Tune in to hear more student work, hosted and produced by Communication and Media Studies student Natalie Hall. This episode showcases the creative work of students from COMS 4501: Digital Media Production, exploring sound in three distinct audio media genres: soundscape composition, audio documentary, and audio portrait.

You’ll hear three unique audio productions:

🎙️ Niki Tavassoli - “A Better Life”

🔊 Aidan Stringer - “I Used to Wish”

🎧 Roger Chan - “Brewer Park(ing Lot)”

you'll also hear a PSA about Bank Block Tenants, a tenant’s organization fighting the forced eviction of residents from 178 Nepean St and 227 Bank Street by Smart Living Properties. If you want to hear more from them go to https://bankblocktenants.ca/ or @bankblocktenants on instagram. Also, check out the Ottawa Neighbourhood Organizing Centre @ottawanoc on instagram.

Listen now and experience the creative audio work coming out of Carleton University!

Tune in to hear more student work, hosted and produced by Communication and Media Studies student Natalie Hall. This episode showcases the creative work of students from COMS 4501: Digital Media Production, exploring sound in three distinct audio media genres: soundscape composition, audio documentary, and audio portrait.

You’ll hear three unique audio productions:

🎙️ Grace McClintock-Luft - In Two Places

🔊 Afshan Shaikh - Twice Two Many

🎧 Ava Campanelli - Cells to Suites

Listen now and experience the creative audio work coming out of Carleton University!

Tune in to the first episode of new content for the year, hosted and produced by Communication and Media Studies student Natalie Hall. This episode showcases the creative work of students from COMS 4501: Digital Media Production, exploring sound in three distinct audio media genres: soundscape composition, audio documentary, and audio portrait.

You’ll hear three unique audio productions:

🎧 Dillon MacNeil – Cacophony of Machines

🔊 Nour Ghalab – Through the Lights: the Lansdowne Christmas Market

🎙️ Rayna Siddique – Identity Crisis

Listen now and experience the creative audio work coming out of Carleton University!

this is the third episode of a three part year-in-review series. throughout it, we’ve listened back to some of the work that aired on the place of sound in 2024, one project type at a time.

this episode features the audio documentary/podcast: a longer-duration storytelling format than the previous two. the episode includes only two projects, but both of which are great examples of the type of work you’ll hear on the place of sound. stay tuned to what the show has in store for 2025!

Jason Scott: “where did you come from?”
Hannah Sheehan: “generations in motion: tracing my path to stittsville”

this is the second episode of a three part year-in-review series. in it, we’ll listen back to some of the work that aired on the place of sound in 2024, one project type at a time.

this episode features the soundscape composition. it begins with a quick overview of the soundscape composition: what it is and how they’re produced. we’ll then listen to five soundscape compositions that aired on the show in 2024. enjoy!

Lucas Turnball - "ripples of resilience, navigating the inner tides"
Aidan Donnely - "inside and anxious mind"
Grace Nevins - "mindful steps through nature"
Jason Scott - "the last day of tryouts"

in the first three episodes of 2025, we’ll be listening back to some of the work that aired on the place of sound in 2024, one project type at a time. this is the first episode in that three-part series.

this episode features the audio portrait. it begins with a quick overview of the audio portrait: what it is and how they’re produced. we’ll then listen to five audio portraits that aired on the show in 2024. enjoy!

Aidan Donnelly - “hometown”
Jake Andrews - “men of nature”
Jannelle Hamstra - “cell memory”
Natalia Saghbini - “as long as i’m with family”

On this episode of The Place of Sound, host Natalie Hall takes listeners on a reflective journey through some of the standout moments from 2024. Anchored by her personal exploration of sound, oral history, and memory, Natalie weaves together clips from Drone Day, her time in Pico, and a selection of compelling interviews. This retrospective showcases her unique perspective and curates a collection of stories and sounds that highlight the diversity and richness of The Place of Sound. Tune in to revisit these unforgettable moments and gain new insights into the art of listening.

On this episode of The Place of Sound our host, Natalie Hall, explores book arts by diving into the archives of her first radio show, Easier Said Than Done. You will hear Natalie in conversation with Mater Printer, Larry Thompson. The discussion includes what the book arts are, the sounds you would hear from a printing workshop, and the importance of moving slowly. Larry also provides a tutorial in letter press printing! If you want to hear the full conversation with Larry from Easier Said Than Done you can check out our archived episodes on CKCU! Happy listening.

We continue the collaboration between The Place of Sound and the Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism to bring you Episode 76. In this episode, we sat down with Noah Perkins, a first year's Master of Architecture Student, hyper pop artist, and drone musician. We talked about architecture, interpretive design, sound and memory and his upcoming album. We tease a track off of Noah's unreleased album and the name of that project in unveiled for the first time. Thanks for tuning in and happy listening.

The Place of Sound and the Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism bring you Part II of a two part collaboration. In episode 75, we’ll listen to two audio pieces created in Dr. Harris-Brandts’ course, ARCU 4300: Theories of Urbanism. This episode is all about thinking of architecture in unconventional spaces. We will learn about Aquatic and Speculative Sci-Fi Urbanism; what they mean, what they do, and how to create with different geographies in mind. Thanks for tuning in and happy listening!

Chloe Clubb, Sarah Cichon, Jessica So - “Aquatic Urbanism”

Denise Cenina, Shela Lamung, Yesha Patel - “Speculative Sci-fi Urbanism”