Summary
Josie Long hears stories from within hidden worlds - a doctor living in quarantine, the founder of a time travellers convention and a radio DJ offering a lifeline to prisoners.
On The Inside Featuring Bruce Aitken Produced by Eliza Lomas
The Time Traveller's Convention Produced by Jeff Emtman Originally made for KCRW's Here Be Monsters Music by The Black Spot https://www.hbmpodcast.com
Quarantine Featuring Dr Adaora Okoli Produced by Andrea Rangecroft
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.first broadcast in November 2017.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, welcome to the podcast of Shortcuts. |
| 0:02.5 | I hope you're enjoying yourself. |
| 0:05.3 | The first voice that you're going to hear on today's show is my voice, |
| 0:08.9 | so you're already used to it. |
| 0:15.0 | This is Shortcuts. |
| 0:18.8 | Brief encounters, true stories, radio adventures, and found sound. |
| 0:25.6 | Today, The Insider. |
| 0:29.4 | You don't know if you're going to be here for 10 days, 20 days, 5 days? |
| 0:33.3 | If you are time travelers out there, please contact me. |
| 0:36.3 | I can assure you that, you know, whatever you tell me will be with the absolute strictest confidentiality. |
| 0:44.4 | They're in their cells at night, and they have their ear and their radio standing up to the bars of the window |
| 0:51.6 | so they can get good reception. |
| 0:53.3 | I mean, that's really a dedicated listener. |
| 0:59.4 | In today's program, we're diving into hidden worlds, talking with insiders. |
| 1:04.7 | The hero of our first story is a radio presenter, so I feel very much like the target audience |
| 1:10.8 | for it. Finally, something I can |
| 1:13.0 | empathize with. Join me, Brother Bruce, for Prison Visitation on the Air. |
| 1:19.4 | I'm very happy to be here this evening. I know all the inmates there have been waiting all week |
| 1:23.9 | and all day for the power of the word, hour of love, and our special segment. |
| 1:29.0 | Prison visitation on the air. |
| 1:30.9 | 8.30 to 9 p.m. every Sunday. |
| 1:33.3 | To look at what we have on the cards tonight, I've got... |
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