Short Cuts

A dream-like journey, a man trying to prove he hasn't died and a reflection on a eulogy. Josie Long presents documentaries where words linger long after they're uttered. Featuring the voices of the oral historian Studs Terkel, recorded a couple of years before he passed away, and the writer Julia Cooper, finding the words she wished she could offer her younger self.A Taxi Stops Produced by Rikke HoudAfterwords Featuring Jeremy Lee Bass Produced by Andrea RangecroftEulogy Featuring Julia Cooper Produced by Veronica SimmondsSeries Producer: Eleanor McDowallA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2018.