The Plodcast Podcast
1) 337. Head into the green lanes of Devon to discuss honesty boxes and mental health with writer Lucy Brazier
What is an honesty box? And how did it help writer Lucy Brazier understand her husband's serious mental health issues and save her marriage? And all this against a backdrop of a quirky and often chall...Show More
2) Sound Escape 259. Enjoy the early morning crunch of footsteps in fresh snow
You awake to a strange silence, a deep calm. As you draw back the curtain, you are surprised to see a soft blanket of snow across the garden and beyond. This wasn't forecasted. But, like the boy in th...Show More
3) 336. Come for a wander in a winter woodland - and then enjoy the Big Garden Birdwatch
This week, Plodcast host Fergus sets out to find signs of spring in seldom-visited woodland in south Monmouthshire. Listen on for a mindful Plodcast full of eerie midwinter atmosphere. Later, Fergus r...Show More
4) Sound Escape 258. Wild encounters and roaring waves on the Sussex coast
The pipes and flutes of curlews, oystercatchers and redshanks rise occasionally above the rush and roar of breakers on this little visited haven along the Sussex coast. You walk along the high tide li...Show More
5) 335. Meet the rebel wilding lord trying to build the WildKingdom
Hugh Crossley aka Lord Somerleyton has rewilded large parts of his estate on the Norfolk-Suffolk border. After initial success spreading his message across East Anglia β in what he and his rewilding p...Show More
6) Sound Escape 257. Hear a garden come alive with birdsong as it is warmed by the winter sun
After several days of intense cold deep in the Sussex countryside, a bright, warmer morning encourages a procession of birds to move through the garden in search of food β from rooks and jackdaws to d...Show More
7) 334. Talking curlews and wild musical inspiration with singer-songwriter Merlyn Driver
Head to the Severn Estuary to meets curlews and other wild waterbirds in the company of singer-songwriter Merlyn Driver. Merlyn's music draws on nature and folk traditions and he talks to Plodcast hos...Show More
8) Sound Escape 256. The winter song of the River Severn, deep in the heart of Wales
Just a few miles from its source, the River Severn is already a dashing, tumbling river, full of youthful promise and energy. You meet it while walking in a small market town β listening to the river'...Show More
9) 333. Prepare for the Big Garden Birdwatch with a walk in a special woodland with the RSPB's James Robinson
The RSPB's annual Big Garden Birdwatch is one of the world's biggest citizen science projects and provides incredible insights into the populations of our common birds.To find out more, Plodcast host ...Show More
10) Sound Escape 255. A walk through a winter woodland, footsteps hushed by fallen leaves
It's bright and sunny but it's an illusion: a gale is swirling through the treetops, the aftermath of last night's storm. Shielded among the trees, you enjoy a walk through piles of fallen leaves β ev...Show More