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255. A quest to explore the magic of flight with Lev Parikian

Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:47:57
Publish Date: 2024-07-16 02:00:00
Description:

The Plodcast heads to the dreamy surrounds of Richmond Park in south-west London to discuss the wonders of flights with author and conductor Lev Parikian. Along the way, Lev and Plodcast host Fergus Collins encounter a host of examples of strange and exotic winged creatures.


Lev's book Taking Flight: How Animals Learned to Fly and Transformed Life on Earth is published by Elliott and Thompson


The music Lev mentioned in the Plodcast was:

Olivier Messiaen – Catalogue d'oiseaux

Einojuhani Rautavaara - Cantus Arcticus 

Igor Stravinsky - Right of Spring


The Plodcast is the Publishers Podcast Awards Special Interest Podcast of the Year 2024 and the PPA Podcast of the Year 2022.


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Contact the Plodcast team and send your sound recordings of the countryside to: theplodcast@countryfile.com.


If your letter, email or message is read out on the show, you could WIN a Plodcast Postbag prize of a wildlife- or countryside-themed book chosen by the team.


Produced by Jack Bateman and Lewis Dobbs. Music written and performed by Blair Dunlop.


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