Welcome back to Steeped in Storytelling, where every cup is a portal to the interconnected power of story, science, and sound.  

This is an episode about what's fading, how words change, and what we can choose to carry forward. Today we’re sipping a tisane full of berries, mint, rose, and hibiscus.

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Steeped in Storytelling, Season 1, Episode 7 “Crafting Meaning: Language Extinction & Revival.” Hosted and Produced by DeLong Voiceover. Released 27 November 2025 via Podbean.

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Welcome back to Steeped in Storytelling, where we uncover the power of story, science, and sound. I’m so glad you’re here. In today’s episode, we’re getting into the very thing I use to speak to you now: the body. More specifically, the story our voice tells, not just through what we say, but how we say it. And how we sound like ourselves.

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Steeped in Storytelling, Season 1, Episode 6 “Stories of the Body: How to Sound Like Yourself.” Hosted and Produced by DeLong Voiceover. Released 13 November 2025 via Podbean.

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In this episode, we’re leaning into the magic of storytime, not just as entertainment, but as essential nourishment for growing brains, bodies, and bonds.

We’ll explore how stories shape development, offer regulation, and plant the seeds of identity. We’ll read a bit, play a bit, and remember the power of voices that wrapped us in safety.

Today’s brew is a childhood memory in a cup—light and effervescent tisane that smells like flowers—lavender and chamomile with a drop of peppermint. 

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Steeped in Storytelling, Season 1, Episode 5 “The Science of Storytime: Why Kids Need Narratives.” Hosted and Produced by DeLong Voiceover. Released 30 October 2025 via Podbean.

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Today’s cup is earthy, grounding, with a whisper of honeyed wood: ceylon with dried flowers and orange peel.  

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Steeped in Storytelling, Season 1, Episode 4 “Crafting Connection: Rhythm, Chorus & Repair.” Hosted and Produced by DeLong Voiceover. Released 16 October 2025 via Podbean.

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I’m so glad you’re here. Today’s brew is a quiet one. The kind you wrap both hands around. We’re sipping a warm cup of pu-erh, earthy, smoky, and grounding, with a whisper of rosemary.  

In today’s episode, A Cup for Grief, we reflect on how we hold space for loss, rupture, and trauma through language, through silence, through sound.

This is a tender one. Let’s breathe together. And begin.

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Steeped in Storytelling, Season 1, Episode 3 “A Cup for Grief: Language for Loss, Rupture & Trauma.” Hosted and Produced by DeLong Voiceover. Released 2 October 2025 via Podbean.

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Today’s brew is all about the living layers of language; how it’s shaped not just by our thoughts, but by our breath, our bodies, and the spaces we inhabit. We’re steeping in sensation, speech, and how our voices carry memory and meaning; a bright and nuanced cup, with a hint of citrus.

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Steeped in Storytelling, Season 1, Episode 2 “Mind, Heart, Voice: Embodied Linguistics.” Hosted and Produced by DeLong Voiceover. Released 18 September 2025 via Podbean.

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Today we’re steeping in questions of identity, breath, and belonging. Why do we sound the way we do? How does our voice carry our story? We’ll look at the science of vocal functions, how belonging shapes breath, and the stories of self we create through our own sound. This one’s warm, earthy, with a little spice—like a great chai with notes of cinnamon.

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Steeped in Storytelling, Season 1, Episode 1 “Once Upon a Time: Identity, Breath & Belonging.” Hosted and Produced by DeLong Voiceover. Released 4 September 2025 via Podbean.

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Coming this fall! A podcast for lovers of story, science, and sound. Together we’ll explore why voices stay with us, how words shape memory and meaning, and how we create connection, one breath at a time. This is Steeped in Storytelling, and a warm cozy cup of something is always steeping.