Sheltered Spring

Sheltered Spring

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Sheltered Spring episodes

  • 6. A Fowl Trick

    In the early 2000s, a television scandal rocked the golf world and the bird world alike. What came out of it?

    *Post-script amendment: 29% of nearly all North American (not global) bird populations have declined since the 1970s (Rosenburg et al. 2019 downloaded at from here).

    Episode written and produced by Ishana Shukla

    Special thanks to Sanjana Raman, Isabel Cortez, and Kelli Haupage for providing voice-overs.

    Credits:

    Pied Billed Grebe calls by Dennis Davenport

    Mourning dove by MyBackyardBirding

    Song Used: In the Hall of the Mountain King - Grieg

    8 min
  • 4. People in Place: Part 2

    Hello--it's Jennifer, Maddie, and Maya here, and we'd like to introduce ourselves and our sit spots to you. Throughout this fall quarter, and seemingly never-ending quarantine, we've gotten creative in finding ways to connect with nature! From getting familiar with a coastal lake in southern California to the forests—and even an abandoned quarry— near UC Santa Cruz, we've each learned so much about nature and ourselves. Get to know us, and hear our thoughts on what we find the most interesting about nature at each of our observational sites. (Oh, and stay tuned for our individual episodes included later in this season!).

    Credits:

    “Siesta” by Jahzzar is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0

    “Nostalgia of an ex gangsta rapper” by Deef is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

    16 min
  • 3. sound(e)scape #8

    Season 2's return of the sound(e)scape, ag-style. Our sound(e)scape bonus mini-eps are your aural palate cleansers between full Sheltered Spring episodes. 3 minutes of a particular place, at a particular moment. I really screwed up by not having the students record sound(e)scapes from their particular sit spots, which we could have posted following each of their full episodes. Oops. 

    Some serious ASMR going on here, goat style. Dinner time at the hay racks. Stick around to the end for deep thoughts.

    4 September 2020

    Mystery Bay Farm

    Marrrowstone Island, Nordland, WA

    Recorded by Alex

    3 min
  • 2. People In Place: Part 1

    Meet Jessica, Ishana, Grace, and Razi. Meet the places that they decided to visit repeatedly through the fall and get a small taste of their process of getting outside and embarking on--or continuing--their naturalist learning journey.

    Credits:

    Ishana:

    Pied Billed Grebe calls by Dennis Davenport

    Razi:

    1. 0051 Trap Rhodes by TuesdayNight

    2. 0039 Trap Synth Chord Progression by TuesdayNight

    Jessica:

    1. “Wild West by Maria mae” by mariamae

    2. “Paris in Love” by cobius
    3. “Uke sad” by pinkpandah

    28 min
  • 1. Fall into place: Sheltered Spring Season 2

    We're back with a new crop of UC Santa Cruz student podcasters for our COVID-weary world. Come along for an extended trailer for Season Two of Sheltered Spring.

    Written and produced by Alex Jones, UCSC Campus Natural Reserve manager

    Original music by Alex Jones and Jon Weil of Bob's Daughter

    Coyote field recording: Alex Jones

    Other sound effects:

    • Dheming  Breaking_Ice_01.wav  https://freesound.org/s/268023/   Creative Commons Attribution License

    • Be_a_hero_not_a_patriot   stone throw on thin ice on lake, ice breaks, water splash, clothes, long - Stereo.wav  https://freesound.org/s/331717/  Creative Commons 0 License

    • lwdickens brook winter ice forest_3.wav   https://freesound.org/s/269413/  

    • Micndom  Black-capped chickadee - Mesange a tete noire.flac https://freesound.org/s/27387/ Creative Commons Attribution License

    • SpliceSound Green frog, croaking.wav  https://freesound.org/s/188195/  Creative Commons 0 License

    • Spandau  walkinginsnow.aif https://freesound.org/s/30833/ Creative Commons 0 License

    • NALALIONGIRL  aww mom do i have to made by me  https://freesound.org/s/439899/  Creative Commons Attribution License

    • NoiseCollector  excited.wav  https://freesound.org/s/113238/ Creative Commons Attribution License

    • THE_bizniss  car horn.wav   https://freesound.org/s/58202/  Creative Commons Attribution License

    • Rasunter255  country morning late September.wav https://freesound.org/s/416234/  Creative Commons 0 License


    7 min
  • 15. sound(e)scape #7
    Elegant terns by creek mouth on early morning beach. Occasionally freaking out. Them, not me. Well, me too. But only on the inside.
    Aptos, CA
    27 July 2020
    Recorded by Alex
    3 min
  • 14. An interview with Dr. Rebecca Hernandez of the UC Santa Cruz American Indian Resource Center
    With all the trees and meadows and banana slugs and whatnot, it's sometimes hard to remember that UC Santa Cruz has nearly 20,000 students roaming about. It's just kinda quiet out there. Put on the pandemic, though, and it's even quieter. The students are gone, but how are they doing? And what is life like for them when they are here, if they are members of a group that comprises just 1% of the entire student population? In this episode we speak with Dr. Rebecca Hernandez, Director the UC Santa Cruz American Indian Resource Center, to hear about the AIRC, its students, and how we can increase our sensitivity to what it's like to be Native American at UC Santa Cruz. 
    Check out the American Indian Resource Center's YouTube page to view recent events and learn more. 
    Thank you to Dr. Hernandez!
    22 min
  • 12. An interview with Chairman Valentin Lopez of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band

    We are honored that Chairman Lopez of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band took the time to speak with us on Sheltered Spring. In addition to providing an in-depth history of his people, Chairman Lopez discusses the Amah Mutsun Land Trust and how the Native Stewardship Corp and his tribal members are coping with COVID-19.

    If you would like to help the Amah Mutsun during this difficult time, please consider donating to the Amah Mutsun Families COVID-19 Relief Fund on GoFundMe (https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/amah-mutsun-families-covid-19-relief).

    To learn more about their Campaign to Protect Juristac, one of their most sacred sites, from a sand and gravel mine, please visit https://www.protectjuristac.org/ 

    Connect with the Amah Mutsun Land Trust and consider a donation: https://www.amahmutsunlandtrust.org/donate-2

    Thank you to Chairman Lopez.

    Music: Thinking Music by Kevin MacLeod

    Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4522-thinking-music

    License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    Episode by Alex

    37 min

About Sheltered Spring

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COVID-19 has the world sheltering in place. Here in our place of coastal California, spring is happening. Eight undergraduate students from University of California, Santa Cruz lift the blinds and…