Podcast Production company Audiocraft and the Australian Museum have collaborated to create an original listening experience with the podcast series, Nocturnal Worlds: journeys through nature for sleep and relaxation. 

Featuring field recordings of the Australian bush, this podcast weaves nature sounds and storytelling in an audio experience that highlights Australia’s unique nocturnal ecosystems.

Each episode explores an iconic Australian animal, the Powerful Owl, the Red-Crowned Toadlet, and the Long-finned Eel, and their nocturnal behaviours.

Kate Montague, Audiocraft CEO said:

“Nocturnal Worlds has been such a dreamy project for Audiocraft.  It’s not every day you get to tramp through a national park at twilight looking for frogs or drop a hydrophone mic into the ocean to listen for whales. It’s projects like this one that really fill our creative cup… and fill our brain with facts about the mysterious mating rituals of eels! That’s the sweet spot for us – where creative storytelling and immersive sound design meet. The result is a project that we’re super proud of and we can’t wait for listeners to dive in, listen deeply, unwind and reconnect with the marvels of nature.” 

Megan Lawrence, Head of Digital at the Australian Museum, said:

“Nocturnal Worlds enables listeners to connect with nature in their own space, to hear the sounds of the bush and learn about Australia’s unique night life in a calming podcast. The writing and sound design by Audiocraft is poetic and peaceful, we are thrilled with this new storytelling venture for discovering the habits of our native animals while relaxing.”

Nocturnal Worlds is available now wherever you get your podcasts.