon Produced by Talia Augustidis
Animal Tracking Class With Andrius Gaidamavičius Produced by Vaida Pilibaitytė This recording was originally broadcast in the documentary Širdies formos pėdsakais (Heart Shaped Footprints)
Thank you for Calling Produced by Jules Bradley
Curated by 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. |
| 0:06.0 | Hello, welcome to the podcast of Shortcuts. |
| 0:08.3 | I'm Jacey Long, and today we have one of my favourite things, dreamy audio of church bells. |
| 0:13.9 | And another of my favourite things, my own progeny impersonating a wolf. |
| 0:19.8 | Two very good things. |
| 0:30.4 | Okay. progeny impersonating a wolf. Two very good things. It's 6pm in April 2020. |
| 0:36.4 | You're currently walking through the woods in Louisiana with Mara Laser. |
| 0:40.3 | They stumbled across a church one evening and found themselves coming back to listen as the light faded over and over again. |
| 0:53.3 | Scattered. as the light faded over and over again. |
| 0:57.0 | Scattered people fish along the bayou beside them, |
| 1:01.0 | as different sounds ring out across the wetlands each night. |
| 1:07.0 | This is Shortcuts. |
| 1:17.8 | Brief encounters, true stories, radio adventures and found sound. |
| 1:22.9 | Today, scenes from a life. |
| 1:23.6 | Sorry? |
| 1:25.8 | This is someone who's bold, isn't it? Who is both to you? |
| 1:29.3 | No, not my birthday, no. Thank you for calling affiliated medical services. |
| 1:32.3 | Unfortunately, at this time we are no longer able to provide abortion care for women in the entire state of Wisconsin |
| 1:38.3 | due to a Supreme Court ruling. |
| 1:41.3 | We are saddened by this decision and how I will impact women everywhere. |
| 1:45.0 | If you don't see a wolf in the forest, it doesn't mean it's not watching you. |
| 1:51.0 | And this I dreamt, and this I dream. and sometime this I will dream again |
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