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Jess Shane

@iamjessshane.bsky.social
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Audio producer / artist Current: Secret project @radiotopia, @pushkinpods Formerly: @cbcpodcasts, @transmitter Cofounder of Constellations www.jessshane.com

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Jess Shane @iamjessshane.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
My audio doc "What's Inside the Moon" is out w @signalhillfm.bsky.social today. I track down student poets whose work was published in Kenneth Koch's groundbreaking 1970 book "Wishes Lies and Dreams" to hear if and how poetry stayed with them. www.signalhill.fm/issue-three/...
Kenneth Koch, a tall white man with glasses, stands in front of a classroom blackboard, arms crossed and smiling, as two students read something to the class beside him. Photo courtesy of Teachers and Writers CollaboativeTwo 8-year-old girls, Fontessa Moore and Vivien Tuft, read from a book against a purple green screen. Courtesy of Stephan Chodorov from Camera Three ProductionsA page from Wishes Lies and Dreams: 

What's inside the moon?
   There's hot water inside.
What's the sky made of?
   It was made of white snow.
If you cut the sun open what would you see?
   Terrible looking enemies.
When you write you look at your words have you thought of
      cutting open a letter to see what's inside?
   No.  But if a person was crazy the answer would be yes.
What's inside colors?
   There's pink stars.
Where is the end of the universe?
   In back of the swimming pools.
How old is adventure?
   It is 60,000 years old.
Which color is older, black or white?
   Black because you can outline me.
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Oh-No! @ohnotoeverything.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
new newsletter. If you don't like to read, you can just click on all the links ohnotoeverything.substack.com/p/oh-no-were...
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Oh No. We're back.
and we wrote a manifesto. oops.
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Jess Shane @iamjessshane.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Do you need a sound designer or mix engineer? Or general swiss army knife producer/sound whiz? I can't recommend Michelle enough. Brimming with ideas, skill, and a deeply collaborative and generous spirit. Get her while she's available!!!
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Michelle Macklem @michellemacklem.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
excited to be nominated for Best Sound Design at the Ambies this year and be among these stellar contenders. i love making sound-rich work, and Girl V Horse for @espn.com's 30 for 30 podcast was an ambitious world building project through Foley recording, modulating library sounds + field recording
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Jess Shane @iamjessshane.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Wav.pool is a week tomorrow in Brooklyn ft #mitrakaboli #phoebewang & #evanjcartwright It’s gonna be magic 🪄 partiful.com/e/2yQK6VWbxE...
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Jess Shane @iamjessshane.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
In light of yesterday's news about Trump's terrible vision to expand Guantanamo Bay to a 30,000 migrant-detention facility, we just put up a film we made in '22 about the hidden horrors of this place + the power of deep listening on vimeo. #CloseGuantanamo vimeo.com/1051745251
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Signal and Noise
What are the sounds of Guantánamo Bay Detention Center? In 2015, poet Jordan Scott set out to record the ambient sounds of the prison as a means of bypassing…
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Jess Shane @iamjessshane.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
NYC audio ppl! Mark your calendars ~ wav.pool is back ft PHOEBE WANG, MITRA KABOLI & EVAN CARTWRIGHT An evening of weirdo audio art performances awaits at Jalopy Theatre on Feb 13th! partiful.com/e/2yQK6VWbxE...
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Kalli Anderson @kallipearl.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
“In our copycat chat podcasts, generic self-help shows, paint-by-numbers murder tales, we’ve created templates that AI can also replicate.” Thoughtful take on AI in audio and what it means for audio producers and journalists.
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Jess Shane @iamjessshane.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Looking forward to chatting with #PearlTan this afternoon about overlapping questions in our series #ShockingHeartbreakingTransformative & #DiversityWork www.eventbrite.com.au/e/in-convers...
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In Conversation: The Ethics of Podcasting @ AFTRS Masterclass
Join is for an in-depth discussion diving into the world of podcasting ethics with Jess Shane and Pearl Tan.
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Jess Shane @iamjessshane.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
We all have a little devil don't we? This is a heart-filled indie show to warm you up as the weather gets colder Loving Jasmin's probing and playful interview style so far
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Jess Shane @iamjessshane.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
