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iamjessshane.bsky.social
Jess Shane
@iamjessshane.bsky.social
740 followers 450 following 16 posts
Audio producer / artist
Current: Secret project @radiotopia, @pushkinpods
Formerly: @cbcpodcasts, @transmitter
Cofounder of Constellations

www.jessshane.com
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ohnotoeverything.bsky.social
new newsletter. If you don't like to read, you can just click on all the links

ohnotoeverything.substack.com/p/oh-no-were...
Oh No. We're back.
and we wrote a manifesto. oops.
ohnotoeverything.substack.com
March 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
iamjessshane.bsky.social
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!!!
michellemacklem.bsky.social Michelle Macklem @michellemacklem.bsky.social · Feb 27
does your sound need some TLC? look no further! I'm available for sound design and mix engineering work for podcasts and post production. from fast turn-around engineering jobs to intricate sound design, no job is too big or small. michellemacklem.io

get in touch! michelle.a.macklem@gmail.com
February 27, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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michellemacklem.bsky.social
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
February 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
iamjessshane.bsky.social
Wav.pool is a week tomorrow in Brooklyn ft #mitrakaboli #phoebewang & #evanjcartwright

It’s gonna be magic 🪄

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February 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
iamjessshane.bsky.social
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
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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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January 30, 2025 at 10:23 PM
iamjessshane.bsky.social
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...
January 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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kallipearl.bsky.social
“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.
transom.bsky.social Transom @transom.bsky.social · Dec 10
Evan Ratliff's series exploring generative AI in audio, blew us away - provoking questions about authenticity and what it means to sound (and be) human. In his manifesto, Evan explores these implications and holds up the mirror: who are we as storytellers, anyway:
transom.org/2024/evan-ra...
Evan Ratliff - Transom
Evan Ratliff - Transom
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December 11, 2024 at 2:26 AM
iamjessshane.bsky.social
Looking forward to chatting with #PearlTan this afternoon about overlapping questions in our series #ShockingHeartbreakingTransformative & #DiversityWork

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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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December 9, 2024 at 8:49 PM
iamjessshane.bsky.social
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
December 6, 2024 at 8:42 PM
iamjessshane.bsky.social
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."
December 6, 2024 at 6:40 PM
iamjessshane.bsky.social
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!
transom.bsky.social Transom @transom.bsky.social · Dec 4
Sound Fields is packed with original thought and essential commentary on the state and craft of audio doc. In their Transom manifesto, @kallipearl.bsky.social and @audiosand.bsky.social offer hope, reflection AND tidbits about (super) exciting projects in the pipeline!
transom.org/2024/sound-f...
A Sound Fields Manifesto - Transom
A Sound Fields Manifesto - Transom
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December 4, 2024 at 11:40 PM
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tomwestern.bsky.social
"I've been wondering why artists are required to dream up liberation in the gallery, but when that dream meets life we are shut down" ❤️
saulstaniforth.bsky.social Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · Dec 4
Last night Turner Prize 2024 winner Jasleen Kaur used her acceptance speech to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people, to demand an end to institutional complicity in Israels genocide & to call for an immediate arms embargo.
December 4, 2024 at 7:37 AM
iamjessshane.bsky.social
Actually tomorrow! Come tomorrow!
iamjessshane.bsky.social Jess Shane @iamjessshane.bsky.social · Dec 1
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
December 2, 2024 at 1:10 AM
iamjessshane.bsky.social
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
December 1, 2024 at 7:07 PM
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michellemacklem.bsky.social
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 🙋🏼‍♀️)
November 28, 2024 at 12:36 AM
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#r4today @fallingtreeprod.bsky.social
a statement deploring the cancellation of BBC Short Cuts
November 21, 2024 at 1:01 PM
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a perfect encapsulation of the beauty of being held in Eleanor's transformative editorial guidance
kallipearl.bsky.social Kalli Anderson @kallipearl.bsky.social · Nov 20
Shared some more thoughts on insta about what makes Short Cuts @fallingtreeprod.bsky.social and specifically Eleanor McDowall such a special audio space from the perspective of makers. Forgive the screenshots but I have a live radio show to get on the air today. 📻
November 20, 2024 at 5:01 PM
iamjessshane.bsky.social
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 🕯️
fallingtreeprod.bsky.social Falling Tree Productions @fallingtreeprod.bsky.social · Nov 20
After 12 years on the radio, @josielong.bsky.social's Short Cuts will have its last series on BBC Radio 4 this winter.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Against a backdrop of a forest carpeted with bluebells, a block of text reads, “After 12 years on the radio, we’re sad to share the news that BBC Radio 4 has chosen to end Short Cuts. The episode on 7th January 2025 will be our last on their airwaves. We are proud of this audio garden, and what has grown here over the years.”
November 20, 2024 at 2:10 PM
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soundfieldsjournal.bsky.social
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
November 16, 2024 at 8:52 PM
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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...
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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March 27, 2024 at 6:41 PM
iamjessshane.bsky.social
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...
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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March 17, 2024 at 8:02 PM
iamjessshane.bsky.social
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
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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February 11, 2024 at 10:01 PM