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Thoreau's Leaves: the Thoreau podcast presents atmospheric excursions into the world and work of Henry David Thoreau, one of America's greatest voices. Episodes span Thoreau's celebrated writing, his lesser-known writing, and the journal, his lifelong exercise in mindfulness, whose pages capture his commitment to a nonconformist life in nature and his evolution as a writer. Hosted by M. Allen Cunningham. Produced by Atelier26 Books. Thank you to our monthly supporters! To join them in keeping Thoreau's Leaves in production, follow the support link and pledge 99 cents a month or more. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thoreausleaves/support

M. Allen Cunningham


    • May 26, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
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    The Harp Articulate (Public Preview)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2023 2:18


    This is a preview of a longer installment. Subscribers can enjoy every episode in full: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thoreausleaves/subscribe May 16, 17, & 23, 1854 "This earth which is spread out like a map around me is but the lining of my in-most soul exposed." Music: "Ballerina" by Yehezkel Raz (All music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist.)

    In Honor of Thoreau's 203rd Birthday - 12 July 2020 (Public Preview)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2023 1:21


    This is a preview of a longer installment. Subscribers can enjoy every episode in full: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thoreausleaves/subscribe For July 12th, 2020, a reading of Thoreau's original fable about the reaches and depths of time and art, and about the spirit behind the building of a new world. Here's to "a world with full and fair proportions." Music: "Sails" by Rodello's Machine (All music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist)

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    Before a Single Green Blade (Public Preview)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2023 1:55


    This is a preview of a longer installment. Subscribers can enjoy every episode in full: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thoreausleaves/subscribe March 29, 1853 Henry does a little digging and discovers "a wonderful piece of chemistry."

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    Dreams & Mountains (Public Preview)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2023 3:04


    This is a preview of a longer installment. Subscribers can enjoy every episode in full: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thoreausleaves/subscribe October 29th, 1857 Sometimes "we cannot tell what we have dreamed from what we have actually experienced." Music: "Spring the Promise" by Anna Yarbrough (All music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist)

    Here I Have Been These 40 Years (Public Preview)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2023 1:16


    This is a preview of a longer installment. Subscribers can enjoy every episode in full: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thoreausleaves/subscribe November 20th, 1857 "The man who is often thinking that it is better to be somewhere else than where he is excommunicates himself." Music: "La Chica de los Grandes Ojos Negros" by ANBR (Music used courtesy of the artist through a licensing agreement with Artlist)

    Some Lichenous Thoughts Still Adhere to Us (Public Preview)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2023 2:12


    This is a preview of a longer installment. Subscribers can enjoy every episode in full: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thoreausleaves/subscribe December 29th and 31st, 1853 Henry walks out amid the worst snowstorm in recent Concord memory, and on New Year's Eve recalls his past drunkenness. Snow Bunting sounds by Terje Kolaas: accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/425902 Music: "Per Paura Che Si Rompa" by Bottega Baltazar; "The Racer" by Tristan Barton (All songs used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist.)

    Owls, Ice, Foxes, and Flocks (Public Preview)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2023 4:03


    This is a preview of a longer installment. Subscribers can enjoy every episode in full: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thoreausleaves/subscribe "I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder ... and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulet which I could have worn." (from the chapter "Winter Animals" in Walden) MUSIC: "Backwards Flow (Instrumental)" by Chad Crouch, https://www.soundofpicture.com/, used by courtesy of a licensing agreement with the artist. "Blackbird Reverie (Instrumental)" by Chad Crouch, https://www.soundofpicture.com/, used by courtesy of a licensing agreement with the artist. SOUND CREDITS: Barred Owl: Lance A. M. Benner, XC486052. Accessible at ⁠www.xeno-canto.org/486052⁠. Canada Goose: Meena Haribal, XC543318. Accessible at ⁠www.xeno-canto.org/543318⁠ Great Horned Owl: Lance A. M. Benner, XC595324. Accessible at ⁠www.xeno-canto.org/595324⁠ Squirrel on roof: courtesy of Darius Kedros. Accessible at ⁠https://freesound.org/s/276857/⁠

