Threshold

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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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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

48 MINS

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08 Apr 2025

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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

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25 Mar 2025

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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

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11 Mar 2025

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Hark | Interlude 4 | Nydala

Listening and looking for loons. Threshold is nonprofit, listener-supported, and independe... more

25 Feb 2025

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25 Feb 2025

#119

Hark | Behind the Scenes

We answer listener questions about the making of Season 5: Hark and of Threshold more broa... more

11 Feb 2025

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11 Feb 2025

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Hark | Interlude 3 | Quiet

Sometimes a place we consider quiet is just a place we haven’t taken the time to listen. T... more

03 Jan 2025

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03 Jan 2025

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Hark | 6 | The Primrose Path

If a being doesn’t have ears, can it hear? And if it doesn’t have a mouth, can it talk? In... more

24 Dec 2024

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24 Dec 2024

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Where You Fit In

Listening to Threshold is free. Creating it is not. We’ve always been committed to making ... more

20 Dec 2024

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20 Dec 2024

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Hark | 5 | Common Sense

Insects invented song. They’ve developed a multitude of ways to listen. But insects couldn... more

17 Dec 2024

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17 Dec 2024

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Hark | Interlude 2 | Hey Bear

Sometimes we have to be loud when we want to be quiet. Threshold is nonprofit, listener-su... more

13 Dec 2024

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13 Dec 2024

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Hark | 4 | Do You Hear What I Hear?

What is sound? And what does it mean to listen? In this episode, we take a closer look at ... more

10 Dec 2024

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10 Dec 2024

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Hark | 3 | Emergency Services

Coral reefs are some of our planet’s most beautiful and biodiverse habitats. They’re also ... more

03 Dec 2024

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03 Dec 2024

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Hark | Interlude 1 | Isen Låter Så

The planet is filled with unexpected and magical sounds… all you have to do is listen. Thr... more

29 Nov 2024

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29 Nov 2024

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Hark | 2 | Unk Boop Kwa

Beneath the water lies a whole world of sound: snorts, boops, croaks, grunts. Fish, it tur... more

26 Nov 2024

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26 Nov 2024

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Hark | 1 | The Slime of Life

For most of our planet’s existence, the Earth was quiet. The boisterous sounds of life we ... more

19 Nov 2024

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19 Nov 2024

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Hark | Preview

Humans are born into a wondrous planetary chorus. But today, many of us rarely hear anythi... more

01 Nov 2024

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01 Nov 2024

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Time to 1.5 | Extra 1 | A Conversation with Rebecca Solnit

In June 2024, the planet hit a terrifying milestone: [12 straight months] (https://climate... more

31 Jul 2024

34 MINS

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31 Jul 2024

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Bison Dispatch #3: The Bison Range

In Season 1 of Threshold, we reported on the decades-long fight to get the federal governm... more

21 Dec 2023

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21 Dec 2023

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Bison Dispatch #2

A few weeks ago, Yellowstone National Park released a draft plan for managing bison in the... more

14 Sep 2023

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14 Sep 2023

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Bison Dispatch #1

Yellowstone National Park recently released a new plan for managing the bison herd. It’s i... more

24 Aug 2023

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24 Aug 2023

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Best of: This Most Excellent Canopy

A lyrical ode to our atmosphere: the invisible, underappreciated substance that makes all ... more

22 Apr 2023

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22 Apr 2023

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Stay Connected to Threshold

A few weeks ago, the Biden administration approved the Willow project. It’s a plan to extr... more

27 Mar 2023

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