Summary
Programming a stand up comedian, learning to challenge ideas of perfectionism through tending a garden, and poems looking towards a more empathetic future. Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures exploring our visions of the future.
S.E.I.N.F.E.L.D. Produced by Ross Sutherland Originally produced for Imaginary Advice
Learning/Unlearning Featuring Ciarra Jones Produced by Erisa Apantaku
The Missing Featuring Roger Robinson Produced by Alia Cassam
Production Team: Eleanor McDowall and Alia Cassam 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. |
| 0:05.5 | Hello, welcome to the podcast of Shortcuts. |
| 0:08.5 | I'm Jacey Long, and I really love today's episode so much. |
| 0:12.5 | I really hope you enjoy it as much as I did. |
| 0:14.3 | I don't know whether I'm allowed to say this, |
| 0:15.6 | but I think it was my favourite of the series so far. |
| 0:18.6 | It's three very different documentaries, documentaries, pieces, and I love them all. |
| 0:24.1 | One of them's very silly. Two of them I found incredibly moving and thought-provoking and gave me a lot |
| 0:29.4 | to think about for the future, and I hope they do you too. This is shortcuts. You guys looking |
| 0:35.9 | forward to the weekend. |
| 0:48.7 | Brief encounters, true stories, radio adventures, and found sound. |
| 0:52.2 | Today, tomorrow. |
| 0:58.2 | You walk into your future backwards. You're walking walking in your future seeing everything from the past. |
| 0:59.4 | Today, tomorrow. |
| 1:02.6 | Ross, I have no idea what you're saying. |
| 1:05.4 | Maybe that should be your last drink. |
| 1:08.6 | Today's program is tomorrow. |
| 1:13.6 | The world is already going to tell your black children they are not enough. I am going to get that narrative every time I leave the house. |
| 1:16.6 | And so I do think that black parents have an added burden to love their children even more |
| 1:20.6 | when they underperform. |
| 1:22.6 | Today's program, tomorrow. |
| 1:24.6 | I mean, you must see. I'm in a very tricky situation here. |
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