The Listening Podcast
1) Quarantine Stories: What Will Be the New Normal?
In the last episode of our Quarantine Stories series, composer and host Jeff Rona discusses where we go from here as the world re-opens. States and cities across the U.S. are handling it differently, ...Show More
2) Quarantine Stories: Virtual Teaching and Lessons from Star Trek
Sound designer and educator Francis Preve was gearing up for SXSW in Austin, Texas when COVID-19 lockdowns began and the festival was cancelled. Preve shares how he is coping with quarantine by guidin...Show More
3) Quarantine Stories: Creative Experimentation with Tyler Bates
In this episode of Quarantine Stories, we heard from sought-after composer, guitarist, songwriter and record producer Tyler Bates, who is spending time in quarantine doing what he loves most - creativ...Show More
4) Quarantine Stories: Dispatches from the ER in Anchorage Alaska
This week we have a special report from members of the Emergency Room staff at Alaska Native Medical Center in the city of Anchorage. The team primarily treats native populations from all over the sta...Show More
5) Quarantine Stories: Cool Apps, Staying Informed, and Collaborating While Distancing
TV writer Darren Swimmer (Shadowhunters, Smallville) and composer Richard Einhorn (Voices of Light) offer some advice on a range of quarantine-relevant topics, including apps that help you focus, wher...Show More
Quarantine Stories: Cool Apps, Staying Informed, and Collaborating While Distancing
11:11 | Apr 28th, 2020
6) Quarantine Stories: OMG WTF Politics and Viral Videos
Author, producer, content creator, and activist Ben Sheehan (Funny or Die) talks about launching his new book OMG WTF Does the Constitution Actually Say? in the middle of a pandemic - shortly after re...Show More
7) Quarantine Stories: Creative Inspiration in Lockdown
Episode 4 of Quarantine Stories focuses on creativity - what inspires it and what it means during this unprecedented time in history. Grammy Award-nominated and multi-platinum selling record producer,...Show More
8) Quarantine Stories: Coping with Our Collective Anxiety
In this episode of our Quarantine Stories series, we spoke with internationally acclaimed singer, composer and musician Azam Ali, who was supposed to be performing with her band Niyaz this spring unti...Show More
9) Quarantine Stories: WWII Heroes, Voice Actors Helping Kids, and Back from the Road
In this episode of Quarantine Stories, we spoke with Ernie Rideout, a bay area musician who runs the Stanford Jazz Education Program, as he recalls his father's heroic journey of survival in WWII...Show More
10) Quarantine Stories: Virtual Connection and the COVID-19 Frontlines
For the first episode of our Quarantine Stories series, we spoke with composer Jack Wall (Call of Duty, Myst, Mass Effect) on how he's adjusting to life during the COVID-19 crisis, including how ...Show More