    The Fact Is I Am A Mystic (Public Preview)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2023 2:58


    This is a preview of a longer installment. Subscribers can enjoy every episode in full: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thoreausleaves/subscribe February 27 - March 15, 1853 Henry notes the first evidence of spring, and reminds himself: "Dwell as near as possible to the channel in which your life flows." MUSIC: "Alsace" by Chad Crouch, https://www.soundofpicture.com/, used by courtesy of a licensing agreement with the artist. "Red-Wing Meditation" by Chad Crouch, https://www.soundofpicture.com/, used by courtesy of a licensing agreement with the artist. "Tortoise Shell" by Chad Crouch, https://www.soundofpicture.com/, used by courtesy of a licensing agreement with the artist. "Pink Gradient" by Chad Crouch, https://www.soundofpicture.com/, used by courtesy of a licensing agreement with the artist. "All the Quiet Work" by Chad Crouch, https://www.soundofpicture.com/, used by courtesy of a licensing agreement with the artist. SOUND CREDITS: Red-Shouldered Hawk: Christopher McPherson, XC602509. Accessible at ⁠www.xeno-canto.org/602509⁠ Eastern Bluebird: Christopher McPherson, XC601010. Accessible at ⁠www.xeno-canto.org/601010

    To Set Down Such Choice Experiences (Public Preview)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2023 2:03


    This is a preview of a longer installment. Subscribers can enjoy every episode in full: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thoreausleaves/subscribe Jan 20 - 28, 1852 Henry muses on the structural value of his journal, and reminds himself: “Associate reverently and as much as you can with your loftiest thoughts.”   MUSIC: “Overhead” by Blue Dot Sessions, courtesy of Free Music Archive “Domina Transit” by Blue Dot Sessions, courtesy of Free Music Archive

    To Set Down Such Choice Experiences

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2023 6:22


    Jan 20 - 28, 1852 Henry muses on the structural value of his journal, and reminds himself: “Associate reverently and as much as you can with your loftiest thoughts.”   MUSIC: “Overhead” by Blue Dot Sessions, courtesy of Free Music Archive “Domina Transit” by Blue Dot Sessions, courtesy of Free Music Archive

    I Have Sometimes Imagined a Library

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2023 3:50


    Feb 3, 1852  Henry envisions a fitting repository for the works of naturalists, philosophers, and poets, free from "cold-blooded and methodical officials." MUSIC: “Threads and Veils” by Blue Dot Sessions, courtesy of Free Music Archive

    The Fact Is I Am A Mystic

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2023 13:45


    February 27 - March 15, 1853 Henry notes the first evidence of spring, and reminds himself: "Dwell as near as possible to the channel in which your life flows." MUSIC: "Alsace" by Chad Crouch, https://www.soundofpicture.com/, used by courtesy of a licensing agreement with the artist. "Red-Wing Meditation" by Chad Crouch, https://www.soundofpicture.com/, used by courtesy of a licensing agreement with the artist. "Tortoise Shell" by Chad Crouch, https://www.soundofpicture.com/, used by courtesy of a licensing agreement with the artist. "Pink Gradient" by Chad Crouch, https://www.soundofpicture.com/, used by courtesy of a licensing agreement with the artist. "All the Quiet Work" by Chad Crouch, https://www.soundofpicture.com/, used by courtesy of a licensing agreement with the artist. SOUND CREDITS: Red-Shouldered Hawk: Christopher McPherson, XC602509. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/602509 Eastern Bluebird: Christopher McPherson, XC601010. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/601010

