Friday: The Season Finale

We have a rare Friday show for you today. It's also our last show of the summer. Will there be any cliffhangers?

Ties to the land and to the past (9:54)
Our final show looks at one group that'll last for just months, and another that's lasted centuries. Kayla Sargent talks to international young adults currently in the Northwest learning about environmental restoration. Emily Barecca talks to youth in the Suquamish Tribe.

This checklist for the interns' final stories shows that we're all wrapped up here for the summer.

Yep, everyone has layed up their sound.

Thank you so much for listening to VoxPod. We'll keep you up to date on any future shows we do.

What does the future hold for us? Well, the interns are going back to school, Nathan's going to Italy, and I'm is going to keep rooting for the Mariners.

Monday: Learning the Language

We're back, with our longest show to date, with three features on learning other languages.

Speaking in tongues (11:22)
We look at people coming together to hone another language. Brad Iverson-Long talks with some German speakers at a Greek restaurant. Amina Al-Sadi explains why her French class is so engaging. And we end the show with a snapshot of an Arabic spelling bee.

For the Arabic spelling bee, the contestants wrote out their answers on a blackboard. (In most English spelling bees, like in the movie Spellbound, contestants recite their answers.) Here's what it looked like:

Here is a listing of all the language groups that meet at The Continental. I recommend the German group, and the lamb burger.
The Arabic spelling bee was part of the Arab Festival, which we did a show on 11 days ago.

Today's show features the song Circles by HC-7, found on CCMixter.

Thursday: Rollo

Horse racing is the sport of kings, so rollo must be the sport of... serfs? The guilds?
You don't know what rollo is, well, listen to today's show (and then help me with my analogy).

Four Wheel Good, Two Wheels Better (9:05)
Many people are avoiding summer construction by getting out of their cars and onto bikes. Bikes may help your commute, but can also be fun. Brad Iverson-Long has a guide to playing rollo, or mini-bike polo. It's like horse polo, except played on kids' bicycles.

And here's a visual on rollo

You can see more (and better) pictures of rollo at the blog for their event earlier this summer, Bruised by Bike. They also have a complete text version of the rules.

Wednesday: The pulse of Puget Sound

Here it is, the mighty Stillaguamish:
Fish Out of Water (8:15)
We'll look at people protecting the life of Puget Sound. Emily Barreca files an audiopostcard from the shores of Hood Canal, where some are working to bring back native oysters. Molly McGill talks to several activists at the Stillaguamish Festival of the River and Pow Wow.

We found out about the Festival of the River in part thanks to MudUp, which is a great resource for people working to improve the Sound.

Today (and tomorrow)'s credits music is Funkinst by Teru, found at CCMixter.

Tuesday: I love the way they dribble...

Today: Sports, or Pick-up basketball and picking up dogs.

Getting in the game (8:25)
Today we have game plans for getting into two highly competitive yet social sports. Annie Stoller-Patterson finds out how to become a dog show handler. Then Kayla Sargent has an audio guide for how to join the pick-up basketball games at the Greenlake Community Center.

This is Alyssa and her two dogs.
Come on back tomorrow.

Thursday: The Arab Festival

The bienniel Arab Festival took place last weekend, and we (dramatic pause) were there.

Two Arabian days and nights (9:21)
The Arab Festival, replete with music, food, dancing and workshops from Arab cultures, took over Seattle Center last weekend. Sophia Skalbania and Amina Al-Sadi have some of the highlights from the festival, including interviews with dancers and musicians, young and old.

Here's a photo of the band Sons of Hager, featured in the show:

If you listen real closely, you can hear Kayla Sargent ask Ali, the Egyptian bachelor, a question.
There's a lot of good sound in this show. I hope you enjoy it.
We'll be back on Monday.

Tuesday: Everyone loves a parade!

It may be cloudy in the northwest today, but we profile two sunny summer events in today's show.

Staples of Summer (7:56)

Today on VoxPod, we have the highlights of two summer traditions that bring people out to celebrate. Emily Barreca has an essay on the Independence Day parade on Bainbridge Island. And Kayla Sargent covers the crowds and the music at the Capitol Hill Block Party.

Do you like the new collage credits at the end of the show? The new music underneath all our voices is Tubularity / Birth by Sawtooth.

Monday: VoxPotter

Hope you had a good weekend. I spent a chunk of it reading.

Spoiler Alert (8:30)
How do Harry Potter books impact communities? Book sellers and movie theatre owners love the series, but reading the books can have a negative social effect. We also share our favorite lines from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (we promise not to spoil the ending).

Pretty much everyone, including Weekday host Steve Scher, contributed to this show.

A few items of business

-Music credit: this show features two wonderful songs found on CCMixter, "Summer Never Came" by Grapes, and "Just Talk Beat" by Ashwan. Go find songs in the creative commons there, if you want.)
-VoxPod's on MySpace. Wanna be our friends?
-Our system will only hold the last five podcasts, so if you really want last Monday's show, get it before Tuesday morning.

Finally, the ultimate question:
Harry Potter: love him or leave him?

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.