Slow Radio Podcast
An antidote to today鈥檚 frenzied world. Step back, let go, immerse yourself: it鈥檚 time to go slow.
Listen to the sounds of birds, mountain climbing, monks chatting as you go about your day. A lo-fi celebration of pure sound.
Episodes to download
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The Sounds of a Winter Sunday in the Park
Sun 28 Feb 2021
A winter Sunday in the park with all its joyful sounds, and some that are sad.
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Take Me to Your Happy Place
Sun 31 Jan 2021
Winterwatch's Gillian Burke chooses music and sounds that encourage her own wellbeing.
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Lighting the Beacon
Mon 28 Dec 2020
A sonic journey into signal fires as a warning system and emblem of hope
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Sounds of the Earth 鈥� December
Sun 13 Dec 2020
Relax with a calming mix of music and natural sounds
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Soller - We're All Going on an Aural Holiday
Sun 29 Nov 2020
Take your ears on a binaural summer holiday through the Mallorcan town of Soller.
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Sounds of the Earth - October
Sun 18 Oct 2020
Relax with a calming mix of music and natural sounds - from Scotland to East Sussex
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Penguins v Seals - Tristan da Cunha
Mon 5 Oct 2020
Wildlife in your ears from the world's most remote island community - Tristan da Cunha.
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Sounds of the Earth - September
Sun 6 Sep 2020
Relax with a calming mix of music and natural sounds - Scotland to Costa Rica
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The Flying Scotsman
Sun 31 May 2020
A journey on the Flying Scotsman with privileged access to the driver on the footplate.
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The Halyards of Woodbridge
Sun 3 May 2020
Iain Chambers records musical sounds along the River Deben amongst birdsong and boats.
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If you go down to the woods tonight
Sun 29 Mar 2020
Huddy places a recording box in a tree and discovers the secrets of a wood at night
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Rain On A Hot Tin Roof
Sun 22 Mar 2020
An antidote to today鈥檚 frenzied world. Step back, let go, it鈥檚 time to go slow.
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From Dadar to the Stars
Sun 23 Feb 2020
An intimate, breath-close binaural portrait of the intoxicating Indian city of Mumbai.
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Seals and Selkie Folk
Sun 16 Feb 2020
The haunting cries of grey seals in Pembrokeshire and tales of selkie folk
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Sounds of the Earth - February
Mon 10 Feb 2020
A montage of music and natural sounds including whale song and Tundra swans.
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Sounds of the Earth - January
Sun 26 Jan 2020
A montage of music and natural sounds including an Antarctic fur seal and her pup.
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The Last Oozings - Cider Making in Somerset
Sun 22 Dec 2019
All the different sounds as Matthew Bryant turns apples to cider in the slow old way.
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Sounds of the Earth - November
Sun 10 Nov 2019
Relax with a calming mix of music and natural sounds.
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Listening to Lalibela
Sun 3 Nov 2019
A sound journey to an timeless world in the Ethiopian holy city of Lalibela
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Downtown Nashville, Tennessee
Mon 28 Oct 2019
A stroll down Broadway accompanied by sounds synonymous with the American South.
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Sounds of the Earth - October
Fri 18 Oct 2019
Sounds from a Somerset farm, African white rhinos and a Costa Rican rainforest.
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The Signal-Man
Sun 13 Oct 2019
Recordist Chris Watson follows the sound of bells, to an East Yorkshire railway Gate Box.
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Sounds of the Earth - July
Thu 25 Jul 2019
Sounds from a Scottish sunrise, Suffolk woodland, Tasmanian lyrebird and Thai gibbons.
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Bach Walks: Roseburg to L眉beck
Thu 18 Jul 2019
Episode 5/5. In 1705, the 20-year-old JS Bach walked 250 miles to meet his hero.
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Night-time at the zoo
Fri 5 Jul 2019
Eavesdropping on animals at the Isle of Wight Zoo, from dusk 'til dawn.
Sounds of the Earth
Listen to the natural world in its many guises.
