As The Season Turns is produced in collaboration with Lia Leendertz, author of The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide. The podcast is now in its fourth edition.
Each episode is released on the first of the month and follows the changing landscape of the seasons - from the moon and the stars, to the tides and the trees.
Found Sounds are released on the middle Friday of each month - these brief, gentle snippets of a wild place in the UK are crafted by sound artist Alice Boyd from field recordings, music and interviews.
In July, the ancient woodland cools us down, and we explore the hot-weather roots of some of the month’s many names. In the garden Zoe gives us some charms against pests, and we find out what to eat and plant in the veg patch. Our folktale tells of fairies, while The Breath sing ‘Only Stories,’ a song about Ríoghnach’s childhood summers spent in West Cork.
For June, we spend time in the garden, with squirrels and foxes, nectar-rich flowers and a glut of early summer vegetables. The Breath play ‘For You,’ and we consider the old names for the month and its moons. We delve deep into the Forest of Dean to look for rewilded boar, and recount a folktale about them from the Brothers Grimm.