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ThresholdA Peabody Award-winning documentary podcast about our place in the natural world. Author: Auricle Productions
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 voicesand 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. Language: en Genres: Documentary, Nature, Science, Society & Culture Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Threshold Conversations: Walking Like a Curlew with Matthew Trevelyan
Tuesday, 17 March, 2026
All around the Northern Hemisphere, the evocative call of a curlew is a telltale sign of spring. With their tall, skinny legs and long, curved bills, this group of migratory shorebirds has earned a reputation in many different cultures—but now they’re facing serious threats, and one species is already extinct. Last spring, one man became so concerned about the plight of these iconic birds that he walked for two days across the English countryside inside a giant curlew costume. His name is Matthew Trevelyan, and in his day job he works to protect the pastoral grasslands of Nidderdale, a landscape in Northern England where Eurasian Curlews love to nest. Matthew joins us to talk about his long walk, the challenges facing curlews in the UK and worldwide, and why so many of us find the song of this slender bird to be so moving. Threshold is nonprofit, listener-supported, and independently produced. You can support Threshold by donating today. To stay connected, sign up for our newsletter.Credits: Threshold Conversations is produced by Sam Moore. Our music is by Todd Sickafoose. Amy Martin is our host and executive producer. Resources and Links: Matthew in the BBC in his giant curlew costume Matthew’s new plan to climb the Yorkshire Peaks in the curlew costume The Nidderdale National Landscape where Matthew works to conserve curlewsCurlew conservation and news at curlewaction.orgCurlew Moon by Mary Colwell
