About this episode

Ana González introduces her new podcast featuring Yo-Yo Ma discussing the connection between music and the natural world.

Ana González is here to introduce you to her new podcast, Our Common Nature, a musical journey with cellist Yo-Yo Ma. When the world stopped in 2020, Yo-Yo Ma started thinking about how music can reconnect people to the natural world. In this limited podcast series, Yo-Yo goes around the country to places where people have deep connections to the earth.

People in this episode

Guest: Yo-Yo Ma

Topics covered

• music
• nature
• connection

Keywords

• Our Common Nature
• musical journey
• 2020

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Our Common Nature

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