a red volkswagen convertible with an open door. the car is still on. parked in front of a mountain. the text reads, “You Feeling This 2. Kacoutié”
a writing debut. a directing debut. Ecce Homo is out now and couldn’t be more gassed to share it!
be entertained. be disturbed. *really* disturbed.
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a convertible car. red body. white roof. red brake lights on. we find ourselves in the dusk in the middle of nowhere. desert land. the license plate says, “YFT2”
7 days...
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congrats to the team! beautiful thing to see ✨
“[Short Cuts] has long been an important showcase and proving ground for many of the best producers of narrative documentary storytelling. It is without easy parallel in other media, a place where new voices and established creators are on even footing…”
Touched to see this!
i think it’s safe to say a lot of us will be keeping the audio adventure flame alive thanks to Short Cuts 🌱
Curated by @axelkacoutie.bsky.social, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft.
Earth was produced by Andrea Rangecroft and airs *tonight* at 10pm (just to mess with your internal betwixtmas clocks… 🕰️ )
Available on the podcast now! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
🎄 Merry Christmas! 🎅
Our last ever Short Cuts Christmas special airs on BBC Radio 4 tonight at 9.30pm but you can listen *now* on the podcast. Docs from Kit Callin, Rhik Samadder, Sarah Cuddon, Luke Green & @taliaaugustidis.bsky.social
Spectacular festive piano playing by @josielong.bsky.social
Most major news media outlets & creative guilds have formed CRAIC, but seem to have achieved little more than entertaining themselves with an acronym.
These members are the orgs to hassle about the govt's AI capitulation: is ur guild/union here? Message them.
www.creativerightsinai.co.uk/members
Time capsules and yesterday's dreams of tomorrow, @josielong.bsky.social presents short documentaries and audio adventures exploring lost futures in today’s Short Cuts
Produced by @axelkacoutie.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
A screenshot of The Sunday Times radio review by Patricia Nicol on the end of Josie Long's Short Cuts. A picture of Josie smiling against a red background, the caption reads "Radio 4 reveals the nightmare of a family torn apart by crime - but is the station turning its back on quality documentaries?"
A screenshot of the Observer radio review. The caption reads "in praise of the BBC's axed mini-documentary strand"
We're truly overwhelmed and moved by what's been written about @josielong.bsky.social's Short Cuts both in @thetimes.com by @patricianicol.bsky.social and in the Observer by @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social this morning...
a thriving ecosystem of moss-covered trees fallen, decaying, beautiful.
here's to more weeds, thorns and fallen trees.
more life always.
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a profound loss for mainstream audio offerings i'm remembering that after the winter comes spring. i'm honouring the cycles of change and at the same time, acknowledging that there are terrible gardeners in our field.
Against a backdrop of a forest carpeted with bluebells, a block of text reads, “After 12 years on the radio, we’re sad to share the news that BBC Radio 4 has chosen to end Short Cuts. The episode on 7th January 2025 will be our last on their airwaves. We are proud of this audio garden, and what has grown here over the years.”
After 12 years on the radio, @josielong.bsky.social's Short Cuts will have its last series on BBC Radio 4 this winter.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Axel reclining on a chair in front of two Genelec speakers on stands. the room is lit a sinister red.
i'm working on a essay/podcast offering about craft and using my work as way to navigate politics, possibility and play in audio.
if u have any questions about how i did a thing, why i did it that way, or just generally wtf, i'd love to hear from you <3
axelkacoutie.com/contact/
People are reporting back that after listening to Empire City they are experiencing a stronger core, more flexibility and deeper lung saturation. Cleaner teeth etc. It’s really something. Also learning about cops. crooked.com/podcast-seri...
A list in progress of some audio doc and sound art accounts.
go.bsky.app/Qr6Xr1i
“Hard times are coming, when we’ll be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now, can see through our fear-stricken society and its obsessive technologies to other ways of being, and even imagine real grounds for hope.”– Ursula K. Le Guin
i do not welcome some of you just to be clear
