Making BirdNote

Mark Bramhill (0:03)

This is BirdNote, I'm senior producer Mark Bramhill.

It's fundraising week, and we're asking you to join the flock as a recurring monthly donor at birdnote.org. As senior producer, I have the pleasure of working on every episode of BirdNote. And while it's a two-minute show, it takes a lot more than two minutes to create. We record with a narrator.

SPEAKER_2 (0:26)

Even if you had feathers, lightweight bones, and powerful wings, you would still lack something essential to flying like a bird.

Mark Bramhill (0:34)

I search for the perfect bird calls and songs. Hmm, not that one.

There it is. I take those elements, the theme song, and weave them into a sound-rich episode.

SPEAKER_2 (0:51)

The highly efficient breathing anatomy that powers the exertion of flight.

Mark Bramhill (0:59)

BirdNote is not just one thing. It's many things working together that makes it great.

The same is true for BirdNote funding, which makes the show possible. It's not about what any one person does. It's all of us giving what we can to support BirdNote's mission. And when you give a monthly gift of five, 10, or $20, you're helping us get closer to reaching our goal of 1,000 recurring donors that sustain the work each month. Make your recurring donation now at birdnote.org. And as a special thank you, we'll send you a Birds of BirdNote wall calendar.

For BirdNote, I'm Mark Bramhill.

SPEAKER_3 (1:45)

Hey, BirdNote fan, Joni's Franklin here, BirdNote's content director. You're invited to join us and KHOL, Jackson Hole's community radio station, for a special evening of story telling.

It's all happening on Thursday, October 5th. For more and get tickets at jhcenterforthearts.org. That's jhcenterforthearts.org.