Visions and out of body experiences during birth and a name that stretches back through time - Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about the experience of coming into the world.

TransitionProduced by Kalli Anderson and apè AliermoFeaturing excerpts from SIMULA, an 8.2-channel sound installation by apè Aliermo and mixed and mastered by Rose Bolton. This composition includes sound recorded during three anonymous births and electromagnetic sound recorded in a hospital during one of the births. The voices you hear are Redzi Bernard, Becky Kenna, Amy Macfarlane and Andrea Gummo.

Hope is the thing with feathersProduced by Nanna Hauge KristensenOriginally broadcast, in a different version, on BBC Radio 3's Between the Ears

Loweza Ayazi Featuring Nomkhubulwane MnisiProduced by Kagiso Mnisi

Series Producer: Eleanor McDowallCurated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea RangecroftA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4