MNPS Presents… “Talking Turtles and Singing Ice”
November 11 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Talking Turtles and Singing Ice
Listening to the More-than-Human World in an Age of Distraction
with Amy Martin
Listening has always been central to human survival. We’ve evolved to tune in to each other, and to the sounds of our places, the voices of other animals, rhythms of seasons and weather. But today, amid the digital distractions of our time, many of us move through our days hearing nothing but human-made sounds: pinging phones, shouting televisions, the nonstop noises of our machines. Audio journalist and former Ted Scripps Fellow Amy Martin has spent the last ten years pushing back against this sonic isolation, turning the microphone toward our planet-mates — and the planet itself — on her Peabody Award-winning podcast, Threshold. In this talk, she’ll share some of her adventures from the field and make the case that listening to the more-than-human world is more essential to our survival than ever.
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