Silver Podcast Network

Silver Shorts: Warriors and Idiots

Mon, 11 May 2026 14:10:09 +0000

Take a listen as Chris Platt talks about war, leadership, and the disconnect between decision-makers and the people affected by their choices.

Written by and Featuring Chris Platt

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello

Sound by Silver Sound

Sonic Dash: Winter 2026 Finalist Spotlight ("Meddling Kids of NYC" by Amanda Kari McHugh and Kyle Studstill)

Fri, 08 May 2026 13:59:12 +0000

We're back with another finalist spotlight for the Winter 2026 Sonic Dash. Today we will be highlighting a piece entitled "Meddling Kids of NYC" by Amanda Kari McHugh and Kyle Studstill.

Technical Director: Tom Fama

Produced by Christian Cuciniello and Cory Choy

Festival Directors: Mark Blumberg, Cory Choy, Emily Reeves

Silver Shorts: Colin Colfer

Fri, 01 May 2026 19:49:00 +0000

Take a listen as filmmaker Colin Colfer tells us about his animation process, the challenges of the craft, and what he’s working on now in the world of stop motion.

Featuring Colin Colfer

Produced by Cory Choy, Christian Cuciniello, and Ivan Bronson

Music by Ivan Bronson

Sound by Silver Sound

Silver Shorts: Brooklyn Resistance (With Saul Austerlitz)

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:13:51 +0000

Take a listen as Saul Austerlitz tells us about the origin of the Brooklyn Resisters, the important work that they do, and his book entitled "How to Assemble an Activist"

Featuring Saul Austerlitz and Cory Choy

Produced by Cory Choy, Christian Cuciniello, and Ivan Bronson

Sound by Silver Sound

Silver Shorts: Amy Ernst

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:10:14 +0000

Take a listen as Amy Ernst tells us about how she uses her art as a creative outlet and a way to visualize a more loving world.

Featuring Amy Ernst

Produced by Cory Choy, Ivan Bronson, and Christian Cuciniello

Music by Ivan Bronson

Sound by Silver Sound

Sonic Dash: Winter 2026 Finalist Spotlight ("Bo Ricky Banjo's Spiral to Hell" by Richard Kušan, Evan Sidio, and Ronnie Brown)

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 18:33:41 +0000

We're back with another finalist spotlight for the Winter 2026 Sonic Dash. Today we will be highlighting a piece entitled"Bo Ricky Banjo's Spiral to Hell" by Richard Kušan, Evan Sidio, and Ronnie Brown.

Technical Director: Tom Fama

Produced by Christian Cuciniello and Cory Choy

Festival Directors: Mark Blumberg, Cory Choy, Emily Reeves

Sonic Dash: Winter 2026 Finalist Spotlight ("Like hot sauce, it burns" by Paloma Moreno Jiménez, Sara Schleede, Luci Jones, and Vanessa Handy)

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 21:47:10 +0000

We're back with another finalist spotlight for the Winter 2026 Sonic Dash. Today we will be highlighting a piece entitled "Like hot sauce, it burns" by Paloma Moreno Jiménez, Sara Schleede, Luci Jones, and Vanessa Handy.

Technical Director: Tom Fama

Produced by Christian Cuciniello and Cory Choy

Festival Directors: Mark Blumberg, Cory Choy, Emily Reeves

Sonic Dash: Winter 2026 Finalist Spotlight ("Roll Play" by Tessa Zitter and Itai Rekem)

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 21:30:27 +0000

We're back with another finalist spotlight for the Winter 2026 Sonic Dash. Today we will be highlighting a piece entitled "Roll Play" by Tessa Zitter and Itai Rekem.

Technical Director: Tom Fama

Produced by Christian Cuciniello and Cory Choy

Festival Directors: Mark Blumberg, Cory Choy, Emily Reeves

Silver Shorts: Put an End to It

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 21:19:41 +0000

Take a listen to our adaptation of Robert Reich's writings on our Current Political Climate.

Script adapted from the writings of Robert Reich

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello

Music by Ivan Bronson

Sound by Silver Sound

Sonic Dash: Winter 2026 Finalist Spotlight ("Those Meddling Aunties" by Tanita Rahmani)

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 20:39:24 +0000

We're back with another finalist spotlight for the Winter 2026 Sonic Dash. Today we will be highlighting a piece entitled "Those Meddling Aunties" by Tanita Rahmani.

Technical Director: Tom Fama

Produced by Christian Cuciniello and Cory Choy

Festival Directors: Mark Blumberg, Cory Choy, Emily Reeves

Silver Shorts: Zoe Sullivan

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 20:18:47 +0000

Zoe Sullivan tells us why she is running for the 76th Assembly District in Wisconsin, some of the issues that the state is facing, and some of the things she would like to accomplish.

Featuring Zoe Sullivan

Produced by Cory Choy, Ivan Bronson, and Christian Cuciniello

Music by Ivan Bronson

Sound by Silver Sound

Silver Shorts: Sam Schild

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 03:39:38 +0000

Take a listen as Sam Schild tells us about his path towards becoming a comedian and his style of performance.

Featuring and performed by Sam Schild

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello

Sound by Silver Sound

Sonic Dash: Winter 2026 Finalist Spotlight ("Those Metal-ing Kids" by H Conley and Taylor Early)

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 16:52:15 +0000

We're back with another finalist spotlight for the Winter 2026 Sonic Dash. Today we will be highlighting a piece entitled "Those Metal-ing Kids" by H Conley and Taylor Early.

Technical Director: Tom Fama

Produced by Christian Cuciniello and Cory Choy

Festival Directors: Mark Blumberg, Cory Choy, Emily Reeves

Sonic Dash: Winter 2026 Finalist Spotlight ("Botcho The Clown" by Oliver Morris, Jude Hodgson Hann, and Jack Fitzpatrick)

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 22:22:43 +0000

We're back with another finalist spotlight for the Winter 2026 Sonic Dash. Today we will be highlighting previous dash winners Oliver Morris, Jude Hodgson Hann, and Jack Fitzpatrick, along with their piece: "Botcho The Clown"

Technical Director: Tom Fama

Produced by Christian Cuciniello and Cory Choy

Festival Directors: Mark Blumberg, Cory Choy, Emily Reeves

Silver Short: Education and Equity (With Donna Elam)

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 21:59:40 +0000

Today we’re joined by Donna Elam to talk about equity in education. Take a listen as we discuss the disproportionality of educational support, what segregation can look like in schools today, and how her work is pushing toward more equitable schools.

Featuring Donna Elam and Cory Choy

Produced by Cory Choy, Cristian Cuciniello, and Ivan Bronson

Sound by Silver Sound

TRAILER: My Phantom Memory

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 23:27:53 +0000

The final days of the longest-running show on Broadway, as told by one of its longest-running cast members.

Keep an eye on the Silver Podcast Network for My Phantom Memory's full release on March 12th!

Performed by Scott Mikita

Produced by Mark Blumberg

Executive Produced by Cory Choy

Mixed by Christian Cuciniello

Edited by Tom Fama

Music by Luke Allen

Sonic Dash: Winter 2026 3rd Place Winner ("Mother May I March" by Nat Hardy and Will Hardy)

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 20:09:38 +0000

We're back with another finalist spotlight for the Winter 2026 Sonic Dash. Today we will be highlighting our 3rd place winning piece by Nat Hardy and Will Hardy, titled "Mother May I March"

Technical Director: Tom Fama

Produced by Christian Cuciniello and Cory Choy

Festival Directors: Mark Blumberg, Cory Choy, Emily Reeves

Silver Shorts: The Boiler Project (With Kasia Plazinska)

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 21:04:53 +0000

Take a listen as Kasia Plazinska tells us about how she turned an annoying sound into her creative outlet.

