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Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | Technology
An audio snapshot of the daily life of the Bosavi people of Papua New Guinea. This archival program is part of Pulse of the Planet's 30th anniversary celebration. Steven Feld is currently Senior Scholar at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, New Mexico. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | Technology
For the Bosavi people of Papua, New Guinea, sounds convey the pulse of the rainforest. This archival program is part of Pulse of the Planet's 30th anniversary celebration. Steven Feld is currently Senior Scholar at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, New Mexico. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Birdsong is a ubiquitous feature of the British countryside. But what is the cultural significance of this much-loved part of our landscape? Jonathan Woolley reflects upon the meanings made by birds - as omens, as signs, as proxies, and as music - from the Norfolk Broads, to Bosavi in Papua New Guinea. This podcast uses audio from freesound.org: Lapwing.wav by Juskiddink (http://freesound.org/people/juskiddink/sounds/72560/) 120319_001_L4 Rooks and some magpies.mp3 by Nemark (http://freesound.org/people/nemark/sounds/150176/) Blackcap01_13-03-2016.wav by Tim_Lomas (http://freesound.org/people/Tim_Lomas/sounds/342098/) 20080321.warbler.wav by dobroide (http://freesound.org/people/dobroide/sounds/51028/) The full version of Hanna Tuulikki’s ‘At Sing, Two Birds’ is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKcETcbf8Es
Shortly before he died in 1986, my father was interviewed I think by the Today Show on NBC. At that time, he justified his policy of never withdrawing a record title from the complete two thousand plus collection by saying: “would you take the letter J out of the dictionary merely because it is used less frequently than the letter S?” Well, I thought I would base this show on that idea. Here we have a show in celebration of the letter J. We will cover songs, music from countries, artists, instruments and sounds which all begin with the letter J.