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Slow Radio

Slow Radio

BBC Radio 3

An antidote to today’s frenzied world. Step back, let go, immerse yourself: it’s time to go slow.

Listen to the sounds of birds, mountain climbing, monks chatting as you go about your day. A lo-fi celebration of pure sound.

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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Slow Radio episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Slow Radio for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Slow Radio episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Relax with a mix of music and natural sounds, recorded by Radio 3 Sunday Breakfast listeners. We start in the Himalayas and end in an urban forest in Dehli, getting there via Kardamyli beach in Greece and the Thames footpath in Oxfordshire. Recordings made by Naryndra Kumar, James Hadley, Kate Sandars and Michael Lidgley.

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Relax with a mix of music and natural sounds, recorded by Radio 3 Sunday Breakfast listeners. Three dawn choruses from across the UK, starring woodland, garden and sea birds, follow on from the very different dusk chorus from the remote Greeenland town of Ilulissat, which features hundreds of huskies. Recordings made by Julie Moody, Alice Smith, Ted Reed and Michael Bawtree.

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Slow Radio - Soller - We're All Going on an Aural Holiday
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11/29/20 • 28 min

Take your ears on a binaural summer holiday through the Mallorcan town of Soller, from sunrise to sundown. The sleepy town awakes into market day, and tourists arrive at the Miro-decorated train station before climbing aboard the tram that runs through the town square down to the beach of Port de Soller. Night brings the local fiesta of St Bartomeu as the drums beat into the night in the town square.

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Slow Radio - Remapping the Field
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01/28/22 • 29 min

In the dream(ing) field, black women and femmes re-vision their relationship with land.
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The sounds of a small boat on the tidal Thames and the calls on its two-way radio.

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Slow Radio - Last Songs of Gaia
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06/28/20 • 29 min

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Slow Radio - Divine love of the monastery
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12/20/18 • 14 min

Benedictine monks speak about their experiences of divine love against a background of chant and sounds that evoke the peace and serenity of the monastery.

This episode of Slow Radio was originally podcasted in October 2017. We're grateful to the monks of Pluscarden Abbey for access to their collections of plainsong.

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Slow Radio - From Dadar to the Stars
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02/23/20 • 30 min

An intimate, breath-close binaural portrait of the intoxicating Indian city of Mumbai.

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Slow Radio - Life on a shanty boat
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11/19/17 • 20 min

A 20-minute watery odyssey - idling down the Tennessee River with the best thunderstorm in a tin shack you are ever going to hear... and some frogs...

In the company of Betty Goines, who grew up on a shanty boat during the depression, Wes Modes takes his recreated shanty out on to the river, to gather stories for his Secret History of American River People project, and to live a life under the cosy tin roof of his shanty - close to the water, and all the elements..

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Slow Radio - Bach walks

Bach walks

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01/17/19 • 26 min

Horatio Clare retraces the 20-year-old JS Bach's 250-mile journey to visit his hero Buxtehude in Lubeck. Episode 1 of 5. This is a repeat of an episode originally published in December 2017.

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FAQ

How many episodes does Slow Radio have?

Slow Radio currently has 140 episodes available.

What topics does Slow Radio cover?

The podcast is about Podcasts and Science.

What is the most popular episode on Slow Radio?

The episode title 'Sounds of the Earth - from the Himalayas to Dehli' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Slow Radio?

The average episode length on Slow Radio is 28 minutes.

How often are episodes of Slow Radio released?

Episodes of Slow Radio are typically released every 10 days.

When was the first episode of Slow Radio?

The first episode of Slow Radio was released on Nov 19, 2017.

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