Lowlines
4.8/5
Critic Rating
Lowlines is a sonic scrapbook and a passport to roam. Following one woman’s pull to tune into the pulse of place - befriending strangers along the way. Feeling pranged out by the London business hustle, food entrepreneur Petra Barran brought an audio recorder and set off with no itinerary, guided simply by a hunger to get lower and closer to the ground. The series is a holiday for the ears, taking us to the heartbeat of New Orleans, the low-slung wetlands of South Louisiana, the slow gyrations of the Amtrak to Tucson. Down to the brittle rasp of the So...
Critic Reviews
Score: 5
Devin • Podstack • Mar 4, 2024
"The first thing I need to say about this new series is that you absolutely need to listen with headphones on if you can. Even though travelling to different places is important to the show, it’s the conversations with people in each place that make this show special. Petra is uniquely talented at connecting with people and reminding us of how much we might be missing out on when too attached to our screens."
Score: 5
Stephen O. • Podcast Delivery • Feb 12, 2024
"From the moment you press play, you’re prompted to reflect on your place in the world around you.So rarely does a podcast that prompts this amount of introspection come along, that you may feel the need to reference more familiar bearings while you listen."
Score: 4.5
Francesca Turauskis • Pod Bible • Feb 6, 2024
"the description of a sonic scrapbook feels like an apt one – listening to the series as a whole could be a bombardment of too much to take in, and there’s pieces that I found more interesting that others. But we get a collage of moments that are important to Petra. Listeners might not find resonance in everything they are offered, but everyone would be able to take something away."
