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Sounds Like Impact: A newsletter for audio and action
Welcome to Sounds Like Impact!
This edition we have a guest curation from the co-hosts of In Her Ellement and I interview Darren Calhoun from Second Sunday podcast. The themes in today’s newsletter are STEM and Spirituality, respectively.
ICYMI
Last edition we had a guest curation from Jason Moon, Host of The Youth Development Center and an interview with Corryn Freeman from Future Coalition.
At the end of June, the U.S. Surgeon General declared gun violence a public health problem. Your Local Epidemiologist wrote about it soon after, and I thought this would be an appropriate time for anyone who missed, to revisit my podcast curation and calls-to-action on the topic.
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Interviewee and friend Anita Flores has launched a new podcast about mental health and horror films. Check out Doctor Horror wherever you get your podcasts!
The team over at TenderfootTV has a new podcast coming out in time for the Olympics. It’s called Flashpoint and it focuses on domestic terrorism that not only impacted the ‘96 Olympics, but also 2 abortion clinics and a gay nightclub.
Check out past interviews and curations from TenderfootTV:
Interview with Jaime Albright, producer on Freeway Phantom
Curation from TenderfootTV co-founder Payne Lindsey on Missing and Murdered Indigenous People
Curation from host Simon Kent Fung on Spiritual Trauma
Announcement: The next edition comes out August 7th. In reality, this newsletter is more bi-monthly than it is bi-weekly. I’ll be on vacation through the 29th, but if you feel shorted a week, before I go I’ll share some podcasts I’ve listened to lately and some that I’m adding to the queue for my trip!
Recent Listens
In the Queue
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🎧 #AudioForAction Guest Curation
Advocating for Women in STEM
According to the 2023 Global Gender Gap Report, women comprise only 29.2 % of the STEM workforce in 146 nations evaluated. At In Her Ellement, we are on a mission to spotlight stories of female role models from various STEM industries. By breaking down barriers, we aim to achieve a more equitable and inclusive world. The following podcast episodes, packed with mentorship and storytelling, represent a step closer to that!
-Suchi Srinivasan and Kamila Rakhimova, Hosts of In Her Ellement
To keep up with the show, follow on Instagram at @bcg.
In Her Ellement, Growing in Tech with Women Who Code’s Alaina Percival
A conversation with Alaina Percival, CEO and co-founder of Women Who Code—the largest and most active community for technical women worldwide. Among other takeaways, Alaina shares how she navigates the always near and dear imposter syndrome; if you aren’t feeling it—you may have been in your role too long.
The Good Robot, Needlework and History's Hidden Technologies with Isabella Rosner
What is the relationship between needlework and feminism? In this episode, hosts Dr. Eleanor Drage and Dr. Kerry McInerney talk to Dr. Isabella Rosner, a curator at the Royal School of Needlework and a research consultant at Witney Antiques. She shares about the evolution of embroidery as a technology.
B the Way Forward, Funding Dreams: How Ruthe Farmer’s Last Mile Education Fund Helps Tech Students in Need
Host Brenda Darden Wilkerson is joined by Ruthe Farmer, activist and policymaker, who has trailblazed a path toward increasing diversity, building inclusion, and prioritizing gender equity in technology. Ruthe shares the true battles women face while in higher education today - and spoiler alert, most of the time it isn’t in the classroom.
Moral Repair, Tech & Public Safety: Activism and Community
Sarah Nahar of Community Peacemaker Teams and Buddhist Peace Fellowship talks about technologies of public safety and conflict in the United States and how communities can organize themselves to repair the harms of oppression and policing.
Lost Women of Science, Mathematics for Ladies
When poet Jessy Randall started researching the lives of female scientists she became angry. In this episode, Randall and Carol Sutton Lewis discuss what it means to be the first in a field, the ethics of poetic license, and the importance of female role models in STEM.
📣 Spotlight
Darren Calhoun (he/him) is a justice advocate, worship leader, and artist based out of Chicago. He works to bridge connections between people of differing perspectives through story and relationship. He’s an associate fellow at Christians for Social Action and sings with a progressive band called The Many. He’s facilitated workshops and lead worship for local and national gatherings and events. He's a co-host on the Second Sunday podcast and producer for online shows that are reaching BIPOC Queer audiences with messages of support and healing.
Darren brings with him an intentional focus on communities being inclusive as an authentic reflection of God’s love and justice
I’ve been involved with grass-roots community organizing since my college years. For me, the role of the church as a part of social progress comes from looking back at things like the civil rights movement where churches and church leaders were often providing gathering space, shelter, and leadership in the movement. In my own life, I saw how though my church at the time was toxic, we made amazing strides in changing unjust laws and leaders who had a direct impact in our neighborhood. We were motivated by our faith to make the community better for everyone - including people who were returning from prison.
Second Sunday is a podcast about Black queer people finding, keeping, and sometimes losing faith. Get to know the show’s creator in our interview.
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