Season 10 is nearly here! The season starts on March 9th and episodes will be released on a rolling basis until all ten shows are published.Want to advertise on an episode? Fill out the sponsorship request form.Want to support HBM with a small monthly donation? Become a patron on Patreon.Can’t wait to share the season with you. More soon.Producer: Jeff EmtmanMusic: The Black Spot

Season 10 is nearly here!&nbsp; The season starts on March 9th and episodes will be released on a rolling basis until all ten shows are published.Want to advertise on an episode? Fill out the <a href="http://hbmpodcast.com/sponsor">sponsorship request form</a>.&nbsp;Want to support HBM with a small monthly donation?&nbsp; Become a <a href="http://patreon.com/HBMpodcast">patron on Patreon</a>.&nbsp;Can’t wait to share the season with you.&nbsp; More soon.&nbsp;Producer: <a href="http://jeffemtman.com/">Jeff Emtman </a>Music: <a href="https://theblackspot.bandcamp.com/">The Black Spot</a>

Here Be Monsters

Season 10 is Coming!

Just an incredible soundscape that’s worth hearing!

(This is what a podcast trailer should sound like)

I’ve decided to remove my work from Spotify. It’s not just their recent controversies around Joe Rogan, it’s a much bigger problem with the way that Spotify treats the medium.If you listen on an app other than Spotify, you don’t need to change anything, just stay subscribed, and you’ll get all the new episodes (Season 10 is coming soon!).If you do listen on Spotify though, you’ll need to download a different app to keep listening. Personally, I’m a big fan of Pocket Casts, but there are a lot of good options out there.Direct links to HBM’s listing on several podcast apps:Apple PodcastsStitcherGoogle PodcastsPocket CastsCastboxDeezerPodcast AddictRadioPublicAmazon MusicPodBeanThere’s a million more too :). If you can’t find HBM on your favorite app, please send an email or a tweet.Last thing: If you’re a podcaster and you’re interested in removing your own work from Spotify, I just published an article called “How to remove your podcast from Spotify without losing (all) your listeners”. Perhaps an overly bold title, we’ll see..Thank you for all the support for all these years. I really appreciate it. Season 10 will be here soon.Producer: Jeff EmtmanMusic: The Black Spot

I’ve decided to remove my work from Spotify.&nbsp; It’s not just their <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/02/arts/music/spotify-earnings-joe-rogan.html">recent controversies</a> around Joe Rogan, it’s <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/imagine-a-world-without-spotify">a much bigger problem</a> with <a href="https://slate.com/technology/2022/02/spotify-joe-rogan-content-moderation.html">the way that Spotify treats the medium</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;If you listen on an app other than Spotify, you don’t need to change anything, just stay subscribed, and you’ll get all the new episodes (Season 10 is coming soon!).If you do listen on Spotify though, you’ll need to download a different app to keep listening.&nbsp; Personally, I’m a big fan of&nbsp; <a href="https://www.pocketcasts.com/">Pocket Casts</a>, but there are a lot of good options out there.&nbsp;Direct links to HBM’s listing on several podcast apps:&nbsp;<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/here-be-monsters/id564425626">Apple Podcasts</a><a href="https://www.stitcher.com/show/here-be-monsters">Stitcher</a><a href="https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGJtcG9kY2FzdC5jb20vcG9kY2FzdD9mb3JtYXQ9cnNz">Google Podcasts</a><a href="https://pca.st/herebemonsters">Pocket Casts</a><a href="https://castbox.fm/channel/id555?utm_campaign=ex_share_ch&amp;utm_medium=exlink&amp;country=us">Castbox</a><a href="https://www.deezer.com/us/show/44441">Deezer</a><a href="https://podcastaddict.com/podcast/35096">Podcast Addict</a><a href="https://radiopublic.com/here-be-monsters-k8XMVG">RadioPublic</a><a href="https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/17605d4b-6a3a-4769-8e4d-f65460bf6aa8/here-be-monsters">Amazon Music</a><a href="https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/7qm5h-1847dd/Here-Be-Monsters-Podcast">PodBean</a>There’s a million more too :).&nbsp; If you can’t find HBM on your favorite app, please send <a href="http://hbmpodcast.com/contact/">an email</a> or a <a href="http://twitter.com/hbmpodcast">tweet</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Last thing: If you’re a podcaster and you’re interested in removing your own work from Spotify, I just published an article called “<a href="https://jemtman.medium.com/how-to-remove-your-podcast-from-spotify-without-losing-all-your-listeners-6a7ffd3dacd9">How to remove your podcast from Spotify without losing (all) your listeners</a>”.&nbsp; Perhaps an overly bold title, we’ll see..&nbsp;&nbsp;Thank you for all the support for all these years.&nbsp; I really appreciate it.&nbsp; Season 10 will be here soon.&nbsp;Producer: <a href="http://jeffemtman.com/">Jeff Emtman </a>Music: <a href="https://theblackspot.bandcamp.com/">The Black Spot</a>

Leaving Spotify

This is such a unique thing to listen to. 

