The Walking Podcast

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The Walking Podcast is a podcast by Jon Mooallem.

In January 2019, Mooallem announced on Twitter that he would be starting the podcast. [1] Each episode is a one hour long recording of Mooallem hiking in the Pacific Northwest. [2] The show's listenership increased during the COVID-19 pandemic and has released three seasons. [3]

The show is largely ambient noise from Mooallem hiking, but does occasionally voices from his kids or friends who join him on the hike [4] The show has similarities to forest bathing. [5] The show has also been compared to ASMR. [6] Mooallem does ad reads during the walk. [7] On March 24, 2020 Mooallem was supposed to be doing a book tour, but COVID-19 changed his plans so he promoted the book on The Walking Podcast instead. [8]

George Fenwick wrote in Stuff that listening to the show is "pure pleasure" and that the show helps release stress. [9] Kevin Cortez wrote in The A.V. Club that the show was "pure meditative bliss". [10]

Reference

  1. ↑ Divola, Barry (January 17, 2020). "Sound of wandering resonates as podcast takes slow content to new level". The Sydney Morning Herald . Archived from the original on March 11, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
  2. ↑ Quah, Nicholas (February 21, 2019). "The WALKING Podcast Is a Weird, Lovely Ode to Nature". Vulture . Archived from the original on January 14, 2024. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
  3. ↑ Goodwin, Connor (June 1, 2020). "This Bainbridge Island-based podcast on wordless nature walks was already popular for its atmospheric ambiance. Coronavirus made the show even more relevant". The Seattle Times . Archived from the original on January 15, 2024. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Odd Pod: Trek the Pacific Northwest with Jon Mooallem on 'The Walking Podcast'". Podsauce. Audacy, Inc. October 20, 2021. Archived from the original on October 1, 2023. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
  5. ↑ Gilson, Nathania (October 2, 2019). "Call of the wild: the podcasts taking people back to nature". The Guardian . ISSN   0261-3077. Archived from the original on February 5, 2023. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
  6. ↑ Kwun, Aileen (January 25, 2020). "Jon Mooallem's Walking Podcast: Like Receiving a Butt-Dial From a Nature-Loving Friend". Slowdown Media. Archived from the original on August 22, 2024. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
  7. ↑ Pilling, Nathan (March 11, 2019). "Talk a stroll with Bainbridge Island's Jon Mooallem and his walking podcast". Kitsap Sun . Archived from the original on January 18, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
  8. ↑ Davis, Brangien (March 26, 2020). "Editor's Notebook: What the Great Alaska Earthquake teaches us about coronavirus". crosscut.com . Archived from the original on February 28, 2024. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
  9. ↑ Fenwick, George (March 6, 2021). "Blocked & Reported: The podcast explaining the internet – a controversy at a time". Stuff . Archived from the original on August 2, 2023. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
  10. ↑ Cortez, Kevin (June 17, 2019). "The best podcasts of 2019 so far". The A.V. Club . Archived from the original on October 28, 2021. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
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