Environment/Sound Art

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CAUGHT at Artists Repertory Theatre with Director Shawn Lee

Airs at: Tue, 10/10/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Stage and Studio

Host James Dixon talks with Shawn Lee - the director for Caught which is being produced at Artist's Repertory Theatre. Caught is a show centered around a Chinese dissident artist that combines visual art and live theatre installations. Caught is presented in partnership wit... Read more

Sound Ecology: Won't You Be My Neighbor?

Airs at: Fri, 10/06/2017 at 10:00am - 10:15am

Produced for: Threshold Shift

One of the major threads of this project is an attempt to connect us as listeners to our ears and our lives a little bit more. A literal threshold shift is when your hearing perception changes while moving between environments with drastically different volume levels. Most ... Read more

Thresholds of Hearing: The world beyond our senses

Airs at: Fri, 09/29/2017 at 10:00am - 10:15am

Produced for: Threshold Shift

Today we are actually going to explore our own thresholds of hearing, more specifically, we have an opportunity to experience what we usually CAN'T hear. The average human can perceive sounds between 20 Hz and 20 kHz, everything below that range is, for us, infrasound—this ... Read more

Bonus Episode: Sounds of Endangered Species and Human Activity

Airs at: Tue, 09/26/2017 at 9:00pm - 9:15pm

Produced for: Threshold Shift

So indeed listners, I promised you some bonus material. To get you ready for Epsidode 3 this Friday I'm sharing a little spectrograph compliments of bioacoustican, Ashakur Rahaman, at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. For full disclosure, I participated in the Cornell Lab or ... Read more

Ubu Hour October 2017

Airs at: Mon, 10/02/2017 at 11:00pm - Tue, 10/03/2017 at 12:00am

Produced for: Ubu Hour

Tonight the Ubu Hour gets preempted to bring you RADIO-VANGILISM HOUR: A radio show devoted to issues of morality, Christianity, and the American way. Our guests tonight are Dr. Tevly Notion and Reverend Jackie Sackfert, who share a new wondrous theory concerning President... Read more

A Popcalypse

Retired 3/20/19 Every 1st and 3rd Wednesday from 12am-3am. Playing all the greatest pop songs, antipop songs, one hit wonders, no hit wonders and A thru Z sides you love but may never have heard. Hosted by Yorik Jones, a DJ of Infinite Jest & Musical Tastes. Read more

Threshold Shift Long-Play Special: Space-Time

Airs at: Wed, 10/18/2017 at 12:00am - 3:00am

Produced for: Threshold Shift

This is our second and final long-play special. Our first Long Play focused on the Dawn Chorus, tracking how soundscapes evolve over time and give a deeper sense of place based on what they contain. In this special, we'll be tracking time on a global scale, starting with ni... Read more

Threshold Shift Long-Play Special: The Dawn Chorus

Airs at: Wed, 10/04/2017 at 12:00am - 3:00am

Produced for: Threshold Shift

Airs Wednesday, Oct 4 at 12 AM. This is the first of our two long-play specials. We devised these shows specifically to be a little more experimental in nature, which lets us push the limits of how long we can keep humans off the air. It also gives our lengthy submissions ... Read more

Lighthouse Lessons and Phokus Phaktor collide Universes

Airs at: Fri, 09/15/2017 at 12:00am - 3:00am

Produced for: Lighthouse Sessions

Special guests [E]mpress, Jonny Cool, KO, Whysir Raps, and Thunderkid, as well as DJ Timothy Bee along with other members of our vibrant community gather to to participate in discussion, art appreciation, colloaboration, and stength-building. Topics include human rights, fa... Read more

Radio Lost & Found for 9/14/17

Airs at: Thu, 09/14/2017 at 10:00pm - Fri, 09/15/2017 at 12:00am

Produced for: Radio Lost and Found

Radio Lost & Found returns yet again after a couple of weeks off for good behavior. I've got music and everything. I'll play some music for the recently departed Holger Czukay and Electronic Music and Musique Concrete pioneer Halim El-Dabh. I hope you can tune in! Read more