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Wind Is the Original Radio

This podcast series is aimed at helping us to connect to ourselves and to our earth by deep listening to natural soundscapes. Based on empirical evidence as well as numerous recent studies from all over the world, listening to natural soundscapes (particularly mindful listening) has a great positive impact on our wellbeing, and potentially on our respect for nature. However, these soundscapes are increasingly scarce as we humans continue to destroy the natural ecosystems which produce them.

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1:40:18

Nocturnal Lullaby in the Atlantic Forest

Wind Is the Original Radio ·

2024/02/23

Recorded in January 2017 in Minas Gerais by Melissa Pons

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Artist Talks: Darcy Spidle

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2024/02/20

Welcome to our third episode of this series where we have conversations with the best nature listeners in the world. In this episode, our guest Darcy Spidle, also working under the name chik white, talks with Melissa about his connection to the landscape where he lives in Nova Scotia, dreams and his unique way of approaching field recording, parallel in a way to his musical explorations and performances as well as their specific differences. This is very much a conversation on creativity and the

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1:02:26

A Hot Summer Day in a Mountain Meadow

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2024/02/16

Recorded in Croatia by Ivo Vicic

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Artist Talks: Chris Hails

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2024/02/13

Welcome to our second episode of this series where we have conversations with the best nature listeners in the world. In this episode, Chris Hails talks about his multi-faceted career as an ecologist and zoologist in Malaysia, an environmental advisor in Singapore and Conservationist in Switzerland. Nature field recording has been a practice for Chris since tape recorder days. He has a PhD in bird ecology, and his professional activities have led him to research, teach and advise, with the

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1:03:36

Midday Chorus in the Amani Forest

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2024/02/09

Recording by Martha Mutiso in Tanzania

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Artist Talks: Mélia Roger

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2024/02/06

Welcome to our very first episode of this series where we have conversations with the best nature listeners in the world. In this episode, Mélia Roger discusses how her approach to sound has changed; intimacy and empathy through sound;, and the context of politics and ecosocial conflicts in which sound and listening exists. "Her work explores the sonic poetics of the landscape, through field recordings and active listening performances. Exploring human non-humans relations, she tries to

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57:20

Aerial Ballet

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2024/02/02

Upon my odyssey for wisdom, destiny cast me ashore on the isle of Little Tobago, a haven where avian secrets awaited, concealed within the artistry of bird banding. Here, amidst the tranquil embrace of nature’s symphony, my passion for recording the melodic tales of the wild began to unfold. Little Tobago, a minuscule jewel adrift off Tobago’s northeastern shores, a realm within the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. A realm of seclusion, where the only passage is by sea, where human comforts

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1:28:48

Morning Chorus in the Masai Mara

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2024/01/26

Recorded by Martha Mutiso in Kenya

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1:15:00

Gentle Waves of the Black Sea

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2024/01/19

A very calm secluded bay on the Bulgarian Black Sea, with gentle waves crashing at the stone shore. Recoded by Jan Brelih, in Bulgaria

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1:33:08

Migration Dawn Chorus

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2024/01/12

Every year, birds that breed in Europe and Asia migrate south to spend the winter in Africa, passing over Tsavo National Park in Kenya between late September and December. On dark, misty nights during migration, many birds become disoriented and land in the bushes and shrubs around the lights of Ngulia Safari Lodge, situated in the Ngulia Hills Escarpment. This year's migration brought a rich mix of migratory and resident bird songs. As day broke, the beautiful savanna was filled with the songs

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1:00:05

Summer Afternoon in the Atlantic Forest

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2024/01/05

End of December and it is a pleasant afternoon. It is hot and there are a few white clouds. It rained the previous days and will continue to rain throughout the summer. We hear some cicadas, insects and distant birds. Everything is in apparent stillness, until a warm wind moves the foliage of the forest. Can you feel the humidity? Recorded by Verónica Cerrotta in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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1:02:20

Deluge at Dawn

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2023/12/22

Zarnesti has given me what are undoubtedly my fondest memories of our trip to Romania. It was such a beautiful place – so quiet, so verdant and just a wonderful place to be. We travelled there with nowhere to stay and we picked a house up in the hills at random and it just happened to belong to a truly amazing retired older couple. They made us feel like we were visiting family and they had us sit down with them in their warm and hearty living room for a chat and some delicious homemade traditional

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1:03:04

Awa Khadd Himalayan Stream

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2023/12/08

Unprecedented and chaotically distributed rainfall in the monsoon of 2023 led to devastating floods in the Himalayan regions, including the Kangra Valley, and adjoining plains of Punjab. River Beas, in and around the town of Mandi, was one of the worst affected due to these floods. The overflowing water from the Himalayan Ranges caused flooding in the other adjoining states of North India as well. Apart from Geological features, Forest patches, and Riverbeds, human-made structures like irrigation

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1:06:29

Australia’s Cloud Forest

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2023/12/01

The upland rainforests of far-north Queensland are home to many species found nowhere else. This recording features the sounds of birds and insects along with a gentle breeze at dusk in this unique habitat. In the latter part of the recording, darkness falls and the sounds of crickets intensify. The wild crowings of Orange-footed Scrubfowl can be heard in the distance. Recording by Marc Andersson in the Girringun National Park, Australia

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1:20:31

A Night with Grey Wolves

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2023/11/24

A nocturnal recording that gives you a “look” into the secret life of Wolves in nature. We are in the mountain slopes, and the recording spot is near the Wolves, close to a doe carcass killed by the Wolves probably night before; the carcass is mostly eaten. This is a perimeter of around 20m in diameter, a so-called ‘kill zone’ where everything happens. The carcass is mostly eaten. What remains is the bones and some soft tissue. You can hear how the bones/spine are cracking in the Wolf’s jaws

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1:08:47

Dawn Chorus in Tarangire

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2023/11/17

I travelled to Tarangire National Park in Northern Tanzania just at the end of the dry season and beginning of the rainy season in November. Covering an area of 2,600 square kilometres, Tarangire is popularly known as the land of giants; and from our arrival, you could tell why. The Park is strewn with giant baobab trees that were starting to flower. Not far into the park we encountered another giant’s presence, the African elephant. Apart from these two iconic species and other animals, the park’s

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1:01:49

Lowland Rainforest Dawn in New Guinea

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2023/11/10

A vivid dawn chorus from the steamy forests of lowland West Papua. While the rainforest is still dark, Hooded Butcherbirds sing melodic fluty phrases to welcome the new day. The calls of nocturnal frogs and insects gradually fade as other diurnal species become active. Recording by Marc Anderson in Birds Head Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia

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1:03:47

Spring Dawn Chorus in the Forest Meadow

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2023/11/03

In a remote mountain valley, around 1250m above sea level, the surrounding mountains create a nice natural echo felt through the songs of the dawn chorus in the late spring. Recording in Jelenje, Croatia by Ivo Vicic

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1:00:00

Wind Through Aspens in the Fall

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2023/10/27

Early fall. Yellow leaves fall from the aspen trees. Quiet between gusts, cool wind blowing from the north. A change of season is in the air. Warm days, cool nights. The vastness of the land is something from classic American western stories. Near the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, the Eastern Rocky Mountains of Montana reach into the clouds. The first dusting of snow coating the peaks. Recorded over night with a wide stereo bar and two MKH8020’s this quiet land is full of beauty and

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Relaxing Ghana Rainforest

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2023/10/20

Enjoy this soothing calm calling of birds in the Ankasa rainforest with calm water rushing in the background. The thick canopy of the trees shielded me from the hot sunshine in the tropical rainforest as I recorded these sounds. Recording by Isaac Amoasi Arkoh

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