This week our radio team tackles, As Seen On TV.

This week we're delving into tales of thievery.

This week we ponder the relentless passing of time; the ticking clock.

This week, we shed some light on things that happen after dark.

To begin our show, we hear from Danny Dover, a Seattle author and tech entrepreneur. To combat a bout of depression, Dover created a bucket list. One of the experiences he tacked onto that list required him to become completely invisible. He wanted to become a pickpocket, and so he did.  Then, Jennifer Wing visits Camp Oasis on the Key Peninsula. The goal of the camp is to unite children who battle the same invisible illnesses: Crohn's and colitis. Because illnesses such as these often go...

Sound Effect is your weekly tour of ideas, inspired by the place we live. The show is hosted by KNKX's Gabriel Spitzer. Each week's show explores a different theme, and this week, our ragtag radio team has curated another "best of" episode.  Before things become a bit uncanny, we discuss the elusiveness of déjà vu with 50 First Dates Screenwriter, George Wing.  From Episode 12: Lost and Found, KNKX's Jennifer Wing unspools the story of Snowball, a frequently lost cat who was eventually...

Each week's show explores a different theme, and this week our mötley crüe has produced stories for you about teamwork.

"Sound Effect" is your weekly tour of ideas, inspired by the place we live. The show is hosted by KNKX's Gabriel Spitzer. Each week's show explores a different theme, and this week is dedicated to stories about lives saved.  To start the show off, KNKX's Ashley Gross speaks with Kelcy Allen about surviving an earthquake in Tacoma in 1949, and the older child who gave up his life to save him.  Jana Mohr Lone is the Director of the University of Washington Center for Philosophy for Children....

"Sound Effect" is your weekly tour of ideas, inspired by the place we live. This week's show is hosted by KNKX's Gabriel Spitzer. Each week's show explores a different theme, and this week we crack open origin stories. To start off the show, KNKX's Arwen Nicks speaks with Roger Fernandez — a native storyteller, artist and educator. He shares with us part of a traditional Wampanoag creation myth. Then, Gabriel Spitzer talks about the origin of the UFO phenomenon, spoiler alert — it started...

This episode we muse over the point of no return.

Sound Effect is your weekly tour of ideas, inspired by the place we live. This time we've flushed out stories about toilets.

"Sound Effect" is your weekly tour of ideas, inspired by the place we live. The show is hosted by KNKX's Gabriel Spitzer. Each week's show explores a different theme, and this week we discuss final acts. To begin the show, we check in with those still at the beginning of life. We wanted to know how you talk to children about death – life’s final act. Philosopher Jana Mohr Lone engages children in conversations about death all the time. She breaks the ice by reading them a book called, “Duck,...

"Sound Effect" is your weekly tour of ideas, inspired by the place we live. The show is hosted by KNKX's Gabriel Spitzer. Each week's show explores a different theme, and this week we dissect how we feel about what we are called, taking a look at names.

This week we hear stories about the promise and the perils of self-government.

"Sound Effect" is your weekly tour of ideas, inspired by the place we live. The show is hosted by KNKX's Gabriel Spitzer. Each week's show explores a different theme, and this week, we get into and out of our ‘Comfort Zones.’ Being naked at work would be a nightmare for many, but not for Robert Treat. Gabriel Spitzer talks to the veteran nude model about his work and the power dynamics in play when someone is nude in the room. Sound Effect producer Kevin Kniestedt talks to a young woman...

"Sound Effect" is your weekly tour of ideas, inspired by the place we live. The show is hosted by KNKX's Gabriel Spitzer. Each week's show explores a different theme, and this week, we dig into ‘Dirt.’ KNKX's Matthew Streib takes us inside the Monroe Correctional Complex to learn about a program that matches inmates with invertebrates and turns waste into fertile soil. Gabriel Spitzer interviews Katrina Spade about The Urban Death Project and why she thinks that composting our dead is...

"Sound Effect" is your weekly tour of ideas, inspired by the place we live. The show is hosted by KNKX's Gabriel Spitzer. Each week's show explores a different theme, and this week, we try to make sense of our senses. You may have learned about the five senses in school but Dr. Eric Chudler is here to shed light on some of the many other lesser known senses. He also politely explains to Gabriel why he won't be acquiring "spider sense" any time soon. Next we visit touch. Prosthetic hands...

"Sound Effect" is your weekly tour of ideas, inspired by the place we live. The show is hosted by KNKX's Gabriel Spitzer. Each week's show explores a different theme, and this week, we discuss some of the different things we struggle to Come Out about. Gabriel Spitzer discusses the stigma around mental health conditions with a member of the Seattle based group, The Stability Network. Senior Producer Arwen Nicks interviews local teacher and activist, Yaara Zaslow about why she decided to...

Each week's show explores a different theme, and this week, we are playing all hits in this first ever “Sound Effect” best of episode. Before we dive into some of our favorite segments thus far, we explore what it is about repetition that is so satisfying. From Episode 1: Newness, we bring you the tale of Leila Mirhaydari struggle to survive after going into sudden kidney failure at the age of 27. From Episode 2: Rule Breakers, the story of how one unexpected incident at last year’s...

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

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

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

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