Mick Douglas talking walking

Andrew Stuck is with Mick Douglas, a self-confessed, long-distance solo hiker. He has worked as an artist researcher into creative practice at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, for three decades. Much of his work was around the interaction of peopl...

Walking with Alex’s Daughter

Alex’s 16-year old daughter sits down for a special episode of This Morning Walk. With Libby and Alex, she reflects on this period of her life with a level of insight and wisdom that is beyond her years, revealing how she uses journaling as a tool for se...

Malin Lewis on Eilean Shona

The trans pipe and fiddle player Malin Lewis grew up on a magical island off the West coast of Scotland. There were no roads or cars and their family were the only permanent residents. Home schooled till the age of seven, Malin had an idyllic childhood roa...

12 Years of This Morning Walk: A Deeper Dive Into Libby’s Walking Journey

Libby shares her personal journey of discovering the missing piece in her life 12 years ago: walking. What started as a desire to simply get outside ultimately became so much more. In this special extended ‘Walking Journal’, Libby highlights the moment...

Clarity, Communication, and Capacity

Alex and Libby discuss the concept of being the “strong” friend and the unintended pressure that can often come with it. They explore the importance of setting boundaries and clearly communicating our capacity in relationships and also emphasize seekin...

Learning How to Meditate On The In-Between Moments with Author Light Watkins

Light Watkins is a bestselling author of four books, including “Travel Light”, as well as an accomplished meditation teacher. One day a few years ago, he and Libby met over a cup of Chai (what else?) and connected over his nomadic lifestyle and the con...

Bonus Episode: Joe Boyd and John Wood in conversation at Cecil Sharp House

Joe Boyd and John Wood were the producer and sound engineer behind some of the greatest folk rock albums of the 1960s and 70s. They worked with Pink Floyd on their first single Arnold Layne, with Fairport Convention on Unhalfbricking and Liege and Lief and...

Sleeper Train

In 2017, audio producer Phil Smith travelled to Ukraine to attend his friend's wedding. There, somewhere between the cities of Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv and Odessa, he fell in love with the soundworld of the sleeper train: its steady hypnotic rhythms, the melo...

Rachel Epp Buller talking walking

Rachel Epp Buller is an inter-disciplinary artist based in Kansas in the United States. She is the recipient of two Fulbright scholarships, the latest of which she went to wintry Edmonton in north west Canada to make a piece of walking art called “O...

Cake Is The Way

Libby reflects on turning 62 and the lessons she has learned throughout her life. She and Alex explore the importance of looking forward to the future no matter what your age, and the importance of letting go and making room for what truly lights you up. T...

TRÚ on the Mountains of Mourne

Come with us to the glorious Mountains of Mourne in Northern Ireland to meet the band TRÚ. Taking their name from a mythological trio of poet-musicians from ancient Ulster, Zach Trouton, Dónal Kearney and Michael Mormecha combine Irish nationalist, Ulste...

Walking The Long and Healing Path with Eduardo Garcia

Eduardo Garcia shares his journey as a chef and how food has played a significant role in his self-discovery, and ultimately his recovery after a near-death experience. Eduardo reflects with Libby and Alex on the lessons he learned during his long healing ...

Failure Is an Essential Part of Healing

Get ready for a freewheeling conversation on this week’s episode of This Morning Walk! Alex and Libby kick things off with one of their favorite shared loves - tea! - why Libby is giving up oat milk, which leads to the topic of glucose monitoring and the...

Walking To Heal with Caitlin Patrick

Libby and Alex welcome fellow WalkStar Caitlin Patrick as shares her journey of starting a walking practice and how it has evolved into a spiritual and healing practice. She discusses the challenges she faced when her beloved grandmother suddenly passed in...

Morocco Suite

From the medina of Marrakech to the palmeries in Zagora, join sound recordists Andrea Campisi and Silvia Malnati as they embark upon a roadtrip in sound, leaving the capital city to journey across southeast Morocco. Across four movements of contrasting ene...

Elena Biserna talking walking

Elena Biserna is an Italian researcher and curator who lives in Marseille. In 2022 she completed and published two compendia, one called “Going Out: walking, listening, sound making”, and the other “Walking with Scores”. Andrew ...

Walking in Grief & Joy with Jamila Reddy

Libby and Alex welcome fellow Walkstar and breathwork coach Jamila Reddy as she shares her journey through the path of grief and healing. Jamila shares how she cultivates peace and joy amidst loss and reminds us that if grief is inevitable, beauty, joy and...

Sandra Kerr (and Nancy Kerr) in Warkworth

The beloved baggy cloth cat Bagpuss is fifty years old in 2024. We celebrate his birthday by visiting Sandra Kerr at her home in the Northumberland village of Warkworth. Sandra co-wrote and arranged the music for the series and provided some of the voices....

Walking into 2024 – Community Walking Journals

What’s the word that will guide you in 2024? This episode features walking journals from fellow Walkstars sharing their intentions for the year, including Joanne from Mississippi, who finds solace and purpose in 'growth' through gardening and walking; An...

Sounds of the Earth – husky howls and oystercatchers

Relax with a mix of music and natural sounds, recorded by Radio 3 Sunday Breakfast listeners. Three dawn choruses from across the UK, starring woodland, garden and sea birds, follow on from the very different dusk chorus from the remote Greeenland town of ...