    Owls, Ice, Foxes & Flocks

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2023 10:28


    "I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder ... and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulet which I could have worn." (from the chapter "Winter Animals" in Walden) MUSIC: "Backwards Flow (Instrumental)" by Chad Crouch, https://www.soundofpicture.com/, used by courtesy of a licensing agreement with the artist. "Blackbird Reverie (Instrumental)" by Chad Crouch, https://www.soundofpicture.com/, used by courtesy of a licensing agreement with the artist. SOUND CREDITS: Barred Owl: Lance A. M. Benner, XC486052. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/486052. Canada Goose: Meena Haribal, XC543318. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/543318 Great Horned Owl: Lance A. M. Benner, XC595324. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/595324 Squirrel on roof: courtesy of Darius Kedros. Accessible at https://freesound.org/s/276857/ Squirrel chatter, courtesy of bmccoy2. Accessible at https://freesound.org/s/342105/ Blue Jay: Denis Provencher, XC754448. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/754448. Black-capped Chickadee: Ian Davies, XC51770. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/51770.  Black-capped Chackadee: Paul Marvin, XC299725. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/299725.

    Questions & Depths

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2021 8:33


    Even in the deep of winter, "heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads." (From Walden, "The Pond in Winter") Music: "Pilgrims" by Some Were at Sea; "Reflections" by Pete James Johnson (All music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist.) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thoreausleaves/support

    Some Lichenous Thoughts Still Adhere to Us

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2020 8:05


    December 29th and 31st, 1853 Henry walks out amid the worst snowstorm in recent Concord memory, and on New Year's Eve recalls his past drunkenness. Snow Bunting sounds by Terje Kolaas: accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/425902 Music: "Per Paura Che Si Rompa" by Bottega Baltazar; "The Racer" by Tristan Barton (All songs used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist.) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thoreausleaves/support

    Here I Have Been These 40 Years

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2020 5:18


    November 20th, 1857 "The man who is often thinking that it is better to be somewhere else than where he is excommunicates himself." Music: "La Chica de los Grandes Ojos Negros" by ANBR (Music used courtesy of the artist through a licensing agreement with Artlist) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thoreausleaves/support

    Dreams & Mountains

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2020 7:08


    October 29th, 1857 Sometimes "we cannot tell what we have dreamed from what we have actually experienced." Music: "Spring the Promise" by Anna Yarbrough; "Shallow Water" by Sivan Talmor (All music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thoreausleaves/support

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    Loon Checkers

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2020 8:20


    An October day in a boat on Walden, and "a pretty game, played on the smooth surface of the pond, a man against a loon." (From Walden, "Brute Neighbors") Loon sounds by Andrew Spencer, XC 189383 (accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/189383); and Todd Wilson, XC103421 (accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/103421). Music: "Love You" by Yehezkel Raz; "Revelations" by Tristan Barton (All music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thoreausleaves/support

    Before a Single Green Blade

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2020 5:58


    March 29, 1853 Henry does a little digging and discovers "a wonderful piece of chemistry." Music: "White Dream" and "Icicles" by Yehezkel Raz (All music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thoreausleaves/support

    In Honor of Thoreau's 203rd Birthday: The Artist of Kouroo

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2020 5:20


    For July 12th, 2020, a reading of Thoreau's original fable about the reaches and depths of time and art, and about the spirit behind the building of a new world. Here's to "a world with full and fair proportions." Music: "Sails" by Rodello's Machine; "Walking in Forests" by Ben Winwood (All music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thoreausleaves/support

    The Harp Articulate

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2020 11:05


    May 16, 17, & 23, 1854 "This earth which is spread out like a map around me is but the lining of my in-most soul exposed." Music: "Ballerina" by Yehezkel Raz; "Your Faces" by LMOP; "As It Will Be" by Jameson Nathan Jones (All music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist.) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thoreausleaves/support

    Your Mind Must Not Perspire

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2020 9:46


    July 23, 1851 "Do not tread on the heels of your experience. Be impressed without making a minute of it." Tree Swallow sounds by Martin St-Michel, XC179722. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/179722. Music: "Ever I Wander" by Jameson Nathan Jones; "Tranquil" by Danny Pinder (All music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist.) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thoreausleaves/support

