This feels like a sort of sound google of swan. We hear snippets about swans as they appear in poetry and prose, legend and religion, music and dance, as well as in nature, and even in sales. Stories about Pavlova, observations on the various swan species, recordings of their natural call, as well as excerpts of lovely swan-inspired music, are gathered in what feels like no particular order. There’s a dreamy quality, balanced by a swan specialist’s clear-eyed comments, including how they taste after accidentally colliding with power lines and dying very un-poetic deaths. Not usual NPR fare, but could be satisfying change from point-driven reports, election coverage, and hideous news from various war zones.