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Hosted by Jo Kennedy and Cathy Shaw · science · EN-GB
Jo and Cathy go out to immerse themselves in the sights and sounds of nature at various locations around the British Isles. Join them as they chat about the wildlife around them and listen in to their surroundings.
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Signup to Generate a PitchJo and Cathy go out to immerse themselves in the sights and sounds of nature at various locations around the British Isles. Join them as they chat about the wildlife around them and listen in to their surroundings.
Nature Tripping is hosted by Jo Kennedy and Cathy Shaw. The show has published 35 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Nature Tripping Episode 35 - British Snakes" (9 October 2026, 72 minutes), "Nature Tripping Episode 34 - The Emperor Moth (Part 1)" (19 August 2026, 60 minutes), and "Nature Tripping Episode 33 - Listening to Dobarz" (8 July 2026, 45 minutes).
Nature Tripping publishes roughly every few months, with episodes averaging 52 minutes across 35 episodes.
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Jo Kennedy and Cathy Shaw hosts Nature Tripping, a science podcast with 35 episodes published.
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Episode #35
It’s rare to come across a snake in the British countryside. They are seldom seen, and often feared and demonised, with most of us basing our views on what we see in cartoons, movies and myths. Britain has...
Join Cathy and Jo on Norland Moor with moth expert Anthony Arak as we leave a moth trap out overnight and return in the morning to see who’s arrived. This episode is Part 1 of a two-part series devoted to...
This episode is a departure from the usual format and is an immersive listening experience of the sounds of Dobarz. Earlier in the year Jo and Cathy visited Eastern Poland, returning to an area near the...
Jo and Cathy meet with Ashar Aslam, a post-doctoral climate researcher at Leeds University who studies tropical storms. They discuss Jo and Ashar’s 2025 collaboration as part of Leeds Cultural Institute’s Creative Labs...
Bryophyte curious? Join Jo and Cathy in this episode of Nature Tripping for a walk through Hardcastle Crags in Calderdale with bryologist Johnny Turner. It might just look like green stuff but get...
Jo and Cathy meet Bailey for an introduction to Regenerative Farming and a discussion about the experimental field work he has been doing with the University of Oxford on the impact of different types of grazing...
Episode #29
In this episode Cathy and Jo travel east to Poland. Join them along the way as they cross borders and head into the primaeval forests of Bialowieza and the vast marshlands of Biebrza - both complex ecosystems...
Episode #28
Jo and Cathy spend this episode with National Trust project officer and ecologist Steve Hindle on the slopes of Calderdale, in what looks like an ordinary field… but isn’t. They discuss the fascinating lives of...
Episode #27
If you go up to Calderdale’s rough pasture and moorland during the spring and early summer you might encounter a variety of breeding birds – small ones like meadow pipits and skylarks and larger ones like...
It’s always a pleasure to hear from our listeners and on occasion people have asked for an episode dedicated purely to nature sounds. This is one such episode. It’s a compilation of ambient field recordings made...
Episode #25
A stone’s throw from the river in Hebden Bridge town centre Jill and Kathryn make a discovery under their eaves: House Martins have arrived. A summer of ups and downs follows and we track events over the year to learn...
Episode #24
What does rewilding in the British Isles mean, how do you start it off, and what happens when you do? In this episode we visit the 3000 acre Broughton Hall estate in Yorkshire with Rewilding Britain’s Alastair Driver to...
In an episode centred on climate change and community resilience, Jo and Cathy stay in their local town - Todmorden - to chat with Barbara Jones, a pioneer of natural building methods. Sustainable materials including...
Episode #22
In this episode we visit Gronant and Talacre dunes with Mandy Cartwright from the Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Trust to investigate the only Welsh population of Natterjack Toads, re-introduced after the Second...
Episode #21
What does the future hold for the ancient trees of the New Forest? Join us inside the Forest, at Denny Wood, for an in-depth discussion with ecologist Adrian Newton and naturalist Lynn Davy. Long term...
Cathy and Jo join wildlife biologist and hare expert Carlos Bedson on location in the Dark Peak to find out more about the only mountain hares in England. Their ancestors arrived on a train from Scotland! 500...
Join Jo and Cathy for a Gaelic adventure to find out more about one of Britain’s rarest bumblebees – the Great Yellow Bumblebee ( Bombus distinguendus ). We meet ecologist Janet Bowler on the dunes to discover...
“Come, summer visitant, attach to my reed roof your nest of clay”. In this episode Jo and Cathy look back to the Victorian era with poetry scholar Clara Dawson. Clara introduces us to poems by Charlotte...
This episode takes Cathy and Jo to Shropshire to explore a church graveyard. Harriet Carty, from the charity Caring for God’s Acre, explains all about these oases of species-rich grassland, and how to manage them...
Following on from Episode 15 Jo and Cathy make a return to the peatlands, this time to a lowland raised bog on the outskirts of Manchester and Salford. Little Woolden Moss formed over thousands of years but...
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Senior National Diversity Mobilizer, Boston University School of Social Work
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Caring for God’s Acre
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