The Kongversation discusses the four new Donkey Kong sets coming to LEGO Super Mario! The surprises, the references, and even the hidden lore of the upcoming expansion to the sprawling toy series!

Showrunner: Hyle Russell
Host: Hyle Russell
Special Guest: Jeff Onan
Music: Matt Cornah

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The Kongversation

The Kongversation 1113 - Here Comes LEGO Donkey Kong!

Squawk! How did the most minor regular character in Donkey Kong Country become one of the most beloved and essential characters in the entire Donkey Kong Universe? It's a fascinating tale of Rare's development philosophies and never letting a character go to waste. It's the tale of Squawks the parrot! Bwark!

Showrunner: Hyle Russell
Host: Hyle Russell
Special Guest: Dustin Jackson
Music: Matt Cornah

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The Kongversation 1125 - Character Witness: Squawks

The Donkey Kong sub-series for LEGO Super Mario has arrived! Hyle shares his first impressions with Dustin, full of amusing anecdotes about building the characters and playsets, navigating the LEGO Super Mario app, and trying to figure out the all-important question: IS IT CANON?

Showrunner: Hyle Russell
Host: Hyle Russell
Special Guest: Dustin Jackson
Music: Matt Cornah

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The Kongversation 1128 - LEGO Super Mario: Donkey Kong Expansion Sets First Impressions

Universal Studios Japan has unveiled many of the details for the upcoming expansion to Super Nintendo World entitled Donkey Kong Country. DK Vine discusses all of the major news and ramifications of the biggest Donkey Kong story of the decade!

Showrunner: Hyle Russell
Host: Hyle Russell
Special Guest: Dustin Jackson
Music: Matt Cornah

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The Kongversation 1145 - Donkey Kong Country at Super Nintendo World Exposed

We discuss the recent 30-second ad for the upcoming Donkey Kong Country expansion to Super Nintendo World!

Showrunner: Hyle Russell
Host: Hyle Russell
Special Guest: Dustin Jackson
Music: Matt Cornah

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The Kongversation Mini 029 - The New Donkey Kong Country at Super Nintendo World Ad

The Kongversation catches up with all the latest news and updates on the Donkey Kong Country half of Super Nintendo World! While the expansion has been delayed until the end of the year in Japan, Universal Orlando has fully revealed its existence for next year's Epic Universe. This includes new details, never-before-revealed specifics, and a fresh international identity for a certain Donkey Kong character.

Showrunner: Hyle Russell
Host: Hyle Russell
Special Guest: Dustin Jackson
Music: Matt Cornah

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The Kongversation 1215 - Donkey Kong Country at Super Nintendo World Uncovered

Starlings perching on a power line in the Arney river catchment stretching Counties Leitrim, Cavan and Fermanagh in Ireland.

Species: Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Location: Kilteen Glebe, Mackan, Couny Fermamagh, UK.
Date and time: 21 December 2021, 5pm
Habitat: Lowland, farmland, lakeland

Spanish name: Estornino pinto 
Italian: Storno comune 
French: Étourneau sansonnet

Gear (Affiliate links)
Parabolic dish
Sennheiser MKH 8040
Sound Devices 744t
Nikon D750 https://amzn.to/3UN0D1m
Tamron 150-600mm https://amzn.to/3UTV8xY

Starlings On The Wire

Starlings coming to roost on the eaves of our house's roof - a domestic situation. I managed to access the cavity through the loft space, and place a small lavalier microphone where I thought they were roosting. This was largely inaccessible to human-sized bodies so I taped it to a boom pole and the rest was guess work.

The racket they make and the mimicry skills these wonderful neighbours have, are something to behold.

Species: Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Location: Kilteen Glebe, Mackan, County Fermanagh, UK.
Date and time: 2 February 2021, 16h45
Habitat: Lowland, farmland, lakeland

Gear (Associate Links)
Nikon D750 https://amzn.to/3UN0D1m
NIKKOR 28-300mm https://amzn.to/4c2gwb8
Sound Devices 744T
DPA 4060

Spanish name: Estornino pinto
Italian: Storno comune
French: Étourneau sansonnet

Starlings In The Roof

About 3000 Barnacle Geese arrive in October to spend the winter in North Sligo. The Ballygilgan Nature Reserve is one of the best sites in Ireland for seeing these geese in winter. 