Featuring Kasia Plazinska

Produced by Cory Choy, Christian Cuciniello, and Ivan Bronson

Music by Ivan Bronson

Sound by Silver Sound

Sonic Dash: Winter 2026 2nd Place Winner ("Because They Can" by Jacki Huntington)

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 20:44:58 +0000

We're back with another finalist spotlight for the Winter 2026 Sonic Dash. Today we will be highlighting our 2nd place winning piece by Jacki Huntington, titled "Because They Can"

Technical Director: Tom Fama

Produced by Christian Cuciniello and Cory Choy

Festival Directors: Mark Blumberg, Cory Choy, Emily Reeves

Silver Shorts: More Nurses, Better Care

Fri, 30 Jan 2026 22:27:14 +0000

Take a listen as Cory Choy interviews Shannon Burkett and Christine Scheinman to set the story straight about the current NYC nurses strike.

Featuring Shannon Burkett, Christine Scheinman, and Cory Choy

Produced by Cory Choy, Christian Cuciniello, and Ivan Bronson

Sound by Silver Sound

Silver Shorts: Sumo Chicken - Episode 3 (The Chunkiest Chicken Contest)

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 21:58:44 +0000

We’re back with another episode of Sumo Chicken! Cheery, once again, is trying to show everyone that she is the chunkiest chicken, but a very familiar reptile has other plans.

Written by Leslie and Laurel Collins

Featuring Leslie Collins, Laurel Collins, William Collins, Hollis Beck, El Buru, Christian Cuciniello, and Ivan Bronson

Produced by Cory Choy, Christian Cuciniello, and Ivan Bronson

Music by Ivan Bronson

Sound by Silver Sound

Sonic Dash: Winter 2026 Grand Prize Winner

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 21:26:00 +0000

Silver Sound has just finished its Winter 2026 Sonic Dash contest! There were so many great entries that will be featured in future episodes of this podcast, but for now, we present to you our grand prize winning piece by Eric Yang, Charlie Gillette, and Henry Butler titled, "Scooby Who?"

Technical Director: Tom Fama

Produced by Christian Cuciniello and Cory Choy

Festival Directors: Mark Blumberg, Cory Choy, Emily Reeves

Silver Shorts: Who The Story Serves (With Markette Sheppard)

Thu, 08 Jan 2026 22:11:51 +0000

Today we sit down with Markette Sheppard to explore the future of news. Hear her story as we dive into how independent reporting and nonprofit journalism are reshaping the industry.

To learn more, check out her website: http://www.markettesheppard.com

Markette also has a a new book coming out in September of 2026 called "Grandma Dee's Pineapple Upsidedown Cake" that is available for preorder now: https://markettesheppard.com/pre-order-new-book

Featuring Markette Sheppard

Produced by Cory Choy, Christian Cuciniello, and Ivan Bronson

Music by Ivan Bronson

Sound by Silver Sound

Silver Shorts: Celluloid Corner - Part 2 (With Aaron Kudja)

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 21:49:40 +0000

From operating intricate machinery, to preserving and protecting the traditions of cinema, listen as Aaron Kudja tells us a little about his path, and the importance and artistry of film development.

Featuring Aaron Kudja

Produced by Cory Choy, Tom Fama, and Christian Cuciniello

Music by Tom Fama

Sound by Silver Sound

Silver Shorts: CartoCuriosity - Tolkien's Middle Earth

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 22:11:49 +0000

Take a listen as Kevin Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps tells us about the depth, realism, and impact of Tolkien's maps of Middle Earth.

https://www.geographicus.com/

Featuring Kevin Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello

Music by El Buru and Luke Allen

Sound by Silver Sound

Silver Shorts: Visibility Brigade

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 22:23:33 +0000

The more nonviolent action you take, the better you might feel about our current situation. Listen as Mandy Keifetz talks about what she does to make an impact on society and mitigate some of the frustration current events might cause.

https://www.visibilitybrigade.com

Featuring Mandy Keifetz and Cory Choy

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello

Sound by Silver Sound

Get Ready for the New York City Podcast Awards!

Fri, 21 Nov 2025 20:52:19 +0000

Take a listen as Cory Choy tells us about the inaugural New York City Podcast Awards happening on March 13th, 2026. Nominations will be announced on March 2nd, so submit your work by following the link here: www.podcastawards.nyc

Featuring Cory Choy

Produced by Cory Choy and Chistian Cuciniello

Music by Juston Cummings

Sound by Silver Sound

Silver Shorts: Turning Paige

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 20:57:32 +0000

Take a listen as Paige Campbell tells us about identity, and their path to living their own truth.

Featuring Paige Campbell

Produced by Cory Choy, Tom Fama, and Christian Cuciniello

Sound by Silver Sound

Silver Shorts: Girl Tales

Fri, 07 Nov 2025 15:23:28 +0000

Take a listen as Tessa Flannery tells us about the Girl Tales Podcast and some of the magical worlds and characters they created to get their uplifting messages across.

Featuring Tessa Flannery

Produced by Cory Choy, Juston Cummings, and Christian Cuciniello

Music from the Girl Tales Podcast

Sound by Silver Sound

Get Ready For The Sonic Dash!

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 17:28:44 +0000

At Silver Sound, we encourage everyone to pull out their microphones and make something new! Every winter and summer, we host a 48-hour audio storytelling competition, shower the top three winners with money and fabulous prizes, and showcase the top 10 finalists both live at a celebration event in NYC and online via our Silver Podcast Network. We call this the Biannual Sonic Dash.

Registration for our Winter 2026 Sonic Dash, which will take place from January 9th to the 11th, is now open so check out the link below to learn more about the contest and the insane prizes you can win!

https://www.silver-nyc.com/sonicdash

Featuring Mark Blumberg

Produced by Cory Choy, Christian Cuciniello, and Juston Cummings

Sound by Silver Sound

Silver Shorts: The James Rocket

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 22:54:34 +0000

Take a listen as James Roy, from the band The James Rocket, talks about their new album "Seen", which releases on November 21st, 2025.

To pre-order the album, check out this link: https://thejamesrocket.bandcamp.com/album/seen

Also, check them out live! The James Rocket will be playing at:

Young Ethel's in Brooklyn, NY on October 23rd, 2025
Sanger Hall in Sunnyside, NY on November 22nd, 2025
Century in Philadelphia, PA on December 13th, 2025

Featuring James Roy

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello

Music by The James Rocket from their new album "Seen"

Sound by Silver Sound

Silver Shorts: CartoCuriosity - A Mapmaker's Misfortunes

Fri, 10 Oct 2025 21:48:51 +0000

Listen as James Roy of Geographicus Rare Antique Maps explains why copyright laws and backing-up your work is so important with this unfortunate story.

Featuring James Roy of Geographicus Rare Antique Maps

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello

Music by El Buru and Luke Allen

Sound by Silver Sound

Silver Shorts: Say It With Me

Fri, 26 Sep 2025 20:40:42 +0000

FREE PALESTINE

Written and performed by Cory Choy

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello

Music by Juston Cummings

Sound by Silver Sound

Silver Shorts: The Mandolin Code

Fri, 26 Sep 2025 20:37:01 +0000

While he usually can be found jamming in Bluegrass sessions, listen as Vijith Assar explains how he took a classic piece and put new spin on it while staying true to its roots.

Featuring Vijith Assar

Produced by Cory Choy, Christian Cuciniello, Dalton Miksa, and Jada Mackinnon

Music by Vijith Assar

Sound by Silver Sound

Silver Shorts: CartoCuriosity - Royal Siamese Maps

Thu, 11 Sep 2025 22:47:09 +0000

When you work in the antiquarian trade, sometimes you might be fortunate enough to come across an object that is truly one-of-a-kind. Listen as Kevin Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps recounts how a chance visit to an antique store resulted in discovering a map from a country which has virtually no known history of making them.

Check out the Geographicus website here: geographicus.com

Featuring Kevin J. Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps

Produced by Cory Choy, Tom Fama, and Christian Cuciniello

Music by Luke Allen and El Buru

Sound by Silver Sound

Silver Shorts: Dimo and the Diner (Part 2)

Thu, 04 Sep 2025 20:56:17 +0000

What now? We fight, and we make them stop scrolling. We fight again, and then we make them turn it off. When they start chanting, "Hate, hate, hate. Great, great, great," it's too late.

Enjoy the second part of this precursor to a larger cyber-drama that is yet to unfold in the Silver Podcast Network and stay tuned for more Dimo updates!

Hosted by James Brown-Orleans

Written by Cory Choy

Featuring Jada Mackinnon, Dalton Miksa, and El Buru

Produced by Cory Choy, Jada Mackinnon, Dalton Miksa, and Christian Cuciniello

Sound by Silver Sound

Silver Shorts: The House of Bread

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 20:44:55 +0000

We often overlook the simple practices that make life better: giving thanks and offering forgiveness. In this monologue, James Brown-Orleans helps us recognize both.

Written and performed by James Brown-Orleans

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello

Music by James Brown-Orleans

Sound by Silver Sound

Silver Shorts: Celluloid Corner (With Aaron Kudja)

Thu, 14 Aug 2025 20:07:33 +0000

From operating intricate machinery, to preserving and protecting the traditions of cinema, listen as Aaron Kudja takes you inside the projection booth to show you how he keeps the reels turning.

Featuring Aaron Kudja

Produced by Cory Choy, Tom Fama, and Christian Cuciniello

Music by Tom Fama

Sound by Silver Sound

Silver Shorts: Forget About It - The Viper

Thu, 07 Aug 2025 19:42:52 +0000

When Shirley decided to open her dream nail salon, she knew it wouldn’t be easy, but she never expected it to be such an explosive catastrophe filled with debts to the mob, misogynistic creeps, and worst of all, her mother.

Silver Shorts is very excited to announce an excerpt from a longer piece by Pop Lightning. This feed will host a series of three parts, but keep an ear out for the full episode.

Written and Created by Pop Lightning

Executive Producers: Pop Lightning, Gabriel Shalom, Cory Choy, and Cameron Bossert

Produced and mixed by Cory Choy

Editing & Sound Design by Christian Cuciniello & Wenrui Zhao

Featuring: Jenna Laurenzo as Shirley; Ariella Mastroianni as Mia; Delia Kemph as Adele; Suliya Gisele as the 1st AD; Jeremy Cohen as Nicky, the Director, and the Muscle; Cameron Bossert as Mike, the Narrator, and the Doctor; and Kevin Jacobsen as Ray.

Silver Shorts: Forget About It - Physics, Baby!

Thu, 07 Aug 2025 15:29:23 +0000

Silver Shorts is very excited to announce an excerpt from a longer piece by Pop Lightning. This feed will host a series of three parts, but keep an ear out for the full episode.

Written and Created by Pop Lightning

Executive Producers: Pop Lightning, Gabriel Shalom, Cory Choy, and Cameron Bossert

Produced and mixed by Cory Choy

Editing & Sound Design by Christian Cuciniello & Wenrui Zhao

Silver Shorts: Forget About It - Ring Race

Thu, 24 Jul 2025 20:34:58 +0000

Silver Shorts is very excited to announce an excerpt from a longer piece by Pop Lightning. This feed will host a series of three parts, but keep an ear out for the full episode.

Written and Created by Pop Lightning

Executive Producers: Pop Lightning, Gabriel Shalom, Cory Choy, and Cameron Bossert

Produced and mixed by Cory Choy

Editing & Sound Design by Christian Cuciniello & Wenrui Zhao

Silver Shorts: CartoCuriosity - Highway History

Fri, 18 Jul 2025 21:30:56 +0000

Take a listen as Spencer Hunt from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps explains the origin of modern day road traveling.

Check out the Geographicus website here: geographicus.com

Featuring Spencer Hunt from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps

Produced by Cory Choy, Tom Fama, and Christian Cuciniello

Music by Luke Allen and El Buru

Sound by Silver Sound

Silver Shorts: CartoCuriosity - Buried Ships

Thu, 10 Jul 2025 20:57:53 +0000

As miners searched for buried treasure during the California gold rush, their ships became buried treasure for historians. Listen as Kevin Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps interviews Michael Jennings from Neatline Maps about the buried ships of San Francisco

Check out the Geographicus website here: geographicus.com

Check out the Neatline website here: neatlinemaps.com

Featuring Kevin Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps and Michael Jennings from Neatline Maps

Produced by Cory Choy, Tom Fama, and Christian Cuciniello

Edited by Jada Mackinnon

Sound by Silver Sound

Silver Shorts: Mimo

Fri, 27 Jun 2025 17:15:09 +0000

Here at Silver Sound, we get to collaborate with and highlight a lot of incredible people. Today, we would like to introduce you to Mimo Magri as she tells us about her path to becoming an established, multitalented performer and some of the struggles she encountered along the way.

Featuring Mimo Magri

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello

Music by Mimo Magri

Sound by Silver Sound

Silver Shorts: Dimo and the Diner (Part 1)

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 21:54:18 +0000

What now? We fight, and we make them stop scrolling. We fight again, and then we make them turn it off. When they start chanting, "Hate, hate, hate. Great, great, great," it's too late.

Enjoy this precursor to a larger cyber-drama that is yet to unfold in the Silver Podcast Network and stay tuned for more Dimo updates!

Hosted by James Brown-Orleans

Written by Cory Choy

Featuring Jada Mackinnon, Dalton Miksa, and El Buru

Produced by Cory Choy, Jada Mackinnon, Dalton Miksa, and Christian Cuciniello

Sound by Silver Sound

Silver Shorts: Geographicus - WTF is That? (The Bastille)

Thu, 05 Jun 2025 20:31:43 +0000

Napoleon Bonaparte once said, “In revolutions there are only two sorts of men: those who cause them and those who profit by them.”

Join Spencer Hunt from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps as he chronicles the first shots of the French Revolution and the story of the man who seized the opportunity to benefit from the destruction of one of Paris’s most infamous structures.

Check out the Geographicus website here: geographicus.com

Featuring Spencer Hunt from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps

Produced by Cory Choy, Tom Fama, and Christian Cuciniello

Music by Luke Allen and El Buru

Sound by Silver Sound

Silver Shorts: Geographicus - WTF is That? (1st Map of The North Pole)

Thu, 29 May 2025 20:46:53 +0000

When it comes to map making, intentions are never as important as actual exploring. Listen as Kevin J. Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps explains Gerard Mercator's misinterpretations.

Check out the Geographicus website here: geographicus.com

Featuring Kevin J. Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps

Produced by Cory Choy, Tom Fama, and Christian Cuciniello

Music by Luke Allen and El Buru

Sound by Silver Sound

Silver Shorts: Waliek's World

Thu, 22 May 2025 20:43:59 +0000

Waliek Crandall reminds us what matters most in this world with a message of love. With a very unique perspective, he tells us what his perfect world would look like.

Featuring Waliek Crandall

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello

Music by Christian Cuciniello and El Buru

Sound by Silver Sound

Silver Shorts: Geographicus - WTF is That? (The Peutinger Table)

Thu, 15 May 2025 19:18:20 +0000

Some maps are small, and some can cover an entire wall. Today, Kevin J. Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps will describe a very uniquely shaped one created for travelers of the Ancient Roman world.

