We meet with Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, a Seattle-based writer, transformative justice and disability justice movement worker, and educator.

By the Sound is produced and edited by Sarah Mayes. Episode 014 is hosted by Chelsea Alvarez, Aisha Hauser, and Sarah Mayes. You can support the show and learn how to join our community at: https://www.patreon.com/bythesound

Seattle therapist Rian Roberson returns for a second time to discuss how our community is coping with mental health in the COVID crisis.

By the Sound is produced and edited by Sarah Mayes. Episode 013 is hosted by Chelsea Alvarez, Aisha Hauser, and Sarah Mayes. You can support the show and learn how to join our community at: https://www.patreon.com/bythesound

SHOW NOTES:

Intersectional Therapies, PLLC - Rian Roberson, M.A., LMHCA

https://www.intersectionaltherapies.com

COVID-19 Relief Fund for WA Undocumented Folks

https://www.scholarshipjunkies.org/relief

Protect All Workers

https://protectallworkers.org

Seattle’s Green Light Project: sex-worker aid network initiative

https://www.gofundme.com/f/hzudk7

Seeding Sovereignty: Indigenous & Womxn-Led Resistance: DONATE

https://secure.acceptiva.com/?cst=66aaa5

Trans Women of Color Solidarity Network Fund

https://www.gofundme.com/f/trans-women-of-color-solidarity-network-fund

Washington State Nurses Foundation

https://www.wanursesfoundation.org/donate

Seattle therapist Rian Roberson is the owner of Intersectional Therapies, PLLC. She shares tips and strategies for POC looking to find a good therapist in Seattle. Then things get geeky as we discuss fandom, cosplay, and uncompromising femme Klingon makeup. But first: Chelsea, Aisha, and Sarah have some coronavirus quarantine catch-up to do.

By the Sound is produced and edited by Sarah Mayes. Episode 012 is hosted by Chelsea Alvarez, Aisha Hauser, and Sarah Mayes. You can support the show and learn how to join our community at: https://www.patreon.com/bythesound

SHOW NOTES:

Touch Up My Appearance on Zoom: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115002595343-Touch-Up-My-Appearance

Love Minus Zero, No Limit

https://esuc.org/services/love-minus-zero-no-limit/

Intersectional Therapies, PLLC - Rian Roberson, M.A., LMHCA

https://www.intersectionaltherapies.com

The Little Mermaid (1989)

https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-little-mermaid

Oxytocin | Psychology Today

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/oxytocin

MulticulturalCounselors.org

https://www.multiculturalcounselors.org

Young, Jeffrey E., et al. Reinventing Your Life: The Breakthough Program to End Negative Behavior... and Feel Great Again.

https://www.thirdplacebooks.com/book/9780452272040

Star Trek: Picard (2020)

https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/star-trek-picard

Skyrim - Dunmer (Dark Elves)

https://elderscrolls.fandom.com/wiki/Dunmer_(Skyrim)

StarCraft - Sarah Kerrigan, Queen of Blades

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Kerrigan

Dynamic Duos: Lursa and B'Etor

https://www.startrek.com/news/dynamic-duos-lursa-and-betor

Star Trek: Voyager - Bi-racial Klingon, B’Elanna Torres

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%27Elanna_Torres

Looking for Leia (2019)

https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/looking-for-leia

The London Plane

http://www.thelondonplaneseattle.com/

On this special episode we discuss Seattle’s hottest new virus: COVID-19. It’s got everything: schools, libraries, community centers, sports events, the arts, and even “social distancing”… it’s that thing where you record your podcast over Zoom.

