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Life on a shanty boat

Idling down the Tennessee River with the best thunderstorm in a tin shack you are ever going to hear... and some frogs…

A 20-minute watery odyssey - idling down the Tennessee River with the best thunderstorm in a tin shack you are ever going to hear... and some frogs…

In the company of Betty Goines, who grew up on a shanty boat during the depression, Wes Modes takes his recreated shanty out on to the river, to gather stories for his Secret History of American River People project, and to live a life under the cosy tin roof of his shanty - close to the water, and all the elements..

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Sounds of the Earth

Sounds of the Earth

Listen to the natural world in its many guises.

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