Threshold

Auricle Productions•www.thresholdpodcast.org

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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Episodes

Oh, Give Me a Home | Extra 3 | Superintendent Wenk

Yellowstone Park Superintendent Dan Wenk gives his take on the bison conundrum.

Feb 18, 2017•6 min

Oh, Give Me a Home | 3 | Born Free

Many cattle ranchers view wild bison as a threat to their livelihoods. But some think cattle and bison can coexist. On episode three of Threshold , you'll meet two cattle ranchers with different perspectives on wild bison — and, we'll take you on a controversial bison hunt. Mentioned in this episode: Subscribe to Amy's newsletter, Letter to Earthlings at https://letterstoearthlings.substack.com/

Feb 16, 2017•30 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Oh, Give Me a Home | Extra 2 | Bindu

A Yellowstone visitor tries to explain how it feels to watch the country's largest wild bison herd grazing in the Lamar Valley.

Feb 14, 2017•4 min

Oh, Give Me a Home | Extra 1 | Snow

Amy goes off-trail in the Yellowstone snow and discovers how hard it is to be a bison.

Feb 13, 2017•4 min

Oh, Give Me a Home | 2 | "The Red Man Was Pressed"

How did we go from more than 50 million wild bison to just 23 free-roaming animals? And how does the decimation of the herds relate to the oppression of Native Americans? Find out on this episode of Threshold. Each season, Threshold podcast explores one story from the natural world, and what it says about us. Season one focuses on the American bison. Dig into the history of the American bison, from their arrival in North America, to current controversies surrounding their management today. Menti...

Feb 09, 2017•29 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Oh, Give Me a Home | 1 | For the Benefit and Enjoyment of the People

Yellowstone National Park is where we saved the American bison from extinction. But each year, we slaughter hundreds of animals from this prized herd. Why? Learn more on this episode of Threshold. Mentioned in this episode: Subscribe to Amy's newsletter, Letter to Earthlings at https://letterstoearthlings.substack.com/

Feb 02, 2017•29 min•Season 1Ep. 1

Oh, Give Me A Home | Preview

Each season, Threshold explores one story from the natural world, and what it says about us. Season one focuses on the American bison. When you start out talking about bison, you end up talking about America. Wherever you are in the U.S., bison used to live there too. How did that change so drastically, so quickly? Can the U.S. ever have wild, free-roaming bison again? Should we? Threshold podcast dives deep into the history of the American bison to understand who we are, where we've been, and w...

Jan 27, 2017•6 min

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