Under the Apple Trees | Heat, YouTube and a New Beginning in Bosnia

An Englishman in the Balkans is a weekly podcast about the people, places and everyday life of Bosnia and Herzegovina, told by David Bailey, who has lived here for more than 25 years. New episodes arrive every Tuesday.

It is a fiercely hot Friday evening in rural Bosnia and Herzegovina. Standing beneath the apple trees, surrounded by fallen fruit, insects, dry grass and a garden struggling in the heat, I set off on my first proper walk-and-talk episode.

As I wander around the garden, I reflect on the changing seasons, the strange pleasure of rural life for someone raised in London, and my decision to step away from the constant demands of YouTube. I also talk about relaunching this podcast, finding a quieter community of listeners, recording the stories of my life and creating members-only episodes and soundscapes from Bosnia.

This is deliberately informal and lightly edited—just the sounds around me and whatever happened to be on my mind.

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