NatureMatchCuts

Originally, I wanted to tell you how to experience a meadow with all your senses. A wonderful exercise to connect with nature or to get creative. Essential for Nature Writing. But then suddenly there was this strange alien who wanted to join in. An artificial, absolutely unnatural "thingy". Did it have any idea about human enthusiasm and the scents of grass and earth? What does it do to me? Can I, as a human being, also become an alien in nature? What can generative artificial intelligence teach me about humans? (No special knowledge is necessary to listen!)  Website, Newsletter (free) & Community (please support my work)  https://naturematchcuts.net  Supporter Community: https://steadyhq.com/en/naturematchcuts/about Music: Intense Dark Action Orchestra by (Justin Williams) DeVern, CC Attribution 3.0 Licence

Did you ever feel eco-grief, this modern malaise, a mix made by knowledge and experience of biodiversity loss and climate crisis? How is it possible to feel hope at the same time? Come with me and visit a place of extreme ambiguity where a restricted area becomes a rewilding idyll. Learn about traditions of feeling oneness and interconnectedness with nature, from ancient times to Minnesang and Troubadours, and old mystics until modern people like Romain Rolland or Oliver Sacks. Find out how to feel awe and the happiness of unselfing! 00:00 - 01:13 Intro 01:14 - 03:02 Disclaimer 03:03 - 07:56 She Dies In Beauty 07:57 - 19:04 Grief And Ambiguity 19:05 - 32:30 Learning From Nature: The Feeling Of Awe 32:31 - 33:15 Wishes For The New Year 33:16 - 34:30 Outro Website, Newsletter (free) & Community (please support my work)  https://naturematchcuts.net  Supporter Community: https://steadyhq.com/en/naturematchcuts/about Music: Intense Dark Action Orchestra by (Justin Williams) DeVern, CC Attribution 3.0 Licence

Let us scratch the anthropocentric view of life again in our new episode! During the pandemic, many of you grew monsters in the fridge: homemade sourdough. I'll tell you about the secrets of our countryside traditions. How they used to feed these monsters even after midnight. Today, scientists are studying the dirt that makes this possible. A fascinating being will tell you how important healthy soil is: for your brain, your gut and your immune system, and also apparently for mental health. An episode teeming with microorganisms. Let's visit all these microscopically tiny friends that form more cells in our body than we have human ones. How human are our bodies? Or how alien? Intro Madame Hoppla explodes The secrets of sourdough An apple a day keeps the doctor away? Interview with an important bacteria Website, Newsletter (free) & Community (please support my work)  https://naturematchcuts.net  Supporter Community: https://steadyhq.com/en/naturematchcuts/about (supporters get transcriptions of selected podcasts texts!) Music: Intense Dark Action Orchestra by (Justin Williams) DeVern, CC Attribution 3.0 Licence Sounds: Radio Signals by Finger_Cat (snippets), CC Attribution 3.0 Licence Next episode: 31st December 2022

After "deconstructing" our anthropocentric perspective of a tree and fungi in episode 2,  let's now do it with ourselves! After this episode, you will look at your face with completely new eyes. Caress your cheek, take a selfie: you are never alone! Your skin is like the surface of a planet where little aliens live. They are nice, somewhat cute and keep your pores unclogged. But they could be an endangered species. And that's why species extinction concerns us up close to our skin! The stories: 2:25 Of Mushrooms, Dogs and Soil 13:26 Sitting With Your Body Mates Attention, due to illness the next podcast episode 04 will not be available until November, sorry! The study I talk about: Original Website, Newsletter (free) & Community (please support my work)  https://naturematchcuts.net  Supporter Community: https://steadyhq.com/en/naturematchcuts/about (supporters get transcriptions of selected podcasts texts!) Music: Intense Dark Action Orchestra by (Justin Williams) DeVern, CC Attribution 3.0 Licence

Enjoy this more relaxed summer edition to learn to shift your perspective. Walk with me and my beagle Bilbo into the forest, where we will sit with a tree. In the beginning, it could sound strange. But believe me: after this episode, you will be able to look at a tree with different eyes as well as at your next pizza! Changing perspectives works toward all aspects of life. And it's a skill that everybody has. Perhaps you've only forgotten to use it? 00:00 Intro 00:39 Imagine You Are A Pizza 13:20 Sitting With A Tree 30:35 Are We Actually Star Stuff? 40:55 Outro - 42:57 Website, Newsletter (free) & Community (support my work)  https://naturematchcuts.net  Music: Intense Dark Action Orchestra by (Justin Williams) DeVern, CC Attribution 3.0 Licence Snoring & Sniffing: Bilbo von Butterblum

Travel with NatureMatchCuts through times and spaces, and follow me deep into the brambles: Meet a pugnacious Madonna in the bushes and a sensitive Triceratops at breakfast. A beautiful creature fights against a garden of horror and teaches us more laziness. We look at hedges while having our perspective changed by a dog. Reconnect with nature with my scripted podcast between Nature Writing and science. Website, Newsletter (free) & Community (support my work)  https://naturematchcuts.net  00:00 Intro 02:24 Intro Ep 01 03:42 Brambles & Prickles 08:49 The Pugnacious Madonna & Ancient Tree Traditions 20:35 The Dog At The Gate 30:19 A Hungry Triceratops 40:22 The Garden Of Horror 55:33 Outro - 57:33 Music: Intense Dark Action Orchestra by (Justin Williams) DeVern, CC Attribution 3.0 Licence

Can we engage even with small means for planet earth? Learn about how we can overcome a feeling of helplessness and change from re-action to action. Find the text and all sources and links here. Music: Intense Dark Action Orchestra by DeVern CC Attribution 3.0 Licence Cinematic Piano by Tri-Tachyon  CC Attribution 4.0 Licence from freesound More about Dr Jane Goodall: What It Means To Be Human: Dr Jane Goddall talks with Krista Tippet for On Being (podcast/transcript) Dr Jane Goodall’s Message for Earth Day 2021 (video) Hope is The Legacy We Build Together for a Better World feat. Margaret Atwood on Goodall’s Hopecast. Jane Goodall, how a woman redefined mankind The Jane Goodall Institute Jane Goodall and Margaret Atwood Still Have Hope for the Planet (Harper’s Bazaar) Jane Goodall’s Hopecast

Learn all about NatureMatchCuts Podcast - the podcast reconnecting you with nature: About NMC About me Join our community of nature lovers! What is a match cut? When and Where? Music: Intense Dark Action Orchestra by (Justin Williams) DeVern, CC Attribution 3.0 Licence