Threshold Shift episodes:

• October 31, 2020Persephone Rising: A Global Sonic Retelling of the Underworld Myth

  "Starry Wheels" artwork used by permission of the artist, alumni audio

  contributor and Portland-based local, Peter Nevins.

  [Show Transcript]

  Hello and welcome back to Threshold Shift, where we give the mic to nature

  and amplify earth, on KBOO 90.7 FM Portland, 91.9 FM...

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• August 29, 2020The Floating World

  Sounds from the Irish Sea and Panther Creek

   

  (Show transcription)

  Hello and welcome back to Threshold Shift on KBOO 90.7 FM Portland. I'm your

  host Nicole Martin and in this quarter's episode we'll be getting back to our

  roots, our tap roots if you will, featuring long...

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• May 30, 2020The Quarantine Episode

  We'll be broadcasting slices of life created in quarantine and lockdowns from

  around the US, Ireland and France.

  Broadcaster's Note: The original mission statement for this show was to

  broadcast audio that is focused on the environment and nature in hopes

  of highlightin...

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• February 29, 2020Love Letters to Kilfinane

  Selections from the 2017 and 2019 HearSay International Audio Arts Festival

  in Kilfinane, County Limerick, Ireland

  Every two years, a mountain village of seven hundred people in Western

  Ireland hosts over 400 festival-goers for the HearSay International Audio

  Arts Festi...

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• November 30, 2019The Divine and the Mundane: Music in the Fabric of Our Lives

  Whether we hear it or not, we are always steeped in sound. Over the course of

  2019, Threshold Shift has been exploring the intersections of field

  recording, sound design, human hearing and music. We started in March with

  guest host, Bill McQuay's, second deep dive into t...

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• August 31, 2019Sound, Design and Sacred Geometry

  [Show Transcript]

  Hello and welcome back to Threshold Shift where we give the mic to nature and

  amplify Earth. I had the opportunity in April to work at the HearSay Audio

  Arts Festival in Kilfinane, Ireland and, while we’re still working on

  gathering sounds from those f...

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• June 29, 2019Rain in Case of Emergency

  And good evening Portland you're listening to KBOO 90.7 FM, and K282BH

  Philomath 104.3 FM, K220HR 91.9FM Hood River. I hope you're having a good

  night and good Pride and cheers to those heading out to Popmob tomorrow to

  continue dancing for the resistance. I hope you hav...

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• March 30, 2019Insectuality 2: Ultrasonic Bugaloo

  Tonight from 12:00-3:00 AM Bill McQuay of Ecolocation Sound and NPR will be

  guest hosting and presenting the final installment of his and researchers

  Drs. Laurel Symes and Hannah ter Hofstede's recent field recordings from

  Barro Colorado, Panama. 

  Thrill to the ultrason...

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• March 09, 2019Poetry and Science

  Poetry and sound with Judith Arcana of Poetry and Everything, Tiel Ansari of

  Wider Window Poetry, and Nikki Martin of Threshold Shift. We'll be exploring

  the intersections between poetry and sound, words and representation, art and

  science on this International Womxn's D...

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• December 29, 2018Threshold Shift Episode IV: Whales

  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 ...

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