Present Tense

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’s 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 Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft.
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4