The geese breed in Greenland in the summer and spend the winter in Ireland. They graze in Lissadell – Maugherow area every winter until April, spending every night on the island of Inishmurray.* 

Species: Barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis)
Location: Ballygilgan Lissadel nature reserve, County Sligo, Ireland
Date and time: 23 November 2021, 12h33
Habitat: Improved Pasture

Gear (with Associate Links)
Sound Devices 744T 
Sennheiser  MKH30 and MKH 8040 in MS configuration
Nikon D750 https://amzn.to/3UN0D1m
Tamron 150-600mm https://amzn.to/3UTV8xY
NIKKOR 28-300mm https://amzn.to/4c2gwb8

*Source: https://www.npws.ie/nature-reserves/sligo/ballygilgan-lissadell-nature-reserve

Barnacle Geese Grazing

A skein of Barnacle geese - mostly migrants from Greenland where they breed - approach and land the 'Goose Field' at Lissadel's Ballygilgan Nature Reserve.

In Winter it's an essential grazing site for a large flock of Barnacle geese (c. 3000), the winter freshwater pond also attracts other waterfowl and waders, and a cereal patch at the east end attracts wintering finches and buntings.*

In this recording you can hear the geese grazing after landing:
https://soundcloud.com/angelpgrandi/barnacle-geese-grazing

Species: Barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis)
Location: Ballygilgan Nature Reserve, Lissadel, Co. Sligo, Ireland
Date and time: 23 November 2021, 11h45
Habitat: Improved Pasture

Gear (with Associate Links)
Sound Devices 744T
Sennheiser MKH30 and MKH 8040 in MS configuration
Nikon D750 amzn.to/3UN0D1m
Tamron 150-600mm amzn.to/3UTV8xY
NIKKOR 28-300mm amzn.to/4c2gwb8

*Source: www.npws.ie/nature-reserves/sli…dell-nature-reserve

Barnacle Geese Approach

On this most ghostly night of the year, when the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead is at its thinnest, Jane and Mike talk traditions, folk stories, candles and birds. There's more to this podcast than a mere chat - people might learn something, (especially as there is talk of the 'Book of the Week' and the 'Song of the Year' - from Mike, and his birdy friends).

Green Giraffes Halloweeen Pod 31 - 10 2024 Thursday

Broadcast live on https://twitch.tv/dkvine after the first ever Donkey Kong-themed Nintendo Direct, Hyle and Josh discuss Shigeru Miyamoto's walkabout in Donkey Kong Country at Super Nintendo World!

Showrunner: Hyle Russell
Host: Hyle Russell
Special Guest: Josh Wallen
Music: Matt Cornah

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The Kongversation Mini 034 - Super Nintendo World Donkey Kong Country Direct

The Donkey Kong Country version of Donkey Kong, along with Diddy Kong, crossed over with Tetris for the very first in either franchise's history back in February with Tetris 99's 45th MAXIMUS CUP event. Was a complete Kongo Jungle reimagining of the classic puzzle game enough to finally convert Hyle... or at least convince him that it's nearly as good as It's Mr Pants?

Showrunner: Hyle Russell
Host: Hyle Russell
Special Guest: I.M. Gibbon
Music: Matt Cornah

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The Kongversation Mini 035 - Tetris 99 First Impressions

Mike Scantlebury is a part of the band, radio show and song writing team known as 'The Jam'. No, Paul Weller he ain't. JAM stands for 'Jane and Mike' and you'll not just find them on Mixcloud but also Youtube and various websites and Blogs. It's modern songs, (in a folk idiom), radio shows in a 'Richard and Judy' idiot, and songs like 'Dit Dit Dit', (which, as we all know, stands for S.O.S. - good enough for The Titanic. Who knows, Salford might hit an iceberg, soon).

Hi! I'm Ángel, Sound Artist and Field Recordist. My inspiration is the natural world. I run SoundArk. offering Audio Production and Post-Production services. I'm based in the United Kingdom, and have been lucky to travel the world through my trade.

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angel@soundarkstudios.com
 
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