Summary
Navigating the technological nightmare of the afterlife, the feeling of weightlessness during a late night drive and finding yourself adrift at sea - Josie Long presents short documentaries and mini works of fiction about finding yourself untethered to the world around you.
Please Hold (Extract) Originally made for the podcast 'Imaginary Advice'. Featured in the episode 'After This' Produced by Ross Sutherland
Night Rider Produced by Ariana Martinez
Lauren and Ken Produced by Andrea Rangecroft
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in December 2018.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:07.9 | Hi, I'm Monty. Sorry for interrupting your podcast. Just give me a minute. I've got something I think |
| 0:14.6 | you'll really love. It's called Life Lessons. This is a podcast from BBC Radio 4. It's going to be full of the issues that are |
| 0:22.2 | important now and we'll hear about them from people who really know what they're talking about |
| 0:26.7 | because these issues are at the centre of their lives. We'll be hearing about period poverty |
| 0:31.7 | from campaigner Amica George, questioning the food we eat from farmer Kate Moore, the Brexit divide from vlogger |
| 0:39.8 | Jazzer John and many, many more. |
| 0:42.7 | Young UK talk about the issues that matter most to them. |
| 0:46.6 | They're living it so we can learn from it. |
| 0:49.2 | Subscribe to the Life Lessons Podcast. |
| 0:52.0 | Discover it now in BBC Sounds. |
| 0:57.8 | Hello. to the Life Lessons podcast. Discover it now in BBC Sounds. Hello, welcome to the podcast version of shortcuts. I'm just calling about that accident you had that wasn't your fault. Am I correct? |
| 1:06.4 | Thank you. I'll just get my manager. Please hold. |
| 1:17.1 | This is Shortcuts. |
| 1:24.6 | Brief encounters, true stories, radio adventures and found sound. |
| 1:28.3 | Today, untethered. |
| 1:30.3 | I get a house. |
| 1:32.3 | Hello there. |
| 1:33.3 | I think I might have come through to the wrong department. |
| 1:37.3 | I think I hit the wrong button to begin with. |
| 1:39.3 | I don't suppose you could just... |
| 1:41.3 | Is there a way to send me back to the first menu? |
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