Dispatches: Call of the Wild Things

Outside Podcast

Sports, Wilderness

4.4 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2016

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Wolf howls, bird songs, crickets, frogs—soundscapes contain clues to not only what's going on around us but also who we are. Not just as individuals, but as human beings. Or at least, that's what Bernie Krause says. Krause is a soundscape artist who's spent decades collecting the sounds of the natural world and contemplating their meaning. In this piece, producer Tim Hinman from the podcast Sound Matters talks to Krause about how soundscapes work, what they can tell us about our world, and why audio ecology should be an integral part of how we think about conservation.

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0:00.0	This episode of the Outside Podcast is brought to you by Territory Run Company, a brand that thinks trail running is fun, and that should be treated that way.
0:09.0	Not like a chore or puke fest or a chance to push your limits, it's what you do to unwind.
0:15.0	A few days ago I met up with the company's founder, Brett Farrell, and we went for a run
0:20.0	so that he could explain what his company was trying to tell the rest of the hyper competitive type
0:24.4	a running world.
0:25.4	And your message for them is relax.
0:28.4	Is that...
0:30.4	Slow down.
0:32.4	Take it easy.
0:34.0	Or if anything, it's do what you want.
0:37.0	Like do exactly what you want to do.
0:41.0	That's unaffected by what the culture
0:44.0	culture
0:45.0	feels like what the culture demands and drives.
0:49.0	Brett started this company selling a single t-shirt
0:52.0	celebrating the freedom and fun of a simple sport.
0:55.0	Now he's got all sorts of gear for sale, but all it is really is good looking.
1:00.0	You don't have to wear it to go running, but you'll want to.
1:05.0	And this week only, go to territoryrun.co slash outside for a free gift.
1:09.7	You just pay shipping.
1:11.4	I can't actually say what it is, but it's the kind of thing that comes in
1:14.6	handy no matter what you're doing outside. I've used mine on trail runs, fishing trips, and rafting
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