A serialized podcast on the path of the Apalaches

YoThree years have passed since I completed my walk of the Sendero de los Appalaches (which I wrote on the blog here on the walk). Like many former surpluses, I dream of the next opportunity that I will have to make a long distance walk. But although I have not been in itself, I have remained immersed in the tradition of the path for the past three years. I’ve been working on a New serialized podcast on the path of the ApalachesAnd I just launched the First two episodes in our podcast feed. The series will have its initial radio transmission in New Hampshire Public Radio on Saturday, July 5.

To be clear, this podcast is not a winding story of me through my trip, and it is not an endless interview with an unstable expert in the AT. This is a podcast and a serialized documentary radius program that explores the origins of the Appalachles path through the lens of one through life. The podcast explores the stories of notable people, surprising history and the modern challenges facing the way. Check out our show trailer to have an idea of ​​the series.

I have been producing documentary films during the last 15 years, and originally imagined this project as a documentary, not a podcast. Surprisingly, there are not many good films on the path of the Apalaches. The film adaptation of «A Walk in the Woods» was comically bad, and there are few documentaries that do justice. I wanted to change that, until I started thinking more deeply about the logistics of filming a movie while simultaneously through the AT.

A documentary style podcast seemed the perfect solution. While the film equipment is heavy and cumbersome, the audio equipment is light and easy to pack. I built an ultralight weight audio recording kit that included Lavalier microphones, a small field recorder and a mini parabolic microphone (a small plastic dish with a microphone in the center designed to record a bird song). The parabolic microphone had to be tied outside my pack, which led many questions from other hikers. Ultimately, I met on the way as «Birdman» due to my interest in recording bird songs.

I recorded many conversations and interviews during my trip through me. I captured the audio of the travel companions, but also scheduled interviews for zero days and spent many hours capturing the forest sounds. While I had some ideas about the stories I wanted to follow when I started the walk, most of what you will listen to in the series are stories that I came with while walking.

I talked to some truly notable people with unique and interesting connections with the AT. Here are some that stand out in my memory:

In its background, however, this is the story of me through my trip. These are the struggles and beauty of a long distance walk in the AT. It is a portrait of a path and a national park that I thought like my second home.

Birdman and Chili Pepper Woman at the AT in New York.

Common land It is available on all the main podcast platforms. Episodes 1 and 2 launched in the feed of the program on Wednesday, July 2, and the new episodes will continue every Wednesday. Our initial radio broadcast will occur in New Hampshire Public Radio on Saturday, July 5, with new episodes on Saturday. There are 12 episodes in the series, each half an hour long.

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