Silver Podcast Network

We're back with another finalist spotlight for the Winter 2026 Sonic Dash. Today we will be highlighting our 2nd place winning piece by Jacki Huntington, titled "Because They Can"

Technical Director: Tom Fama

Produced by Christian Cuciniello and Cory Choy

Festival Directors: Mark Blumberg, Cory Choy, Emily Reeves

Take a listen as Cory Choy interviews Shannon Burkett and Christine Scheinman to set the story straight about the current NYC nurses strike.

Featuring Shannon Burkett, Christine Scheinman, and Cory Choy

Produced by Cory Choy, Christian Cuciniello, and Ivan Bronson

Sound by Silver Sound 

We’re back with another episode of Sumo Chicken! Cheery, once again, is trying to show everyone that she is the chunkiest chicken, but a very familiar reptile has other plans. 

Written by Leslie and Laurel Collins

Featuring Leslie Collins, Laurel Collins, William Collins, Hollis Beck, El Buru, Christian Cuciniello, and Ivan Bronson

Produced by Cory Choy, Christian Cuciniello, and Ivan Bronson

Music by Ivan Bronson

Sound by Silver Sound

Silver Sound has just finished its Winter 2026 Sonic Dash contest! There were so many great entries that will be featured in future episodes of this podcast, but for now, we present to you our grand prize winning piece by Eric Yang, Charlie Gillette, and Henry Butler titled, "Scooby Who?"

Technical Director: Tom Fama

Produced by Christian Cuciniello and Cory Choy

Festival Directors: Mark Blumberg, Cory Choy, Emily Reeves

Today we sit down with Markette Sheppard to explore the future of news. Hear her story as we dive into how independent reporting and nonprofit journalism are reshaping the industry.

To learn more, check out her website: http://www.markettesheppard.com

Markette also has a a new book coming out in September of 2026 called  "Grandma Dee's Pineapple Upsidedown Cake" that is available for preorder now: https://markettesheppard.com/pre-order-new-book

Featuring Markette Sheppard

Produced by Cory Choy, Christian Cuciniello, and Ivan Bronson

From operating intricate machinery, to preserving and protecting the traditions of cinema, listen as Aaron Kudja tells us a little about his path, and the importance and artistry of film development.



Featuring Aaron Kudja 

Produced by Cory Choy, Tom Fama, and Christian Cuciniello

Music by Tom Fama 

Sound by Silver Sound 

Take a listen as Kevin Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps tells us about the depth, realism, and impact of Tolkien's maps of Middle Earth.

https://www.geographicus.com/

Featuring Kevin Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello

Music by El Buru and Luke Allen

Sound by Silver Sound

The more nonviolent action you take, the better you might feel about our current situation. Listen as Mandy Keifetz talks about what she does to make an impact on society and mitigate some of the frustration current events might cause.

https://www.visibilitybrigade.com

Featuring Mandy Keifetz and Cory Choy

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello

Sound by Silver Sound

Take a listen as Cory Choy tells us about the inaugural New York City Podcast Awards happening on March 13th, 2026. Nominations will be announced on March 2nd, so submit your work by following the link here: www.podcastawards.nyc

Featuring Cory Choy

Produced by Cory Choy and Chistian Cuciniello

Music by Juston Cummings

Sound by Silver Sound

Take a listen as Paige Campbell tells us about identity, and their path to living their own truth.

Featuring Paige Campbell

Produced by Cory Choy, Tom Fama, and Christian Cuciniello

Sound by Silver Sound

Take a listen as Tessa Flannery tells us about the Girl Tales Podcast and some of the magical worlds and characters they created to get their uplifting messages across.

Featuring Tessa Flannery

Produced by Cory Choy, Juston Cummings, and Christian Cuciniello

Music from the Girl Tales Podcast

Sound by Silver Sound

At Silver Sound, we encourage everyone to pull out their microphones and make something new! Every winter and summer, we host a 48-hour audio storytelling competition, shower the top three winners with money and fabulous prizes, and showcase the top 10 finalists both live at a celebration event in NYC and online via our Silver Podcast Network. We call this the Biannual Sonic Dash.

Registration for our Winter 2026 Sonic Dash, which will take place from January 9th to the 11th, is now open so check out the link below to learn more about the contest and the insane...

Take a listen as James Roy, from the band The James Rocket, talks about their new album "Seen", which releases on November 21st, 2025.

To pre-order the album, check out this link: https://thejamesrocket.bandcamp.com/album/seen

Also, check them out live! The James Rocket will be playing at:

Featuring James Roy

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello<...

Listen as James Roy of Geographicus Rare Antique Maps explains why copyright laws and backing-up your work is so important with this unfortunate story.

Featuring James Roy of Geographicus Rare Antique Maps

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello

Music by El Buru and Luke Allen

Sound by Silver Sound

FREE PALESTINE

Written and performed by Cory Choy

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello

Music by Juston Cummings

Sound by Silver Sound

While he usually can be found jamming in Bluegrass sessions, listen as Vijith Assar explains how he took a classic piece and put new spin on it while staying true to its roots.

