HeyJaredThe Listener Podcast
The Listening Planet, podcast series draws from a lifetime of recording the natural world across more than 60 countries and five continents, offering listeners an intimate journey into Earth’s most remarkable soundscapes.
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THE HYENAS OF THE SKELETON COAST (opens the original)
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The first time I ever recorded wild hyenas was on the remote Skeleton Coast of Namibia. I ran a cable from my rooftop tent, placed my microphones near a carcass and waited in the darkness. What I recorded that night completely changed the way I thought about hyenas. Their communication was extraordinary — arguments, warnings, excitement, submission and a very obvious hierarchy within the clan. Years later, those same recordings found their way into a project with Stewart Copeland of The Police —
The Bee That Found Me (opens the original)
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I've wandered through rainforests where the air was so thick with life it almost hummed. I've stood on Arctic tundra in silence so complete you could hear snow settling. I've recorded dawn choruses in Africa, the haunting calls of wolves in North America, and the songs of birds that may never be heard again. More than sixty countries. Tens of thousands of hours behind a microphone. Yet there is one sound that has followed me everywhere. The bee. It has become something of a running joke with me.
Stossel creek from 2000 (opens the original)
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This series of recordings was made at the same location, on the same day and at the same time each year, from 2000 to 2017. Each segment is 30 seconds long, allowing you to hear the gradual decline of the soundscape over time. When I began recording here, Pacific chorus frogs were abundant, forming a rich natural chorus. As the years pass, their voices diminish, and in some years they disappear altogether. At the same time, human noise steadily increases. Aircraft become more frequent overhead,
The Daintree (opens the original)
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The first time I stepped into the Daintree Rainforest, I was completely blown away. Even getting there felt like an adventure. The road beyond the river was little more than a rough track, so an off road vehicle was essential. To reach the rainforest, you first crossed the Daintree River on a tiny cable ferry, leaving the modern world behind and entering one of the oldest living ecosystems on Earth. We rented a small cabin for a few days, but I hardly spent any time inside it. Every spare moment
Slimbridge (opens the original)
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Some places live in your imagination long before you ever set foot there. For me, one of those places was Slimbridge. As a young boy, I sat glued to the television watching Sir Peter Scott and dreaming of the vast flocks of geese and swans that gathered on the wetlands beside the River Severn. Even through the TV speaker, I could sense there was something magical about the sounds of that place. At the age of 21, I finally made the journey. It exceeded every expectation I had carried since childh
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