    The Shadow & the Substance

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2020 10:55


    September 7, 1851 "Go in search of the springs of life and you will get exercise enough." American Robin sounds courtesy of Ted Floyd, XC364119. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/364119. Eastern Whip-poor-will sounds courtesy of Daniel Parker, XC325436. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/325436. Music: "Fixed" by Swirling Ship; "Lights" by Yehzkel Raz; "A Place Beyond" by SLPSTRM (All music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thoreausleaves/support

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    The Burnished Earth

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2020 8:33


    Aug 2 -7, 1854 Henry saunters and rows on the offside of summer, amid burnished surfaces. Footsteps courtesy of soundmary at https://freesound.org/s/194979/ Music: "Cutting Teeth" by Ben Noble; "Drifting" by Lake Union (All music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist.) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thoreausleaves/support

    Even the Flowers Will Come to You

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2020 7:28


    May 10, 1853 Henry hails the arriving summer amid golden gates and terrene temples. American Yellow Warbler sounds by Jim Berry, XC477354. (Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/477354) Music: "Those Nights We Lost" by Emanuele Errante; "Can't Explain" by Ziv Moran (All music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thoreausleaves/support

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    At the Right Angle

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2020 6:14


    Dec. 11, 1855  "I have seen an attribute of another world and condition of things."  Music: "Papyrus" by Kyle Preston; "Empyrean" by Michael FK  (All music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thoreausleaves/support

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    A Vegetative Force

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2020 7:55


    June 18, 1853 Henry steps out to show his fungus. Music: "Scherzetto" by Ziv Moran; "Puddles" by Stanley Gurvich (All music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thoreausleaves/support

    We Began to Feel Mesmeric Influences

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2020 7:20


    April 16, 1852 Henry and a woodchuck get acquainted. Music: "Daughter" by Ben Noble; "Light Through the Branches" by Ben Winwood (All music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thoreausleaves/support

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    Nearer to the Origin of Things

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2020 10:56


    June 11, 1851 Henry goes nocturnal, "to see objects by moonlight as well as sunlight to get a complete notion of them." Eastern Whip-poor-will sounds by Daniel Parker, XC325436 (Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/325436) and by Dylan Pedro, XC239651 (Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/239651). Common Nighthawk sounds by Sunny, XC490771. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/490771. Connecticut Warbler sounds by Nancy Hetrick, XC252951. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/252951. Music: "La Stanza di Nelson 2" by Bottega Baltazar; "Hammer and Felt" by Beneath the Mountain (All songs used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thoreausleaves/support

    What An Eventful Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2020 7:26


    May 22, 1853 Henry saves a kitten -- or the kitten saves itself. Music: "Eventually" by Giants & Pilgrims (All music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thoreausleaves/support

    Like a Pilgrim, Going Nowhither

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2020 6:47


    July 21, 1851 Only some roads are ideal roads. Music: "I'll Understand" by Roza (All music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thoreausleaves/support

    My Heart Leaps Into My Mouth

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2020 7:07


    August 17, 1851 One's path is strewn with flowers. Music: "Nesting" by Evolv; "White Dream" by For Nils Goldfinch sounds by Martin St-Michel, XC179304. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/179304. (All music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist.) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thoreausleaves/support

    The Future is Worth Expecting

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2020 5:35


    March 18 & 21, 1853 Set out and see if you can muse again. Bluebird sounds by Richard E. Webster, XC502284. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/502284 Music: "Walking in Forests" by Ben Winwood (All music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thoreausleaves/support

    Thoreau's Leaves Intro

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2020 2:29


    Spanning 25 years and 2 million words, Henry David Thoreau's journal was his life work. Join us as we journey through the days with one of America's greatest voices, in Thoreau's Leaves. Music: "Nesting" by Evolv (Music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thoreausleaves/support

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