We’re different to most other podcasts. Here’s why and how to get the most out of listening to Lento.
Listen
Radio Lento is all about helping you experience the sound-feel of natural places. Each episode presents the authentic sound of time passing at a real place. There are no interruptions, talking, music or adverts to get in the way.
Lento is for you when you want to clear your head. It can be used in meditation and mindfulness routines. It’s also an escape from the noise of daily life. Plug in and travel through your ears to feel the aural reality of somewhere else. People use Lento to help with rest and sleep too.
Listen to episode 174 – Where cool woodland meets the summer sea (39 minutes)
What we do
What you hear is produced by panoramic microphones carefully placed in natural places, and left alone to record.
We hike out to each location with high spec nature mics, then listen back through the huge chunks of audio to pick out the quietest and richest passages of time. After checking the sound is clean and uninterrupted, we upload the segments as new episodes to the podcast feed.
Radio Lento combines the ideas of nature and immersive listening. You can experience the real sounds of natural places across England, Wales and Scotland in an accessible podcast format.
Listen to episode 17 – Forest of Dean (43 minutes)
Get the most from listening
1. To get the full panoramic detail available in the stereo feed use headphones. Headphones of any type should work, but ‘covered ear’ designs and those with noise-cancelling will help to reduce external distractions. If you find covered-ear headphones uncomfortable try open-ear design headphones instead which let your ears breathe.
2. The ideal setting for listening is from a comfortable and reasonably still position as each episode is captured from one fixed and steady position. The podcast especially suits those working, reading, resting or doing mindful focusing.
3. We record in quiet and peaceful locations so we recommend listening to each episode for a few minutes to let your ears adjust. Other podcasts are much louder so if Radio Lento remains sounding too faint, tap up the volume level a few steps. If you listen to a sleep safe episode to get to sleep remember to disable your App’s automatic ‘play next’ option to prevent another podcast starting.
Listen to episode 167 – An hour under moorland trees (61 minutes)
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About Radio Lento
Explore over 100 hours of soundscapes. We’re on Apple Podcasts, Podbean and other podcast providers. We have episodes which are good to work to, which are good for day listening as well as sleep safe episodes, good for the night.
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