Summary
Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures on the flow of water. A stream of voices from around the world speak of the myths and legends born from water. The author Damian Le Bas follows the ripples left by a tragedy on the River Medway in the 1850s. And at the confluence of two rivers, the writer Laura Barton looks to the poet Raymond Carver for guidance on her last decade.
Other Water Written and read by Laura Barton In Fresh Water Featuring Ed Granston, Stephen Mallett and Damian Le Bas Produced by Damian Le Bas and Andrea Rangecroft A River of Voices Featuring Devi Lockwood, Jo Darrington, Zella Downing, Iain Wilson, Mark Binder, Ole Øvretveit, Lupita Pocket, Leszek Daworski, Ateli Nasoru, Steve Maina, Ryan Burns and 3 anonymous women in Mississippi. Produced by Samia Bouzid and Devi Lockwood
Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft Produced by Andrea Rangecroft A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | Hello, welcome to the podcast of Shortcuts. |
| 0:07.0 | Today's episode is about rivers, one of my most favourite things on earth, one of my most favourite type of things on earth, one of the greatest things. |
| 0:16.0 | To refresh yourself, to start a new, remember that rivers are symbols of new life and that to start the new year, |
| 0:24.5 | nothing is better than jumping into a river and allowing it to transport you away from the past and into the beautiful future. |
| 0:32.3 | And even though we're in the depths of midwinter recording this, if you're brave enough or you've got wetsuit shoes, |
| 0:39.1 | I absolutely salute you if you have a quick river dip in this beautiful cold water. |
| 0:44.8 | And I'm sending out love to my friend Nell, |
| 0:47.6 | who's been jumping in the Thames and cracking the ice to do it. |
| 0:51.8 | Very brave. |
| 0:56.2 | This is Shortcuts. |
| 1:01.2 | Brief encounters, true stories, radio adventures and found sound. |
| 1:09.7 | Today, the river. |
| 1:14.6 | Is there anywhere so joyous as the places |
| 1:17.6 | where water comes together with other water? |
| 1:22.6 | Just ordinary working people, you know, |
| 1:24.6 | people tend to think you walked around |
| 1:26.6 | with a tricorn hat and a parrot on your |
| 1:27.9 | shoulder. But it wasn't like that at all, you know. |
| 1:34.4 | It's quite strange to hear the water flowing when there's frost and ice everywhere. It sounds |
| 1:42.7 | almost subversive. |
| 1:46.8 | I found that no matter how much we bend water to our will, we don't have control. |
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