Sound Effect

This week on Sound Effect, we get lost. We bring you stories from people told to move on and from folks who are actually disorientated. Goodbye, Gabe We say, "See you later" to Sound Effect's Gabriel Spitzer, who is heading down to California for a year-long journalism fellowship . KPLU's Jennifer Wing will take the reins as Sound Effect's interim host while Gabe is away. Welcome Home; Now Leave In the 1950s, Ray and Marion West bought a house in Seattle's University District to rent to students

Today on Sound Effect we look back at looking back as we explore the theme of nostalgia. Skate King has been torn down and soon there will be a Harley Davidson dealership in that lot but the ghosts of athlete's foot past and the penchant for flared pants and disco dancing on wheels lives on in our hearts and minds. Gabriel Spitzer took a spin at the rink before the lights went down for good. What does "American Idol" have to do with Fircrest, Washington? Sound Effect producer Kevin Kniestedt

This week on Sound Effect, "The Doctor Is In." We revisit some of our favorite stories on health, aging, things that take us to the doctor, and the toll that doctors often feel from helping others. We kick off the show with a story that aired on our very first episode of Sound Effect. Leila Mirhaydari was a healthy and active 27-year-old when she went into sudden kidney failure. She spoke with Sound Effect host, Gabriel Spitzer about what her life was like as she sought out a new kidney. Why