Subscribers can enjoy every episode: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thoreausleaves/subscribe THOREAU'S LEAVES presents the words of Henry David Thoreau, one of America's greatest voices, in immersive soundscapes complete with music and the audio textures of nature. Episodes span Thoreau's celebrated writing, lesser-known writing, and his journal, whose mindful pages capture his commitment to a nonconformist life in nature and his evolution as a writer.
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This is a preview of a longer installment. Subscribers can enjoy every episode in full: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thoreausleaves/subscribeMay 16, 17, & 23, 1854"This earth which is spread out like a map around m…
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In Honor of Thoreau's 203rd Birthday - 12 July 2020 (Public Preview)
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This is a preview of a longer installment. Subscribers can enjoy every episode in full: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thoreausleaves/subscribe For July 12th, 2020, a reading of Thoreau's original fable about the rea…
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Before a Single Green Blade (Public Preview)
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This is a preview of a longer installment. Subscribers can enjoy every episode in full: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thoreausleaves/subscribe March 29, 1853 Henry does a little digging and discovers "a wonderful pi…
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This is a preview of a longer installment. Subscribers can enjoy every episode in full: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thoreausleaves/subscribe October 29th, 1857 Sometimes "we cannot tell what we have dreamed from w…
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Here I Have Been These 40 Years (Public Preview)
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This is a preview of a longer installment. Subscribers can enjoy every episode in full: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thoreausleaves/subscribeNovember 20th, 1857"The man who is often thinking that it is better to be…
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Some Lichenous Thoughts Still Adhere to Us (Public Preview)
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This is a preview of a longer installment. Subscribers can enjoy every episode in full: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thoreausleaves/subscribe December 29th and 31st, 1853 Henry walks out amid the worst snowstorm in…
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Owls, Ice, Foxes, and Flocks (Public Preview)
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This is a preview of a longer installment. Subscribers can enjoy every episode in full: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thoreausleaves/subscribe "I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder ... and I felt that I was …
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This is a preview of a longer installment. Subscribers can enjoy every episode in full: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thoreausleaves/subscribe February 27 - March 15, 1853 Henry notes the first evidence of spring, a…
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To Set Down Such Choice Experiences (Public Preview)
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Feb 3, 1852 Henry envisions a fitting repository for the works of naturalists, philosophers, and poets, free from "cold-blooded and methodical officials."MUSIC:“Threads and Veils” by Blue Dot Sessions, courtesy of Free Music Archive
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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.)
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An October day in a boat on Walden, and "a pretty game, played on the smooth surface of the pond, a man against a loon." (From Walden, "Brute Neighbors")Loon sounds by Andrew Spencer, XC 189383 (accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/189383); and Todd Wilson, XC103421 (accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/103421).Music: "Love You" by Yehezkel Raz; "Revelatio…
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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)
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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)
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