Season 10 of Here Be Monsters starts and host Jeff Emtman hallucinates his adolescence while working long hours. Scenes from middle school dances, dawn bus rides, the basement, and ( most crucially), a late-night raffle at a hardware store.Do you like Here Be Monsters? Tell your friends, support HBM on Patreon, and have your boss sponsor an episode.Producer: Jeff EmtmanMusic: Serocell and The Black SpotSponsor: RadioLabAre you curious about the world, but also want to be surprised, and even moved? Radiolab experiments with sound and storytelling allowing science to fuse with culture, and information to sound like… well, music. Join hosts Lulu Miller and Latif Nasser for an experiential investigation that explores themes and ideas through a patchwork of people, sounds, and stories. Listen to Radiolab

Season 10 of Here Be Monsters starts and host Jeff Emtman hallucinates his adolescence while working long hours.&nbsp; Scenes from middle school dances, dawn bus rides, the basement, and ( most crucially), a late-night raffle at a hardware store.Do you like Here Be Monsters? Tell your friends,<a href="https://patreon.com/hbmpodcast"> support HBM on Patreon</a>, and have your boss <a href="https://hbmpodcast.com/sponsor">sponsor an episode</a>.Producer:<a href="http://jeffemtman.com/"> Jeff Emtman</a>Music:<a href="https://serocell.com"> Serocell</a> and<a href="https://theblackspot.bandcamp.com/"> The Black Spot</a> Sponsor: <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab">RadioLab</a>Are you curious about the world, but also want to be surprised, and even moved? Radiolab experiments with sound and storytelling allowing science to fuse with culture, and information to sound like… well, music. Join hosts Lulu Miller and Latif Nasser for an experiential investigation that explores themes and ideas through a patchwork of people, sounds, and stories. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab">Listen to Radiolab</a>

HBM151: Blowgun Time Warp

What do you want to happen to your body when you die? It’s a touchy topic where tradition, religion and death denial all come into play. But across much of the world, there are just two options: burial and cremation, which both have substantial ecological impacts.In 2019, Washington State passed SB 5001, which legalized several new options for deathcare.In this episode, host Jeff Emtman visits Return Home, a facility in Auburn, Washington that’s using one of those new options, called “Natural Organic Reduction” (NOR) which is commonly called “human composting”.Return Home has built the world’s largest NOR facility to date, with 74 available individual vessels. Their process (which they’ve trademarked as “Terramation”) takes about two month to complete, and involves dressing a deceased person in a pressed cotton gown and placing them a bed of organic material, and left to naturally break down using active composting techniques that bring the contents of the vessel to well above 100° Fahrenheit for much of the composting period.The techniques used by Return Home were largely inspired by Katrina Spade, a death activist and the owner of Recompose, another NOR facility located near Seattle. Spade was one of the people who strongly advocated for the passage of SB 5001.There’s currently one other NOR facility in Washington State: Herland Forrest in Wahkiacus. Currently two other states, Colorado and Oregon have legalized NOR.NOR’s future isn’t known. It’s new and still relatively rare. Do enough people want to be composted to have it be a viable business model? Each of these companies have different approaches to their process.Return Home’s model relies on scale. They wouldn’t disclose the exact cost of building their facility, or how many simultaneous descendants they’d need in their facility to be profitable. As of publishing, they charge $4,950 for their process and they have 15 of their 74 slots occupied.And in some ways, the full ecological benefits for Return Home’s process also rely on scale. In a follow up email, CEO Micah Truman stated that “We calculate our inputs as follows. Our electricity bill each month is about $1,700, and is sufficient to Terramate 74 bodies. This comes to $22 per body. In current gas terms ($5 a gallon at present) that is roughly 4 gallons of gas, which is about 1/8 the amount of gas used for cremation. The number is actually quite a bit better than that, as our electricity bill also powers our entire facility, not just the Terramation equipment.”When asked about the relative emptiness of the facility, Katey Houston (Return Home’s Services Manager) said, “The funeral industry is so slow to change. When cremation became a thing, it took sixty years to become mainstream. The fact that we’ve served just over thirty families now in four months, is quite amazing. And we’ve continued to grow month-over-month, and that’s all I can ask for.”Thank you Hannah Suzanna for help with research for this episode.Here Be Monsters is an independent, listener supported podcast. Consider supporting the show on Patreon.Producer: Jeff EmtmanMusic: The Black Spot and SerocellSponsor: Sleep With Me PodcastSleep With Me is a podcast that helps you fall asleep. Host Drew Ackerman tells tangential stories, reads old catalogs, makes metaphors about washing machines, and does other calming things all in pursuit of slowing your mind down and letting you drift off to sleep more peacefully. Subscribe to Sleep With Me on any podcast app.