Check out the Geographicus website here: geographicus.com

Featuring Kevin J. Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps

Produced by Cory Choy, Tom Fama, and Christian Cuciniello

Music by Luke Allen and El Buru

Sound by Silver Sound

Silver Shorts: ADotHDot

Fri, 09 May 2025 21:05:00 +0000

Here are five possible descriptions of who Arthur Harrison could be: The Urban Hermit, The Disenchanted Intellectual, The Suburban Surrealist, The Neo-Beat Provocateur, and The Jesus Christ of Silicon.

What matters most is up to you.

Story by Arthur Harrison and Cory Choy

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello

Music by Dalton Miksa

Sound by Silver Sound

Geographicus: WTF is That? (World War II Route Maps)

Fri, 02 May 2025 13:34:05 +0000

World War II is probably the most widely-documented and studied conflict in all of history. And yet, 80 years after it has ended, we are still uncovering documents and memorabilia that would otherwise have collected dust in grandpa’s trunk.

Spencer Hunt from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps recounts how he combined his passion of studying the Second World War with the discovery and research of maps made by veterans of the war.

Check out the Geographicus website here: geographicus.com

Featuring Spencer Hunt from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps

Produced by Cory Choy, Tom Fama, and Christian Cuciniello

Music by Luke Allen and El Buru

Sound by Silver Sound

Silver Shorts: All God's Children

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 21:50:31 +0000

The two mothers hit it off beautifully. They sat at a café called Heaven, chatting for hours over tea and biscuits. While waiting for the check, they started bragging about their sons.

Finally, one mother asked, “Who was your son?”

“Jesus,” Mary replied.

“And who was yours?” Mary asked.

“My son was Judas,” the other mother replied.

“Well, mother of Judas, what a joy it’s been meeting you. Shall we do this again tomorrow?”

“It’s a date,” Judas’s mother smiled.

Hosted by James Brown-Orleans

Featuring Waliek Crandall

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello

Music by Christian Cuciniello and El Buru

Sound by Silver Sound

Silver Shorts: Geographicus - WTF is That? (The Zendian Problem)

Thu, 17 Apr 2025 20:52:59 +0000

Imagine Dungeons and Dragons but for the purpose of helping the United States military. Listen as Kevin J. Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps explains how he stumbled upon a classified part of American history.

Check out the Geographicus website here: geographicus.com

Hosted by James Brown-Orleans

Featuring Kevin J. Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello

Music by Luke Allen and El Buru

Sound by Silver Sound

Silver Shorts Presents: Geographicus - WTF is That? (Leigh Read County)

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 20:29:45 +0000

Politics, duels, and frontier justice are all a part of this Florida man's story. Listen as Spencer Hunt from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps explains this American drama.

Check out the Geographicus website here: geographicus.com

Hosted by James Brown-Orleans

Featuring Spencer Hunt from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello

Music by Luke Allen and El Buru

Sound by Silver Sound

Silver Shorts: Geographicus - WTF is That? (Zeno's Frisland)

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 19:40:36 +0000

"A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." - Mark Twain

Listen as James W. Roy from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps explains this family fraud.

Check out the Geographicus website here: geographicus.com

Hosted by James Brown-Orleans

Featuring James W. Roy from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps

Produced by Cory Choy, Tom Fama, and Christian Cuciniello

Edited by Jada Mackinnon

Music by Luke Allen and El Buru

Sound by Silver Sound

Big News...

Wed, 02 Apr 2025 07:30:00 +0000

Big News: Silver Sound'sViolence Week has been nominated for a Webby Award for Best Indie Podcast — Limited Series. The Webby Awards is the Internet’s most respected symbol of success and winning one means more recognition for indie podcasts like ours.

And you can help! Voting for the People's Voice Award is open until Thursday, April 17th. Cast your vote here and help Violence Week take home the win: https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/podcasts/features/best-indie-podcast-limited-run

Thanks for supporting indie podcasts!

Sonic Dash: Winter 2025 Finalist Spotlight - "You Can Breathe" (Anne Lanier and Dominic Rippel / Shelter Studio)

Fri, 28 Mar 2025 20:15:02 +0000

Out of all the creators who participated in our Winter 2025 Sonic Dash, we were only able to feature the top three winners so far. Now, we would love to showcase some of the incredible work from the rest of our talented contestants.

In this episode, we will be listening to and discussing a piece by Anne Lanier and Dominic Rippel / Shelter Studio entitled "You Can Breathe".

Credits:

Produced and engineered by Christian Cuciniello

Festival Directors: Mark Blumberg, Cory Choy, Emily Reeves

Silver Shorts: Cam Calls Republicans

Thu, 27 Mar 2025 21:27:40 +0000

Ah life... Sometimes you just need a funny perspective on things to get through these negative times. If you're feeling as bad as we are about current events, then maybe this can offer you a new way to voice your frustrations, or just make you smile a little.

Hosted by James Brown-Orleans

Featuring Cameron Bossert

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello

Sound by Silver Sound

Sonic Dash: Winter 2025 Finalist Spotlight - "In Stitches" (Chloe Irving, Angelina Mazza, and Stuart Leach)

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 19:34:43 +0000

In this episode, we will be listening to and discussing a piece by Chloe Irving, Angelina Mazza, and Stuart Leach entitled "In Stitches".

Credits:

Produced and engineered by Christian Cuciniello

Festival Directors: Mark Blumberg, Cory Choy, Emily Reeves

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Silver Shorts: Geographicus - WTF is That? (Peñalosa)

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 20:53:05 +0000

Kevin J. Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps offers a glimpse into the imagined geographies of the New World, blending fact, myth, and political ambition.

Check out the Geographicus website here: geographicus.com

Hosted by James Brown-Orleans

Featuring Kevin J. Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps

Produced by Cory Choy, Tom Fama, and Christian Cuciniello

Music by Luke Allen and El Buru

Sound by Silver Sound

Sonic Dash: Winter 2025 Finalist Spotlight - "Junior Resistance" (The Lokes)

Fri, 14 Mar 2025 18:24:02 +0000

In this episode, we will be listening to and discussing a piece by Zak Rosen, Noa Rosen, Shira Heisler, and Ami Rosen entitled "Junior Resistance".

Credits:

Produced and engineered by Christian Cuciniello and Santiago Aramburu

Festival Directors: Mark Blumberg, Cory Choy, Emily Reeves

Silver Shorts: Geographicus - WTF is That? (Terra Australis)

Thu, 13 Mar 2025 20:42:56 +0000

Maps? People still use those? Well, not only do people still use them, but people like Kevin J. Brown even specialize in rare antique maps dating back to the 15th century. Take a listen to this fascinating story about the largest continent that never was.

Check out the Geographicus website here: geographicus.com

Hosted by James Brown-Orleans

Featuring Kevin J. Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps

Produced by Cory Choy, Tom Fama, and Christian Cuciniello

Music by Luke Allen and El Buru

Sound by Silver Sound

Silver Shorts: Sam Anderson

Thu, 06 Mar 2025 22:23:59 +0000

It's the quiet ones you really have to look out for. They don't have a cape around their neck, an "S" on their chest, and they don't come crashing in to save the day with catchy phrases like "I'm Batman."

No, they just go about their day quietly, using their superpower to keep us safe.

