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A cozy brainy podcast exploring story, science and sound. Let's steep a cup of tea and get curious ... a little neuroscience, linguistics, anatomy, somatic psychology, mindfulness ... and let's steep them all together to create something warm to sip. ☕️ Hosted by a voice actor whose backstory winds through somatic facilitation and public librarianship. Find all the Book Nook titles at Bookshop and find extra snippets and stories on Instagram.
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The End: On Release, Integration & Expansion
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Welcome to the final episode of Steeped in Storytelling season one. I’m your host, Sarah DeLong. Today we reflect on the arc of our season of sound, science, and storytelling; how we begin, how we build, and how we let go. We talk about endings and what they offer us: closure, integration, gratitude, expansion, movement, and transformation. Show No…
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The End OUTTAKE: An Emotional Processing Moment
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This is me in a deeply emotional moment while recording episode 10. It's an audio of me crying and utilizing my breath to regulate in a moment of overwhelm. As I was listening back to and editing the episode, I decided this audio needed to be shared in its own file. A year ago, I might not have been brave enough to share for fear of seeming weak an…
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The End OUTTAKE: A Silly Booth Warmup Moment
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I always love watching bloopers and outtakes. And listening to them. It shows how raw and real the creative process is. This is me doing some of my warmups before recording episode 10! A silly funny way to get out of my head, into my body, and engaged in the moment. In episode 10, we reflect on the arc of our season of sound, science, and storytell…
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Page to Ecosystem: What We Lose When We Streamline & Standardize Stories
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Welcome back to Steeped in Storytelling. I’m voiceover artist Sarah DeLong, and I love weaving connections between art and science. Today we’re venturing into the tangled garden of narrative ecosystems—how stories live, grow, cross-pollinate, and what happens when we start pruning for profit, predictability, or ease. Show Notes If you enjoyed this …
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Stories as Shelter BONUS: The Cinnamon Spoon
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This is some unused audio from episode 8! I recorded it once as a read-thru, before I decided to replace it with the current cozy sci-fi scene, Observation Deck Theta. A video version of The Cinnamon Spoon is available on my YouTube channel, @DeLongVoiceover.By DeLong Voiceover
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Stories as Shelter: Cozy Fiction & Sensory Joy
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Welcome back to Steeped in Storytelling, where each episode we reflect on the beauty of interweaving story, science, and sound. I’m your host, voiceover artist Sarah DeLong. I come to the mic with experience as an integrative somatic facilitator (a mindfulness guide with training in anatomy, neuroscience, and cultural somatics), a public librarian …
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Crafting Meaning: Language Extinction & Revival
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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. Show Notes If you enjoyed this episode and you’d lik…
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Stories of the Body: How to Sound Like Yourself
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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. Show Not…
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The Science of Storytime: Why Kids Need Narratives
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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 b…
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Crafting Connection: Rhythm, Chorus & Repair
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Today’s cup is earthy, grounding, with a whisper of honeyed wood: ceylon with dried flowers and orange peel. Show Notes If you enjoyed this episode and you’d like to help support the podcast, please subscribe and leave a rating and review, or share the link with a friend. You can also follow Steeped in Storytelling on Instagram @steepedinstorytelli…
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A Cup for Grief: Language for Loss, Rupture & Trauma
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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…
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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. Show Notes If you enjoyed this episode and you’d like to help …
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Once Upon a Time: Identity, Breath & Belonging
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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 cinn…
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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.By DeLong Voiceover
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