Best Turning print into Sound Podcasts (2025)

It's one of the hottest days of the year and you are glad to find respite in a woodland beside a fast flowing river. You rest on the shady bank, watching trout pluck flies from the water's surface. BBC Countryfile Magazine's Sound Escapes are a weekly audio postcard from the countryside to help you relax and transport you somewhere beautiful, where…

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Canberra Times Thursday 24 July 2025 58:18

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Readings of selected articles from The Canberra Times on Thursday 24 July 2025

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Canberra Times Wednesday 23 July 2025 58:36

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Selected articles read from the Canberra Times on Wednesday 23 July 2025.

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Readings from COSMOS online.

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Canberra Times Tuesday 22 July 2025 58:00

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Selected articles read from the Canberra Times on Tuesday 22 July 2025.

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308. Embark on a Big Butterfly Count on the Dorset coast with Butterfly Conservation 1:03:37

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Be inspired to join the Big Butterfly Count with a walk on the Dorset coast with Richard Fox, Head of Science at the charity Butterfly Conservation. Britain's butterflies are in trouble but you can help. Richard leads this week's Plodcast host, Kevin Parr, on a magical butterfly walk at Bindon Hill on the Dorset coast – and shows how you can embark…

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Canberra Times Monday 21 July 2025 58:57

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Selected articles read from the Canberra Times on Monday 21 July 2025.

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Radio1RPH interview Heidi Appleby Trove Canberra 13:53

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Maryanne Gore talks to Heidy Appleby of Trove Canberra, a members cooperative of creatives with a shopfront at Dickson. Artists in knitting, crochet, clothing, watercolours, printmaking, ceramics, candles, cosmetics create unique and distinctive gifts.

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Canberra Times Friday 18 July 2025 59:22

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Selected articles read from the Canberra Times on Friday 18 July 2025.

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Sound Escape 230. The soothing gentle patter of rain in a Welsh oakwood 17:09

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After many dry weeks, heavy rain falls and the oak woodland thirstily drink in the live-giving water. You pause at the base of a particularly magnificent tree and listen to the gentle fall of raindrops. BBC Countryfile Magazine's Sound Escapes are a weekly audio postcard from the countryside to help you relax and transport you somewhere beautiful, …

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Canberra Times Thursday 17 July 2025 59:22

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Readings of selected articles from The Canberra Times on Thursday 17 July 2025

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Canberra Times Wednesday 16 July 2025 58:15

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Selected articles read from the Canberra Times on Wednesday 16 July 2025.

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Canberra Times Tuesday 15 July 2025 58:26

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Selected articles read form the Canberra Times on Tuesday 15 July 2025.

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307. Take a wander along Britain's most famous waterway: The River Test in Hampshire 47:28

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Take a springtime wander along the River Test, near the pretty Hampshire town of Stockbridge. Plodcast host Fergus Collins joins regular Plodcast listener and children's author Andrew Hussey to explore the wildlife along this most famous of trout fishing rivers. Listen on for some rare wildlife encounters – and some curious and disturbing tales fro…

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Mazak: The Machine Tools Powering Sustainable Manufacturing 16:59

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Mazak Europe is part of the Yamazaki Mazak Corporation, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of CNC machine tools and laser cutting machines. These machines use ultra-precise multi-axis tools to shape the components used in everything from medical devices to Formula One cars. But Mazak’s focus is not just on performance, it is on sustainability…

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Canberra Times Monday 14 July 2025 59:35

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Selected articles read from the Canberra Times on Monday 14 July 2025.

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Canberra Times Friday 11 July 2025 56:54

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Selected articles read from the Canberra Times on Friday 11 July 2025.

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Sound Escape 229. Revel in the pure music of curlews at sunset 20:59

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The sun is sinking low in the sky, its golden light glowing through the meadow grasses. As young swallows twitter in their maiden flights and a blackbird sings a lullaby, the eerie bubbling calls of curlews rise to meet the dusk. BBC Countryfile Magazine's Sound Escapes are a weekly audio postcard from the countryside to help you relax and transpor…

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Canberra Times Thursday 10 July 2025 59:24

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Readings of selected articles from The Canberra Times on Thursday 10 July 2025

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Canberra Times Wednesday 9 July 2025 57:34

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Selected articles read from the Canberra Times on Wednesday 9 July 2025.