Hosted by James Brown-Orleans

Featuring Sam Anderson

Produced by Cory Choy, Christian Cuciniello, and Buru

Sound by Silver Sound

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Sonic Dash: Winter 2025 Finalist Spotlight - "Springs Airs" (Jacki Huntington and Victor Lopez)

Fri, 28 Feb 2025 20:45:02 +0000

In this episode, we will be listening to and discussing Jacki Huntington and Victor Lopez piece, entitled "Springs Airs"

Credits:

Produced and engineered by Christian Cuciniello and Santiago Aramburu

Festival Directors: Mark Blumberg, Cory Choy, Emily Reeves

Silver Shorts: Cab Ride

Thu, 27 Feb 2025 22:23:45 +0000

Time feels frozen as he drives the same streets, over and over, watching life pass by. The city moves, but he remains still, just observing from behind the wheel. Silver shorts presents Cab Ride

Written by: Buru and Bruno Aramburu

Featuring: Jame Brown Orleans, Bruno Aramburu, Daniela Ravelo and Valeriia vovk

Produced by: Cory Choy, Christian Cuciniello and Buru

Music By: Buru

Sound By: Silver Sound

Sonic Dash: Winter 2025 Finalist Spotlight - "You've Got to Bee Kidding Me!" (Laura Bachman and Shaan Merchant)

Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:52:19 +0000

In this episode, we will be listening to and discussing Laura Bachman and Shaan Merchant's piece, entitled "You've got to bee kidding me!"

Credits:

Produced and engineered by Christian Cuciniello and Santiago Aramburu

Festival Directors: Mark Blumberg, Cory Choy, Emily Reeves

Silver Shorts: Yuan Ji's Erstwhile Mezcal

Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:42:19 +0000

The kind of drinks we like are the kind that bring all folks together, with a side of stories, laughter, tears, and most definitely a side of gratitude for each other.

Yuan Ji's Erstwhile Mezcal brings all of this to the table.

Check out her website here: erstwhilemezcal.com

Hosted by James Brown-Orleans

Featuring Yuan Ji from Erstwhile Mezcal

Produced by Cory Choy, Christian Cuciniello, and Buru

Music by Buru

Sound by Silver Sound

Sonic Dash: Winter 2025 Finalist Spotlight - "Your Call Is Very Important To Us" (By Son Hanson)

Fri, 14 Feb 2025 22:12:03 +0000

In this episode, we will be listening to and discussing Son Hanson's "Your Call Is Very Important To Us"

Credits:

Produced and engineered by Christian Cuciniello and Santiago Aramburu

Festival Directors: Mark Blumberg, Cory Choy, Emily Reeves

Silver Shorts: Geographicus - WTF is That? (Fusang)

Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:04:01 +0000

Imagine taking a wrong turn, and your GPS says, "What the fuck is that?"

Well, historical cartography is rife with anomalies that make you scratch your head. Take a listen Kevin J. Brown explain the story behind Fusang and its mysteries.

Check out the Geographicus website here: geographicus.com

Hosted by James Brown-Orleans

Featuring Kevin J. Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps

Produced by Cory Choy, Christian Cuciniello, and Tom Fama

Music by Luke Allen and El Buru

Sound by Silver Sound

Sonic Dash Winter 2025 Finalist Spotlight: "You've got to be kidding me!" (By M. Cristina Marras, Romeo M. Minutolo, and Gianfranco Bitti)

Fri, 07 Feb 2025 21:33:31 +0000

In this episode, we will be listening to and discussing M. Cristina Marras, Romeo M. Minutolo, and Gianfranco Bitti's piece, entitled "You've got to be kidding me!"

Credits:

Produced and engineered by Christian Cuciniello and Santiago Aramburu

Festival Directors: Mark Blumberg, Cory Choy, Emily Reeves

Silver Shorts: Headshots - Angelica

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 23:46:23 +0000

Fame and fortune may cure 99% of all your problems, but the 1% we forfeit for the rest is a life-long pain in the ass.

Hosted and Written by James Brown-Orleans

Performed by Angelica Edwards

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello

Music by El Buru

Sound by Silver Sound

Silver Shorts: Where Is It?

Mon, 03 Feb 2025 15:58:28 +0000

A little shuffle, a little song, a little fun, you can't go wrong... Or, can you?

Hosted by James Brown-Orleans

Written by Jonathan Hsu

Featuring Jonathan Hsu, Pavlo Zhupanyn, and Valeriia Vovk

Produced by Cory Choy, Christian Cuciniello, and Buru

Sound by Silver Sound

Sonic Dash: Winter 2025 2nd & 3rd Place Winners

Fri, 24 Jan 2025 22:26:50 +0000

This episode features our 2nd & 3rd place winners from our Winter 2025 Sonic Dash:

3rd Place: Jon Gregory - "(No) Lust For Life)

2nd Place : Maya Reter, Samuel Perlman, Joe Blanchard- "Do You Have a Moment"

Be sure to check out our top Winner episode if you haven't yet!

Credits:

Produced and engineered by Christian Cuciniello and Buru

Festival Directors: Mark Blumberg, Cory Choy, Emily Reeves

Silver Shorts: Tommy's Art

Fri, 24 Jan 2025 15:19:54 +0000

What do a used car salesman, an ex-con, and an aging 70's Go-Go dancer have in common? For a whopper of a deal, they'll poke into anything. Even if its dead.

Hosted by James Brown-Orleans

Written by R. L. Rogers

Featuring Rodney Lee Rogers and Chris McLernon

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello

Music by Mark Ormandy and Aynee Osborn

Sound by Silver Sound

Silver Shorts: Here To Listen

Fri, 24 Jan 2025 15:17:48 +0000

Are you in a place where you feel safe? Safe being seen? Safe being heard? Safe being listened to?

If you or someone you know is experiencing suicidal thoughts or a crisis, please reach out immediately to the Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 or text HOME to the Crisis Text Line at 741741. These services are free and confidential.

CARE provides free and confidential support and advocacy to students, staff, and faculty who have experienced sexual violence, including sexual assault, relationship violence, and stalking. Please call the 24/7 confidential phone line (805) 893-4613 any time to explore your rights, options, and support.

Hosted by James Brown-Orleans

Performed by Rebecca Banatvala

Piece by Griffith Rees

Original text from Fierce: an anthology of dynamic new queer monologues for actors

Edited by Rikki Beadle-Blair.

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello

Original music by Luke Allen

Sound by Silver Sound

Silver Shorts: Val

Thu, 09 Jan 2025 22:02:06 +0000

Val, and her art, encourages us to look, learn, and know our past while moving forward into the future. She uses Ukraine's rich history to help heal the present and move us into a better place.

Hosted by James Brown-Orleans

Featuring Valeriia Vovk

Produced by Cory Choy, Christian Cuciniello, and El Buru

Music by Valeriia Vovk (Song Title: "In the Field")

Sound by Silver Sound

Silver Shorts: Catch

Thu, 02 Jan 2025 21:27:14 +0000

Actor, performer, writer, producer, musician, and life saver? James Brown-Orleans can do it all. We love working with him, and we hope this story can give you a glimpse into how special he is.

Written and performed by James Brown-Orleans

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello

Music by El Buru

Sound by Silver Sound.

Silver Shorts: Hi, I'm Sae

Thu, 19 Dec 2024 20:50:14 +0000

Come and say hi to Sae in this inaugural episode of Silver Shorts' newest series. This brave, rock climbing ten-year-old may teach you a little about conquering your fears and following your passions.

If you would like us to highlight you, someone you know, or a story you have in our next edition of this series, send an email to contact@silversound.us.

Hosted by James Brown-Orleans

Featuring Sae Ferguson

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello

Music by Sean Cooney

Sound by Silver Sound

Silver Shorts: Sumo Chicken - Episode 2

Thu, 19 Dec 2024 19:39:44 +0000

Cheery shows us once again that when sour lemons pee on your dreams, you don't just sit there pretending it's rain falling on your head! You find that chunky chicken inside of you, let the sour lemon roll like water off a duck's back, and you turn that sour lemon into lemonade... Or, in this case, Tsuika!

Brought to you from the minds and talent behind Sumo Kaboom! in collaboration with the Silver Podcast Network.

Check out more Silver Shorts Here!

