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After a rocky start to his music career in high school, David Levy discovered he was gifted with the ability to pull a tune out of thin air in service of others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An inspiring visit with the Principal Chief of the Natchez Nation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There is a subtle interaction between birds and their environment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do birds hear any differently than we do? The answer will likely surprise you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Discovering maps of sound with the mind's ear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meet sound artist and field recordist Doug Quin, as we embark on an audio journey to the Antarctic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Headphones on for an immersive soundscape! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A blind musical therapist revels in the sounds of the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nanotechnology is making possible a new way of removing Carbon Dioxide from the atmosphere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Atonal snores, sonorous gurgles - it's all part of the dance of the soundscape. In this episode we continue to explore the soundscape with nature recordist Lang Elliot, with some wonderfully textured sounds recorded in La Cienega's National Conservation area in Arizona. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eddie Lenihan introduces us to the Other Crowd, and by the time he’s finished, the temperature in the room has dropped a few degrees. The Irish take their Fairy Folk very seriously. You’ll never think of leprechauns in quite the same way again. Please don't forget to complete our Listener Survey at www.surveymonkey.com/r/airwave. Thank-you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sound objects or sensory immersion? It's all in the ear of the beholder as we explore the soundscape with nature sound recordist Lang Elliot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Maori legends weave a pathway for an understanding of natural phenomena. Toni Hoeta is a Science Engagement Coordinator at the Otago Museum in Dunedin, New Zealand. She uses traditional Maori stories to help students open to the world of science. For many years, the Maori, the indigenous inhabitants of NZ, had their language, their music and their traditions suppressed by European settlers who ruled the country. Now, in a period of reconciliation, Maori culture is reemerging and finding its place in Aotearoa, the Maori name for New Zealand. The music music heard in the podcast is from the CD book, “Singing Treasures” by Brian Flintoff, featuring musicians Hirini Melbourne and Richard Nunns. You can hear more of their music on the album Te Ku Te Whe, 1994, Rattle Records, New Zealand, number RAT- D0004. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Zealand's southernmost islands are home to a remarkable collection of birds, but they've had to work to save them from invasive predators. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The instruments are teaching you how to play them." Jen Cattermole listened and learned to play an array of Maori flutes. An inspiring story of perseverance and discovery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meet Lang Elliot, one of the best nature sound recordists in the world, and learn his remarkable story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you find an injured or orphaned bird, who're you going to call? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the past twenty years, wildlife bird rehabilitator Annie Mardiney has rescued thousands of birds. "They're hungry all the time!" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day with Hutke Fields, the Principal Chief of the Natchez Nation. "You have to listen to everything, including Mother Earth" A taste of the Natchez Language, the no-holds-barred game of Stickball, and what it feels like to be chosen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"We have certain ways we follow.." A conversation with the Principal Chief of the Natchez Nation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices