<p>There's an underrated spectacle that occurs in the early spring on the tallgrass prairies. Male Greater Prairie Chickens gather in droves for their annual courtship ritual - four hours of bombastic and alien dancing and a polyphonic cascade of otherworldly sound. We explore how language reflects ecology, the magic of words, and I make some of my weirdest, wooziest music. </p>

There's an underrated spectacle that occurs in the early spring on the tallgrass prairies. Male Greater Prairie Chickens gather in droves for their annual courtship ritual - four hours of bombastic and alien dancing and a polyphonic cascade of otherworldly sound. We explore how language reflects ecology, the magic of words, and I make some of my weirdest, wooziest music.

<p>There's an underrated spectacle that occurs in the early spring on the tallgrass prairies. Male Greater Prairie Chickens gather in droves for their annual courtship ritual - four hours of bombastic and alien dancing and a polyphonic cascade of otherworldly sound. We explore how language reflects ecology, the magic of words, and I make some of my weirdest, wooziest music.&nbsp;</p>

Songs from the Woods - Prairie Chickens

In this podcast Carlisle Evans Peck - composer, naturalist, and storyteller - takes us on sonic journeys into wildernesses natural and human. Interweaving philosophy, poetry, soundscapes, and song, Carlisle explores where people and place meet and meld, seeking that ancient and everlasting connection between humankind and the biosphere.

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