What do you want to happen to your body when you die?&nbsp; It’s a touchy topic where tradition, religion and death denial all come into play.&nbsp; But across much of the world, there are just two options: burial and cremation, which both have<a href="https://www.greenburialcouncil.org/media_packet.html"> substantial ecological impacts</a>.&nbsp;In 2019,<a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/washington-becomes-first-state-to-legalize-human-composting/"> Washington State passed SB 5001</a>, which legalized several new options for deathcare.&nbsp;In this episode, host Jeff Emtman visits<a href="https://returnhome.com/"> Return Home</a>, a facility in Auburn, Washington that’s using one of those new options, called “<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/feb/16/human-composting-could-be-the-future-of-deathcare">Natural Organic Reduction</a>” (NOR) which is commonly called “human composting”.&nbsp;&nbsp;Return Home has built the world’s largest NOR facility to date, with 74 available individual vessels.&nbsp; Their process (which they’ve trademarked as “Terramation”) takes about two month to complete, and involves dressing a deceased person in a pressed cotton gown and placing them a bed of organic material, and left to naturally break down using active composting techniques that bring the contents of the vessel to well above 100° Fahrenheit for much of the composting period.&nbsp;The techniques used by Return Home were largely inspired by Katrina Spade, a death activist and the owner of<a href="https://recompose.life/"> Recompose</a>, another NOR facility located near Seattle.&nbsp; Spade was one of the people who strongly advocated for<a href="https://www.king5.com/video/news/inslee-signs-law-legalizing-human-composting/281-f58f82c9-37a6-411e-b13e-16b6569f56d4"> the passage of SB 5001</a>.There’s currently one other NOR facility in Washington State:<a href="https://www.herlandforest.org/"> Herland Forrest</a> in Wahkiacus.&nbsp; Currently two other states,<a href="https://www.westword.com/news/funeral-natural-organic-reduction-body-composting-colorado-12593647"> Colorado</a> and<a href="https://www.newsweek.com/human-compost-legal-oregon-death-environment-greener-funerals-1601914"> Oregon</a> have legalized NOR.&nbsp;&nbsp;NOR’s future isn’t known.&nbsp; It’s new and still relatively rare. Do enough people want to be composted to have it be a viable business model? Each of these companies have different approaches to their process.&nbsp;&nbsp;Return Home’s model relies on scale.&nbsp; They wouldn’t disclose the exact cost of building their facility, or how many simultaneous descendants they’d need in their facility to be profitable.&nbsp; As of publishing, they charge $4,950 for their process and they have 15 of their 74 slots occupied.&nbsp;&nbsp;And in some ways, the full ecological benefits for Return Home’s process also rely on scale.&nbsp; In a follow up email, CEO Micah Truman stated that “We calculate our inputs as follows. Our electricity bill each month is about $1,700, and is sufficient to Terramate 74 bodies. This comes to $22 per body. In current gas terms ($5 a gallon at present) that is roughly 4 gallons of gas, which is about 1/8 the amount of gas used for cremation. The number is actually quite a bit better than that, as our electricity bill also powers our entire facility, not just the Terramation equipment.”When asked about the relative emptiness of the facility, Katey Houston (Return Home’s Services Manager) said, “The funeral industry is so slow to change. When cremation became a thing, it took sixty years to become mainstream.&nbsp; The fact that we’ve served just over thirty families now in four months, is quite amazing.&nbsp; And we’ve continued to grow month-over-month, and that’s all I can ask for.”Thank you Hannah Suzanna for help with research for this episode.&nbsp;Here Be Monsters is an independent, listener supported podcast.&nbsp; Consider<a href="http://patreon.com/hbmpodcast"> supporting the show on Patreon</a>.&nbsp;Producer:<a href="http://jeffemtman.com/"> Jeff Emtman</a>Music:<a href="https://theblackspot.bandcamp.com/"> The Black Spot</a> and <a href="https://serocell.com/">Serocell</a> Sponsor: <a href="http://www.sleepwithmepodcast.com/">Sleep With Me Podcast</a>Sleep With Me is a podcast that helps you fall asleep.&nbsp; Host Drew Ackerman tells tangential stories, reads old catalogs, makes metaphors about washing machines, and does other calming things all in pursuit of slowing your mind down and letting you drift off to sleep more peacefully.&nbsp; Subscribe to Sleep With Me on any podcast app.