Hosted by James Brown-Orleans

Written by Leslie and Laurel Collins

Featuring Leslie Collins, Laurel Collins, William Collins, Hollis Beck, El Buru, and Christian Cuciniello

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello

Music by El Buru

Sound by Silver Sound

Silver Shorts: Headshots - Lions and Hyenas

Fri, 13 Dec 2024 16:06:23 +0000

Most of us are smart enough to ignore the billboards and magazines everywhere telling us that we, just as we are, are not enough. But what if your livelihood and the success of your work is contingent on how pretty you look in an 8X10 Headshot?

Do you have the look that they're looking for?

Written by and featuring James Brown-Orleans

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello

Music by El Buru

Sound by Silver Sound

Sonic Dash Summer 2024: Finalist Spotlight - "Fish Story" (By Ting Su and Eddie Yukun Long)

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 20:54:48 +0000

Out of all the creators who participated in our Summer 2024 Sonic Dash, we were only able to feature the top three winners in the main podcast. Now, we would love to showcase some of the incredible work from the rest of our talented contestants.

In this episode, we will be listening to and discussing Ting Su and Eddie Yukun Long's piece, entitled "Fish Story".

Credits:

Produced and engineered by Christian Cuciniello

Festival Directors: Mark Blumberg, Cory Choy, Emily Reeves

Silver Shorts: James Brown-Orleans: The Man Behind the Hyena

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 18:56:40 +0000

This is a very special episode of Silver Shorts as we will be highlighting our incredible host, James Brown-Orleans. It has been extremely fun working with James on this series, and none of this would be possible without him. We know him for his immersive storytelling and contagious positivity, but today we will be discussing his role in "The Lion King" on Broadway and what it physically takes to star in it for over 20 years.

Featuring James Brown-Orleans, and Christian Cuciniello

Produced by Christian Cuciniello and Cory Choy

Sound by Silver Sound

Silver Shorts: First

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 18:55:16 +0000

There’s something so wonderful about coming home after a long day, going straight for the tv remote, and turning the television on. In this short story you’re about to hear, we portray two love birds on tv, the awkwardness of their 1ST kiss, and a whole new, heart-warming perspective to first kisses.

Hosted by James Brown-Orleans

Written by James Brown-Orleans

Featuring Mariama Diop, James Brown-Orleans, and Christian Cuciniello

Produced by Christian Cuciniello and Cory Choy

Music by Buru

Sound by Silver Sound

Silver Shorts: Dimo Duck

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 18:53:05 +0000

Kids have been disappearing all over the country. The only thing linking the cases to each other is that all of the kids were watching a popular cartoon show called Dimo Duck when they disappeared. Sophie is the best dang babysitter in Hatfield, New York. Tonight seems like it's going to be a breeze. But there's something different about little Leo Brown…

Enjoy this precursor to a larger cyber-drama that is yet to unfold in the Silver Podcast Network and stay tuned for more Dimo updates!

Hosted by James Brown-Orleans

Written by Halen and Audrey McPherson, Gareth Hobbs and Cory Choy

Featuring Bailee Bonick, Joseph Almgren, Vanessa Johansson, Emilio Acosta, Cole Bonnick and Aubrey Scruggs

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello

Music by Buru

Sound by Silver Sound

Silver Shorts: Bryan Benjamin

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 18:51:01 +0000

Who ISN’T being watched. The important question is, WHO is watching the watchers who are watching us as we’re watching whatever it is we watch when we think no one’s watching?

If there’s one man who knows all about THE WATCHER, the watchers, and we who are being watched, it is he…

Silver Shorts Presents: Bryan Benjamin

Happy Halloween!

Hosted by James Brown-Orleans

Written by Cory Choy

Featuring Cory Choy

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello

Music by Buru

Sound by Silver Sound

Silver Shorts: Pawberry

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 18:49:34 +0000

The prosecutor’s obsession… The defense's objections… The judge’s irritation... The ooh's… The gasps… Lastly the defendant’s frustration with a cat!

Join prosecutor, Mr. Pawberry, and his stalwart assistant Clawdia as they get to the bottom of this murder mystery.

Hosted by James Brown-Orleans

Written by Mary McDonnell

Featuring James Brown-Orleans, Louis Aaron Kornfeld, Gene Gallerano, and Laurie Jill Strickland

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello

Sound by Silver Sound

Silver Shorts: Sumo Chicken - Episode 1

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 18:41:27 +0000

CHEERY is no chicken! Well… technically she is… and I guess figuratively she was at first, but sometimes when poop hits the coop our initial reaction is to scoot. Then a friend comes along to SERENADE us and remind us that we were born for such a time as this and that THIS is no time to lay an egg, no, THIS is the time for HAKKEYOI!

Brought to you from the minds and talent behind Sumo Kaboom! in collaboration with the Silver Podcast Network, SUMO CHICKEN is the debut episode of the brand new Silver Shorts Podcast.

Hosted by James Brown-Orleans

Written by Leslie and Laurel Collins

Featuring Leslie Collins, Laurel Collins, and Christian Cuciniello

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello

Sound by Silver Sound

Sonic Dash Summer 2024: Finalist Spotlight - "How to Put Yourself Out There" (By The Sonic Adventurers)

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 18:18:22 +0000

In this episode, we will be listening to and discussing The Sonic Adventurer's piece, entitled "How to Put Yourself Out There".

Credits:

Produced and engineered by Christian Cuciniello

Festival Directors: Mark Blumberg, Cory Choy, Emily Reeves

Sonic Dash Summer 2024: Finalist Spotlight - "Extinct" (By Pippa Johnstone)

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 18:17:17 +0000

In this episode, we will be listening to and discussing Pippa Johnstone's piece, entitled "Extinct".

Credits:

Produced and engineered by Christian Cuciniello

Festival Directors: Mark Blumberg, Cory Choy, Emily Reeves

Sonic Dash Summer 2024: Finalist Spotlight: "Step 1" (By Nisha Venkat)

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 18:15:57 +0000

In this episode, we will be listening to and discussing Nisha Venkat's piece, entitled "Step 1".

Credits:

Produced and engineered by Christian Cuciniello

Festival Directors: Mark Blumberg, Cory Choy, Emily Reeves

Sonic Dash Summer 2024: The Top Three Entries

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 18:14:25 +0000

This episode features our top three entries from our Summer 2024 Sonic Dash:

3rd Place: Ashlie Stevens, Stephen Pate - "Twenty-Six Missed Birthdays"

2nd Place: The Peasantry (Rowan Petersen, Aster Baldwin) - "Mass Evaporation"

Grand Prize: Kylie Miller, Tom Sayers, Andrés Pacheco-Girón - "Not Out There"

Credits:

Produced and engineered by Christian Cuciniello

Festival Directors: Mark Blumberg, Cory Choy, Emily Reeves

Sonic Dash Winter 2024: Finalist Spotlight - "Left Turns" (By Maddy Searle)

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 18:12:53 +0000

Out of all the creators who participated in our winter 2024 Sonic Dash, we were only able to feature the top three winners in the main podcast. Now, we would love to showcase some of the incredible work from the rest of our talented contestants.

In this episode, we will be listening to and discussing Maddy Searle's piece, entitled "Left Turns".

Credits:

Produced and engineered by Christian Cuciniello

Festival Directors: Mark Blumberg, Cory Choy, Emily Reeves

Sonic Dash Winter 2024: Finalist Spotlight - Tessa Flannery and Olivia Wardwell

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 18:11:39 +0000

In this episode, we will be listening to and discussing Tessa Flannery and Olivia Wardwell's untitled piece.

Credits:

Produced and engineered by Christian Cuciniello

Festival Directors: Mark Blumberg, Cory Choy, Emily Reeves

Sonic Dash Winter 2024: Finalist Spotlight - "Dead Ahead" (By Laughing Skull Audio)

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 18:10:00 +0000

In this episode, we will be listening to and discussing Laughing Skull Audio's (Kevin Rae, Brandon Brooks, Cameron Rose, Carson Lambing) piece, entitled "Dead Ahead".

