Animals & The Healing Power of Music with Musician PLUMES
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After meeting cows, Plume says he became vegetarian and then vegan.
1. One Planet Podcast's "Animals & The Healing Power of Music with Musician PLUMES" focuses on Loris Sadian, known as Plume, performing guitar for animals in sanctuaries, farms, zoos, and habitats.
2. Host Mia Funk interviews Plume as a musician, and the episode frames his work as an experiment in trust, presence, and cross-species communication.
3. The episode asks what animals hear when Plume plays, how they decide to approach, and what those moments reveal about music and non-human attention.
4. Plume says his videos are usually one minute long, but that he may play for an animal for about 30 minutes before the first step toward him.
5. He says he chooses mostly minor keys, sad songs, and love songs because he thinks animals can sense sadness and understand what he is trying to express.
6. He says parrots respond to rhythm, while elephants, lemurs, white tigers, and horses each approach in their own way.
7. The host brings in road ecology to connect the song "Country Roads" with highways, migration routes, and animals being cut off from food and mates.
8. The host says cars and trucks kill more wildlife than almost anything else humans do, and notes that many highways are only 50 to 70 years old.
9. The host contrasts that with migration paths carved over more than 6,000 years and calls them "ghost roads" older than the Roman Empire.
10. Plume says he feels humans have a responsibility not to exploit animals simply because we are stronger.
11. He says his first meeting with cows changed his perception, leading him to become vegetarian and later vegan after learning more about the dairy industry.
12. He also says the meat industry has a way of making people forget the reality of animal suffering.
13. Plume describes big cats as the most receptive species so far and says there has never been a failed attempt with lions.
14. He recounts singing for almost 20 lions that lined up in front of him and eventually fell asleep.
15. He says he does not wear perfume for animal shoots and uses a neutral soap so as not to introduce strong smells.
16. He says animals may be drawn to the smell on his guitar because he does not clean it between shoots, and he mentions ongoing work with scientists in France filming animals before, during, and after shows.
17. The conversation stays conversational and reflective, with Mia Funk pressing on trust, freedom, and the emotional charge of these encounters.
18. Plume speaks plainly and often cautiously, especially when he says he stops immediately if an animal seems stressed or insecure.
19. Listeners interested in animal behavior, veganism, and music as interspecies communication will likely enjoy this episode.
20. Listeners looking for a fast-paced, argument-heavy debate may skip it.
