Episode 44: The Arbornaut

Episode 44 is a profile of “Canopy Meg” — forest ecologist Meg Lowman, whose work revealed the “eighth continent” of life in treetop canopies everywhere. Dr. Lowman talks with Warren Senders about her long career exploring forests all over the globe, and we share music on tree themes (including Meg’s own composition from 6th grade as played by Cool Tunes team member Seth Handelman!). #RainForests #Trees #Ecology #Music #Environment Music and Video "The Perfumed Forest Wet With Rain" Abdullah Ibrahim from "Dollar Brand at Montreux" Enja ER-3079 Interview with Meg Lowman May 29, 2026 "The Leaf Detective" Video trailer courtesy Heather Lang "Now Every Tree Renews" Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623) The 200 Singers October 30, 2022 "Underneath The Pines" COPYRIGHT 1996 David Dodson Sung by Kallet, Epstein & Cicone from "Heartwalk" — Overall Music OM-3 "First Indian Sketch" Charles Tomlinson Griffes — Composer The Kreiner Quartet Friends of Recorded Music Disc 5-A "Somersaults in Song/ Hannibal Air" Composed by Meg Lowman Seth Handelman — clarinet "Hark Each Tree Its Silence Breaks" Henry Purcell — Composer Performed by La Tempesta, Poland December 17, 2016 "The Birks of Aberfeldie" Lyrics — Robert Burns, Tune traditional Performed by Jean Redpath, from "Sings the Songs of Robert Burns Vol. 5" Philo 1093 Scotland photographs courtesy Meg Lowman Sounds of the Tambourine rainforest, Australia, recorded by Jereme Hegge Yagua Elders sing Ancestral Songs January 19, 2026 Outside Iquitos, Peru Courtesy Conscious Collective & Paititi Institute Amazon canopy walkway video Courtesy Tree Foundation "Saghan bana bole re koyaliya" Khyal in Raga Maru Bihag Sung by the Kashyap Brothers Vadodara, India, April 4, 2020 Courtesy Komal Nishaad "Prayer of Praise to the Creator" Bahta Church, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Unesco Anthology of African Music BM 30L 2304 Ethiopia photographs & video courtesy The Tree Foundation Ba'Aka Pygmy video Courtesy Michelle Kisliuk "Alus — Spirit of the Tiger" Hala Alus, Ulu Nenggiri, Kelantan December 3, 1941 Upper Perak, Malaya From "Temiar Dream Music of Malaya" Folkways FE 4460 (1955) Penang Bioblitz video courtesy Tree Foundation "Redwood" Paul Chihara — composer Rose Wollman — Viola Ross Erickson — Percussion April 24, 2013 "Tree of Life" Dorothy Carter & Bob Rutman From "Waillee Waillee" Celeste CR 1004 (1978) "Fleurette Africaine (African Flower" Composed by Duke Ellington Performed by Ed Eastridge August 2014 "Now Every Tree Renews" Thomas Weelkes — Composer The Electric Madrigal Society Directed by Elliot Thompson "Lý Cây Đa (The Banyan Tree)" Vietnamese folk song Performed by Nguyễn Thanh Thuỷ Every attempt has been made to secure permission from copyright holders of audio and video content used in this program. The use of copyrighted material is for non-commercial, educational purposes, and is intended to provide benefit to the public. Copyrighted material used is supplementary and illustrative, and does not detract from the commercial value of the original content. "Cool Tunes For A Hot Planet" uses only the minimum amount of copyrighted material to fulfill its educational purpose. We believe our use constitutes "Fair Use" of this material as provided for in the US Copyright Act of 1976, Sections 106A-117. If you feel any content in this episode violates your copyright, please contact us immediately and we will address your concern appropriately.