Sound Effect

This week on Sound Effect , we celebrate our 100th episode by exploring the stories behind Northwest businesses with the address Suite 100.

This week on Sound Effect, we bring you an investigative look into a spike in prison suicides here in Washington state. During 2014 and 2015, 11 inmate deaths were ruled suicide, giving Washington one of the highest prison suicide rates in the country. There didn’t seem to be a pattern, but the prison system knew it had a problem.

This week on Sound Effect , stories of what happens when things get messy, for better and for worse.

This week on Sound Effect , we bring you some memorable stories we’ve shared about the people of Tacoma. GI Newspapers 88.5’s Paula Wissel gives us a glimpse into the underground GI movement , a network of subversive publications and meeting places catering to the military which sprung out of the antiwar movement during the Vietnam era. We learn about one particular underground newspaper published near Ft. Lewis.

This week on Sound Effect , we bring you stories of TMI, as in too much information. The Jeopardy Champ Seattle resident Ken Jennings won 74 times in a row on the popular trivia show "Jeopardy!" and is the the second highest earner in game show history with a total of more than $3.1 million. He explains how he keeps all that information in his brain. The Home of The Cloud Quincy, Washington is home to seven major data centers for big tech companies such as Microsoft and Dell. How did this small

This week on Sound Effect , we’re sharing stories of heartbreak, and the different ways people respond to it.

This week on Sound Effect , we've teamed up with the women behind the " Hella Black Hella Seattle " podcast to tell stories of black history in the Northwest. Black History Month We meet the women behind the "Hella Black Hella Seattle" podcast and talk about what black history means to them. Seattle's 'Queen of Gospel' Pastor Pat Wright has been a radio disc jockey, an R&B singer, and an educator but she is easily best known as the founder and director of Seattle’s renowned Total Experience

This week on Sound Effect , we learn to make amends. We bring you stories of people making amends after a life of crime, siblings making amends before death, and public officials making amends to an entire city. The Apology Bell Back in the 1800s, Seattle's first volunteer fire chief wasn't prepared for the Great Seattle Fire. He felt so bad for his mistakes that he apologized to the entire city of Seattle with a present: a giant fire bell. Leonard Garfield from Seattle's Museum of History and

This week on Sound Effect , we bring you stories that flip the script. We'll hear stories of reversing the typical expectations in a situation.

This week on Sound Effect , we bring you stories of things that keep us up at night. We'll hear stories of fear and anxiety and meet people who work unusual graveyard shifts. Radio Nightmares Sound Effect gets a lot of inspiration from the hit radio show This American Life . So we thought we'd ask host Ira Glass what keeps him up at night . Turns out, his childhood fears were pretty dark. The Cameraman Seattle photographer Tim Durkan is a verified night owl and he spends his sleepless nights