Kinship Tales

About Kinship Tales

Kinship Tales is an immersive audio journey through the extraordinary stories of everyday life. Kelly and Bryan — a married duo and former teachers — blend ambient soundscapes recorded on location with in-depth interviews, capturing the Pacific Northwest and the people who call it home. From banjo builders and lifelong dancers to street festivals and protest songs, every episode starts from the same belief: everyone has a story worth telling, and the way we tell it shapes how we connect. New stories arrive when they're ready; the archive is always open.

Publisher

Kinship Tales Studios

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

22 Aug 2022

Latest episode

15 Aug 2025

Latest episodes

33 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   15 Aug 2025

   Exploration as Resistance | S4 | E1

   The wait is over! Episode 1 of Season 4 is officially here, thank you for your patience. We think this tale of stars, sand, and whales is worth the wait. Listen to be inspired and enlivened, like a hug for your ears. <3 Thank you to the following artists for their music: Voyageur Bradford Nyght Sun Village The Dinahs Lane King Virgil Arles Judah Earl Silk Fusion Joy Ike Evan Honer Give us a review wherever you listen to podcasts. It really helps us more than anything else! Linktree

2. 

   28 Jun 2025

   True Adventure | S4 Teaser

   This episode teases the upcoming season of Kinship Tales, expressing excitement about sharing new content with listeners.

3. 

   20 Dec 2024

   The Election’s Over. Now What? Time to Stop Yelling at Your TV | S3 | E7

   What if the real fallout of this election season isn’t just political division—but a crisis of connection? In this episode of Kinship Tales, we dig into the hidden cost of our fractured world: loneliness. Declared a public health crisis by the U.S. Surgeon General, loneliness is as harmful to our health as smoking a pack of cigarettes a day. Americans now spend 20% less time with loved ones than two decades ago, and trust in one another has plummeted from 45% in 1972 to just 30% in 2016.But h...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 27 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

26

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

71

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