e150 compactor - are there strange sounds on your street?

i heard a strange tapping sound from my window one morning and had a chat when the workers repairing the street  TRANSCRIPTION OF EPISODE (Bell and breath) (sound of me walking towards a machine on a city street) I heard a strange tapping sound from my window one morning and decided to walk towards the sound. Claude: It's okay. I was interested in that machine, but you're not using it right now. Oh… Worker :  I actually turned it off because I saw that… I did not want to blow out your ear drums. I was actually being considerate. Claude : It’s very kind of you.  Worker : I tried, I do, I do try. Claude : What is it called?  Worker : It's a tamper. It just packs. Yeah. It's so, the real name is…  it's scary.  Worker : The real name is a plate Compactor. The actual name you'll find, uh, on.., Claude: I heard it and I was trying to imagine what it was. I thought it must be this big machine dragging somebody along, you know... Are you planning to use it again or are you done?  Worker: I’ll turn it right on for you.  (Transformation of the tamper sound) Are there strange sounds on your street?  * Recorded on Chapel Street, Ottawa on December 2, 2022. With thanks to the street repair workers for their consideration.  I am grateful and accountable to the earth and the human labour that provided me with the privilege of producing this episode. (including all the toxic materials and extractive processes behind the computers, recorders, transportation and infrastructure that make this podcast possible). My gesture of reciprocity for this episode is to Indigenous Climate Action. *END NOTES FOR ALL EPISODESNote : I'm currently 'pressing pause' and am not producing new content until further notice. Hey conscient listeners, I’ve been producing the conscient podcast as a learning and unlearning journey since May 2020. It’s my way to give back.This Indigenous Land Acknowledgement statement was developed by members of the Algonquin community for my former employer the Canada Council for the Arts. I have adapted slightly to make it my own.I acknowledge that my studio, located in Ottawa, is on the unceded, unsurrendered Territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin Nation whose presence here reaches back to time immemorial.I recognize the Algonquins as the customary keepers and defenders of the Ottawa River Watershed and its tributaries. I honour their long history of welcoming many Nations to this beautiful territory and uphold and uplift the voice and values of our Host Nation.Further, I offer my respect and affirm the inherent and Treaty Rights of all Indigenous Peoples across this land and honour commitments to self-determination and sovereignty that have been made to Indigenous Nations and Peoples.I acknowledge the historical oppression of lands, cultures and the original Peoples in what we now know as Canada and fervently believe the Arts contribute to the healing and decolonizing journey we all share togetherIn parallel with the production of the conscient podcast and its francophone counterpart, balado conscient, I I publish a free ‘a calm presence' monthly Substack see https://acalmpresence.substack.com.  Your feedback is always welcome at claude [at] conscient [dot] ca and/or on social media: Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, Threads, BlueSky, Mastodon, Tik Tok, YouTube and Substack.Share what you like, etcI am grateful and accountable to the earth and the human labour that provided me with the privilege of producing this podcast, including the toxic materials and extractive processes behind the computers, recorders, transportation systems and infrastructure that made this production possible. Thanks for listening. Claude SchryerLatest update on March 21, 2026