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Wind Is the Original Radio

Wind Is the Original Radio

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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.© 2022 earth.fm Biological Sciences Hygiene & Healthy Living Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Science
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  • June Solstice 2026 with Stefano Arrigoni

    June Solstice 2026 with Stefano Arrigoni
    Jun 21 2026

    Solstice comes from the Latin solstitium - sol (sun) and sistere (to stand still): the moment when the sun appears to pause in its movement. A brief illusion of stillness. The longest day, the fullest expansion of light, and yet, from this very point, transformation has already begun. The brightest moment already carries the beginning of its own disappearance. Gathering recordings captured during different solstices, across distant places and years, this mix follows movements of appearance, disappearance, and return. Each recording holds a specific moment of listening, a fragment of a landscape that has already changed, a trace of something that cannot happen twice in the same way. Some recordings have been split and reintroduced at different moments, creating small cycles inside the composition. They disappear and resurface, carrying the memory of their previous occurrence while being transformed by their new surroundings. Like seasons, tides, or the movement of light, repetition becomes a way of sensing change rather than sameness. Different environments slowly orbit around each other: distant temporalities briefly aligning, moments of stillness revealing movement, and sounds returning as reminders that nothing ever truly stands still.

    Tracklist:

    • [00:00 - 03:18] Melissa Pons - The Griffon Vulture Cliff | Portugal
    • [03:04 - 03:37] Vladimir Bocharov - Altai Kuyus (part 1) | Russia
    • [03.53 - 05:28] David Woje - Mountain Thunderstorm | USA
    • [04:11 - 14:33] Andy Martin - A very long chat (part 1) | USA
    • [04:17 - 05:25] Jocelyn Robert - Thousands of Kittiwakes Calling | Faroe Islands
    • [05:09 - 06:39] Rafael Diogo - Under the Stream | Kosovo
    • [05:34 - 09:49] Melissa Pons - Here be Dragonflies (part 1) | Portugal
    • [08:59 - 11:55] Axel Macke - Nature is Waking Up in the North Sea Island Juist | Germany
    • [11:21 - 15:45] Melissa Pons - Stream in the Summer Mediterranean Forest | Portugal
    • [13:41 - 21:06] Andrius Mack - Night Time in a Great Cormorant Colony | Lithuania
    • [17:00 - 18:10] Vladimir Bocharov - Altai Kuyus | Russia
    • [19:04 - 21:20] Ivo Vicic - Thunderstorm and DC | Croatia
    • [20:51 - 24:42] Seth Seeway Willamette -Wetland Oregon (part 1)
    • [22:55 - 30:33] Melissa Pons - Here be Dragonflies i (part 2) | Portugal
    • [24:12 - 30:07] Jan Brelih - Middle Andaman Mangroves | India
    • [29:28 - 40:39] Andy Martin - A Very Long Chat (part 2) | USA
    • [35:02 - 40:12] Vladimir Bocharov - Altai Kuyus (part 2) | Russia
    • [39:10 - 41:59] Seth Seeway Willamette - Mojave Thunder (part 2) | USA

    Stefano Arrigoni is a sound artist and anaesthesiologist based in Marseille whose work explores listening as an active process of transformation. Moving between electroacoustic composition, field recording, and modular synthesis, he investigates the fragile thresholds of perception. Rooted in psychoacoustics, phenomenological observation, and self-experimentation, his practice examines how sonic environments shape the way we perceive, inhabit, and make sense of the world. https://soundcloud.com/stefanoarrigoni
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    42 mins
  • Five Ways to Honour Our Green Spaces with Watson Whitford

    Five Ways to Honour Our Green Spaces with Watson Whitford
    May 19 2026
    Welcome to the wind is the original radio podcast! Today we have an extra special episode, in which we are sharing with you an episode from Indigenous Earth Community Podcast by Frank Weaver. This is all about honouring and respecting green spaces with Watson Withford, member of the Chippewa Cree tribe and Navajo Nation. Because here on Earth.FM, listening to natural spaces is about being in relationship with, we think that for any listener and recordist, learning how to honour the spaces we visit is fundamental. This includes learning about the issues affecting those spaces, thinking of future generations, asking permission and so much more. Our gratitude to Frank Weaver for sharing this knowledge with us and please see the episode notes to learn more about Indigenous Earth.org. Episode Summary In this powerful episode, Frank Oscar Weaver is joined by Watson Whitford (Wapanatak), co-president of UNITY and member of the Chippewa Cree tribe and Navajo Nation. Together, they explore five essential ways to be a mindful visitor in parks and natural places, weaving together traditional wisdom and practical guidance for honoring our green spaces. The Five Ways to Honor Green Spaces Become a True Steward Connect with the issues affecting natural spacesEducate yourself about environmental challengesTake action in your community Leave It Better Than You Found It Take responsibility for keeping spaces cleanThink of future generationsProtect the beauty of our lands Honor Ceremonial Spaces Recognize the sacred nature of many parksRespect ongoing ceremoniesSeek permission and guidance Respect Wildlife Boundaries Avoid disturbing animal behaviorMaintain appropriate distancesRemember every creature has its place Get in the Right State of Mind Ask permission before entering natural spacesPractice mindful visitationShow gratitude through offerings Notable Quotes "We're a part of this circle of life. I'm no higher than a ladybug. I'm no higher than a buffalo. And we're all the same. We all come from the same place." - Watson Whitford "I want this place to be beautiful. I want there to be clean water, clean air to breathe, to be healthy animals and healthy plants. Not just for my relatives that are here with us now, but for people that will be coming in the future that aren't even here yet." - Watson Whitford "Our traditional ways of ceremony are good... we don't talk down about other people's way of religion or talk down about the way other people pray. You know, because we want to be uplifting. We want to help each other." - Watson Whitford Special Offer Visit indigenousearth.org to receive an exclusive video prayer from Watson Whitford, guiding you in practicing mindful visitation to green spaces. Connect with Watson Whitford Email: copresident@unityinc.orgInstagram: @watson_whitford05Role: Co-President of UNITY Support UNITY UNITY (United National Indian Tribal Youth) supports Indigenous youth leadership across the nation. Your donation helps: Support Indigenous youth programsPreserve traditional knowledgeFoster environmental stewardshipDevelop future leaders Donate at: unityinc.org/donate Stay Connected Subscribe to our newsletter: indigenousearth.orgFollow Indigenous Earth Community on Instagram at @frankoscarweaver Credits Host: Frank Oscar Weaver - Pai Tavytera - Tribe of ParaguayGuest: Watson Whitford -Navajo/ Chippewa Cree Sound Engineer: Jake Kelch This podcast acknowledges that many parks and natural areas are on ancestral Indigenous lands that have been stewarded by Native people for thousands of generations.
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    36 mins
  • March Equinox 2026 with Anna Clock

    March Equinox 2026 with Anna Clock
    Mar 20 2026
    This hour long mix comprises of field recordings made on and around Spring Equinoxes of various years. It takes you down through the Northern Hemisphere – from my sitting room in East London to a cottage balcony in the tropical forests of Borneo. Listen for Slovenian jackals, Polish moor frogs, a Himalayan shepherd herding sheep, a hippopotamus getting ready for the night in Sierra Leone and choirs of birds singing across the globe. It was only in researching for this show that I realised the equinox actually refers not to a whole day but a single moment in time, when the sun faces directly over the equator, granting the entire globe with roughly equal length days and nights around it. I was captivated by this idea of a single moment of equilibrium and the impossibility of capturing that – which is much like the experience of listening itself, always dissolving as soon as you try to catch hold. And the equinox moment itself is both something of a physical reality, and pure idea, constructed entirely by an imaginary line humans have drawn and named the equator. Again, this paradox seems to resonate with the act of field recording, which both records a physical reality of a time and place through the sound waves that are imprinted through a microphone, but also creates a totally new and artificial object of its own. Whilst lines of longitude go from east to west and determine clock time, lines of latitude go from North to South and determine climate, with the suns rays becoming more intense the further south we go. Whilst enjoying one of the first sunny days we’ve had in London (where I am) in a long time, I decided to structure this mix along lines of latitude, moving from North to South through the Northern Hemisphere. I wonder if listeners will be able to feel the sun’s intensity increasing through their ears. It was a privilege to shape these extraordinary sounds into a journey. Whilst making it I found myself contemplating the equinox as a time of both stillness and motion, sameness and divergence, meeting and departure – and I invite you to listen into this space of contradiction with me. Anna Clock is a composer, sound artist and researcher. Their practice is rooted in live acts of listening and challenging audiences to listen to each other, and their world, in new ways. They play the cello and also cut hair. They are currently pursuing an AHRC-funded Collaborative Doctoral Award with the Science Museum and Royal Holloway University exploring quantum aurality and how we listen to outer space. Recent works have been heard in Barbican, Royal Court Theatre, Wellcome Collection, The Albany, 100 years Gallery (UK), Project Arts Centre, Gate Theatre (IRL), Times Square Arts, Irish Arts Centre (USA) Dresden Staatschauspiel, Staatstheater Mainz (GER), CIRKO (FIN) and on Radio 4, Radio 3, Resonance FM and RTE Lyric radio. Playlist: [01:19-03:45] A mysterious voice memo at the piano (me) [03:45-05:20] Bartlett park (me) | UK [05:20-07:16] Dawn’s Chorus: Mating Calls of Moor Frogs at Sunrise: Jakub Orzecki | Poland [07:16-10:11] Howling Jackals: Jan Brelih | Slovenia [10:11-12:01] Wood Frogs at the Library: Mike Bullock | USA [12:01-15:10] Dawn Chorus in the Early Days of Spring: Enis Çakar | Türkiye [15:10-20:05] Incoming Tide at Gold Bluffs Beach: Kelly Rafuse | USA [20:05 -25:45] Snowfall in Himalayas: Jan Brelih | India [25:45-31:59] Soft Dawn Chorus in the Jungles of Nepal: George Vlad | Nepal [30:22-35:37] Himalaya Forest Valley: Jan Brelih | India [35:37-40:36] Himalayan Shepherd: Jan Brelih | India [40:36-45:33] Dawn Chorus at Mora River: Giselle Ragoonanan | Trinidad and Tobago [45:33-48:07] Busy Dawn Chorus in the Savannah: Sounding Wild | Sierra Leone [48:07-49:38] Gentle Wind at Dusk in the Savannah: Sounding Wild | Sierra Leone [49:30-51:42] Hippopotamus Preparing for the Night: Sounding Wild | Sierra Leone [51:42-52:24] Nocturnal Pulse: Usun Apau Ancient Forest: Jan Brelih | Malaysia [52:24-53:51] Night Walk in Rainforest Discovery Center: Gina Lo | Malaysia [53:51-58:05] Bornean Anura: Gina Lo | Malaysia
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    58 mins
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