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Naturesound podcast

by Martyn Stewart

I am a sound recordist, specialising mainly in nature recording. I have been involved in countless TV documentaries and radio with over 150 feature films to boot. I have recorded in over 40 countries. If you were able to upload all my sounds to an iPod it would play for over 1137.5 days continuously.Vist the website at www.thelisteningplanet.com take a look at my facebook fan-page for more details. http://tinyurl.com/6czrhqg

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Episodes

  1. 20250518T BBC_radio 6 Cerys Mathews with Martyn Stewart

    🌿 TUNE IN! 🌿 I’m joining the brilliant @cerysmatthews tomorrow on BBC Radio 6 Music for a special episode of her Sunday morning show. 🎧 We’ll be diving into the sounds of the natural world, stories from the field, and the beauty that lies in listening deeply. 🦉 With fellow guest @sophiepavs…

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  2. The State of the Planet

    The world is literally getting quieter - and not in a good way. Since 1970, we've lost nearly 70% of Earth's wildlife populations, and with them, the natural symphony that once filled our planet. That's such a striking way to think about extinction - not just in terms of numbers, but in terms of...

  3. Life in sound_Mandy_Martyn_Scotland

    We did this podcast BEFORE we went to Scotland in January 2025. See www.thelisteningplanet.com

  4. TLP_The skagit flats

    Visit the Skagit flats in Washington State around winter time and see the spectacle that is the Snow Goose.. visit www.thelisteningplanet.com

  5. 3 seconds

    Here’s a thought: Earth is around 4.5 billion years old. Humans? We’ve only been around for about 140,000 years. To put that into perspective, imagine Earth’s entire existence compressed into a single 24-hour day. Humans would’ve shown up in the last three seconds. Just three seconds. And look…

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  6. How I see this crazy world these days

    Just a whole load of noise at bedtime

  7. I am the earth

    https://open.spotify.com/track/2ub3zGj9l2fqaFbjXN8c0D?si=a43b3488ea4647f4

  8. Little listens_Fox_jackel_dune

    https://thelisteningplanet.substack.com/p/launching-the-listening-planet-kids?r=3pifed&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true Starting today a new series of podcasts from the listening planet.

  9. Aligator interactions with Space-x Rocket launch.

    **The Sounds of Human Progress… and Its Impact on Nature** You can’t deny that human activity interferes with nature—whether through habitat loss, climate change, hunting, or destruction. But how many realize that **sound** itself can disrupt the natural world? This is a recording of the latest...

  10. Blackbird roost in the millions

    I’ve been privileged to witness some extraordinary moments in nature—scenes that leave an indelible mark on the soul. Recently, a talented videographer and good friend invited me to Columbia, Missouri, to help document a truly unique event: the spectacle of a red-winged blackbird roost. As the…

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  11. Hurricane Milton RAW 1:20AM 20241006

    See the listening planet for more info www.thelisteningplanet.com https://www.facebook.com/thelisteningplanet Hurricane Milton came across Florida to Melbourne Beach at around 1:30 am on the 6th of October 2024 #hurricane #thelisteningplanet

  12. hurricane milton. October 2024

    The early hours in Melbourne beach of hurricane Milton that ravaged Florida from the west cost.

  13. Thunderstorm

    Incredible thunderstorm and heavy rain. take a look at the listening planet on Spotify or your favourite media player. Find us at www.thelisteningplanet.com #thunder #sleep https://www.facebook.com/thelisteningplanet

  14. Peter Martyn Biophonica Beats

    Featuring: Chorus Frog, Winter Wren, Nightingale Wren, Humans, Yellow Rumped Warbler, Trumpeter Swan, Woodpecker Drumming, Sandhill Crane, Sharpbil, Cane Toad, Striped Breasted Wren #gratitude #music #mothernature #magic #originalmusic #composer #biophonica #comingsoon #naturesclassroom #animals...