Featuring Vijith Assar

Produced by Cory Choy, Christian Cuciniello, Dalton Miksa, and Jada Mackinnon

Music by Vijith Assar

Sound by Silver Sound

When you work in the antiquarian trade, sometimes you might be fortunate enough to come across an object that is truly one-of-a-kind. Listen as Kevin Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps recounts how a chance visit to an antique store resulted in discovering a map from a country which has virtually no known history of making them.

Check out the Geographicus website here: geographicus.com

Featuring Kevin J. Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps

Produced by Cory Choy, Tom Fama, and Christian Cuciniello

Music by L...

What now? We fight, and we make them stop scrolling. We fight again, and then we make them turn it off. When they start chanting, "Hate, hate, hate. Great, great, great," it's too late.

Enjoy the second part of this precursor to a larger cyber-drama that is yet to unfold in the Silver Podcast Network and stay tuned for more Dimo updates!

Hosted by James Brown-Orleans

Written by Cory Choy

Featuring Jada Mackinnon, Dalton Miksa, and El Buru

Produced by Cory Choy, Jada Mackinnon, Dalton Miksa...

We often overlook the simple practices that make life better: giving thanks and offering forgiveness. In this monologue, James Brown-Orleans helps us recognize both.

Written and performed by James Brown-Orleans

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello

Music by James Brown-Orleans

Sound by Silver Sound

From operating intricate machinery, to preserving and protecting the traditions of cinema, listen as Aaron Kudja takes you inside the projection booth to show you how he keeps the reels turning.

Featuring Aaron Kudja 

Produced by Cory Choy, Tom Fama, and Christian Cuciniello

Music by Tom Fama 

Sound by Silver Sound 

When Shirley decided to open her dream nail salon, she knew it wouldn’t be easy, but she never expected it to be such an explosive catastrophe filled with debts to the mob, misogynistic creeps, and worst of all, her mother. 

Silver Shorts is very excited to announce an excerpt from a longer piece by Pop Lightning. This feed will host a series of three parts, but keep an ear out for the full episode.

Written and Created by Pop Lightning

Executive Producers: Pop Lightning, Gabriel Shalom, Cor...

When Shirley decided to open her dream nail salon, she knew it wouldn’t be easy, but she never expected it to be such an explosive catastrophe filled with debts to the mob, misogynistic creeps, and worst of all, her mother.

Silver Shorts is very excited to announce an excerpt from a longer piece by Pop Lightning. This feed will host a series of three parts, but keep an ear out for the full episode.

Written and Created by Pop Lightning

Executive Producers: Pop Lightning, Gabriel Shalom, Co...

When Shirley decided to open her dream nail salon, she knew it wouldn’t be easy, but she never expected it to be such an explosive catastrophe filled with debts to the mob, misogynistic creeps, and worst of all, her mother. 

Silver Shorts is very excited to announce an excerpt from a longer piece by Pop Lightning. This feed will host a series of three parts, but keep an ear out for the full episode.

Written and Created by Pop Lightning

Executive Producers: Pop Lightning, Gabriel Shalom, Cor...

Take a listen as Spencer Hunt from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps explains the origin of modern day road traveling.

Check out the Geographicus website here: geographicus.com

Featuring Spencer Hunt from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps

Produced by Cory Choy, Tom Fama, and Christian Cuciniello

Music by Luke Allen and El Buru

Sound by Silver Sound

As miners searched for buried treasure during the California gold rush, their ships became buried treasure for historians. Listen as Kevin Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps interviews Michael Jennings from Neatline Maps about the buried ships of San Francisco 

Check out the Geographicus website here: geographicus.com

Check out the Neatline website here: neatlinemaps.com

Featuring Kevin Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps and Michael Jennings from Neatline Maps 

Produced by Cory Choy, Tom Fama, and Christian Cuciniello 

Edited by Jada Mackinnon 

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Here at Silver Sound, we get to collaborate with and highlight a lot of incredible people. Today, we would like to introduce you to Mimo Magri as she tells us about her path to becoming an established, multitalented performer and some of the struggles she encountered along the way.

Featuring Mimo Magri

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello

Music by Mimo Magri

Sound by Silver Sound

What now? We fight, and we make them stop scrolling. We fight again, and then we make them turn it off. When they start chanting, "Hate, hate, hate. Great, great, great," it's too late.

Enjoy this precursor to a larger cyber-drama that is yet to unfold in the Silver Podcast Network and stay tuned for more Dimo updates!

Hosted by James Brown-Orleans

Written by Cory Choy

Featuring Jada Mackinnon, Dalton Miksa, and El Buru

Produced by Cory Choy, Jada Mackinnon, Dalton Miksa, and Christian Cuciniello

Napoleon Bonaparte once said, “In revolutions there are only two sorts of men: those who cause them and those who profit by them.”

