🌱Happy Earth Month & Anniversary to SLI!🌊
It’s been a minute, but I have some podcast recommendations for you!
Welcome to Sounds Like Impact!
I know it’s been a minute, but I have some podcast recommendations for you! But first, a reminder that tomorrow, Friday, April 17th, from 12:30-1:30 pm ET / 9:30-10:30 am PT, I will be in conversation with John Asante and Liz Neeley about environmental storytelling through podcasts. More details at the link!
Now, for those unfamiliar with my background which I’ve shared at various points in this newsletter’s history, I studied International Environmental Public Health and Human Ecology in undergrad. I love our planet, and wish we didn’t take it for granted with the extractive and exploitative choices we make to fuel our economy and excess consumption.
Last month when I was in Europe for film festivals, I had the pleasure of learning about Sami Indigenous culture at a Reindeer farm. Sami reindeer herders are confronting our changing climate on a daily basis. Inconsistent weather and shrinking grazing land due to development and icy conditions are making things harder. On that visit to Norway I also saw the Northern Lights during an excursion to Finland because it was raining in Norway (also uncharacteristic for that time). The lights were truly like seeing something extraterrestrial, and yet a reminder that our world has incredible beauty. Let’s help preserve the beautiful, while taking care of each other and other life forms that we share the planet with.
Sounds Like Impact started in April of 2023; this month we are four years old, baby! And I can’t think of a better anniversary month than Earth Month to be honest. And so, to honor where we’ve been, and where things are now, I’m pulling up the archive and also sharing some newer environmental / climate media that you should check out.
What’s Happening Now?
A People’s Climate podcast has been nominated for a Webby! Voting ends TODAY (4/16), so if you can, suppport with your vote!
Unfamiliar with the show? Check out this guest curation host Shilpi Chhotray put together for Sounds Like Impact last year.
Pine Forest Media is launching a new show called Green Frequency, launching Earth Day 2026. Green Frequency is an environmental science podcast exploring the research, stories, and decisions shaping our planet.
Check out Pine Forest Media founder, Clark Marchese’s recommendations for dealing with climate anxiety in the guest curation from last year.
A Fighting Chance podcast from Northern California Public Media launches on Earth Day as well! The host is Emmy-award winning filmmaker Charles Loi and the podcast will be a companion to his documentary Climate California. The show is available in video and audio format. Check out the teaser now!
The Virginia Queer Film Festival (VAQFF) is proud to announce an open call for submissions for Queer Ear, its inaugural audio storytelling program debuting at the 2026 festival. In response to the growing cultural demand for more equitable and accessible forms of media storytelling, Queer Ear invites creators to submit sonically rich works that center LGBTQ+ experiences. Early deadline: May 1, Regular: June 1.
More details about requirements and submission link: https://filmfreeway.com/VirginiaQueerFilmFestivalThanks for the tip Blake Pfeil , host of the All-American Ruins Podcast and former SLI interviewee!
🎧 More Earth Month Recommendations 📚
New & New-ish
📖 Katharine K. Wilkinson, co-editor of the climate anthology All We Can Save, and co-founder of the All We Can Save Project, has just released a book called Climate Wayfinding: Healing Ourselves & the Planet We Call Home. Learn more about the book and grab it! Also, there is a book tour, so see if it is coming to a city near you :-)
Compost, Cotton & Cornrows is the sauce and spice of sustainability discourse. Across industries and interests, we center Black vanguards from around the globe at every intersection of the diaspora as leading experts in environmental justice, regenerative practices, climate wellbeing, circular economics, community care, cultural healing, and ethical business design.
🎙️ The Joy Report from IE Media
The Joy Report is a podcast dedicated to sharing stories about climate solutions and environmental justice, grounded in intersectionality and optimism.
🎙️ Emily Atkin, EIC of one of my favorite environmental publications, now has a podcast!
Heated is a podcast for those pissed off about the climate crisis.
What’s Old is New (to most of you)
And before I go…
On the heels of the Ticketmaster-Live Nation monopoloy decision, we must continue to call out monopolistic ambitions and recognize the harm they cause to democracy. And did I mention that CBS, part of Paramount, dismantled its climate coverage? Yeah…it’s all connected. #BlockTheMerger.
I join hundreds of actors, directors, producers, writers, comedians, filmmakers, and industry professionals to oppose the WBD-Paramount merger. I refuse to stay silent, as big media corporations seek to hurt our industry and consumers. Join me in our effort to Block the Merger at BlockTheMerger.com. #BlockTheMerger