Summary
A quiet walk through an abandoned prison camp in darkness, late night ambient sound in the Maasai Mara - Josie Long listens for sounds in the hush of the night.
Silent Night Featuring Carl Cattermole Produced by Thomas Glasser and based on his documentary for National Prison Radio, Sounds Inside
Crickets - Night - Maasai Mara Produced by Jonathan Zenti
Ambient Sir Featuring Jordan Scott Jordan Scott's writing can be found at his website Lanterns at Guantánamo Produced by Jess Shane
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in March 2018.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is the BBC. |
| 0:03.0 | Hello, welcome to the podcast version of Shortcuts. |
| 0:06.5 | My name's Josie Long. |
| 0:07.8 | We're recording this late at night in my house, |
| 0:10.2 | and you'll be able to hear my neighbours moving around, |
| 0:13.6 | and the occasional car. |
| 0:16.0 | I hope that you're listening to this late at night. |
| 0:18.2 | It's a perfect episode for a late night swatting session, |
| 0:23.4 | if you're swatting, or a very early morning insomnia session. |
| 0:30.9 | So I hope that this proves useful to you in either of those contexts. |
| 0:36.7 | It's a very quiet evening in London, |
| 0:42.5 | just sat outside my front door. |
| 0:46.3 | It's nice when it feels like there's a bit of a lull |
| 0:49.5 | in the activities that everyone's sort of taking a bit of time off. |
| 0:58.2 | Rising in the background as well as that moped is a recording from Berlin. |
| 1:06.0 | Also at night. |
| 1:08.8 | So hopefully you're in two places at the same time, |
| 1:13.6 | united by the night time. |
| 1:20.6 | That's the voice of Phil Smith singing. |
| 1:24.6 | He's coming home from a late-night gig with his accordion, enjoying an ad hoc Al Fresco |
| 1:31.2 | performance. He saw a rainstorm creeping towards him, approaching and then enveloping the music around him. |
| 1:52.0 | This is shortcuts. |
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