  15. Love And Lost

    LOVED & LOST is a heartfelt tribute to the beauty of our natural world and a poignant reflection on its fragility and potential degradation. Each track is a narrative, echoing the intricate connections within ecosystems, the delicate balance that sustains them plus a subtle, yet powerful…

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  16. Shifting Soundscapes

    Sound is the barometer of the health of the planet.” This Sunday on BBC Radio 4, musician and sound artist Alice Boyd retraces the steps of legendary field recordist Martyn Stewart, capturing the changing sounds of our environments. (The Listening Planet) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0020xm2...

  17. The Emerald Cicada Costa Rica

    In the dense Costa Rican rainforest, where the air is thick with humidity and the foliage rustles with life, there exists a symphony unlike any other. It is the song of the emerald cicada, a boisterous melody that dominates the auditory landscape with its sheer intensity. Imagine standing amidst...

  18. Podcast One. The Beginings

    This series aims to take listeners on an epic and intimate journey through the natural world, all through the medium of sound and at the same time we want to enable a rare glimpse into the life of a man who recorded everything you’re about to hear, one sound at a time. Martyn Stewart has spent…

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  19. Man Verus Nature

    In nature's dance, a timeless rhyme, No wars conceived, no famine's grime. Mother Nature weaves a gentle song, Where harmony reigns, and peace belongs. Animals roam in instinct's grace, No destructive footprints to erase. They coexist, a balanced chore, Unlike the chaos mankind may implore. A...

  20. The Planet actually talks but we need to listen

    What language can we learn to better understand? French, Italian, Spanish? What about German?….. Well certainly, it is beneficial to communicate in these languages while in these countries but what language can we learn to benefit everybody? I’ll give you a clue! The Language of the planet....

  21. 20230625T Nature's Therapy

    I started therapy when I was very young…… I didn’t need my mum to go with me I went alone. I needed no money And if I listened, I could hear a calming voice My therapy was and is healing. You could have it too. Close your eyes and listen…… Ditch your therapist and trust in nature, she listens and...

  22. 20230623T Blackbird Communication

    When I was a kid I could distinguish between an alarm call and a song from a bird https://www.facebook.com/thelisteningplanet

  23. 20230618T Melbourne Surf Mix

    Have you ever wondered why your ocean recordings don’t sound like the way you hear them?? Most people record the ocean by standing close to the shore and pointing a microphone at it. The thing is, Microphones are not ears…. The best way to record the sounds of the ocean is to do it in three steps...

  24. The diminishing wetlands

    There was a pond my brother took me to when I was little, it was about a mile or so from my house,It was a magical place. If you scooped a jam jar into the water there would be a world of critters swimming around. Daphnia, insect lava, Water boatmen, Tadpoles.. it was a fascinating world and one...

  25. The Disappearing earth

    The Disappearing earth by Martyn Stewart

  26. The Bitter Sweet Life podcast with Katy Sewell and Martyn Stewart

    What does it take to capture the sounds of the world's rich and diverse wildlife? On this extraordinary interview, we are joined by sound and nature recordist Martyn Stewart. Stewart has one of the largest collections of natural sounds in the world, having recorded more than 90,000 different…

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  27. Listening Planet Promotions

    Visit the Listening planet at www.thelisteningplanet.com and find that soundscape to help you sleep or to just chill. Never leave your home and let us take you to over 55 different countries. Rain, Thunder. wind. Mental health https://www.facebook.com/thelisteningplanet

  28. BBC Radio 4 Interview December 2021

    An interview with Mark Savage on BBC Radio 4. The link is here for the full interview https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-59404975 See our work on the Listening Planet here www.thelisteningplanet.com

  29. Borneo promotion

    Listen to our beautiful soundscapes from around this wonderful planet. You can find Borneo here https://thelisteningplanet.com/the-albums-borneo/

  30. The listening Planet Album collections (Thailand Promotion)

    Welcome to The Albums. Explore and discover the vast and fascinating collection of natural sounds captured by Martyn over the decades from across the globe, each curated to transport us through a myriad of wonders, from Borneo, Cuba and the Daintree, to Alaska, Panama, and the Serengeti.…

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  31. Eurasian Blackbird

    Last December when my prostate cancer metastasized into my bones, my beautiful niece, Amanda, heard about it and set about creating a legacy for my sounds. Tirelessly she set about creating a trust and foundation called “the listening planet” I was given a couple of years to live, my sounds in my...

