Podcasts by By the Sound

024: Kirsten Harris-Talley is in the House from 2021-01-18T16:30

As she starts a new chapter of public service, Washington state Rep. Kirsten Harris-Talley helps us understand this moment in civil rights history.

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023: Meet Marcus Harrison Green from 2021-01-01T08:15

The Founder & Publisher of the South Seattle Emerald, Seattle Times Columnist, and award-winning Seattle Human Rights Leader reflects on the last decade.

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022: Best Pop Culture of 2020 from 2020-12-18T05:00

We’re thinking about the lessons we learned in 2020, and sharing our lists of the best media we consumed. Also: an appreciation for the life and work of Monica Roberts (1962-2020).

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021: Carolyn Bick:"We're totally screwed" from 2020-11-15T21:15

Journalist Carolyn Bick from South Seattle Emerald blows off some steam about the whole COVID-19 situation. Also: how not to be a total jackass this holiday season.

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020: LIVE SHOW: By the Purgatory from 2020-11-06T00:30

Our election reactions recorded live at our first virtual community meetup!

By the Sound is produced and edited by Sarah Mayes. Episode 020 is hosted by Aisha Hauser, Raven Juarez, and Sar...

019: Voting Matters from 2020-10-23T05:00

We welcome our new cohost, and ask: Does your vote matter? Plus, we take a deep dive into Charlie Kaufman’s new movie i’m thinking of ending things.

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018: Best of Chelsea Alvarez from 2020-10-09T05:00

By the Sound is produced and edited by Sarah Mayes. Episode 018 is hosted by Aisha Hauser and Sarah Mayes. You can support the show and learn how to join our community at: Listen

017: Meet Jaelynn Scott from 2020-09-25T05:00

Lavender Rights Project's new Executive Director Jaelynn Scott is developing tools for Black trans liberation. She also describes her long and winding path from Mississippi to Seattle. Sarah and...

016: State-Sponsored Terror from 2020-06-07T20:15

NEW EPISODE (016): “State-Sponsored Terror” - The cohosts discuss the ongoing threat of American policing in the wake of George Floyd’s death.

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015: Meet Erica C. Barnett from 2020-05-29T05:00

Seattle's hardest working journalist joins us to talk about Seattle politics, and her new memoir, Quitter: A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse, and Recovery.

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014: Meet Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha from 2020-05-15T05:00

We meet with Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, a Seattle-based writer, transformative justice and disability justice movement worker, and educator.

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013: The Return of Rian Roberson from 2020-04-24T05:00

Seattle therapist Rian Roberson returns to discuss how our community is coping with mental health in the COVID crisis.

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012: Meet Rian Roberson from 2020-04-10T05:00

Seattle therapist Rian Roberson is the owner of Intersectional Therapies, PLLC. She shares tips and strategies for POC looking to find a good therapist in Seattle. Then things get geeky as we di...

011: Meet Coronavirus from 2020-03-15T11:15

On this special episode we discuss Seattle’s hottest new virus: COVID-19. It’s got everything: schools, libraries, community centers, sports events, the arts, and even “social distancing”… it’s ...

010: Meet E.T. Russian from 2020-02-07T05:00

Seattle cartoonist and multi-sensory artist E.T. Russian discusses how they’ve relied on artistic expression as a therapeutic exercise, developed pioneering media for trans and disabled expressi...

009: Meet Barbara Clabots from 2020-01-31T05:00

Environmental writer, director, and researcher Barbara Clabots tells us about the role gender is playing as climate change effects our communities. She also calls out the use of private prison l...

008: Meet Ijeoma Oluo from 2020-01-24T05:00

Seattle-based author Ijeoma Oluo tells us about her new book, Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America. Also: Virginia’s ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), th...

007: Meet Shannon Perez-Darby from 2020-01-17T05:00

Activist and author Shannon Perez-Darby speaks on discord in activist communities, patterns of domestic violence, creating accountability, the role of government & law, and developing transf...

006: Meet Raven Juarez from 2020-01-10T05:00

Seattle artist, presenter, and educator Raven Juarez shares stories about her artwork, and describes scenes from her life. She also tells us about the Reggio Emilia approach to early childhood e...

005: Meet Kirsten Harris-Talley from 2020-01-03T05:00

Former Seattle City Councilmember Kirsten Harris-Talley describes how both compassion and complexity have informed her career working for progressive reforms. She also has lots to say about our ...

004: Meet Amelia Bonow from 2019-12-27T06:00

This week we welcome our first guest! Cofounder of Shout Your Abortion, Amelia Bonow, shares the wisdom and insight she has gained in the four years since #ShoutYourAbortion evolved from a hasht...

003: Meet Sarah Mayes from 2019-12-20T05:00

Sarah Mayes speaks of life, Love, and LEGO. She also tells us about Years and Years on HBO. Finally, we start the conversation about a subject as inevitable as annual rent-hikes in Seattle: Gent...

002: Meet Chelsea Alvarez from 2019-12-13T04:00

Chelsea Alvarez is not your mother. She’s just a regular lady surviving late-stage capitalism. In this episode, she tells us stories of random animals latching onto her. She also discusses the p...

001: Meet Aisha Hauser from 2019-12-06T22:45

In our inaugural episode, we interview By the Sound Co-Host Aisha Hauser. She shares stories of resilience and courage in her struggles with faith, her sacrifices for love, and her search for co...