Summary
Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures that venture into the forest.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:06.0 | Hello, welcome to the podcast of Shortcuts. |
| 0:08.6 | Today's episode is about forests. |
| 0:11.5 | We're in the forest currently, |
| 0:13.0 | and I'm just about to do a very little leap over a tiny little brook, |
| 0:17.1 | like a deer, and I'm very excited about it, |
| 0:19.3 | and I'll let you know in the outro to this podcast how it goes |
| 0:22.8 | the lights coming in through the trees |
| 0:30.0 | it's a beautifully sunny day |
| 0:33.4 | and it's lighting up the tops of them |
| 0:36.4 | this is shortcuts it's a question the tops of them. |
| 0:39.0 | This is shortcuts. |
| 0:41.5 | It's a question of getting used to death. |
| 0:47.0 | And it might make people think that I've gotten hardened to it. |
| 0:50.3 | I've just gotten used to it. |
| 0:53.1 | We've walked into the center of the woods. |
| 0:55.6 | And it really feels like we're in deep woodland. There's a little stream next to us, ferns by the side of it. The birds will lead you |
| 1:03.2 | to what you need. Brief encounters, true stories, radio adventures and found sound. |
| 1:12.1 | Nothing's been lost, he says. |
| 1:14.0 | The spirit of the land is asleep and can be reawakened. |
| 1:17.6 | Today, the forest. |
| 1:26.9 | I'm in Pollock Country Park, a large woodland, beautiful space belonging to the people of Glasgow. |
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