Sound Effect
Sound Effect is stories inspired by the place we live. Each week's show explores a different theme.
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This story originally aired on November 16, 2019. The sheer physicality of aging and dying are things we try not to think about, so it’s especially… -
This story originally aired on January 17, 2o20.Former Mariners infielder Lenny Randle is best remembered in Seattle for a single play. On May 27, 1981,… -
This story originally aired on November 22, 2019. At first glance, “hidden” is not the word you’d use for Chance McKinney’s talents. As an athlete in high… -
This story originally aired on November 9, 2019. Rachel Ratner is in a band called Wimps. She’s also a software engineer and a brand new mother — and the… -
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… -
This story originally aired on February 14, 2020.It started over a few glasses of wine, with friends passing around a smartphone and sharing views of a… -
This story originally aired on February 14, 2020.Bonnie Gibson says her son Greg’s musical talent emerged very early on. “I could just see from a young… -
This story originally aired on February 14, 2020.Ivanonva Smith spent the first chunk of her life in an institutional orphanage in Soviet-controlled… -
This story originally aired on February 14, 2020.Gina Corpuz stands off New Brooklyn road on Bainbridge Island, on land that has been in her family for… -
This story originally aired on February 14, 2020.Seattle author Paula Becker has a specific audience in mind for her latest book, "A House on Stilts,…
