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EPISODE · Apr 11, 2026 · 9 MIN

Rain symphony

from The Listener Podcast

There’s something about rain that most people miss.To many, it’s an inconvenience… something to escape from.To me, it’s music.Rain creates its own orchestra, each surface a different instrument. I’ve recorded it all over the world… in rainforests where the canopy turns it into layered percussion, in temperate forests where it softens into a gentle hush, on metal roofs where it becomes sharp and urgent, and across lakes and oceans where it melts into something almost hypnotic.And then there are palm leaves…They don’t just catch the rain, they release it in bursts… sudden cascades of sound that feel alive.Give me a storm, thunder rolling, skies opening… and you’ll find me outside, soaked through, headphones on, completely at peace.Because rain isn’t just weather.It’s rhythm.It’s texture.It’s nature reminding us that even the simplest things can be extraordinary… if we just stop and listen.Most people run from the rain.I walk straight into it.#TheListeningPlanet #Soundscapes #Rain #NatureSounds #FieldRecording #Biophony #Geophony #ListenToTheEarthDo line artEditdo line art of a microphone in the rainforestEdit

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