The silence before the cuckoo's song
I hear it as soon as I step out of the car, that resonant, knocking cucucu that I’ve been listening for all across Montana this summer. Black-billed cuckoo! My hands are shaking and my heart is thumping. I slip one headphone on, aim the parabola, and press record. The cuckoo keeps singing.
The blac…
Folk Files #9 - Cuckoos and Nightingales
Episode 9 is all about birds! Embark on a journey around the world to sample bird songs and birdsong. Along the way, listen to the mockingbird, help the blackbird find his missing pieces, and rumple up the cuckoo's nest. Note: This was recorded on the road (away from the studio) so please excuse an…
Listener Questions: Do Mosquitos Never Sleep!?
I answer your animal biology and behavioral questions. Do mosquitos sleep? The mystery of a crocodile with an s-shaped spine. And how do cuckoos know they're cuckoos? If you have an evolutionary biology or animal behavior question, you can email me at creaturefeaturepod@gmail.com
See omnystudio.co…
Cosmo Sheldrake | Musician, composer and producer
This week, we chat to the multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer Cosmo Sheldrake from his home in Dorset. True to form, he recorded his side of the conversation outdoors in the countryside, so there are quite a few birds and woodland creatures keeping us company throughout this episode. He ex…
5 Hubby Jenkins
Hubby talks about how he got into music, how he practices in small spaces, his influences in early folk, old-time, influences from other people besides banjoists (comedians, other types of musicians). Naming our banjos. He dives deep into some music from Black Banjo Songsters and we listen to the …
Episode 40: Don't Poo Poo the Hoopoe! (Eurasian Hoopoe, African Hoopoe, Madagascar Hoopoe)
What’s black and white and smells all over? The Hoopoe (Pronounced Who-Poo) is a bird with a sneaky, stinky superpower- its basically a real life Pokemon! John and Tim tell incredible facts about this boldly colored bird while having lots of laughs along the way. Learn about its unique microbiome, …
An Interview with Novelist Frances Hardinge : Write On! Audio Weekly
Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print
This month's interview is with novelist Frances Hardinge
Frances Hardinge came to widespread publication attention when her 2015 novel, The Lie Tree won the Costa Book Award. She ha…
Ian Wellman
Today’s guest deejay is Ian Wellman.
Ian is another fantastic musician I was introduced to through Yann Novak (listen to his mixes for Soundwave here and here). Every artist Yann has turned me on to has been outstanding. Oh, I’ll still listen to the releases of the musicians he recommends before …
Doing Boring Work (E10)
In which: I feel I’ve been having too much fun and ought to do the boring but essential work of figuring out what happens in my book; I have doubts about how essential that really is, but spend 15 minutes on it anyway; and I come back feeling more cheerful.
Sound: the wind in the trees, with very o…
Midnight in Karachi Episode 15: Frances Hardinge
Welcome back to Midnight in Karachi, a weekly podcast about writers, publishers, editors, illustrators, their books and the worlds they create, hosted by Mahvesh Murad.
Beloved writer of A Face Like Glass, Cuckoo Song and The Lie Tree, Frances Hardinge is on the podcast today, talking about some o…
PODCAST SEARCH ENGINE
You can use our website to search 3,822,257 podcasts and 195,496,636 episodes by people, places, or topics.
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest, so I listen to podcasts.
‐ Benjamin "Llamacorn" Franklin
EDIT
Thank you for helping to keep the podcast database up to date.
