{"podcast":{"title":"A Life More Wild","slug":"a-life-more-wild-5504428","podcast_index_feed_id":5504428,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ESL9402126834","website_url":"https://www.canopyandstars.co.uk","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/8e1eef6c-c765-11eb-8cb6-3f8b9672b3cb/image/24c28959a6840eb79aabd97323ab43a3.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Canopy & Stars","episode_count":71,"summary":"A Life More Wild takes you into the outdoors with fascinating people, to hear how nature shapes their work and lives. Go eagle spotting with Hamza Yassin, strolling on the beach with Jordan Stephens and walking in the woods with Charlotte Church. And hear remarkable stories, like the lady who flew over the Russian tundra to save endangered swans, the Londoners who turned birdwatching into a global movement and the last drystone waller in Wales.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-16T10:20:55.556134+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-life-more-wild-5504428"},"episode":{"title":"Barney Murray on the wibbly tightness, brutal conditions and surprisingly young demographic of drystone walling","slug":"barney-murray-on-the-wibbly-tightness-brutal-conditions-and-surprisingly-young-demographic-of-drystone-walling","published_at":"2026-04-15T23:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-life-more-wild-5504428/barney-murray-on-the-wibbly-tightness-brutal-conditions-and-surprisingly-young-demographic-of-drystone-walling","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-life-more-wild-5504428","url":"https://www.canopyandstars.co.uk/a-life-more-wild-podcast/series-six/","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/ESL7554598301.mp3","summary":"Barney Murray was in his late teens, studying art and hating it. He took a casual labouring job with a couple of guys who ran a drystone walling company. He never looked back. Nine years later and now a certified Master Craftsman, he loves working out in the fields, even when the weather is at its most challenging. Join him as he works to patch a gap in the wall of a sheep field, a more technical process than you might think. As he builds “skins”, packs the centre and lays coping stones, he talks about finding himself already a veteran builder as a young wave of wallers emerges, brutal weather, wildlife habitats, and how he can read the walls like handwriting. A Life More Wild is an 18Sixty production, brought to you by Canopy & Stars. Production by Clarissa Maycock. Our theme music is by Billie Marten.","meta_description":"Barney Murray was in his late teens, studying art and hating it. He took a casual labouring job with a couple of guys who ran a drystone walling company.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1283,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/a-life-more-wild-5504428/episodes/barney-murray-on-the-wibbly-tightness-brutal-conditions-and-surprisingly-young-demographic-of-drystone-walling/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-life-more-wild-5504428/barney-murray-on-the-wibbly-tightness-brutal-conditions-and-surprisingly-young-demographic-of-drystone-walling.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}