Tales from the Undergrowth
Hosted on 90mil Radio, Tales from the Undergrowth is a monthly radio show reflecting on foraging in Berlin. With a different guest each month, we explore foraging stories, what's in season, recipes and concoctions, and other interweavings with the city's edible and untameable wilds.
episodes
Episode 5: May - Solo
Featuring Landschaftspark Herzberge, yarrow, elder, black locust, branching oyster.
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Tracklist: 1. Yarrow - Leif. 2. Achillea - Arborescence. 3. Yarrow - Drolls. 4. Black Locust - Charming Disaster. 5. Foraging - kottbusser. 6. Beech - Cosmo Sheldrake & Robert Macfarlane. 7. Improvisation - Singing with Nightingales - Sam Lee. 8. Foraging - Nocmar. 9. Portugal: Macelada (Picking Camomile) - Two elderly women with adufe accompaniment. 10. Your Rocky Spine - Great Lake Swimmers
Episode 4: May with Jericha Senyak
Featuring Treptower Park, nettle, hops, dandelion, California bay laurel & others. Also mentioned: Tending the Wild by M. Kat Anderson, Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan, The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction by Ursula K. Leguin, To the Bone by Hank Shaw. Find Jericha on Instagram: @veryowlvocative.
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Tracklist: 1. Undergrowth - Imogen Heap & Dan O'Neill. 2. Nettles - Rufous Nightjar. 3. Willow Tree - CATT
Episode 3: April with Jasmine Parsley
Featuring Landschaftspark Herzberge, magnolia, black nightshade, hawthorn, yellow archangel, japanese knotweed, hops, maple, acorn. Also mentioned: Why Is Landscape Beautiful? The Science of Strollology by Lucius Burckhardt + Geoportal Berlin. Find Jasmine on Instagram: @jasmineprsly
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Tracklist: 1. dandelion - Gianni's Humble. 2. Japanese Knotweed - Karolina Wilgus.
Episode 2: February with Michi Müller
Featuring Melchow, oyster mushrooms, meadowsweet, spruce, rosehip, dewberry. Find Michi on Instagram: @michi.is.foraging
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Tracklist: 1. Lichens - Cosmo Sheldrake. 2. Oyster Mushrooms - Arrington de Dionyso. 3. Oyster Mushroom - The Modern Folk. 4. Silverphae - Hannah Read.
Episode 1: January with Fox
Featuring Teufelssee, velvet shanks, oyster mushrooms, Schizophyllum commune, chaga, Sylvia Plath. Find Fox on Instagram: @foragedbyfox
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Tracklist: 1. Mushroom Picker Dance - Floex. 2. Women Gathering Mushrooms - Ba-Benzele Pygmies. 3. The Moss - Cosmo Sheldrake.