Thoreau's Leaves: the Thoreau Podcast

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Jan 20 - 28, 1852

Henry muses on the structural value of his journal, and reminds himself: “Associate reverently and as much as you can with your loftiest thoughts.”

MUSIC:

“Overhead” by Blue Dot Sessions, courtesy of Free Music Archive

“Domina Transit” by Blue Dot Sessions, courtesy of Free Music Archive

February 27 - March 15, 1853

Henry notes the first evidence of spring, and reminds himself: "Dwell as near as possible to the channel in which your life flows."

MUSIC: "Alsace" by Chad Crouch, https://www.soundofpicture.com/, used by courtesy of a licensing agreement with the artist.

"Red-Wing Meditation" by Chad Crouch, https://www.soundofpicture.com/, used by courtesy of a licensing agreement with the artist.

"Tortoise Shell" by Chad Crouch, https://www.soundofpicture.com/, used by courtesy of a licensing agreement with the artist.

"Pink Gradient" by Chad Crouch, https://www.soundofpicture.com/, used by courtesy of a licensing agreement with the artist.

"All the Quiet Work" by Chad Crouch, https://www.soundofpicture.com/, used by courtesy of a licensing agreement with the artist.

SOUND CREDITS:

Red-Shouldered Hawk: Christopher McPherson, XC602509. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/602509

Eastern Bluebird: Christopher McPherson, XC601010. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/601010

"I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder ... and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulet which I could have worn."

(from the chapter "Winter Animals" in Walden)

MUSIC:

"Backwards Flow (Instrumental)" by Chad Crouch, https://www.soundofpicture.com/, used by courtesy of a licensing agreement with the artist.

"Blackbird Reverie (Instrumental)" by Chad Crouch, https://www.soundofpicture.com/, used by courtesy of a licensing agreement with the artist.

SOUND CREDITS:

Barred Owl: Lance A. M. Benner, XC486052. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/486052.

Canada Goose: Meena Haribal, XC543318. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/543318

Great Horned Owl: Lance A. M. Benner, XC595324. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/595324

Squirrel on roof: courtesy of Darius Kedros. Accessible at https://freesound.org/s/276857/

Squirrel chatter, courtesy of bmccoy2. Accessible at https://freesound.org/s/342105/

Blue Jay: Denis Provencher, XC754448. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/754448.

Black-capped Chickadee: Ian Davies, XC51770. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/51770. 

Black-capped Chackadee: Paul Marvin, XC299725. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/299725.

December 29th and 31st, 1853

Henry walks out amid the worst snowstorm in recent Concord memory, and on New Year's Eve recalls his past drunkenness.

Snow Bunting sounds by Terje Kolaas: accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/425902

Music: "Per Paura Che Si Rompa" by Bottega Baltazar; "The Racer" by Tristan Barton

(All songs used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist.)

October 29th, 1857

Sometimes "we cannot tell what we have dreamed from what we have actually experienced."

Music: "Spring the Promise" by Anna Yarbrough; "Shallow Water" by Sivan Talmor 

(All music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist)

March 29, 1853

Henry does a little digging and discovers "a wonderful piece of chemistry."

Music: "White Dream" and "Icicles" by Yehezkel Raz

(All music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist)

For July 12th, 2020, a reading of Thoreau's original fable about the reaches and depths of time and art, and about the spirit behind the building of a new world. Here's to "a world with full and fair proportions."

Music: "Sails" by Rodello's Machine; "Walking in Forests" by Ben Winwood

(All music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist)

July 23, 1851

"Do not tread on the heels of your experience. Be impressed without making a minute of it."

Tree Swallow sounds by Martin St-Michel, XC179722. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/179722.

Music: "Ever I Wander" by Jameson Nathan Jones; "Tranquil" by Danny Pinder

(All music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist.)

September 7, 1851

"Go in search of the springs of life and you will get exercise enough."

American Robin sounds courtesy of Ted Floyd, XC364119. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/364119.

Eastern Whip-poor-will sounds courtesy of Daniel Parker, XC325436. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/325436.

Music: "Fixed" by Swirling Ship; "Lights" by Yehzkel Raz; "A Place Beyond" by SLPSTRM

(All music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist)

Aug 2 -7, 1854

Henry saunters and rows on the offside of summer, amid burnished surfaces.

Footsteps courtesy of soundmary at https://freesound.org/s/194979/

Music: "Cutting Teeth" by Ben Noble; "Drifting" by Lake Union

(All music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist.) 

May 10, 1853

Henry hails the arriving summer amid golden gates and terrene temples.

American Yellow Warbler sounds by Jim Berry, XC477354. (Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/477354)

Music: "Those Nights We Lost" by Emanuele Errante; "Can't Explain" by Ziv Moran

(All music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist)

June 18, 1853

Henry steps out to show his fungus.

Music: "Scherzetto" by Ziv Moran; "Puddles" by Stanley Gurvich

(All music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist)

April 16, 1852

Henry and a woodchuck get acquainted.

Music: "Daughter" by Ben Noble; "Light Through the Branches" by Ben Winwood

(All music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist)

June 11, 1851 

Henry goes nocturnal, "to see objects by moonlight as well as sunlight to get a complete notion of them."

Eastern Whip-poor-will sounds by Daniel Parker, XC325436 (Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/325436) and by Dylan Pedro, XC239651 (Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/239651).

Common Nighthawk sounds by Sunny, XC490771. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/490771.

Connecticut Warbler sounds by Nancy Hetrick, XC252951. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/252951.

Music: "La Stanza di Nelson 2" by Bottega Baltazar; "Hammer and Felt" by Beneath the Mountain

(All songs used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist)

July 21, 1851 

Only some roads are ideal roads.

Music: "I'll Understand" by Roza (All music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist)

August 17, 1851 

One's path is strewn with flowers.

Music: "Nesting" by Evolv; "White Dream" by For Nils 

Goldfinch sounds by Martin St-Michel, XC179304. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/179304. 

(All music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist.)

March 18 & 21, 1853

Set out and see if you can muse again.

Bluebird sounds by Richard E. Webster, XC502284. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/502284 

Music: "Walking in Forests" by Ben Winwood

(All music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist)