Threshold podcast

Threshold

Threshold is a Peabody Award-winning documentary podcast about our place in the natural world. Each season, we take listeners on a journey into the heart of a complex environmental story, asking how we got here and where we might be headed. In our latest season, Hark, we hand the mic over to our planet-mates and investigate what it means to truly listen to nonhuman voices—and the cost if we don't. With mounting social and ecological crises, what happens when we tune into the life all around us? Threshold is nonprofit, listener-supported, and independently produced.

Threshold is a Peabody Award-winning documentary podcast about our place in the natural world. Each season, we take listeners on a journey into the heart of a complex environmental story, asking how we got here and where we might be headed. In our latest season, Hark, we hand the mic over to our planet-mates and investigate what it means to truly listen to nonhuman voices—and the cost if we don't. With mounting social and ecological crises, what happens when we tune into the life all around us? Threshold is nonprofit, listener-supported, and independently produced.

 

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Threshold Conversations: Climate Emotions with Audrey Martin

All over the world, small groups of complete strangers are getting together to share their... more

09 Dec 2025

22 MINS

22:37

09 Dec 2025


#132

Threshold Conversations: The Roadless Rule with Ben Goldfarb

Last June, the U.S. the Secretary of Agriculture announced that the Trump administration i... more

18 Nov 2025

25 MINS

25:50

18 Nov 2025


#131

Something New Coming Next Week

Something new is coming to your feed next week. Threshold is made possible by our listener... more

11 Nov 2025

03 MINS

03:38

11 Nov 2025


#130

Hark | 16 | Country is Speaking

In this final episode of Hark, we think about listening with Indigenous storytellers on th... more

04 Nov 2025

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:55

04 Nov 2025


#129

Hark | 15 | Whynotamus

New technologies like artificial intelligence have helped to accelerate and open up the en... more

07 Oct 2025

50 MINS

50:32

07 Oct 2025


#128

Hark | 14 | Disquieting

Humans have filled the world with so much noise that the only sounds many of us often hear... more

02 Sep 2025

55 MINS

55:28

02 Sep 2025


#127

Hark | 13 | Part of the Choir

Homo sapiens joined the story of life on Earth just 300,00 years ago. So when and how did ... more

05 Aug 2025

44 MINS

44:10

05 Aug 2025


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Hark | 12 | Trailblazers

Elephants communicate through a variety of calls, trumpets, and rumbles. But despite being... more

01 Jul 2025

50 MINS

50:04

01 Jul 2025


#125

Hark | 11 | Am I Not Lucky?

Modern humans emerged into a world filled with and shaped by elephants. But for elephants,... more

03 Jun 2025

48 MINS

48:47

03 Jun 2025


#124

Hark | 10 | Behold, the Wonderchicken

More than 60 million years ago, an asteroid hit the Earth, wiping out almost all the dinos... more

06 May 2025

53 MINS

53:13

06 May 2025


#123

Hark | 9 | The Silent Type

Birds, frogs, dolphins, and humans—we're all big talkers. Turtles, on the other hand, are ... more

08 Apr 2025

46 MINS

46:33

08 Apr 2025


#122

Hark | 8 | The Queen's English

Living together in a group is a strategy many animals use to survive and thrive. And a big... more

25 Mar 2025

30 MINS

30:53

25 Mar 2025


#121

Hark | 7 | I've Got A Name

A name is essential to your identity. It’s what people call you and what you respond to—it... more

11 Mar 2025

30 MINS

30:32

11 Mar 2025