Kieran talks with Louise Shelley, PhD, Director of the Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC) at George Mason University, about how terrorist organizations are funding themselves by engaging in illicit trade finance, often in partnership with transnational criminal organization.
 
During their discussion, Dr. Shelly, the author of numerous publications whose most recent book is “Dark Commerce: How a New Illicit Economy is Threatening our Future,” shares typologies and identifies some of the organizations, facilitators and financiers engaged in illicit trade. While crediting the financial services industry with taking steps to stem illicit trade, she calls on the industry and others to do more, not least by joining with law enforcement and others in effective public private partnerships focused on illicit trade.

Focusing on Illicit Trade with Louise Shelley

PLEASE LISTEN WITH HEADPHONES!!!

This is a binaural sound walk that I created during my riversssounds residency in March 2021. It portrays the path from a noisy bridge with lots of traffic into calmer spheres in the park. It is a trip exploring the different spaces that the river passes in the city, a trip transcending reality and triggering imagination.

Carina Pesch (DE) | WEIßE ELSTER soundwalk | RIVERSSSOUNDS
March 2021 resident
Weiße Elster river in Leipzig (Germany)

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Weiße Elster (soundwalk binaural) –– riversssounds

Sunday morning - garden - strong wind - distant bells - birds and crickets.
AT8022 stereo mic on Tascam DR-05X (48kHz/24bit)
Low cut in post due to wind rumble (maybe I have to invest in better protection...)

Garden atmosphere with distant bells

A meadow in a valley surrounded by the foothills of the Urals mountains, summer morning 8:30 AM. A duet of ravens calling in flight passing by, making a half-circle from right to left. Small birds chirping, light rain tiptoeing on grass and leaves of the sparse trees, a distant river rumble. Recorded with Nevaton VR microphone into Zaxcom Fusion 12 recorder. Mild low frequency filter applied at post-processing. Transcoded from first order Ambisonics to Binaural Stereo using Harpex-X plugin. Please use headphones! All rights reserved.

Valley Morning Ravens Duet Flying By Calls Rain Light River Distant BINAURAL

This one is a little winter-inspired piece of ambient. It's about the beauty of the moment, where melancholy meets hope.
Made with Digitone and Digitakt, Kalimba, Cocoquantus and Plumbutter plus some fx, recorded in one single take. Enjoy.

Melt

This soundscape recording is an excerpt from the album, "The Soundscapes of Floating Fish Farm".  https://listeningtonature.bandcamp.com/album/the-soundscapes-of-floating-fish-farm

Venue: Floating Fish Farm at Tanah Merah Sandakan, Sabah
Date 26 Jan 2022
Time: 5am
Audio Format: 32bit/96kHz downsized to 24bit/96kHz
Microphone techniques: A/B stereo 1.5 meter
Microphone: LOM Usi Pro
Recorder: Zoom F6

Morning Soundscapes At Floating Fish Farm

Impro XII

Found a butterfly in my kitchen last week. It was freezing so I put it in my workshop in a box of birchbark... today I saw and heard him fanning his wings... Went and got my phone and Røde ixy, and placed in the box really close. Here's about a minute of wings + rain + footsteps....  It's called Aglais io in latin - the Danish name is Dagpåfugleøjne which would translate to Daypeacockeyes?

Aglais io

Somatose Monologue

Somatose Monologue (remastered)

Around 6.00 a.m. in Berlin, around the time when our dog gets up...

Late part of an overnight recording with Line Audio CM4 mics in ORTF stereo setup (using Rycote Baby Ball Gags and Furries) from a roof terrace. Had to EQ out two frequency bands at 300 Hz and 600 Hz from a nearby HVAC.

Sunday Morning in Berlin in July (with very loud dog barking)

Ústí Údolí

Sound Explorer, Lo-Fi Enthusiast, Field Recordist

A music maker and sound designer with a love of electronic and acoustic ambient and nature, inspired by mishaps.

Impro XII

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