Jonathan Woolley's guest appearances

Jonathan Woolley

Camthropod

Michael Puett

Tanya Luhrmann

Anna Tsing

Ilana Gershon

Patrick O’Hare

Oliver Balch

David MacDougall

Rafael Dernbach

Harsha Balasubramanian

Ryan Davey

Carl Packman

Hugh Williamson

Richard Werbner

Joe Philp

Sian Lazar

OwlTail

Birdsong is a ubiquitous feature of the British countryside. But what is the cultural significance of this much-loved part of our landscape? Jonathan Woolley reflects upon the meanings made by birds - as omens, as signs, as proxies, and as music - from the Norfolk Broads, to Bosavi in Papua New Guinea.This podcast uses audio from freesound.org:Lapwing.wav by Juskiddink(http://freesound.org/people/juskiddink/sounds/72560/)120319_001_L4 Rooks and some magpies.mp3 by Nemark(http://freesound.org/people/nemark/sounds/150176/)Blackcap01_13-03-2016.wav by Tim_Lomas(http://freesound.org/people/Tim_Lomas/sounds/342098/)20080321.warbler.wav by dobroide(http://freesound.org/people/dobroide/sounds/51028/)The full version of Hanna Tuulikki’s ‘At Sing, Two Birds’ is availablehere: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKcETcbf8Es

Birdsong is a ubiquitous feature of the British countryside. But what is the cultural significance of this much-loved part of our landscape? Jonathan Woolley reflects upon the meanings made by birds - as omens, as signs, as proxies, and as music - from the Norfolk Broads, to Bosavi in Papua New Guinea. This podcast uses audio from <a href="http://freesound.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">freesound.org</a>: Lapwing.wav by Juskiddink (<a href="http://freesound.org/people/juskiddink/sounds/72560/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://freesound.org/people/juskiddink/sounds/72560/</a>) 120319_001_L4 Rooks and some magpies.mp3 by Nemark (<a href="http://freesound.org/people/nemark/sounds/150176/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://freesound.org/people/nemark/sounds/150176/</a>) Blackcap01_13-03-2016.wav by Tim_Lomas (<a href="http://freesound.org/people/Tim_Lomas/sounds/342098/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://freesound.org/people/Tim_Lomas/sounds/342098/</a>) 20080321.warbler.wav by dobroide (<a href="http://freesound.org/people/dobroide/sounds/51028/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://freesound.org/people/dobroide/sounds/51028/</a>) The full version of Hanna Tuulikki’s ‘At Sing, Two Birds’ is available here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKcETcbf8Es" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKcETcbf8Es</a>

Episode 11. Birdsong, by Jonathan Woolley and Hugh Williamson