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The Conversation

Episode 4 of 6

Ending a 30-year-long conversation and a secret agent’s persuasive powers. Josie Long with tales of intimate chats. From 2015.

Josie Long presents stories of intimate conversations. A 30-year-long conversation comes to an end, an undercover agent reveals how to flatter someone into prison and we discover the secrets of the 'dual form'.

With the Caterpillar
Featuring Bostjan Dvorak
Produced by Phil Smith

Colleagues
Featuring Dr Irene Pepperberg
Produced by Andrea Rangecroft

He Was So Happy to See Me
Featuring Ed Follis
Produced by Leo Hornak

99 Words
http://99words.co.uk/
Featuring Sally Potter
Beverly Eckert
Produced by Vanara Taing with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a nonprofit dedicated to recording and collecting stories of everyday people.

Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall

Executive Producer: Alan Hall

A Falling Tree production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 first broadcast in April 2015.

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30 minutes

Last on

Wed 5 Jul 2023 21:00

Broadcasts

  • Tue 28 Apr 2015 15:00
  • Mon 10 Aug 2015 23:00
  • Wed 5 Jul 2023 21:00

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