There are little creatures, trees, ponds, and pedestrians all over the earth. And there are bushels of ballads about the charms of nature. And while there are ecological activists like Mike Ryan and 19th century Elizur Wright, and song collectors like Francis Child and Olive Dame Campbell who are out to enjoy and save the critters and the old songs… there are others who are less interested in preservation. This two-part story on the creation of Massachusetts’ Middlesex Fells Reservation takes a look at how trees, pedestrians, bikers, motorists, music collectors, and geese intersect. And sometimes collide.
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Thank you to everybody for listening. And a special thank you to this month’s underwriters: Laura Johnson, Steve Wilson, Michael Stoner, the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast, John Sigler, Randall Semagin, Ron Kral, Isaiah Hall, David Vaughan, Susan Walsh, Matt Jensen, John Ploch, Tom Frederick, Paul DeCamp, Suezen Brown, Jonathan Duvick, Gerry Corr, Mike Voss, Sean Carroll, Isobel McMahon, Bob Suchor, Finian McCluskey, Rick Rubin, Ken Doyle, Chris Armstrong, Ian Bittle, and Chris Murphy
Episode 57-Best Laid Plans
Episode 56-Born for Sport
Episode 55-Written in Mortar
Episode 54-Banquet of Collective Wisdom
Episode 53-Songs of Cattle and Copper
Episode 52-Garden of Ballads
Episode 51-Depot of Expected Needs
Episode 50-Framing the Stories
Episode 49-The Naming of Birds
Episode 48 Trailer
Episode 48-Between the Tunes
Episode 47-The Myth of Tragedy
Episode 46-Ancient Tongues, Modern Times
Episode 45-Trad in the Classroom
Episode 44-Not Easy Playing Green
Episode 43-From the Fringe to the Fore
Episode 42 Trailer
Episode 42-The Long Arm of the Irish Tradition
Episode 41- Transplanting Tradition in the Land of the Trees
Episode 40-Irish Tunes in the Key of C-19
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