Sound Effect

Storytelling Podcasts

"Sound Effect" is a weekly tour of ideas, inspired by the place where we live. The show is hosted by KNKX's Gabriel Spitzer. Each week's show will explore a different theme. 655571

Episodes

Seattle rapper Porter Ray found an outlet for his heartbreak in his artistry

Machines from the past, inspiring writers of the future

Farewell: Sound Effect, Episode 215

The storm that would last a lifetime: Activist Charlene Strong remembers how her fight began

Snowdrift, the lost cat that didn't really want to be found

To punch a celebrity or not to punch a celebrity, that is the question

A cult took away my birthday. This woman got it back.

World's first gay country album was made in Seattle in 1973

How a homeless man helped this writer overcome his fear of the woods

The music of Prince brings two people together in an unlikely way

The Mariner who blew the ball foul also made a funk hit about the Kingdome

Bullying motivated this country star to excel on the field and on the stage

An indie-rock essay on dementia from Seattle-based band, 'Great Grandpa'

Seattle Band Map is the 'Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon' for Northwest musicians

Family Matters: Sound Effect, Episode 204

For Bainbridge Island's Indipinos, it's time to 'Honor Thy Mother'

'I'm the boogeyman': Mother shares story of son's addiction as cautionary tale to parents

After a devastating fire, grieving parents launch mission to install thousands of smoke detectors

'Incredibly insensitive': How a proposal to honor the childless tanked on Bainbridge Island

This mother and scholar of eugenics says she would have been deemed 'defective' a century ago