☀️It's beginning to feel a lot like summer...
#AudioForAction in July and other news.
July is coming in hot! Literally…NYC is set to experience the heat wave conditions that Europe has been experiencing of late. Please everyone, no matter where you are, take care during conditions like these.
Drink water - carry hydration packets - limit activities outdoors - know where cooling centers are - look out for your elderly neighbors and relativies - keep young kids indoors or in the shade - advocate for renewable energy and robust, and just, climate policy (okay, not an immediate action, but think long-term!).
Speaking of science (implied), in case you missed it, I spoke with an old colleague last week about science communication through audio and experiences. Check out my conversation with Dr. Zakiya Whatley below.
Coming up this month I have guests who have created, or stewarded, climate-related projects. From North America to South America, we are digging into the stories tied to our changing climate and fighting environmental injustice.
-Ayo Oti
Publisher Sounds Like Impact & Host of #AudioForAction Live
From the #SLICommunity
STARTING TODAY!
The 30-Day Podcast Challenge from Arielle Nissenblatt🎧 and Well It Depends Labs is a month-long, action-oriented experience designed to help podcast hosts improve their shows by completing one small, practical task each day. Covering everything from craft and audience growth to monetization and long-term momentum, each daily prompt takes just a few minutes to complete —making it easy to build better podcasting habits without feeling overwhelmed.
Attention New Yorkers! An IRL food experience from a podcast
Our New York Table, created by Diane Bezucha, is a “podcast about food, the people who make it, and what brings all of us to the table.” What’s great about this show is Diane has been piloting an experiential element. They recently hosted a Nigerian cooking class and storytime for kids at the Brooklyn restaurant Buka, whose founders were interviewed this season. The next event on July 18th is a Persian Sofreh hosted by a season 2 guest. Learn more here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/persian-sofreh-night-in-harlem-tickets-1990914552019
🗓️ Thursday, July 9th
Thursday, July 9th, from 12:30-1:15 pm ET / 9:30-10:15 am PT I am speaking with journalist Jaha Avery about the latest season she hosted of the Threshold podcast, “The Corridor.”
Over seven episodes, The Corridor examines how Louisiana became a center of industry and an epicenter of disease, with some communities facing cancer risks among the highest in the nation. Everything that’s happening in the industrial corridor today has been shaped by history - from slavery and segregation to huge technological breakthroughs and environmental change. Across the series, we explore how residents have pushed back - against the destruction of their past, the construction of more plants, the lax enforcement of environmental regulations, and further harm to people’s health as they seek to claim their right to a prosperous and healthy future.
Learn more about Jaha below:
Jaha Nailah Avery is an African American woman and proud Southerner. Hailing from Asheville, North Carolina, she received her law degree from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she studied constitutional and civil rights law. She spent several years in the startup tech space before embarking on her professional writing career, and her work can be found in Essence Magazine, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Architectural Digest, Vanity Fair, and more. Her aim is to always document, celebrate, and preserve the stories of Black people, communities, and history. In her first book, Those Who Saw The Sun, she interviewed survivors of Jim Crow and compiled their accounts together in one collection. Her second book, I Heard, is an illustrated poem spanning over 400 years of Black history. She is the originator, host, and director of The Corridor, a Tribeca-selected investigative podcast focusing on the history of Cancer Alley outside New Orleans.
If you have questions for Jaha about her career, or this season of Threshold, please leave a comment below or make sure to join live!
🗓️ Upcoming #AudioForAction Lives
July 14, 2:30-3:15 pm ET / 11:30 am -12:15 pm PT - Interview covering the Audio Climate Story Lab Latino América with Vanessa Cuervo Forero, Head of Latin American Programs at Doc Society