Jul 18, 2023
In part one of the Fruitful Fells, we met modern and 19th
century activists dedicated to making beauty available to current
and future humans. In this episode, we learn how our
heroes saved acres of woods and bushels of old ballads, and we
follow enduring struggles in the crusade for preservation. As
always, there’s plenty of beautiful music woven into these
conversations with guests Mike Ryan, Alison Simcox, Douglas Heath,
and Karl Alexander.
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Thank you to everybody for listening. And a special thank you to this month’s underwriters: Gavin McNutt, Sharon Murphy, Brian Unitt, Ken Krause, the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast, John Sigler, Randall Semagin, Ron Kral, Isaiah Hall, David Vaughan, Susan Walsh, Matt Jensen, John Ploch, Tom Frederick, Paul DeCamp, Suezen Brown, Jonathan Duvick, Gerry Corr, Mike Voss, Sean Carroll, Isobel McMahon, Bob Suchor, Finian McCluskey, Rick Rubin, Ken Doyle, Chris Armstrong, Ian Bittle, and Chris Murphy