visual instead of audio

VoxPod won't be publishing shows on Friday, but I can direct you to our shiny new, Flickr-enhanced official page. You can see what the interns and the youngest logger in Granite Falls look like. Maybe Nathan and I will post photos, too.
If you still need an audio fix, look at the "Additional listing" list on the right. I highly recommend The Migration Project, which features several Weekday High alums.
See you on Monday for a show. A show about a book. I won't spoil it for you any further.

Show #4: Young Actors and Youngest Logger

For Thursday's VoxPod, we take an inside look at different kinds of people in our communities. Here's a bit about it:

Acts and the Axe (9:29)
Today on VoxPod, a city actor and a country logger. Kayla Sargent talks about the relationships she's made at a summer youth theatre program that puts on shows in Green Lake. Then, Molly McGill profiles the youngest logger living in her hometown of Granite Falls.

Here's a photo of Neil the logger:


Want to learn some more logging terms? Visit http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/logging/glossary/glossary.html

Show #3: Pike's Peak

As you might have read in the Seattle Times or the P-I, Pike Place Market is marking its centennial this year. What can VoxPod (and KUOW) bring you that those dailies can't?
Sounds. Here's the show:
A Pike Place Postcard (4:55)
Today on VoxPod, an audio postcard of Pike Place Market. Though it turns 100 years old this year, the market still is a vital part of Seattle. Our reporters talk to a farmer, a fortune teller, a tour guide and an art vendor about what makes Pike Place so distinctive.

Amina Al-Sadi, Annie Stoller-Patterson, Sophia Skalbania and Molly McGill gathered stories that appear on this show.

Interactive question: What's your favorite place in the market?
My answer: The little Mexican Grocery that's next to the Starbucks (yes, the original Starbucks). I get the tamales and the cheap day-old pan dulce.
Your answer? Post it in the comments.

Show #2: Buckin' Bales

It's Tuesday, and the VoxPod blog (which you're looking at right now) is online, and our second show is up for your ears to feast on. Here's the description:

Cultures in Agriculture (7:18)
Today on VoxPod, we have two stories from our reporters about small agricultural communities. Packing hay on a Granite Falls farm and picking blackberries in a Seattle park can both bring people together.

Today's stories are by Molly McGill and Sophia Skalbania.

(Technical note: That blue link is the direct mp3 download. The blue "play" button before it will let you stream the file right on your browser.)

VoxPod Show #1: We have lift off

Welcome to the first show of VoxPod, a new daily podcast from the Weekday High internship program in Seattle. Here's our description for the first show:

Leaps of Faith (7:00)
VoxPod is a new daily podcast that brings you voices from communities of choice and chance. Today, we have two stories about fitting into religious communities. An insider explains her community to outsiders; an outsider finds a way in.

Today's stories are from Annie Stoller-Patterson and Amina Al-Sadi. There's a link to the show in the sidebar, but you can also click here. If you'd like to subscribe to VoxPod, copy and paste this link into iTunes (or whatever podcasting service you prefer):
http://www.kuow.org/rss.php?program=weekday%20high

Please, let us know what you think of the show, and what communities you'd like to hear about. Just leave us a comment.

Behind the scenes: what we look like

VoxPod is a radio show, but we aren't just disembodied voices. No, we're people, and we inhabit space. Specifically, this space:

And, like most people we have ideas (usually for upcoming shows). But people tend to be unorganized with their ideas. That's where the big board comes in:


This is where we post our ideas for show topics. If you look at the full-sized image, you'll get a sneak peek at what we'll be doing the rest of this month.

Check back later this week for more pictures of the VoxPod staff.