Sound mosaics for a broken world

By Adrian Newton

Our world is breaking. Ecosystems are collapsing, our house is burning. But we can fix it like a mosaic, sticking it back together piece by piece. Here's a soundtrack for the recovery process, incorpo... more

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The podcast currently has 63 episodes available.

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August 25, 2025 The museum of failure
'The museum of failure' is a term that has been used to describe the accumulation of old vinyl records in charity shops. Strangely, wherever you are in the world, these abandoned records seem to be the same ones. This phenomenon raises questions about the cultural value of physical media, whether vinyl, cassettes or CDs. Further questions relate to the environmental impact of the dissemination of music, either as physical media or via the internet. Answers to these questions are explored through a visit to the museum of failure.
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August 09, 2025 Pyrenean soundscape
A mosaic of sounds recorded in the French Pyrenees, focusing on the species that live in the beech forests, rivers and meadows of this beautiful landscape. Can you hear the sounds of environmental change?
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June 30, 2025 Listening through waste
Featuring the work of environmental sound artist Chris Sciacca, who has recently been exploring the issue of e-waste using some innovative listening approaches. These include listening to waste processing facilities using microphones made from scrap materials, which have provided new insights into how these processes are affecting ecosystems.
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June 09, 2025 And the birds cry out
Around 1400 of the world's bird species are now threatened with extinction, mostly because of human activities. This show features a recording of a sound installation created in 2024, incorporating calls and songs of some of the world's threatened birds. The installation was designed such that the bird sounds were modulated by the presence of people, providing a metaphor for human impacts on the environment. The original sounds were obtained from Xeno-Canto.org, whose contributions are gratefully acknowledged.
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June 03, 2025 Into the Archive
A radio play, profiling the archive of previous works produced by Wimborne Community Theatre.
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April 09, 2025 Heal Somerset
A mosaic of sounds recorded at Heal Somerset, which is a rewilding project in rural Somerset, UK. A former dairy farm is being rewilded by allowing vegetation to develop naturally. https://www.healsomerset.org.uk/

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March 08, 2025 Sound walk at West Bay
A sound walk through the coastal environments near to the town of West Bay, Dorset. The walk follows the course of the River Brid, and features field recordings from both under the water surface and from the surrounding floodplain, which is partly a nature reserve. These recordings were made as part of the Ecosonica festival in June 2024.
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January 06, 2025 The birds are calling - Part 2
Songs and calls from threatened bird species from around the world, all of which are at risk of extinction. With acknowledgements to https://xeno-canto.org/, and its many contributors.
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January 06, 2025 The birds are calling - Part 1
Songs and calls from threatened bird species from around the world, all of which are at risk of extinction. With acknowledgements to https://xeno-canto.org/, and its many contributors.
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October 19, 2024 Sound fishing on the Avon
Hydrophone recordings made on the rivers Nadder and Avon, near Salisbury, UK, in April 2024. This was a contribution to the Salisbury River Park Project, which is aiming to develop a network of public greenspace along the rivers and throughout the town.
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FAQs about Sound mosaics for a broken world:

How many episodes does Sound mosaics for a broken world have?

The podcast currently has 63 episodes available.