By the Sound is produced and edited by Sarah Mayes. Episode 011 is hosted by Chelsea Alvarez, Aisha Hauser, and Sarah Mayes. You can support the show and learn how to join our community at: https://www.patreon.com/bythesound

SHOW NOTES:

Novel Coronavirus Outbreak 2020 - Washington State Department of Health

https://www.doh.wa.gov/Emergencies/Coronavirus

Coronavirus Dashboard

https://ncov2019.live/data

Worship Online “Care of Community in a Time of Crisis” with Rev. Dr. Stephen H. Furrer, Aisha Hauser, and Amanda Uluhan

https://esuc.org/services/all-you-need-is-love/

You’re Likely to Get the Coronavirus

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/02/covid-vaccine/607000/

Comcast and T-Mobile to suspend internet data caps for the next 60 days

https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/13/21179330/comcast-t-mobile-coronavirus-data-caps-hotspots-fcc

Seattle Artists Relief Fund Amid COVID-19

https://www.gofundme.com/f/for-artists

$2M fund started to help gig workers, vulnerable populations affected by coronavirus in Seattle area

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/2m-fund-started-to-aid-gig-workers-vulnerable-populations-affected-by-coronavirus-in-seattle-area/

@covid19mutualaid

https://www.instagram.com/covid19mutualaid/

This Podcast Will Kill You

http://thispodcastwillkillyou.com

Seattle cartoonist and multi-sensory artist E.T. Russian discusses how they’ve relied on artistic expression as a therapeutic exercise, developed pioneering media for trans and disabled expression, integrated disability justice values into their life, and used their work as a physical therapist to develop resilience. Also this week, the cohosts discuss the HBO teen drama series, Euphoria.

By the Sound is produced and edited by Sarah Mayes. Episode 010 is hosted by Chelsea Alvarez, Aisha Hauser, and Sarah Mayes. You can support the show and learn how to join our community at: https://www.patreon.com/bythesound

Environmental writer, director, and researcher Barbara Clabots tells us about the role gender is playing as climate change effects our communities. She also calls out the use of private prison labor in “sustainable seafood” production. Also, the cohosts discuss how we should respond to an out-of-town, anti-trans (TERF) hate group renting space at SPL’s Seattle Central Library.

By the Sound is produced and edited by Sarah Mayes. Episode 008 is hosted by Chelsea Alvarez, Aisha Hauser, and Sarah Mayes. You can support the show and learn how to join our community at: https://www.patreon.com/bythesound

Seattle-based author Ijeoma Oluo tells us about her new book, "Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America." Also: Virginia’s ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), the state of America’s left-wing before the 2020 election, makeup and style as self-care, and Seattle choreographer Dani Tirrell’s upcoming performance of ‘Black Bois.”

By the Sound is produced and edited by Sarah Mayes. Episode 008 is hosted by Chelsea Alvarez, Aisha Hauser, and Sarah Mayes. You can support the show and learn how to join our community at: https://www.patreon.com/bythesound

Activist and author Shannon Perez-Darby speaks on discord in activist communities, patterns of domestic violence, creating accountability, the role of government & law, and developing restorative justice. Then Sarah and Aisha discuss how Star Wars has framed their lives, before reviewing episode IX or Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

Episode 007 is hosted by Aisha Hauser and Sarah Mayes. You can support the show and learn how to join our community at: https://www.patreon.com/bythesound

Seattle artist, presenter, and educator Raven Juarez shares stories about her artwork, and describes scenes from her life. She also tells us about the Reggio Emilia approach to early childhood education, which she practices in her daily work as a Lead Preschool Teacher. Raven then joins in a conversation about Seattle’s recent successes and remaining challenges on the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Episode 006 is hosted by Aisha Hauser and Sarah Mayes. You can support the show and learn how to join our community at: https://www.patreon.com/bythesound

Former Seattle City Councilmember Kirsten Harris-Talley describes how both compassion and complexity have informed her career working for progressive reforms. She also has lots to say about our local arts scene. Also this week, Chelsea demonstrates how the movie CATS broke her. Finally, we talk about Beyoncé Black St. James and the most talked about homelessness conference of the last decade.

Episode 005 is hosted by Chelsea Alvarez, Aisha Hauser, and Sarah Mayes. You can support the show and learn how to join our community at: https://www.patreon.com/bythesound