Soundplay

Season 4: Episode 8

This episode features the original student podcast, Story Stream, composed by Tamara Normil, interwoven with bits of interview with her. The podcast is features an exploration of story in its various forms. Here are the transcripts for the two episodes on short stories and magical girls!

Season 3: Episode 7, Part 2

In the final episode of this season, Alissa explores the backdrop of nighttime in multiple different settings, starting in her home neighborhood and continuing on to Salem State’s Campus environment in Part Two. What's lurking in the dark and what does it mean for our lives in the daytime? 

Music featured in part one by PodingtonBear, with some edits made

Season 3: Episode 7, Part 1

In the final episode of this season, Alissa explores the backdrop of nighttime in multiple different settings, starting in her home neighborhood and continuing on to Salem State’s Campus environment in Part Two. What's lurking in the dark and what does it mean for our lives in the daytime? 

 

Music featured in part one by PodingtonBear, with some edits made

Season 3: Episode 6

In this episode, Salem State graduate Josie Kinghorn interviews a transgender student and learns all about his experiences on campus. Alissa talks to her roommate Davianna Cora all about the LGBTQ community, coming out, pride, and being queer on campus. 

Season 3: Episode 5

The Internet has evolved into a vast web of different communities and subcultures, where people can explore their passions and befriend like minded individuals. Basil talks with V, an internet video game streamer, and Alissa Pray interviews Sarah— a cosplayer who shares their costumes and videography online—  to learn more about these subcultures, their benefits, their drawbacks, and the impact they have on people behind the screen.

Music by JBlanked

Season 3: Episode 4

Sit back and drink some tea while Alissa takes you through stories about believing in yourself and overcoming obstacles. This episode features audio work by Salem State graduates Sam Flaherty and Alba Melendez.
 

Season 3: Episode 3

Alissa shares her favorite baking recipes in between stories about finding your passion from the perspective of a costume designer and a drag queen. This episode features stories from Matthew Morrissey and Caiden Bistany. 

Season 3: Episode 2

Regan Doyle, Margaret Flaherty and Alba Melendez share interviews and stories all about religion. 

Season 3: Episode 1

Join Salem State Podcast Soundplay’s host Alissa Pray as she talks all about the different facets of education and learning, featuring original audio work done by Salem State students Anna Walsh and Xiouyu Liu and an interview with Salem State Student Chloe MacNeil.

 

Season 2: Episode 7

In this episode, graduate students Sarah Eshelman and Kacper Kruszewski interview influential members of their communities. Sarah tells the story of a musician that found hope by organizing grassroots concerts during the pandemic, and Kacper speaks with the owner of a karate studio, who needed to find some innovative teaching methods at the beginning of the Coronavirus pandemic.