HBM152: Dirt Becomes You

Sally Grainger was originally a chef, but in her 20’s, she was gifted a copy of an ancient Roman cookbook called Apicius.Apicius is a bit of a fluke. It shouldn’t have survived the 2000-ish year journey into the modern era, but it did. And in this episode of Here Be Monsters, Grainger explains how Apicius persisted due to being a favorite text for monks-in-training to practice their gilding skills. And thus, this fascinating book of recipes (featuring cooking instructions for boiled ostrich soup, complex sauces, and cucumbers stewed with brains) is still feeding people today.While cuisine today might seem distant from ostrich soup, Grainger thinks that Roman food often gets inaccurately portrayed as overly decadent or overly spiced. Cooked correctly, the cuisine is quite balanced, she says. And in her book, Cooking Apicius, she uses her knowledge of ancient Roman life to put the recipes in context for a contemporary kitchen and contemporary cooks.Also, on this episode, Jeff also reads from a 1932 English translation of Apicius by Joseph Dommers Vehling, which is available in the public domain thanks to Project Gutenberg.Producer: Jeff EmtmanMusic: The Black SpotHave you seen the new HBM stickers? They’re beautiful. Get yours here. As of publish date: if you buy 4, one of them will be free. The discount gets applied automatically when you add them to your cart.

<a href="https://reading.academia.edu/SallyGrainger">Sally Grainger</a> was originally a chef, but in her 20’s, she was gifted a copy of an ancient Roman cookbook called Apicius.&nbsp;Apicius is a bit of a fluke.&nbsp; It shouldn’t have survived the 2000-ish year journey into the modern era, but it did.&nbsp; And in this episode of Here Be Monsters, Grainger explains how Apicius persisted due to being a favorite text for monks-in-training to practice their gilding skills.&nbsp; And thus, this fascinating book of recipes (featuring cooking instructions for boiled ostrich soup, complex sauces, and cucumbers stewed with brains) is still feeding people today.While cuisine today might seem distant from ostrich soup, Grainger thinks that Roman food often gets inaccurately portrayed as overly decadent or overly spiced.&nbsp; Cooked correctly, the cuisine is quite balanced, she says.&nbsp; And in her book, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/1676449.Cooking_Apicius">Cooking Apicius</a>, she uses her knowledge of ancient Roman life to put the recipes in context for a contemporary kitchen and contemporary cooks.&nbsp;Also, on this episode, Jeff also reads from <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/29728/29728-h/29728-h.htm">a 1932 English translation of Apicius</a> by Joseph Dommers Vehling, which is available in the public domain thanks to <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/">Project Gutenberg</a>.&nbsp;Producer: <a href="http://jeffemtman.com/">Jeff Emtman</a>Music: <a href="https://theblackspot.bandcamp.com/">The Black Spot</a>Have you seen the new HBM stickers? They’re beautiful.&nbsp; <a href="http://bit.ly/HBM-STK005">Get yours here</a>.&nbsp; As of publish date: if you buy 4, one of them will be free.&nbsp; The discount gets applied automatically when you add them to your cart.

HBM154: Ancient Roman Recipes

In 2012, a street preacher walking three small dogs tried to convince Jeff Emtman of his way of thinking about gender and the afterlife.In this Here Be Monsters brief, Jeff shares the short essay he originally wrote about the dinner party where they attempted to make an uneasy friendship.Jeff re-edited the essay in 2022 and gave pseudonyms to the main characters (“Cliff” and “Sophie”).Producer: Jeff EmtmanMusic: The Black SpotHere Be Monsters is an independent podcast supported by listeners and advertisements from small businesses. If you’d like to support the show, consider sponsoring an episode, or becoming a supporter on Patreon.Some other news:1. Album of German field recordingsThe recordings from the last episode (HBM153: Klänge from Berlin) are now available as an album. Listen and purchase here.2. New HBM stickers are here! They’re beautiful, screen printed, die-cut, clear vinyl versions of the “HBM” logo. Available for purchase on the HBM store. Patreon supporters can get some for very nearly free by following the instructions in this post.

In 2012, a street preacher walking three small dogs tried to convince Jeff Emtman of his way of thinking about gender and the afterlife.&nbsp;In this Here Be Monsters brief, Jeff shares the short essay he originally wrote about the dinner party where they attempted to make an uneasy friendship.&nbsp;Jeff re-edited the essay in 2022 and gave pseudonyms to the main characters (“Cliff” and “Sophie”).&nbsp;Producer: <a href="http://jeffemtman.com/">Jeff Emtman</a>Music: <a href="https://theblackspot.bandcamp.com/">The Black Spot</a>Here Be Monsters is an independent podcast supported by listeners and advertisements from small businesses. If you’d like to support the show, consider <a href="http://hbmpodcast.com/sponsor">sponsoring an episode</a>, or <a href="http://patreon.com/hbmpodcast">becoming a supporter on Patreon</a>.&nbsp;Some other news:&nbsp;1. Album of German field recordingsThe recordings from the last episode (<a href="https://www.hbmpodcast.com/podcast/hbm153-klange-from-berlin">HBM153: Klänge from Berlin</a>) are now available as an album.&nbsp; <a href="https://theblackspot.bandcamp.com/album/field-recordings-germany-2021-2022">Listen and purchase here</a>.2. New HBM stickers are here! They’re beautiful, screen printed, die-cut, clear vinyl versions of the “HBM” logo.&nbsp; <a href="http://bit.ly/HBM-STK005">Available for purchase on the HBM store</a>. Patreon supporters can get some for very nearly free by following the instructions in <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/67107028">this post</a>.

