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Where we give the mic to nature and amplify Earth

 

Hear the Earth You're Missing

Threshold Shift is a collection of field recordings created and contributed by sound professionals, scientists, and student-citizens from across the globe. Why do we record? By many accounts, there is less than 2% of the Earth that is free from human-induced sound and that area is shrinking quickly. It is our hope that this series will increase awareness about acoustic ecology, bioacoustics and sound preservation efforts as well as create room in an otherwise human-crowded media landscape for nature to be listened to and enjoyed.

Every 5th Saturday from 12-3 am. Long form episodes of immersive soundscape goodness. 

The original mini-series aired Fridays at 10:00-10:15am from Sept 1- Oct 27, 2017 as a feature of KBOO's 2017 Sound Artist in Residence Program. The subsequent long form program aired from the autumn of 2017 to the autumn of 2020.

 

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Threshold Shift Episode IV: Whales

Airs at: Sat, 12/29/2018 at 12:00am - 3:00am
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Hello and welcome back to Threshold Shift on KBOO 90.7 FM Portland. I am your host Nicole Martin. A lot has happened since our September show featuring the work of recordist Bill McQuay and researcher Dr. Laurel Symes. We had a very successful KBOO 50th Anniversary live eve... Read more

Hear and There: Audio Postcards from Earth

Airs at: Tue, 10/09/2018 at 7:30pm - 9:30pm
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In honor of KBOO's 50th Anniversary and the 20th Anniversary of A Different Nature's 24-Hour Earth Day Broadcast, we are inviting you to join us at the OMSI Kendall Planetarium for Hear and There:  Audio Postcards from Earth Tuesday October 9th at 7:30 PM.   This is an al... Read more

Insectuality: The Radio Show

Airs at: Sat, 09/29/2018 at 12:00am - 3:00am
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The Press Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--09-24-2018 In Pursuit of Science and Sound:  A Cornell Lab of Ornithology Edward W. Rose Postdoctoral Fellow will be the subject of a three-part series on KBOO radio while the sounds, which are the focus of that research, are feat... Read more

Insectuality: Love Songs and Death Dances from a Panamanian Rain Forest at OMSI

Airs at: Wed, 08/29/2018 at 8:00pm - 8:30pm
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  Event:  OMSI After Dark:  Good Vibrations, 700-1100 PM August 29th, 2018 Where: OMSI 1945 SE Water Ave, Portland, OR 97214 Tickets:  www.omsi.edu IMPORTANT NOTE buying a ticket DOES NOT guarantee entrance to the planetarium for this show ONLY. Planetarium doors are at 7:... Read more

A Different Nature

Airs at: Sat, 06/30/2018 at 12:00am - 6:00am
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Hello and welcome back to Threshold Shift. I am your host, Nicole Martin, and tonight's show is an 50th anniversary card to KBOO. It is also in memory of Mr. Richard Francis, the founder of KBOO's A Different Nature still being curated and broadcast by the Different Nature ... Read more

An Idiot's Field Guide to US Public and Tribal Land Management

Airs at: Sat, 03/31/2018 at 12:00am - 3:00am
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  To make some of this information easier to get to (less scrolling than on the episode page) here it is in a hopefully more digestible format. You can hear a somewhat impromptu interview about these topics here. All opinions expressed were my own. For clarification, there... Read more

This Land Is Our Land

Airs at: Sat, 03/31/2018 at 12:00am - 3:00am
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Hello and welcome back to Threshold Shift. I am your host Nicole Martin. We have weathered the winter and now we are back on the air for every fifth Saturday of the year bringing you more long-form soundscape immersion. On this our first episode of 2018, we have a very spe... Read more

Threshold Shift Audio Party

Airs at: Mon, 11/06/2017 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
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I am personally inviting you to the Threshold Shift Audio Party happening Monday, November 6 from 630-800 PM at the KBOO Studios on 20 SE 8th Ave. Portland, OR 97214. We'll be celebrating all things audio including the wrap of the Threshold Shift Sound Artist in Residency ... Read more

The Final Frontier Episode

Airs at: Fri, 10/27/2017 at 10:00am - 10:15am
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  Hello and welcome to the final episode of Threshold Shift. I am your host, Nicole Martin. You have allowed us to take you around the globe across four continents and to the dark waters of the Arctic; from tiny Yellow Island in the San Juans all the way to Papua New Guine... Read more

The Echo Episode: Sound and Collecting It

Airs at: Fri, 10/20/2017 at 10:00am - 10:15am
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If you missed our last long-form piece this Wednesday be sure to check it out on the special page. So this week, in our penultimate episode, I'd like to allow our minds to wander a bit and envision ourselves as echo collectors. I know the series has focused quite a bit on t... Read more