Credits:

Produced and engineered by Christian Cuciniello

Festival Directors: Mark Blumberg, Cory Choy, Emily Reeves

Sonic Dash Winter 2024: Finalist Spotlight - "Cover Letter" (By Charlotte Morlie)

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 18:07:37 +0000

In this episode, we will be listening to and discussing Charlotte Morlie's piece, entitled "Cover Letter".

Credits:

Produced and engineered by Christian Cuciniello

Festival Directors: Mark Blumberg, Cory Choy, Emily Reeves

Sonic Dash Winter 2024: Finalist Spotlight - "Dead End" (By Emily Rizzo and Grant Hill)

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 18:04:44 +0000

In this episode, we will be listening to and discussing Emily Rizzo and Grant Hill's piece, entitled "Dead End".

Credits:

Produced and engineered by Christian Cuciniello

Festival Directors: Mark Blumberg, Cory Choy, Emily Reeves

Sonic Dash Winter 2024: Finalist Spotlight - "Lascar" (By Patrick Boyd and Kaitlyn Leaf)

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 18:03:13 +0000

In this episode, we will be listening to and discussing Patrick Boyd and Kaitlyn Leaf's piece, entitled "Lascar".

Credits:

Produced and engineered by Christian Cuciniello

Festival Directors: Mark Blumberg, Cory Choy, Emily Reeves

Sonic Dash Winter 2024: Finalist Spotlight - "10 Weeks" (By Vivien Schütz and Joe Tisdall)

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 18:01:22 +0000

In this episode, we will be listening to and discussing Vivien Schütz and Joe Tisdall's piece, entitled "10 Weeks".

Credits:

Produced and engineered by Christian Cuciniello

Festival Directors: Mark Blumberg, Cory Choy, Emily Reeves

Sonic Dash Winter 2024: The Top Three Entries

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 17:55:13 +0000

In winter 2024, Silver Sound hosted our first-ever Biannual Sonic Dash. This competition gave dozens of audio makers from all over the globe 48 hours to create compelling audio pieces completely from scratch - no preexisting audio allowed. For the inaugural competition, all submissions revolved around a secret theme: 'left turns.'

Silver Sound hosted the finalists and judges of the inaugural Sonic Dash at a special live-feedback-and-winner's-ceremony in the heart of NYC. Join us as we celebrate the craft of audio storytelling.

This episode features our top three entries:

3rd Place: Oil World (Amber Devereux and Ross MacFarlane), "When You Hit Anniesland Cross"

2nd Place: Sarah Dalgleish and Nic Neves, "The Ocean Line"

Grand Prize: Jacki Huntington, "Azcapotzalco"

Credits:

Produced and engineered by Christian Cuciniello

Festival Directors: Mark Blumberg, Cory Choy, Emily Reeves

Chapter Four: Back to School

Wed, 28 Aug 2024 08:00:00 +0000

In the final episode of Violence Week, we return for one final dramatic school board meeting to discover whether police will return to the high school. Along the way, we meet with community organizers and the President of the School Board to understand what stopped the fights at East Lansing High and reflect on what this story illuminates about violence prevention.

Violence Week is a Silver Podcast Network production

Producer & Host: Emily Reeves

Engineer & Mix: Cory Choy, with assistance from Christian Cuciniello

Fact Checking: Nancy Gordon

Cover Art: Cole Witter

Our theme music was composed by Regan Sprenkle. Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions and Cue Shop.

Special thanks to Tony Williams, Feyisayo Aluko, Liam O’Brien, and Sierra Fitch

Chapter Three: Good Cop, Bad Cop

Wed, 21 Aug 2024 08:30:00 +0000

In the world's most heavily-armed country, can anything actually make schools safe from gun violence? Can police prevent school shootings? And why are officers stations in schools to begin with? To explore these tough questions, Emily attends a School Resource Officer training and sits down with a school safety expert.

Violence Week is a Silver Podcast Network production

Producer & Host: Emily Reeves

Engineer & Mix: Cory Choy, with assistance from Christian Cuciniello

Fact Checking: Nancy Gordon

Cover Art: Cole Witter

Our theme music was composed by Regan Sprenkle. Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions

Special thanks to Tony Williams, Feyisayo Aluko, Liam O’Brien, and Sierra Fitch

Chapter Two: Serve and Protect Who?

Wed, 14 Aug 2024 08:45:00 +0000

As her hometown wrestles with the role of police in schools, Emily is reminded of a controversial incident from her days at East Lansing High School.

In this episode, she takes us to meet her old classmate Marcus, who was tased by the school's police officer nearly thirteen years ago, to finally learn the truth about what happened.

And in the middle of this heated community debate over school safety, a shocking event unfolds—raising the stakes for East Lansing's decision.

Violence Week is a Silver Podcast Network production

Producer & Host: Emily Reeves

Engineer & Mix: Cory Choy, with assistance from Christian Cuciniello

Fact Checking: Nancy Gordon

Cover Art: Cole Witter

Our theme music was composed by Regan Sprenkle. Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions

Special thanks to Tony Williams, Feyisayo Aluko, Liam O’Brien, and Sierra Fitch

Chapter One: Violence Week

Wed, 07 Aug 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Producer and host Emily Reeves returns to her old high school in East Lansing, Michigan, where the discovery of a gun ignited intense fears of school shootings and a fierce debate over policing in schools.

Violence Week is a Silver Podcast Network production

Producer & Host: Emily Reeves

Engineer & Mix: Cory Choy, with assistance from Christian Cuciniello

Fact Checking: Nancy Gordon

Cover Art: Cole Witter

Our theme music was composed by Regan Sprenkle. Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions

Special thanks to Tony Williams, Feyisayo Aluko, Liam O’Brien, and Sierra Fitch

TRAILER: Violence Week

Wed, 03 Jul 2024 15:59:16 +0000

SERIES PREMIERES ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7th.

In East Lansing, Michigan, an outburst of violence at the local high school, and the discovery of a gun, leads to a community reckoning over school safety, racial equity, and the role of police in schools.

This four-part documentary series asks big questions about school safety, policing, racial equity, and what it’s like to be a teenager in an era of school shootings.

Follow Violence Week on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen.

Producer and Host: Emily Reeves

Sound Engineer: Cory Choy

Original Theme Music by Regan Sprenkle

Additional Music from Blue Dot Sessions

Cover Art by Cole Witter

SNEAK PEAK: Violence Week

Thu, 06 Jun 2024 00:11:15 +0000

SERIES PREMIERES ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7th.

This four-part documentary series asks big questions about school safety, policing, racial equity, and what it’s like to be a teenager in an era of school shootings.

Follow Violence Week on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen.

Producer and Host: Emily Reeves

Sound Engineer: Cory Choy

Original Theme Music by Regan Sprenkle

Additional Music from Blue Dot Sessions

Cover Art by Cole Witter

Silver Sound Presents: The Inaugural Sonic Dash (Live Event)

Fri, 15 Mar 2024 14:57:08 +0000

Silver Sound hosted the finalists and judges of the inaugural Sonic Dash at a special live-feedback-and-winner's-ceremony in the heart of NYC. In this episode, join us as we celebrate the craft of audio storytelling.

Today’s episode features our top three entries:

3rd Place: Oil World (Amber Devereux and Ross MacFarlane), "When You Hit Anniesland Cross"
2nd Place: Sarah Dalgleish and Nic Neves, "The Ocean Line"
Grand Prize: Jacki Huntington, "Azcapotzalco"

The next dash will take place in June 2024.

Credits:

Produced and engineered by Christian Cuciniello

Festival Directors: Mark Blumberg, Cory Choy, Emily Reeves

Aisha

Thu, 15 Jun 2023 18:22:00 +0000

Aisha is running from The Woman In The Blue Hijab. What will happen if they reach the water's edge?

