Call of the wild: the podcasts taking people back to nature

A new breed of podcasts is helping people reconnect with the natural world. But can the crunch of leaves through headphones substitute for the real thing?

In 2005, Sydney-based journalist and audio producer Sarah Allely had a bicycle accident. The mild traumatic brain injury she suffered left her unable to read or write, and she found it difficult to cope with intrusive and artificial sound, such as television, podcasts and audiobooks, as well as ambient noise in busy restaurants and parties. This led her to search for more peaceful spaces and natural sounds on her path to recovery. The result, she says, was transformative.

Now she has created Brain on Nature, an independent documentary podcast that charts how reconnecting with nature helped her heal.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2oifGVb