In Other Words

Published: March 1, 2022, 3:30 p.m.

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\u2019t made for them, and a son connects to his parents through an Urdu love poem.

Makeshift\nFeaturing Laura Pejak\nProduced by Nada Smiljanic and Jesse Lawson

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

Perceptions of Pain\nFeaturing Matilda Glen\nProduced by Phoebe McIndoe and Redzi Bernard

Producer: Andrea Rangecroft\nA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4