Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Discursive Thoughts On Wetlands | 20220919 | Lifelong environmentalist Annie Proulx brings passion, vitality and rigour to a history of our wetlands. Exploring their history alongside human interactions with these liminal places, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'The Shipping News' and 'Brokeback Mountain' makes an elegant and compelling contribution to the debate around the climate crisis. Written by Annie Proulx Read by Lorelei King Abridged by Patricia Cumper Pulitzer Prize-winner Annie Proulx's short history of peatlands and the climate crisis. A short history of peatland destruction and its role in the climate crisis. |
| 02 | The English Fens | 20220920 | Lifelong environmentalist Annie Proulx brings passion, vitality and rigour to a history of our wetlands. Exploring their history alongside human interactions with these liminal places, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'The Shipping News' and 'Brokeback Mountain' makes an elegant and compelling contribution to the debate around the environmental crisis. Politics, commerce and climate change collide as Proulx looks at the English Fens. Written by Annie Proulx Read by Lorelei King Abridged by Patricia Cumper Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Proulx contemplates peatlands and the climate crisis. A short history of peatland destruction and its role in the climate crisis. |
| 03 | Bogs | 20220921 | Lifelong environmentalist Annie Proulx brings passion, vitality and rigour to a history of our wetlands. Exploring their history alongside human interactions with these liminal places, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'The Shipping News' and 'Brokeback Mountain' makes an elegant and compelling contribution to the debate around the environmental crisis. Poetry, ritual and literature are invoked as Proulx turns her attention to bogland. Written by Annie Proulx Read by Lorelei King Abridged by Patricia Cumper Pulitzer Prize-winner Annie Proulx's short history of peatlands and the climate crisis. A short history of peatland destruction and its role in the climate crisis. |
| 04 | Swamp | 20220922 | Lifelong environmentalist Annie Proulx brings passion, vitality and rigour to a history of our wetlands. Exploring their history alongside human interactions with these liminal places, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'The Shipping News' and 'Brokeback Mountain' makes an elegant and compelling contribution to the debate around the environmental crisis. 19th century America flourishes at the expense of the country's great swathes of swampland. Written by Annie Proulx Read by Lorelei King Abridged by Patricia Cumper Annie Proulx's short history of peatland destruction and its role in the climate crisis. A short history of peatland destruction and its role in the climate crisis. |
| 05 | Swamp (continued) | 20220923 | Lifelong environmentalist Annie Proulx brings passion, vitality and rigour to a history of our wetlands. Exploring their history alongside human interactions with these liminal places, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'The Shipping News' and 'Brokeback Mountain' makes an elegant and compelling contribution to the debate around the environmental crisis. American mangrove swamps give Proulx the opportunity to consider conservation and repair. Written by Annie Proulx Read by Lorelei King Abridged by Patricia Cumper Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Proulx contemplates peatlands and the climate crisis. A short history of peatland destruction and its role in the climate crisis. |