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Josie Long presents short documentaries on how we express ourselves.

Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about how we express ourselves.

Josie Long presents audio adventures and short documentaries on the words we use to express ourselves. An artist explores new ways to talk about pain, an activist tries to live authentically in a language that feels like it wasn’t made for them, and a son connects to his parents through an Urdu love poem.

Makeshift
Featuring Laura Pejak
Produced by Nada Smiljanic and Jesse Lawson

A fragment between two
Produced by Raheel Khan
Featuring Vada/ Promise - a poem by Rukhsana Nazi - from the collection Rutth Juggeh/The Night Awakes.
With thanks to Imtiaz Ahmed Qureshi from Intesaab Kahaani.

Perceptions of Pain
Featuring Matilda Glen
Produced by Phoebe McIndoe and Redzi Bernard

Producer: Andrea Rangecroft
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

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