The Straight and Narrow

The composer Pauline Oliveros thought there was a difference between hearing and listening. She defined hearing as a passive act, something done with the ears. But she defined listening as something active saying that listening happens in the brain.Sam Parker is a recordist who takes inspiration from Oliveros’ words and work. About six years ago, on an episode of Here Be Monsters called Sam’s Japan Tapes, Sam shared dozens of recordings he made during his first (and only) trip to Japan. He released those recordings under the name Observance as an album called Japan, 6/21 - 7/14.On this episode, Here Be Monsters host takes two trips to Germany, and records the sounds of Christmas in Berlin, New Years in Saxony, and many hours of people and birds just going about their daily lives in the late winter and early spring.Before Jeff leaves on his first trip, he calls Sam Parker back, to ask for recording advice before the trip, and Sam offers three tips:Take lots of time.Capture moments of everyday routine.Trust your instinctsThe recordings on this episode are available as an album called “Field Recordings: Germany, 2021-2022” and it’s available for purchase on Bandcamp, under Jeff Emtman’s The Black Spot moniker. Until June 30th, 2022, all profits from the sale of this album will be donated to The International Committee of the Red Cross.Producer: Jeff EmtmanMusic: Remixes from the recording session in HBM049: Sam’s Japan Tapes.Photos: Jeff EmtmanThank Yous: Sam Parker, Johanna Gilje Sponsor: HBM’s Patreon SupportersHere Be Monsters’ supporters on Patreon send a small monthly (or yearly) donation to help cover Jeff’s living expenses, pay contractors, fees, taxes, etc.Listener Kit Roberts supports HBM on patreon, saying “I’m a patron of HBM because no other podcast has ever made me feel like this one does…so small and singular and yet connected to everything all at once.”Thank you so much, HBM Patrons.👽👉Become a patron👈👽Recordings heard in this episodeMM:SS - Description. (📸 means there’s a photo in the gallery)08:45 - Train to SeaTac airport.09:45 - Announcements on an Air France flight.11:00 - Turbulance and people rustling.12:30 - Berlin's Brandenburg Airport13:15 - A brown swan hissing and chirping13:30 - Boats rubbing against wooden piers and a small dog barking.14:15 - Cars driving on cobblestone streets.14:45 - Ice Skating at Berlin's Alexanderplatz 📸15:30 - Swing ride with metal chains at Alexanderplatz. 📸16:00 - Riding on the subway, then walking up several flights of stairs.18:45 - Radio playing advertisements, news, and christmas music20:45 - A Christmas Eve service in a cathedral with a speaker reading a children's story.21:30 - Christmas carols playing as people mill around.22:00 - A wedding party in front of the Brandenburg Gate.23:15 - A Christmas exhibit with a lit up polar bear and fog machine.24:00 - Birds chirping in Berlin's Mauerpark as people walk by.25:00 - Crunching frosted leaves on a cold morning.25:30 - Walking through a forest in the Saxony Region of Eastern Germany.📸26:15 - Whistling through hands in the forest.27:00 - Buying 5 kilograms of potatoes from a vending machine as a dog barks.📸27:30 - Mountaintop shop selling hot drinks and snacks in Czechia.27:45 - Chopping kindling. Distant fireworks echoing through the hills in Saxony.28:30 - Snaps and pops of a small fire29:00 - Distant fireworks to celebrate the start of 2022.29:30 - Close fireworks echoing.30:00 - A strong wind blowing on a mountaintop in Saxony.📸30:30 - A tree swing creaking.31:15 - 6AM on the outskirts of Berlin. Traffic starting, crow screaming.32:45 - Captive pigeons fluffing their feathers and cooing at Hasenheide Park34:00 - Slow motion recording of a sudden hailstorm.34:30 - A motorized billboard in a subway station35:00 - Accordion player performs in a subway station in Berlin's Mitte neighborhood.37:45 - Applause after a play.38:15 - A small bird singing several songs.39:30 - Church bells ringing.40:45 - Wind flapping the torn domes of the Teufelsberg listening station as people sing.📸43:00 - Walking through the forest near Teufelsberg as bikes pass.

