Soundings

About Soundings

Soundings is the sandbox for all student work from the Stanford Storytelling Project (SSP). SSP is an arts program at Stanford University that explores how we live in and through stories and how we can use them to change our lives. Our mission is to promote the transformative nature of traditional and modern oral storytelling, from Lakota tales to Radiolab, and empower students to create and perform their own stories. The project sponsors courses, workshops, live events, and grants, along with its radio show State of the Human.

Publisher

soundings

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

18 Mar 2014

Latest episode

12 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

190 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   12 Jun 2026

   Why We Run

   In this Episode, Emerson explores why people put themselves through the physically demanding experience of a run. Is it the flow state in running, the desire to feel untethered, or is it something else entirely? Produced by Emerson Prentice

2. 

   5 Jun 2026

   Livermush: A Story of What We Carry by Ana Gray

   This episode traces the history of livermush, a southern dish, from producer Ana Gray's family farm to a North Carolina factory, told through family memory, labor, and survival. What begins as a search for a childhood food becomes a story about inheritance, care, and quiet resistance. Produced with support from the Braden Storytelling Grant and the Stanford Storytelling Project. [This episode was edited to comply with award submission requirements] Credits: Phyllis Hunter Bracket and Louise Rulfed and the Hunter Livermush family Macy Jones Martha Jones, my Aunt Mothe The SSP team, with a special Shout out to Dawn J Fraser Music: Free Music Archies – Eirik finbak, Dear Whiskey Youtube Studio Audio Library – Chris Haugen, Soul Food – Alge, make the visible invisible freesound.org

3. 

   26 Jun 2025

   Thread Count

   Barchi Gillai and Lila Temple explore the environmental and economic impact of fast fashion through the lens of the Aloha shirt in this interview episode.

Who has been a guest on Soundings

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Diana Moanga
• Scott Stortz
• David Bamberger
• Enrique Penalosa
• Daniel Rich

Reach and audience

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

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

10 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 26 / 100

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

Quality

31

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51