Night makes us focus on our human experience of the darkness. Night is a place where the non-human world thrives: both in reality through wild predators whose senses exceed ours, and also in imagination as, for humans, the darkness often harbours our fears and is home to the unknown, the half-seen, and the mis-heard.
We explore what is special about night, In what ways does night reveal itself that goes beyond simply the interval between the light of day? How do we respond as the night-time takes away our senses? Maybe night is when we see ourselves most clearly.
THEME MUSIC BY DAVID ROTHENBERG. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. USED BY KIND PERMISSION OF THE ARTIST http://www.davidrothenberg.net
Some of the ideas and references we make in this podcast can be found here:
Robert Johnson
Canonical hours
Ramadan
Melatonin
The Daintree
Tawny Owl
Nightjar
Transylvania
Fortified churches
Svalbard
Spring-heeled Jack
Jack the Ripper
Reynardine
Heart electromagnetic field
Baja California
Swamp gas
Human sleep pattern
Botswana
The Darkness is Light Enough
Visions of Johanna
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