The composer <a href="https://www.deeplistening.org/">Pauline Oliveros</a> thought there was a difference between hearing and listening.&nbsp; She defined hearing as a passive act, something done with the ears.&nbsp; But she defined listening as something active saying that <a href="https://sonicfield.org/pauline-oliveros-on-the-difference-between-hearing-and-listening/">listening happens in the brain</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Sam Parker is a recordist who takes inspiration from Oliveros’ words and work.&nbsp; About six years ago, on an episode of Here Be Monsters called <a href="https://www.hbmpodcast.com/podcast/hbm049-sams-japan-tapes">Sam’s Japan Tapes</a>, Sam shared dozens of recordings he made during his first (and only) trip to Japan.&nbsp; He released those recordings under the name Observance as an album called <a href="https://observance.bandcamp.com/releases">Japan, 6/21 - 7/14</a>.On this episode, Here Be Monsters host takes two trips to Germany, and records the sounds of Christmas in Berlin, New Years in Saxony, and many hours of people and birds just going about their daily lives in the late winter and early spring.&nbsp;Before Jeff leaves on his first trip, he calls Sam Parker back, to ask for recording advice before the trip, and Sam offers three tips:&nbsp;Take lots of time.Capture moments of everyday routine.&nbsp;Trust your instincts The recordings on this episode are available as an album called “<a href="https://theblackspot.bandcamp.com/album/field-recordings-germany-2021-2022">Field Recordings: Germany, 2021-2022</a>” and it’s available for purchase on Bandcamp, under Jeff Emtman’s <a href="http://theblackspot.bandcamp.com">The Black Spot</a> moniker.&nbsp; Until June 30th, 2022, all profits from the sale of this album will be donated to <a href="https://www.icrc.org/">The International Committee of the Red Cross</a>.&nbsp;Producer: <a href="http://jeffemtman.com/">Jeff Emtman </a>Music: Remixes from the recording session in <a href="https://www.hbmpodcast.com/podcast/hbm049-sams-japan-tapes">HBM049: Sam’s Japan Tapes</a>. Photos: <a href="http://jeffemtman.com/">Jeff Emtman </a>Thank Yous: Sam Parker, Johanna Gilje Sponsor: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/HBMpodcast">HBM’s Patreon</a> SupportersHere Be Monsters’ supporters on Patreon send a small monthly (or yearly) donation to help cover Jeff’s living expenses, pay contractors, fees, taxes, etc.Listener Kit Roberts supports HBM on patreon, saying “I’m a patron of HBM because no other podcast has ever made me feel like this one does…so small and singular and yet connected to everything all at once.”Thank you so much, HBM Patrons.<a href="https://www.patreon.com/HBMpodcast">👽👉Become a patron👈👽</a>Recordings heard in this episodeMM:SS - Description.&nbsp; (📸 means there’s a photo in the gallery)08:45 - Train to SeaTac airport.09:45 - Announcements on an Air France flight.11:00 - Turbulance and people rustling.12:30 - Berlin's Brandenburg Airport13:15 - A brown swan hissing and chirping13:30 - Boats rubbing against wooden piers and a small dog barking.14:15 - Cars driving on cobblestone streets.14:45 - Ice Skating at Berlin's Alexanderplatz 📸15:30 - Swing ride with metal chains at Alexanderplatz. 📸16:00 - Riding on the subway, then walking up several flights of stairs.18:45 - Radio playing advertisements, news, and christmas music20:45 -&nbsp; A Christmas Eve service in a cathedral with a speaker reading a children's story.21:30 - Christmas carols playing as people mill around.22:00 - A wedding party in front of the Brandenburg Gate.23:15 - A Christmas exhibit with a lit up polar bear and fog machine.24:00 - Birds chirping in Berlin's Mauerpark as people walk by.25:00 - Crunching frosted leaves on a cold morning.25:30 - Walking through a forest in the Saxony Region of Eastern Germany.📸26:15 - Whistling through hands in the forest.27:00 - Buying 5 kilograms of potatoes from a vending machine as a dog barks.📸27:30 - Mountaintop shop selling hot drinks and snacks in Czechia.27:45 - Chopping kindling. Distant fireworks echoing through the hills in Saxony.28:30 - Snaps and pops of a small fire29:00 - Distant fireworks to celebrate the start of 2022.29:30 - Close fireworks echoing.30:00 - A strong wind blowing on a mountaintop in Saxony.📸30:30 - A tree swing creaking.31:15 - 6AM on the outskirts of Berlin.&nbsp; Traffic starting, crow screaming.32:45 - Captive pigeons fluffing their feathers and cooing at Hasenheide Park34:00 - Slow motion recording of a sudden hailstorm.34:30 - A motorized billboard in a subway station35:00 - Accordion player performs in a subway station in Berlin's Mitte neighborhood.37:45 - Applause after a play.38:15 - A small bird singing several songs.39:30 - Church bells ringing.40:45 - Wind flapping the torn domes of the Teufelsberg listening station as people sing.📸43:00 - Walking through the forest near Teufelsberg as bikes pass.

