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Motherhood

Short documentaries and adventures in sound about mothers and motherhood. Presented by Josie Long.

Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about mothers and motherhood.

We hear a story of a recurrent dream about searching for an absent mother, Heather O'Neill delves into the ways her mother and her own experience of motherhood have threaded through her life, and the writer Nikesh Shukla reflects on ways to remember a mother you've lost.

Fragments Of My Mother
Written and read by Nikesh Shukla

Motherhood, a short story
Featuring Heather O'Neill
Produced by Sarah Cuddon

Call Me Mother
Featuring Raven Mandella
Produced by Suzie McCarthy

Mother, Unknown
Produced by Nanna Hauge Kristensen

Production team: Andrea Rangecroft
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for 大象传媒 Radio 4

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28 minutes

Last on

Sun 30 Apr 2023 21:30

Broadcasts

  • Tue 2 Mar 2021 15:00
  • Sun 30 Apr 2023 21:30

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