Thoreau's Leaves: the Thoreau Podcast

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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

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

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March 29, 1853

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

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October 29th, 1857

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

Music: "Spring the Promise" by Anna Yarbrough

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

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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.)

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"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/⁠

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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

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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

Even in the deep of winter, "heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads." (From Walden, "The Pond in Winter")

Music: "Pilgrims" by Some Were at Sea; "Reflections" by Pete James Johnson

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

May 22, 1853

Henry saves a kitten -- or the kitten saves itself.

Music: "Eventually" by Giants & Pilgrims

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

Spanning 25 years and 2 million words, Henry David Thoreau's journal was his life work. Join us as we journey through the days with one of America's greatest voices, in Thoreau's Leaves.

Music: "Nesting" by Evolv

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