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Present Tense

Josie Long presents short documentaries grounded in the present - from a look at the perception of time to a shared experience of sonic joy across the walls of a prison.

A shared experience of sonic joy crosses over the boundary of a prison wall, a conversation across generations explores being alive to the present moment, and an audio artwork from the archives plunges a listener into the sensation of time speeding up.

Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures that hold you in the present tense.

The Evenings of Certain Lives (two extracts)
Produced by Barry Bermange
Composition by Delia Derbyshire (Radiophonic Workshop)

Listening / Reminiscing
by Lavender Suarez
(via the producer Kalli Anderson)

In The Moment
Produced by Amalie Sortland

Prisoncast!
These sounds were originally recorded for Season 4 of the Motive Podcast from WBEZ, hosted by Shannon Heffernan
WBEZ鈥檚 Lauren Frost and Alex Keefe headed up the original Prisoncast! broadcast, which was hosted by Ayana Contreras. But a big team of producers and editors came together to record and mix the sounds.
This Short Cuts edit was created by Shannon Heffernan

Curated by Axel Kacouti茅, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft.
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for 91热爆 Radio 4

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28 minutes

Last on

Tue 14 Mar 2023 15:00

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  • Tue 14 Mar 2023 15:00

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