  32. Costa Rican Dream

    The morning insects give way to the morning dawn chorus of birds, howler monkeys wake with their calls, bellbirds, oropendola , white throated capuchin, resplendent quetzal, sunbittern and falcons are heard through the wet jungle as Cicadas bring an end to the day......

  33. Yellowstone Park

    The dawn breaks with Ravens, mountain bluebirds, a great grey owl calls from a tree. Swainson's thrush and a sapsucker bangs on a tree to be heard

  34. Lincoln Meadows. California

    The morning awakes with the dawn chorus. Dark eyed junco, flycatchers, american robin, mountain quail break the morning air

  35. Arctic Wildlife Refuge Podcast

    The fragile Arctic national wildlife refuge is a place of sanctuary and under constant pressure from the big oil companies. Listen to Ptarmigan, longspurs, rough legged hawks, red necked phalarope and the arctics very own bluethroat.

  36. The Daintree Rainforest

    Take a listen to the Daintree Rainforest in Queensland Australia Eastern whipbird/Cicada/Spotted catbird/Graceful honeyeater/Bees/Green catbird/Torresian crow/australian crow/Yellow spotted honeyeater/Brown flyeater/Lewins flyeater/Brown cuckoo dove/Chowcilla

  37. Great Frigatebird Podcast

    I get asked many times whats my favorite recording i’ve ever made and i can say almost immediately the last one! I’ve spent literally hours in the field searching species to record. my tag line is “recording the world, one species at a time. I have lost count of the amount of bird species i have...

  38. White Lipped Frog Podcast

    I was sitting in my car in the Daintree rainforest in Queensland this night and fell asleep listening to these amazing White lipped frogs. I hope this relaxes you too as it did me.... Note# I do say "green lipped frogs" in this by mistake

  39. Costa Rican Dry forest. Podcast

    Around midday in a dry forest in Nosara, Guanacaste. Use the file to relax to or even take a sleep and dream you are in paradise.

  40. On the outer banks.

    Close your eyes and listen to the gentle insects calling and the foraging of woodpeckers. Fish crows become inquisitive and call to each other as yellow jumped warblers and white throated sparrows sing nearby.

  41. Nightingale Wren Podcast

    A candidate for the bloopers on American Idol

  42. Montezuma Oropendola Podcast

    Often heard before you see the bird, this is one of my favorite vocalists of the Americas

  43. Blue Penguin Podcast

    Every evening theses little blue penguins come home to their burrows

  44. The Colima Warbler

    Only found in the Chiso mountains of Big Bend NP, This is the Colima warbler

  45. Starling Podcast

    Hated and gassed in the USA how damaging really is the Eurasian Starling?

  46. Wedge tailed shearwater tragedy

    3 wedge tailed shearwaters mourn the loss of their partners

  47. Pademelons of Queensland Australia podcast

    The Pademelons of queensland Australia podcast

  48. The bluethroat of the arctic podcast

    On the arctic refuge back in 2005 i did this podcast about the bluethroat

  49. Black Bear in my garden

    A black bear visiting my garden in Redmond. WA

  50. 20190502 - 034

    This is a recording of mating green turtles recorded in the ocean around Floradana, the initial water sound is of the two mating turtles diving once i arrive in my kayak. the gentle murmer is the sounds both turtles emit. the cracks and snapping sounds are that of snapping shrimp and other...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

I am a sound recordist, specialising mainly in nature recording. I have been involved in countless TV documentaries and radio with over 150 feature films to boot. I have recorded in over 40 countries. If you were able to upload all my sounds to an iPod it would play for over 1137.5 days continuously.Vist the website at www.thelisteningplanet.com take a look at my facebook fan-page for more details. http://tinyurl.com/6czrhqg

HOSTED BY

Martyn Stewart

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I am a sound recordist, specialising mainly in nature recording. I have been involved in countless TV documentaries and radio with over 150 feature films to boot. I have recorded in over 40 countries. If you were able to upload all my sounds to an iPod it would play for over 1137.5 days...

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