Hello! I’m Sarah DeLong, an American-Canadian voice actor based in Salt Lake City. I grew up in the Pacific Northwest and the Midwest and am a mom, podcaster, nerd and foodie.
Steeped in Storytelling is a cozy podcast exploring story, science and sound. ☕️ It's my little corner table where we can chat about all the weird things that float around in my head about neuroscience, acting analysis, books, cooking and lived experience. Short episodes drop weekly!
Some of the words listeners have shared to describe Steeped in Storytelling ~ "calming" "engaging" "thoughtful" "soothing" "affirming" "educational" "chill" "reflective" "meditative" and "explorative."
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I’m sipping coffee with oat milk and pumpkin spice today. (Shoutout to Diaspora and their pumpkin spice blend, www.diasporaco.com.) And looking up at the stars. Here in the northern hemisphere it’s getter darker more, and I gaze upward. And think about microwaves. Because science fiction.
Kitchen rhumbas. Pop-out appliances. I get distracted talking about sci-fi B movies. And Star Trek Strange New Worlds and the Monk and Robot books by Becky Chambers. And to naysayers of cozy sci-fi? I think you’re just jealous. (Laughter) I think you’re just jealous that you can’t sit in a tea shop with a cup of something, with a good friend, and just have a conversation about anything that comes into your head…
There are people out there that will want to wreck your peace… All they know is pain and heartache and hard times and disruption and chaos, and so that’s all they know how to create… They don’t have other options. And one thing that I think is so beautiful about the stories we tell as humans is that we can tell stories that give people new options.
I talk about all the things science fiction is or could be. I muse its connections to magic and alchemy, change, growth, communities. I wish upon that star that everyone finds their hearth fires.
Come for the tea shop vibes. Stay for the laughs and the deep thoughts. Thanks for spending time with me.
Safety note
Do not put metal in microwaves. It sparks, catches fire, and/or explodes. Instead, watch videos of other people doing it, either unknowingly or taking stupid risks. It’ll save you a lot of time and money.
Show Notes
If you’re interested in the sci-fi meditations I mentioned check out my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@DeLongVoiceover/.
Steeped in Storytelling, Season 2, Episode 14 “The sci-fi stories we steep in.” Hosted and Produced by DeLong Voiceover. Released 3 November 2026 via Podbean.
Sound Credits
Sound effects by freesound_community from Pixabay
Music by folk_acoustic from Pixabay
27 Oct 2026
My first horror
My first memory of a horror story involves a mormon church basement haunted house and a disassembled teenage boy on an old, old, old kitchen stove. (Heads up–there will be dark humor!)
As a kid you don’t differentiate between what’s “real” and what’s “pretend.” There’s so much overlap. It’s only as we mature into adulthood that we start–at least consciously–to separate the two.
I joke about the horror we give children (often just veiled in cuteness) and the stories we steep in from childhood. Micro narratives, macro narratives, our memories, and horror are all expressions of being human.
Rated ‘E’ because I cuss.
Show Notes
Steeped in Storytelling, Season 2, Episode 13 “My first horror” Hosted and Produced by DeLong Voiceover. Released 27 October 2026 via Podbean.
Sound Credits
Sound effects by freesound_community from Pixabay
Music by folk_acoustic from Pixabay
20 Oct 2026
Horror and women in red
It’s horror season, and today I’m talking about “The Woman in Red.” Archetype, stories and symbolism. Humans, being the magical-thinking, superstitious beings that we are… There’s women in red through history. I love looking back through history for all the transgressors. There’s really difficult stories. We continue to see this in modern events; we see whole groups of men who gang up on the singular woman… And then they put the scarlet letter on her. They put shame. There’s connections between Halloween and horror and Valentine’s Day and romance.
I also talk about flipping the script and reclamation narratives. What happens if women are writing these stories about women wearing red? … As we take these stories from the past that have to do with red, and we project them into the future, we are the alchemists. I also share red things I wear (when I spill lol): my favorite red fruits and vegetables.
It’s another meandering chat in a cozy tea shop with a deep, weird voice actor. Welcome. Come take a seat at the table.
Today’s Notes:
There’s mention of some very heavy topics today. I discuss men harming women. I discuss menstruation. Please take care of yourself.
The black variety of tomato I mentioned is the Indigo Rose. Gorgeous. (There’s also the Black Krim, Black Cherry, Black Beauty, Cherokee Chocolate, Purple Calabash, Black Prince, Black Sea Man…)
I didn’t mention the REDress Project, started in 2010 by Métis artist Jaime Black, but go look it up. Beautiful necessary justice-seeking for indigenous women and girls.
Rated ‘E’ because I cuss. And heavy topics today.
Show Notes
Steeped in Storytelling, Season 2, Episode 12 “Horror and women in red” Hosted and Produced by DeLong Voiceover. Released 20 October 2026 via Podbean.
Sound Credits
Sound effects by freesound_community from Pixabay
Music by folk_acoustic from Pixabay
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