Air Date: Week of April 11, 2025

A spring peeper perched on a tree. (Photo: U.S. Geological Survey, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain)

At Living on Earth we encourage listeners to share glimpses of their world through audio recording. We feature a collage of different audio recordings from across the country.

Transcript

O’NEILL: In past broadcasts we’ve encouraged listeners to send us some audio postcards. We’re about to listen to a collage of sounds recorded by fellow earthlings.
You may want to turn the volume up or put on headphones for this.

MATTHEWS: Hello, my name is Chivas Matthews, a retired Navy veteran, and an operations and environmental management major at the University of Arizona's global campus. I’m located in Gulfport, Mississippi. I’m an avid bird watcher. And these are the sounds of my backyard.

[BIRD SOUNDS]

GOULET: My name is Martin Goulet. I’m on the Central Mass Rail Trail in New Braintree.

[RIVER SOUNDS]

O’NEILL: And this final sound is a chorus of spring peepers surrounding a pond in Norwell, Massachusetts, courtesy of Karen Fortier.

[PEEPER AUDIO]

O’NEILL: If you're interested in sharing a listen into your surroundings with Living on Earth, you can use any smartphone device to capture the sound. Think about what draws your attention when you’re out in the world, whether that’s the middle of a forest or your daily commute. You can use any sound recording app like Voice Memos or Voice Recorder. For the best audio quality make sure to stand still for at least two minutes without talking or fidgeting. But we do want to hear from you! So be sure to let us know where you are, what you’re hearing and what inspired you to record the sound.
Then you can email us the file at comments at loe dot org, and we might just use your audio postcard on the air! That’s comments at loe dot org.

 

Links

How to make a sound recording on an iPhone

How to make a sound recording on an Android