Where The Wild Things Are
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BBC
4.8 • 788 Ratings
🗓️ 22 March 2022
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
As we reach the ten year anniversary of his death, Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures inspired by the worlds of Maurice Sendak.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | Hello, I'm Josie Long and welcome to shortcuts. |
| 0:08.2 | Today's episode is all about the wonderful author Maurice Sendak. |
| 0:13.4 | I don't know when you're listening to this, but I want you to imagine this as a kind of bedtime story. |
| 0:18.9 | I don't know what time your bedtime is, but I'm assuming it's between seven and eight, |
| 0:22.0 | like my four-year-old daughter. |
| 0:23.6 | Obviously, I prefer it when near a seven. |
| 0:25.4 | She would prefer it when nearer eight. |
| 0:27.2 | But let's sit down and cozy up, |
| 0:31.0 | and I'm going to read you my best bedtime story. |
| 0:38.2 | You know, there's something I'm finding out as I'm aging. |
| 0:43.2 | This is shortcuts. |
| 0:46.0 | But I am in love with the world. |
| 0:50.1 | Brief encounters, true stories, radio adventures, and found sound. |
| 0:58.3 | It is a blessing to get hold. |
| 1:01.1 | Today, where the wild things are. |
| 1:07.2 | There is a wildness that is, it's a seeking. |
| 1:15.3 | And falling down, down into the biscety brown city of salt cellars skyscrapers. |
| 1:25.1 | It was just like a protected safe place where at the age of three he could wander out the |
| 1:31.3 | front door. |
| 1:32.7 | I don't think I've ever been wild for too long. |
| 1:42.1 | This is a special episode dedicated to the wonderful, weird, wild imaginary worlds of the children's author Maurice Sendak. |
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