“Nocturne,” the Podcast That Explores the Night

Nocturne,” a podcast that’s “peering
into the dusty corners of the night,” as its tagline tells us, is hosted
and produced by the independent Bay Area producer Vanessa
Lowe
. Lowe co-created the show with her
husband, Kent
Sparling
, who works
in film sound and who composes much of the show’s evocative music.
Episodes begin with the chirping of crickets, the hooting of an owl, and
a bit of music by Sparling that makes you want to wander out into a
shadowy wood and explore. The show has a nocturnal mood, atmospheric and
occasionally mysterious, that feels just right between the hours of
eleven and deepest dark. Lowe has described the show as “essay radio”;
most episodes tell stories. She plays with form from episode to episode.
A few are impressionistic, like “A Catalogue of
Nights
,”
featuring recordings of night sounds from across the world. Some are
rather funny, like “(This Is Not) A Love
Song
,”
about people’s love for and loathing of mockingbirds. We…

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