Sound Effect

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Sound Effect, Episode 5: Failure Mar 28, 2023

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Jennifer Wing tells us about the male birth control that worked behind bars — but not in bars. Playwright Rachel Atkins creates a new work of art inspired by a collective’s creative failure. We hear about the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, one of the most notorious engineering failures of all time. And we meet The Rejections, a merry band of authors who decided to play through their pain.

Sound Effect, Episode 4: Myths And Legends Mar 28, 2023

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In this week's show, we dive into Northwest myths and legends. We explore the myths of some of our region's first peoples. We also hear about the ever-present myth of underground tunnels and what the evolution of those urban legends explains about our not-so-distant past. We take a look at a lesser-known aspect of the gruesome — and unfortunately true — story of the Green River Killer. We also meet a scientist using drones to search for Sasquatch. Our guests for this week's news round table are Jessica Partnow, Justin Carder and Benjamin Romano.

Sound Effect, Episode 3: Rain Mar 28, 2023

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"Sound Effect" is a weekly tour of ideas, inspired by the place where we live. The show is hosted by KNKX's Gabriel Spitzer.

Sound Effect, Episode 2: Rule Breakers Mar 28, 2023

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"Sound Effect" is a weekly tour of ideas, inspired by the place where we live. The show is hosted by KNKX's Gabriel Spitzer.

Sound Effect, Episode 1: Newness Mar 28, 2023

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"Sound Effect" is a weekly tour of ideas, inspired by the place where we live. The show is hosted by KNKX's Gabriel Spitzer.

Farewell: Sound Effect, Episode 215 Oct 31, 2020

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Saying goodbye is hard. But sometimes, it’s an opportunity to celebrate. Today, we celebrate nearly six years and 214 episodes of Sound Effect with one final episode. For our finale, we’ll spend two hours looking back at some of the most memorable stories from the show, which has showcased hundreds of stories that the people from our region have shared with us — and with you. We’ll meet a gay man defiantly carving out space for himself in the country music world, when — to his shock — a record label called . We’ll hear how an unlikely friendship drew a Seattle man to leap out of his comfort zone . And we’ll hear the tale of a family cat who wanted nothing to do with her family , and many other stories today . There will be some laughs and some tears. But most importantly, this episode will be a celebration of this place we live — and all the hard work that went into sharing what makes the Pacific Northwest unique.

Family Matters: Sound Effect, Episode 204 Oct 17, 2020

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This show originally aired on February 14, 2020. This week on Sound Effect, our theme is “Family Matters.” First, we meet one Indipino woman and learn how she connected to her roots on Bainbridge Island. Then, we meet a mother and author who is sharing her son’s story of addiction as a cautionary tale for other parents. We meet a woman who might have been forbidden from having children a century ago — and we meet her daughter. Grieving parents turn a tragedy into something constructive . And we meet the father — so to speak — of “I Didn’t Reproduce Day.” INDIPINO COMMUNITY Gina Corpuz stands off New Brooklyn road on Bainbridge Island, on land that has been in her family for two generations. She looks in every direction, and sees the history of the Indipino community. Indipino stands for Indigenous and Filipino. It's a community that began one summer, nearly 80 years ago, when Filipino farmhands and Indigenous berry pickers met in the strawberry fields of Bainbridge Island, and fell in

It's Only Money: Sound Effect, Episode 203 Oct 10, 2020

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This show originally aired on February 8, 2020. Our latest episode of Sound Effect revolves around the theme, "It's Only Money." We'll meet a couple who tried to get rich flipping houses , decades before it was cool. We'll find out how a teenage blunder left Mike Lewis with a debt he could never repay, and how he reapid it anyway . A small town prints its own money , on pieces of wood. A Seattle writer considers a complicated inheritance: what she learned about money from her parents. And a group of friends order a round of drinks ... and fiasco ensues. HOUSE-FLIPPING TO MAKE MILLIONS Silvana Clark got the idea from a radio interview with an author. It was 1977, and the guy promised quick riches if you were willing to simply buy a house, fix it up and sell it. So she and her husband took the plunge. The first red flag came when they noticed police helicopters making frequent passes over their new fixer-upper. Then there were the bulletholes. Before long it was clear: This project was

Friend or Foe: Sound Effect, Episode 202 Oct 03, 2020

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This show originally aired on January 25, 2020. Our latest Sound Effect theme is “Friend or Foe.” First, we hear how artists took over a business group and changed Camano Island. Then, we meet an ex-Army Ranger whose flip-flop business is an olive branch for peace . We dive into the epic life of Sidney Rittenberg , a "towering historical figure" who settled near Tacoma. We learn about the ups and downs of having someone else’s DNA . And one woman shares how a bad fortune telling session led to a new outlook on life — and some payback. CHAMBER COUP The Rev. Chumleigh wasn’t exactly a regular at meetings of the Camano Island Chamber of Commerce. He was an odd fit for the business group. So Chumleigh dropped in on a friend, artist Jack Gunter, with an idea. “He said, ‘I bet if we got a bunch of artists, we could take over the chamber and have it run by the artist community,’” Gunter said. This was the 1990s, and there were only a handful of artists on Camano. But a small group of them

Hidden Talents: Sound Effect, Episode 196 Sep 10, 2020

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This show originally aired on November 25, 2019. The theme for this week’s Sound Effect is “Hidden Talents.” First, we hear how a summer job at a theme park launched one woman’s career at NASA and Microsoft. Then, a young man leaves his Mormon faith for a new religion: stand-up comedy . A country star shares how being bullied motivated him to excel on stage and in sports. We meet a man who fled El Salvador’s civil war — and may have changed the course of the country . Finally, how one performance of “I’m a Little Teapot” changed the summer, and maybe even the lives, of a bunch of Boy Scouts. BEFORE NASA The summer after she graduated high school, Cindy Healy did what a lot of Orange County teens did: she got a summer job at a theme park. In this case, Knott’s Berry Farm. Cindy was deployed to the Buffalo Nickel arcade, which at that time featured such cutting-edge gaming experiences as Pac-Man and Space Invaders. And within the arcade, Cindy began to draw a plum assignment: manning the

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