Sound Escape 51: Relax to the soft chatter of...

Award-winning countryside writer Nicola Chester joins the Plodcast this week in her home village of Inkpen in Berkshire to talk about her new book, Ghosts of the Farm. In this amazing story, she weaves her own rural experiences with those of pioneering local farmer Julia White, w ...  Show more

After a long day, green fingers are calling. Sat beside a quiet allotment, you take in the gentle breeze. Watching over the freshly sprouting veg and blooming bulbs, you're soothed by the murmur of fellow growers.BBC Countryfile Magazine's Sound Escapes are a weekly audio postcar ...  Show more

Our story tonight is called Thanksgiving at Weathervane Farm, and it's a story about coming together to celebrate on a cool day out in the country. It’s also about a busy kitchen crowded with friends, donkeys lined up along the split rail fence, music played in the open air, and ...  Show more

Miles might go blonde and Keith spearheaded Google Maps circa 2005. Also, we explore an eerie abandoned zoo in Griffith Park.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

The edge of the Grand Canyon. A remote mountaintop. A medieval cathedral. Some places are so mystical you feel like you're close to another dimension of space and time. There's a term for such locales: thin places. And: did you ever go tick-tacking a few nights before Halloween? ...  Show more

Dans quelles conditions vivent les animaux que nous consommons ? Des images à peine soutenables ont été capturées par l’association L214 dans un élevage porcin du Finistère. On y voit les conditions d’élevages atroces subies par des porcs destinés à se retrouver dans nos assie ...