Winner, Tribeca Festival 2023 Independent Audio Fiction

Director's Statement: "I am a Jewish American. Every Passover I am unfortunately compelled to think about the genocide that the government of Israel is committing against the Palestinian people. My religious ancestors were forced to go through tough times and were oppressed because of who they were and what they believed. It breaks my heart that now, today, a government made up of people who identify as Jewish are somehow not learning from and embracing the lessons of Passover, but are instead, unfortunately, themselves oppressing and attacking and dehumanizing. Things seem to be accelerating and getting worse.

I can safely say as a proud Jew that what the Israeli government is doing goes against my moral and religious values.

I strongly believe that art and storytelling are profoundly powerful and important tools in the effort to start to bring understanding, empathy, and hopefully peace to Palestine and Israel."

Series Description: Aisha, a Palestinian girl in Gaza City, longs for freedom and safety - without having to give up her cultural and religious identity to the Israeli-American aid worker that wishes to "save" her. Deep below the surface, in a smuggling tunnel, a new Underground Railroad, she dreams of another path, another way.

This piece could either be standalone or the first in a series. If it were to be a series, it would follow Aisha and her family as they navigate the cultural genocide and human rights violations currently being inflicted on the Palestinian people. They are working on a smuggling tunnel both to get desperately needed basic supplies into Gaza, and to help some families and children leave Gaza - without having to give up their culture and faith. Told via a series of narrated dreams interspersed with non-narrated verite scenes, after the tunnel is collapsed by the IDF, who claim that the tunnel is being used by "terrorists", Aisha's family is trapped and she is forced out to the surface and into a mad dash for her life. Aisha's desire for freedom manifests itself in the literal ability to levitate. She uses her newfound powers to escape, and returns with a vision to help stop the ethnic cleansing and hopefully set Palestine on a course for eventual self-determination and peace.

Credits:
Creator / Director: Cory Choy
Sound Designers: Feyiṣayo Aluko, Cory Choy
Cast: Feyiṣayo Aluko
Associate Producers: Mark Blumberg, Emily Reeves, Harry Bainbridge
Art Director: Zach Shukan

This concept/show is ready for development and Silver is currently seeking creative partners. Contact us at info@silver-nyc.com if you'd like to get involved.

Silver Podcast Network
www.silver-nyc.com/silverpodcastnetwork

TEASER: The Ark

Sat, 15 Apr 2023 19:03:35 +0000

When a technocratic society living underground employs eugenics to ensure humanity’s survival on a devastated Earth, a biologist and a software engineer have only one hope of raising a child of their own: upload their fetus to a computer simulation.

Series Description: The Ark is a 10-part scripted audio series about a family formed in the wake of a global calamity, and how their only hope of sticking together lies in a total reconception of their world (figuratively, and literally). It’s a dark, viscerous hard-scifi about grief, hope, parenthood, and survival, and balances theological undertones and solarpunk discourse within the tragic, funny, loving, and brutal moments of family drama.

Nora and Rafael live in a Shelter, one of many underground refugee cities formed in the wake of a global cataclysm that rendered the Earth’s surface uninhabitable, and obliterated all natural life upon it. This scientist duo have tasked themselves with preserving the memory of that nature through an elaborate computer wildlife simulation. They are also expectant parents, and have just received a dire prognosis: the Shelter’s authorities have denied them the right to bring their pregnancy to term, or to ever have another child again.

With their marriage tearing at the seams, they must choose whether to comply and abort the pregnancy to protect their simulation, or risk everything to have their child in secret, that is until an outlandish compromise sets them on a path towards parenthood neither of them are ready for.

Over the course of the season, we follow the couple as they navigate raising a digital child from toddler to teenhood. Nora will struggle to reconcile between her grief, identity as a mother, and idea of what makes a human. Her reluctance to parent her child, named “Han”, leaves Rafael to play single-father while navigating a prickly reacquaintance with his sister Alison, who’s genius skill with computers made Han’s transfer from physical body to digital bytes a reality. Alison has obliged Rafael to return her favor by licensing their simulation to her military employers, a Faustian bargain, but the only way to ensure the processing power to keep his child alive.

We’ll follow Han (they/them) at different stages of childhood and adolescence, navigating latchkey detachment from their parents’ chronic absences, curiosity and danger when Rafael forbids them from exploring ecosystems throughout the sim, and their own ontology as the sole “digital person” in existence. Their world is thrown open when, in the sim, they find a backdoor to the internet, and learn the truth of what happened to the Earth outside. And when Nora admits she cannot accept Han as a real person, Han will find a surrogate mother in Gale Fellows, a kooky, middle-aged web personality who turns out to be the leader of a dangerous doomsday cult preaching the “ascension” of all humanity into the metaverse.

Credits:

Created & Directed by M. Louis Gordon

Written by M. Louis Gordon & Adriana Campoy

Produced by Cory Choy, Harry Bainbridge

Starring Amalia Mark, Sean Edward Evans

Recording Engineer: Tom Fama

Sound Design: M. Louis Gordon, Luke Allen

Music: OGRE Sound

Art Director: Zach Shukan

Silver Podcast Network

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TEASER: Dimo Duck

Tue, 11 Apr 2023 17:28:28 +0000

Sophie is the best dang babysitter in Hatfield, New York. Tonight seems like it's going to be a breeze. But there's something different about little Leo Brown…

Series Description: Little kids have been disappearing all over the country. The only thing linking the cases to each other is that all of the kids were watching a popular cartoon show called Dimo Duck when they disappeared.

We’ll meet journalism student Lori Lane, who is trying to prove herself at an internship with an online news outlet -- and who seems to be the only one who has connected the dots. Her bosses have shot down her Dimo Duck investigation (“QUACK QUACK QUACK”), calling it a crazy conspiracy theory. And then, one of her little sister’s babysitting charges goes missing while watching the show.

When Lori goes to talk to her sister, Sophie, something is clearly wrong -- she seems like she’s hiding something. Dimo has said to Sophie: Your sister’s coming, lie to her, and if you don’t, I’ll take another one of your kids. Sophie tells Lori to check teacher Anne Pumphrey.

Anne has been on the case longer than Lori, and she shares some valuable information: kids Sophie’s age have started receiving blackmail App messages from someone claiming to be Dimo Duck himself -- a very warped, terrifying version of Dimo. Anne suspects that her students are at risk as well.

Lori rushes to warn her sister -- but she’s too late. Sophie has disappeared.

Over the first season, we’ll follow Lori as she tries to rescue her sister and build toward a terrifying finale -- Lori’s showdown with... TWIST... Dimo Duck himself. Instead of a human, Dimo is a supernatural being, spawned by the internet, collecting children to his “flock.” Lori sees her sister, but can’t save her -- and watches her follow Dimo into the abyss.

Ultimately, Dimo will lose, but not without a body count. And we will learn something about ourselves, society, and the internet.

Credits:

Producer: Cory Choy

Project Creator/Director: Cory Choy

Associate Producer: Gareth Hobbs

Music: Nico Soffiato, Charlotte Littlehales

Cast: Bailee Bonick, Cole Bonick, Aubrey Scruggs, Joseph Almgren, Vanessa Johansson, Emilio Acosta

Art Director: Zach Shukan

Silver Podcast Network

www.silver-nyc.com/silverpodcastnetwork

TEASER: ASMurderR

Mon, 20 Mar 2023 14:34:37 +0000

ASMR? Murder? Podcasts?! Think Dexter meets Only Murders in the Building and imagine where we could go.

Created by: Cory Choy

Written by: Mary McDonnell

Trailer Cast: Heather Hurst, Mark Blumberg

Trailer Engineer: Owen Patridge

Sound Design and Mix: Silver Sound