Sound mosaics for a broken world

A fungus foray in the company of John Cage.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A mosaic of sounds from the COP26 climate change conference, held in Glasgow in 2021, superimposed over the sound of melting glaciers.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A sonic immersion in the River Allen, UK, one of the world's few chalk rivers. With thanks to members of Wimborne Community Theatre, for spoken contributions.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The blackbird has spoken. But what did it say? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A celebration of Poole Park, in southern England, by the people who use it.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An exploration of the hidden sounds of the coastal dunescape at Studland Nature Reserve, UK.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Soundscapes from different forests around the world. If you listen carefully, can you hear these sounds reveal the impacts of environmental change? With thanks to all contributors to Tree.fm.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An exploration of the wonders of freely improvised music. With thanks to all the contributors of the Safehouse collective.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The sounds of a body healing itself, through sound.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Perhaps as never before, we are now aware of how we are all connected to each other, through the air that we breathe.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A meditation on complexity and simplicity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A meditation on the process of leaf fall.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We live in a society of hyper-consumerism. This is what it sounds like. And what it might sound like in the future, if we were able to transform it somehow.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An exploration of the meaning and significance of deep time.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Listen to the sound of artificial life-forms, forming virtual communities. Can you tell them apart from real-world ecosystems? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The mysterious sounds of underwater life, here recorded in a chalk river in southern England.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

During the pandemic of 2020, a wave of silence passed around the world, as people stopped travelling in cars and planes, and factories lay quiet. As a result, many people became much more aware of the sounds of nature. Here the wave of silence is traced through recordings of the dawn chorus, made each day throughout the early summer.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...

The Dorset Cursus is one of the largest Neolithic monuments in Europe, stretching 10 km over chalk uplands, and connecting together the springs of several rivers. It appears to have been the site of funerary rituals and processions, deep in prehistory. Here a journey along the Cursus is evoked, travelling across the landscape then down into the underworld.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...

The frequency and intensity of storms is increasing because of climate change. Why do they sound so threatening? And how might we transform them into something more benign? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ocean plastic has become a huge environmental issue. But what will our oceans sound like, when there is more plastic in our oceans than fish? This podcast provides a journey through an ocean soundscape of the future, with all sounds created from plastic objects found on a beach.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The interior sound world of ash trees, Fraxinus excelsior . These recordings were made to celebrate ash, which is disappearing from our landscapes because of ash dieback disease.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A soundscape of ancient woodlands, recorded throughout the year. Accompanied by the sound of a ticking clock, created by breaking the twigs of trees killed by climate change.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.