What does the Northwest sound like to you? 

Is it the tide rolling over a rocky beach? The wind across the Palouse? A ferry horn echoing across the Puget Sound?

On Soundside, we occasionally ask field recordists about their iconic sounds of northwest.  

Today, we'll hear from acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton, also known as the Sound Tracker.

He brought a recording from inside a driftwood log on the Washington coast.

Guest:

Gordon Hempton, acoustic ecologist and Emmy Award winning sound recordist 

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