I feel complicated about year end lists, but proud that our complicated show— made by a small but mighty team @michellemacklem.bsky.social @y00ree.bsky.social @audroma.bsky.social & #SaraNics— made this list & are in such stellar company TY @reggieugwu.bsky.social! www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/a...
Screenshot from article: "Jess Shane’s dizzying and dazzling deconstruction of the documentary industrial complex is essentially a documentary about the making of a documentary. Disenchanted with her field’s traditional ethical practices, which she thinks lean exploitative, Shane sets out to reinvent the form, inviting the show’s “main characters” to take a more collaborative (and officially compensated) role in the telling of their own stories. Even when things inevitably go awry, the inside look at how narrative sausage is made — relayed with Shane’s sharp and ultimately self-lacerating wit — is never less than captivating."
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Jess Shane @iamjessshane.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
A beautiful manifesto. I had an incredible experience writing for Sound Fields in its inaugural issue, and reading the other contributors’ work. Please support this valuable publication and contribute your expansive ideas to the next issue!
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Jess Shane @iamjessshane.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Actually tomorrow! Come tomorrow!
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Jess Shane @iamjessshane.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
New Yorkers! Tonight at Hunter College, come see From Ground Zero, Palestine's submission to the Academy Awards. Open to the public and a rare opportunity to see this new and powerful collection of shorts by Gazan directors
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Michelle Macklem @michellemacklem.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
a recent collection of my micro soundscapes. was so lovely to visit Gariwerd (the grampians) and be immersed in some deep listening in wondrous Djab Wurrung and Jardwadjali country. (also, hi bluesky 🙋🏼‍♀️)
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Neil Sandell 🇨🇦 @neilsandell.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
#r4today @fallingtreeprod.bsky.social
a statement deploring the cancellation of BBC Short Cuts
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Jess Shane @iamjessshane.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
a perfect encapsulation of the beauty of being held in Eleanor's transformative editorial guidance
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Jess Shane @iamjessshane.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Absolutely gutted by this news. Short Cuts was formative for me and so many peers. It taught us to explore our voices & take creative risks. It has been a beacon for art on the radio and emerging makers. @FallingTreeProd fought for and built us a treasure 🕯️
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Sound Fields @soundfieldsjournal.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Do you have insights into the intersection of audio doc and the archive? PITCH US your essays and Q & A’s for our SECOND ISSUE by by 12/15 www.soundfields.org/submissions @chenjerai.bsky.social @arianamartinez.bsky.social @sayrequevedo.bsky.social @audiosand.bsky.social @kallipearl.bsky.social
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Josh? @loworbitpodcast.com · 27/03/2024
This is an excellent review from @alexlaughs.bsky.social. I also felt queasy listening to Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative but couldn't put my finger on why. defector.com/shocking-hea...
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You Never Get The Full Story | Defector
Someone told me years ago that as a journalist making documentary work—the kind of work I do—you should leave every interview having fallen a little bit in love with your source. That’s how you’ll kno...
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Jess Shane @iamjessshane.bsky.social · 17/03/2024
A hot new audio art series has entered the nyc scene ~ take a dip in the 𝔴𝔞𝔳.𝔭𝔬𝔬𝔩 for ear-stretching performances by #oliviabradleyskill #martingonzalez #mbalrahim #kamikazejonest & #yasamanmansoori ~ you don't wanna miss it More info/RSVP: partiful.com/e/nWEUeg8y0e...
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RSVP to wav.pool | Partiful
ᶜᵒⁿˢᵗᵉˡˡᵃᵗⁱᵒⁿˢ ˣ ᵀʰᵃᵗ ᴵⁿᵗⁱᵐᵃᵗᵉ ᶠᵉᵉˡⁱⁿᵍ ᵖʳᵉˢᵉⁿᵗˢ ~~~~~~~wav.pool~~~~~~~~ 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘋𝘐𝘠 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘕𝘠𝘊 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊 We’ve invited a set of electric audio makers and writers to...
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Jess Shane @iamjessshane.bsky.social · 11/02/2024
I haven’t gotten used to this platform yet so am late to the party! But my new show with Radiotopia is out now for all the documentary nerds out there! Finale drops this Tuesday 👀 pod.link/1260747339
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Radiotopia Presents: Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative
What really happens when stories about people’s lives are collected, edited, and consumed? Radiotopia Presents: Shocking, Heartbreaking,Transformative is a four-part non-fiction series created by Jess...
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