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Canberra Times Tuesday 8 July 2025 57:48

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Selected articles read from the Canberra Times on Tuesday 8 July 2025.

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306. Walk a Viking battlefield and discover a forgotten turning point in English history - with Rupert Gavin 1:00:12

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About 1150 years ago, on a ridge on the edge of Salisbury Plain, the Saxons defeated the Vikings in a battle that had a profound impact on the history of the English people and their language. And yet, the battle is surprisingly little known. Discover what happened and why with writer and cultural historian Rupert Gavin. Rupert joins Plodcast host …

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Canberra Times Monday 7 July 2025 59:54

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Selected articles read from the Canberra Times of Monday 7 July 2025.

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Sound Escape 228. The sheer delight of a nightingale singing at dawn 12:00

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This week's Sound Escape was recorded in Kent by Plodcast listener Jeanette Sharples. Jeanette was up early, walking along the edge of a field when she heard this wonderful male nightingale in full voice. BBC Countryfile Magazine's Sound Escapes are a weekly audio postcard from the countryside to help you relax and transport you somewhere beautiful…

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Canberra Times Friday 4 July 2025 58:50

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Selected articles read from the Canberra Times of Friday 4 July 2025

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Canberra Times Thursday 03 July 2025 59:44

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Readings of selected articles from the Canberra Times on Thursday 03 July 2025

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Canberra Times Wednesday 2 July 2025 57:52

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Selected articles read from the Canberra Times on Wednesday 2 July 2025.

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Canberra Times Tuesday 1 July 2025 59:32

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Selected articles read from the Canberra Times on Tuesday 1 July 2025.

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305. Discover the strangest relationships in the animal world - with Sophie Pavelle 1:04:57

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Enjoy a walk in Devon with Sophie Pavelle and discover the most unexpected relationships in the animal kingdom. In her new book, To Have or to Hold, Sophie explores why some species work together, while others exploit host animals as parasites. It's a fascinating world full of surprises – and even horrors. Plodcast host Fergus joins Sophie for a me…

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Canberra Times Monday 30 June 2025 59:45

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Selected articles read from the Canberra Times on Monday 30 June 2025.

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Disability Reform Episode 70 AFI Post Budget 25:10

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Maryanne Gore talks to Craig Wallace, Head of Policy at Advocacy for Inclusion about the ACT Budget brought down on 24 June. To read the full text of AFI’s media release, go to advocacyforinclusion.org and chose the News & Media tab.

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Canberra Times Friday 27 June 2025 57:55

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Selected articles read from the Canberra Times on Friday 27 June 2025.

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Sound Escape 227. Enjoy the conversations from a colony of sparrows 18:33

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As you wander through an old farmyard, the incessant happy chatter of sparrows greets you. Nesting in the crumbling eaves, the colony has had a good year and the walls, shrubs and gutters teem with noisy fledglings and harassed parents. BBC Countryfile Magazine's Sound Escapes are a weekly audio postcard from the countryside to help you relax and t…

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Canberra Times Thursday 26 June 2025 59:16

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Readings of selected articles from The Canberra Times on Thursday 26 June 2025

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Canberra Times Wednesday 25 June 2025 57:32

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Selected articles read from the Canberra Times on Wednesday 25 June 2025.

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304. Meet some of the UK's most elusive animals - at the British Wildlife Centre 1:03:14

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Britain's wildlife is often extremely elusive and many species are rarely seen. Unless, of course, you head to the British Wildlife Centre in Surrey. Here, David Mills has an unrivalled collection of mammals, reptiles and other creatures that you can watch and photograph in semi-natural surroundings. Join Annabel Ross who visited David and enjoyed …

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