Join Spencer Hunt from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps as he chronicles the first shots of the French Revolution and the story of the man who seized the opportunity to benefit from the destruction of one of Paris’s most infamous structures.

Check out the Geographicus website here: geographicus.com

Featuring Spencer Hunt from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps

Produced by Cory Choy, Tom Fama, a...

When it comes to map making, intentions are never as important as actual exploring. Listen as Kevin J. Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps explains Gerard Mercator's misinterpretations.

Check out the Geographicus website here: geographicus.com

Featuring Kevin J. Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps

Produced by Cory Choy, Tom Fama, and Christian Cuciniello

Music by Luke Allen and El Buru

Sound by Silver Sound

Waliek Crandall reminds us what matters most in this world with a message of love. With a very unique perspective, he tells us what his perfect world would look like.

Featuring Waliek Crandall

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello

Music by Christian Cuciniello and El Buru

Sound by Silver Sound

Some maps are small, and some can cover an entire wall. Today, Kevin J. Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps will describe a very uniquely shaped one created for travelers of the Ancient Roman world.

Check out the Geographicus website here: geographicus.com

Featuring Kevin J. Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps

Produced by Cory Choy, Tom Fama, and Christian Cuciniello

Music by Luke Allen and El Buru

Sound by Silver Sound

Here are five possible descriptions of who Arthur Harrison could be: The Urban Hermit, The Disenchanted Intellectual, The Suburban Surrealist, The Neo-Beat Provocateur, and The Jesus Christ of Silicon.

What matters most is up to you.

Story by Arthur Harrison and Cory Choy

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello

Music by Dalton Miksa

Sound by Silver Sound

World War II is probably the most widely-documented and studied conflict in all of history. And yet, 80 years after it has ended, we are still uncovering documents and memorabilia that would otherwise have collected dust in grandpa’s trunk.

Spencer Hunt from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps recounts how he combined his passion of studying the Second World War with the discovery and research of maps made by veterans of the war.

Check out the Geographicus website here: geographicus.com

Featuring Spencer Hunt from Geographicus Rar...

The two mothers hit it off beautifully. They sat at a café called Heaven, chatting for hours over tea and biscuits. While waiting for the check, they started bragging about their sons.

Finally, one mother asked, “Who was your son?”

“Jesus,” Mary replied.

“And who was yours?” Mary asked.

“My son was Judas,” the other mother replied.

“Well, mother of Judas, what a joy it’s been meeting you. Shall we do this again tomorrow?”

“It’s a date,” Judas’s mother smiled.

Hosted by James Brown-Orleans...

Imagine Dungeons and Dragons but for the purpose of helping the United States military. Listen as Kevin J. Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps explains how he stumbled upon a classified part of American history. 

Check out the Geographicus website here: geographicus.com

Hosted by James Brown-Orleans

Featuring Kevin J. Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello

Music by Luke Allen and El Buru

Sound by Silver Sound

Politics, duels, and frontier justice are all a part of this Florida man's story. Listen as Spencer Hunt from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps explains this American drama.

Check out the Geographicus website here: geographicus.com

Hosted by James Brown-Orleans

Featuring Spencer Hunt from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello

Music by Luke Allen and El Buru

Sound by Silver Sound

"A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." - Mark Twain

Listen as James W. Roy from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps explains this family fraud.

Check out the Geographicus website here: geographicus.com

Hosted by James Brown-Orleans

Featuring James W. Roy from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps

Produced by Cory Choy, Tom Fama, and Christian Cuciniello

Edited by Jada Mackinnon

Music by Luke Allen and El Buru

Sound by Silver So...

Big News: Silver Sound'sViolence Week has been nominated for a Webby Award for Best Indie Podcast — Limited Series. The Webby Awards is the Internet’s most respected symbol of success and winning one means more recognition for indie podcasts like ours.

And you can help! Voting for the People's Voice Award is open until Thursday, April 17th. Cast your vote here and help Violence Week take home the win: https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/podcasts/features/best-indie-podcast-limited-run

Thanks for supporting indie podcasts!

Out of all the creators who participated in our Winter 2025 Sonic Dash, we were only able to feature the top three winners so far. Now, we would love to showcase some of the incredible work from the rest of our talented contestants.

In this episode, we will be listening to and discussing a piece by Anne Lanier and Dominic Rippel / Shelter Studio entitled "You Can Breathe".

Credits:

Produced and engineered by Christian Cuciniello

Festival Directors: Mark Blumberg, Cory Choy, Emily Reeves

Ah life... Sometimes you just need a funny perspective on things to get through these negative times. If you're feeling as bad as we are about current events, then maybe this can offer you a new way to voice your frustrations, or just make you smile a little.

Hosted by James Brown-Orleans

Featuring Cameron Bossert

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello

Sound by Silver Sound