Tonal - Rivers Beyond Sewage

Tonal - Rivers Beyond Sewage

TONAL - Rivers Beyond Sewage explores water issues nationally with a special focus on the River Tone in Somerset. Through riverside conversations with people who have different and profound relationships with water Feral Practice leads us on a deep dive into the politics, law, art and science of rivers with curiosity and humor. Moving beyond the adversarial tone that dominates news and social media, Tonal offers powerful and entertaining listening — professional, political, ecological and spiritual — while keeping a close ear on the river herself. Artist Feral Practice lives in Somerset, UK. They work to explore and expand our relationship to other species and the living earth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

August 4, 2025 50 mins
Feral Practice goes backyard exploring around the waterways of Wellington in Somerset with Anita Roy, one of the dynamic leaders of Transition Town Wellington. Anita shares her passion for the watery history of woolen cloth making in the town, and the current (and currant) successes and future plans of TTW, including the forest garden in Fox's Field and plans for a new wetland. Don't miss the end, with Anita's concept of 'pond cons...

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MP for Taunton and Wellington Gideon lives in central Taunton and swims most Saturdays after Park Run, so he is passionate about the River Tone. He helped to run the successful campaign to gain bathing water status for the river in French Weir Park. Gideon and Fiona discuss the Lib Dem calls for Ofwat to be abolished, plus a gamut of water-quality issues including sewage, planning, farming, dogs, retrofitting, ecocide and raft raci...

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Feral Practice walks and talks with artist James Aldridge. Exploring an area of recently flooded land to the east side of Taunton, the artists discuss Aldridge's 'Queer River' project and other ideas that intersect in their work - around water, diversity and creativity.Being recently flooded, the Tone was embodying the ‘de-canalisation’ of thinking that the artists discuss - how it is important to loosen ideas around what a river i...

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A generous and wide ranging conversation about water, mostly dirty water, with Director of Water for the Environment Agency Helen Wakeham. Tackling in detail and giving historical context to the (all too literal) topic of shit in the river, as well as road runoff, farm runoff, PFAs chemicals and plastics. Including practical tips and future ambitions, this is a realistic and well informed deep dive into river pollution, asking what...

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Feral Practice learns to spot signs of otters - that is slides and spraint 💩 - along the Taunton-Bridgwater canal and finds out more about otter life from Jo Pearse of the Somerset Otter Group. Question - what does otter poo smell like? The answer may surprise you! Jo goes into delighful detail about the otter's life and habits, including how anal jelly (😳) helps protect the otters gut from fish bones. We learn the different kin...

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