HBM153: Klänge from Berlin

The origins of Julia Susara’s chronic fatigue are hard to pin down. She still doesn’t know exactly how it started but suspects that a deeply broken heart had something to do with it.She spent about three years going through some excruciating physical sensations: immense chills, brain fogs, pregnancy nightmares and the feeling that her blood was about to boil through her skin.Doctors weren’t able to figure out what was wrong, nor were the array of alternative healers she visited. Feeling that no one was able to help, she was at the edge of giving up.But, at her brother’s suggestion, she reluctantly visited a hypnotherapist who gave Julia instructions to swim daily in cold water. So she started jumping in the ocean each day and felt a strange and near immediate change in her symptoms.If you’re feeling suicidal, here are some numbers you can call to speak with someone who will listen.USA Suicide Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255UK Samaritans: 116 123Canada Crisis Services: 1.833.456.4566Japan Tell JP: 03-5774-0992Australia Lifeline: 13 11 14Denmark Livslinien: 70 201 201Other countries: check the list available at suicide.org~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode marks the end of Season 9. Season 10 is coming, but the date is currently unknown. Stay subscribed! And keep an eye on the HBM Patreon page for an upcoming message with a season debrief and some musings about the show’s future. That post will be public, so no need to be a member to read it. Also, please note that due to some summer busy-ness, Jeff will not be able to run an HBM summer art exchange this year. Sorry about that. Thank you for all your support through Season 9. It is such a pleasure to make this show.~~~~~~~~~~Producer: Jeff EmtmanMusic: Julia’s choir group and The Black SpotSponsor: AnimasusEmilius Martinez is an illustrator and designer who runs Animasus. Animasus can help you design email campaigns, websites and improve the overall branding for your business.Speaking of which, Emilius designed the new HBM t-shirt, which is wonderful. Thank you Animasus for sponsoring Here Be Monsters!

The origins of Julia Susara’s chronic fatigue are hard to pin down.&nbsp; She still doesn’t know exactly how it started but suspects that a deeply broken heart had something to do with it.&nbsp;&nbsp;She spent about three years going through some excruciating physical sensations: immense chills, brain fogs, pregnancy nightmares and the feeling that her blood was about to boil through her skin.&nbsp;Doctors weren’t able to figure out what was wrong, nor were the array of alternative healers she visited. Feeling that no one was able to help, she was at the edge of giving up.&nbsp;But, at her brother’s suggestion, she reluctantly visited a hypnotherapist who gave Julia instructions to swim daily in cold water.&nbsp; So she started jumping in the ocean each day and felt a strange and near immediate change in her symptoms.&nbsp;&nbsp;If you’re feeling suicidal, here are some numbers you can call to speak with someone who will listen.&nbsp;USA <a href="https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/">Suicide Lifeline</a>: 1-800-273-8255UK <a href="https://www.samaritans.org/">Samaritans</a>: 116 123Canada <a href="https://www.crisisservicescanada.ca/en/">Crisis Services</a>: 1.833.456.4566Japan <a href="https://telljp.com/">Tell JP</a>:&nbsp; 03-5774-0992Australia <a href="https://www.lifeline.org.au/">Lifeline</a>: 13 11 14Denmark <a href="http://livslinien.dk/">Livslinien</a>: 70 201 201Other countries: check the <a href="http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html">list available at suicide.org</a>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode marks the end of Season 9.&nbsp; Season 10 is coming, but the date is currently unknown.&nbsp; Stay subscribed!&nbsp; And keep an eye on the <a href="http://patreon.com/hbmpodcast">HBM Patreon page</a> for an upcoming message with a season debrief and some musings about the show’s future.&nbsp; That post will be public, so no need to be a member to read it.&nbsp; Also, please note that due to some summer busy-ness, Jeff will not be able to run an HBM summer art exchange this year.&nbsp; Sorry about that.&nbsp; Thank you for all your support through Season 9.&nbsp; It is such a pleasure to make this show.&nbsp;~~~~~~~~~~Producer: <a href="http://jeffemtman.com/">Jeff Emtman </a>Music: Julia’s choir group and <a href="https://theblackspot.bandcamp.com/">The Black Spot </a>Sponsor: <a href="https://www.animasus.com/">Animasus</a>Emilius Martinez is an illustrator and designer who runs Animasus.&nbsp; Animasus can help you design email campaigns, websites and improve the overall branding for your business.&nbsp;&nbsp;Speaking of which, Emilius designed <a href="http://hbmpodcast.com/the-underwater-shirt">the new HBM t-shirt</a>, which is wonderful. Thank you Animasus for sponsoring Here Be Monsters!

