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0107: Where Words Leave Off

Makes the case for instrumental music as ecospiritual expression through an hour of wordless celebrations of Earth — from Goa trance and New Orleans electronics to guitar on a sacred Japanese mountain, a sixteen-second Louisiana ambient flash, and a 1972 jazz reading of Marvin Gaye's ecological elegy. It all stems from an observation two centuries ago that music clothes thought with power language cannot impart.

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0108: Songs for the Great Mother

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0106: A Celebration for Beltane, May Day, The May Queen & The Green Man

Laura writes, "In the Northern Hemisphere it is time to celebrate the Spring Cross between the Vernal Equinox and Summer Solstice. In other words we honor Beltane, May Day, the May Queen and the Green Man. Winter has pretty much passed where I live in the Northern Hemisphere and we are experiencing the Greening Time. The fires that burned in the hearths all winter have been extinguished and we light new ones with the embers of Beltane bonfires."Go to episode
April 25, 2026

0105: Tribute to GreenAccord

"One Earth, Many Tongues" recreates the vibrant multilingual atmosphere of the GreenAccord environmental journalism conference through a global musical journey — from Italian marshes and Romanian folk to Cameroonian forest chants and Brazilian poetry. We celebrate the universal language of ecological devotion that transcends borders.Go to episode
April 19, 2026

0104: Grounding for Earth Day

"Grounding for Earth Day" offers an antidote to uncertain times through music that draws us back to Earth's stabilizing presence, from medicine music and sacred folk to climate activism and cosmic comedy. We invite listeners to reconnect with the ground beneath their feet just as our planet's annual day of celebration approaches.Go to episode
April 12, 2026

0103: Maybe the Birds Taught Us

"Maybe the Birds Taught Us" soars through a global collection of avian-inspired music, from political elegies and indigenous invocations to natural field recordings and Renaissance madrigals. These songs and sounds reveal how birds have shaped human creativity across languages, cultures, and centuries as both teachers and fellow travelers.Go to episode
April 5, 2026
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