HBM150: Cold Water

A short episode from the new show Neutrinowatch: A Daily Generative Podcast. Each episode of Neutrinowatch changes a lil’ bit every day.This episode, The Daily Blast, features two computerized voices (Wendy and Ivan), who share the day’s news.To get new versions of this episode, you’ll need to either stream the audio in your podcast app/web browser, or just delete and re-download the episode. It’s updated every 24 hours. Note: Due to Spotify’s policy of downloading and rehosting podcast audio, this episode won’t work very well on Spotify. Most other podcast apps should handle it well though.Neutrinowatch is a project of Jeff Emtman (Here Be Monsters’ host), and Martin Zaltz Austick (Answer Me This, Song By Song, Pale Bird and others).If you’d like to know more about generative podcasting and the story of Neutrinowatch, listen to So What Exactly is Episode 149? and Jeff’s blog post called The Start of Generative Podcasting?Neutrinowatch is available on most podcast apps, and as of publish date, there’s currently 6.5 episodes available. Each updates daily.Producers: Jeff Emtman and Martin Zaltz AustwickMusic:The Black Spot

A short episode from the new show <a href="https://neutrinowatch.org/">Neutrinowatch: A Daily Generative Podcast</a>.&nbsp; Each episode of Neutrinowatch changes a lil’ bit every day.&nbsp;&nbsp;This episode, <a href="https://neutrinowatch.org/2021/06/15/the-daily-blast-almanac/">The Daily Blast</a>, features two computerized voices (Wendy and Ivan), who share the day’s news.&nbsp;To get new versions of this episode, you’ll need to either stream the audio in your podcast app/web browser, or just delete and re-download the episode.&nbsp; It’s updated every 24 hours.&nbsp; Note: Due to Spotify’s policy of downloading and rehosting podcast audio, this episode won’t work very well on Spotify.&nbsp; Most other podcast apps should handle it well though.&nbsp;Neutrinowatch is a project of <a href="http://jeffemtman.com/">Jeff Emtman</a> (Here Be Monsters’ host), and <a href="https://martinzaltzaustwick.wordpress.com/">Martin Zaltz Austick</a> (<a href="https://answermethispodcast.com/">Answer Me This</a>, <a href="http://www.songbysongpodcast.com/">Song By Song</a>, <a href="http://palebirdmusic.com/">Pale Bird</a> and others).&nbsp;If you’d like to know more about generative podcasting and the story of Neutrinowatch, listen to <a href="https://bit.ly/HBMb022">So What Exactly is Episode 149?</a> and Jeff’s blog post called <a href="https://neutrinowatch.org/2021/06/05/this-is-neutrinowatch/#more-99">The Start of Generative Podcasting?</a>Neutrinowatch is available on most podcast apps, and as of publish date, there’s currently 6.5 episodes available.&nbsp; Each updates daily.&nbsp;Producers: <a href="http://jeffemtman.com/">Jeff Emtman</a> and <a href="https://martinzaltzaustwick.wordpress.com/">Martin Zaltz Austwick</a>Music:<a href="https://theblackspot.bandcamp.com/">The Black Spot</a>

HBM149: The Daily Blast [Neutrinowatch]

Episode 149 is an odd duck for sure. It changes every day due to some coding trickery that is happening behind the scenes.That episode is a part of a bigger project, a new podcast project that’s potentially the first of its kind. It’s called Neutrinowatch, and every day, each episode is regenerated with new content.But this is a conversation between Jeff Emtman (Here Be Monsters’ host), and Martin Zaltz Austick (Answer Me This, Song By Song, Pale Bird and others) about the hows and whys of Neutrinowatch: A Daily Generative Podcast (available now on most podcast apps 😉)

<a href="http://bit.ly/HBM149">Episode 149</a> is an odd duck for sure.&nbsp; It changes every day due to some coding trickery that is happening behind the scenes.&nbsp;That episode is a part of a bigger project, a new podcast project that’s potentially the first of its kind.&nbsp; It’s called <a href="http://neutrino.watch">Neutrinowatch</a>, and every day, each episode is regenerated with new content.&nbsp;But this is a conversation between <a href="http://jeffemtman.com/">Jeff Emtman</a> (Here Be Monsters’ host), and <a href="https://martinzaltzaustwick.wordpress.com/">Martin Zaltz Austick</a> (<a href="https://answermethispodcast.com/">Answer Me This</a>, <a href="http://www.songbysongpodcast.com/">Song By Song</a>, <a href="http://palebirdmusic.com/">Pale Bird</a> and others) about the hows and whys of <a href="http://neutrino.watch">Neutrinowatch: A Daily Generative Podcast</a> (available now on most podcast apps 😉)

So What Exactly is Episode 149?

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