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Birds singing over snow-capped mountains, waves crashing over sea glass and stone, the pitter-patter of rain falling over moss covered forests - these are the sounds you’d expect from Northwest Washington. They’re also the sounds being relentlessly disrupted by the roaring of Navy EA-18G Growler jets. Join Sound Defense Alliance Media Coordinator Terra Huey and Media Activist Caitlin Epstein as they guide you through this 12-episode series about the military’s harmful impacts on health, chil ...
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The Navy’s Boing EA-18G Growlers: The loudest planes in the world and they’re flown over protected, environmentally sensitive, and irreplaceable areas across the greater region of Northwest Washington. These jets have astounding impacts on human health, the environment, and so much more. In this introduction episode, we will ease you into the Growl…
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It’s difficult to take on the United States Navy, but if anyone’s up for it it’s Paula Spina and the Citizens of Ebey’s Reserve (COER). In this episode, retired attorney Paula Spina (she/her) breaks down the legal action being taken against the Navy regarding the impacts of the Growler jets across Northwest Washington, including the State of Washin…
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It’s hard to put the experience of Growler jet noise into words. It’s just that loud. Often heard on the ground at sounds reaching between 70 and 120 decibels, Growler jet noise has a significant impact on hearing health. In this episode, audiologist Marianne Brabanski (she/her) and Associate Professor of Environmental & Occupational Health Science…
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The noise emitted by Growler jets has profound impacts on human health and all of the ways that they damage health aren’t even known yet. They are a population health crisis. In this episode, community-oriented public health leader and advocate Chris Hurley (she/her) and Associate Professor of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences Dr. Edmund…
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Do you know what military bases are near you and what purpose they serve? Guest Zoltán Grossman (he/him), a professor of Geography and Native Studies at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA, recognized that the public does not have a true understanding of the role of the United States military and its bases, not just in Northwest Washington, …
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How true is the slogan, “Jets = Jobs?” Well, jets do create jobs, but so do most development initiatives. What’s less understood are the negative economic effects of the Naval installations on Whidbey Island, Washington. Economist Michael Shuman (he/him) joins the podcast to share the true economic impacts of these naval installations, both positiv…
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Do you have 13 friends you could gather for a cross-country road trip from Seattle to New York and back? Not to give things away, but you’d have to make that trip in 14 Priuses in order to produce the amount of CO2 that one Growler jet produces in a single hour of flight. Not only that, but the firefighting foam used during military training contai…
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Free Willy. SeaWorld and Blackfish. Whale watching tours. People simply love orca whales. Unfortunately, this beloved species and many more are being harmed by the Navy’s Growler jet program and Naval activities in the waters of Northwest Washington. Guest Bob Wilbur (he/him), the president of the Citizens of Ebey’s Reserve (COER), tells us about h…
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U.S. National Parks are set aside as spaces where visitors from all over the country and the world can go for recreation and relaxation and experience natural beauty, peace, and quiet. The Olympic National Park is one of those spaces and has even been home to one of the quietest places on earth, but its peace and quiet is greatly disrupted by Growl…
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Children are some of the most vulnerable members of the communities of Northwest Washington, and they face many of the most severe effects of the Growler jets. In this episode, we’ll hear from several guests - parents, a population health professor, an audiologist, an environmental advocate, and a former school board member - about the many, many i…
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To stay or to move? That is the unfortunate dilemma that so many residents in Coupeville, Washington, face as a result of nearby Navy activity and its impact on mental and physical health, children’s well-being, clean water, and more. In this episode we’re going to hear from two local residents - Maryon Attwood (she/her) and Julieanna Purdue (she/h…
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Make noise about noise! The issue of aviation noise doesn’t just impact the communities around Northwest Washington - it affects people across the United States and even the world. We want you to be a part of speaking up about the problem. In this final episode of the Sound Defense Alliance podcast, the Founder and President of Quiet Communities Ja…
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We. Are. BACK!! The wedding is in a couple of days and there's so much to do! We are back from our hiatus with a lot to talk about. Ok, I gotta get back to work, juts listen you nerds! Head on down to whatkindofday.squarespace.com to submit your questions, comments and most importantly, intern applications! Follow us! @whatkindofdayhasitbeen (Insta…
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The FAN-I-SODE!! We’ve been going for almost exactly two years now creating this show, and have we been consistent with the timing? No. How about the subject matter? Not really. The quality? Thankfully, no, we’re getting better at this. And yet through all that, we have some incredible fans that have stuck with us, and this episode is a salute to t…
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GOT’EM! We. Are. BACK! The core hosts return triumphantly and ask the most pressing question on all daytime talk show hosts’ lips: Hey, did you guys hear about this Google Assistant thing? We discuss the Walmart Yodeling Kid’s first single (of many, presumably) ,Beatles memorials, and we also introduce the Brooklyn Bad Boy from 4A! We cover Dirk Ge…
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BE HONEST! Wow, this week we are BLESSED with a follow up appearance by the great Ali Bill! As campaign #byedenise gets off the ground, we cover everything from Katie Holmes impressions, to chat pace, skin-isodes, what ownership really means, and most importantly, how to be thirty, flirty and thriving. Y’all can go to whatkindofday.squarespace.com …
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TRUCK-A-SAURUS! This week Nick welcomes EA Moss back from her sabbatical and they all welcome our new guest host, Ali Bill! The hosts talk Sister Hazel cruises, water-based pranks, more Vanderpump rulings, Saturday intern buddies at the UCB and Nick learns who his friends REALLY are! Head down to whatkindofday.squarespace.com and submit your intern…
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BLEEPS! Our second episode with special guest host Jake “Bleeps” Cornell! In this episode we spend a lot of time talking about the reality tv that stuck with us long after it’s hey-day and we run Bleeps through some classic WKODHIB subjects to see his take on everything from weddings to plumbers. Head down to whatkindofday.squarespace.com and submi…
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FAT TUESDAYS! This week Denise and Nick are joined by a special guest host: Jake Cornell! Jake had an eventfully if literarily bereft childhood and is a better man for it. His sinuses, are another story. Also, we talk the strange confluence of Easter and April Fool's Day and Nick’s conflicted opinion on pranks, especially in the shadow of his Twitt…
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NARC BAROTTA! This episode you are treated to a star-studded cast of hosts and special guests...briefly. Then the core group gets nostalgic about what it means to make 10 podcast episodes in a row, a nearly impossible feat. We talk about fan opinions on each of the three hosts, our amazing fans in general (shout-out to Abir D. from Queens, Emily N.…
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BOOMERANG! Oh my, a description of this episode. THIS one? You must be kidding. It’s indescribable! I mean, I distinctly remember us discussing HGTV, but the rest is a blur, obviously. Why don’t you listen and then YOU describe it? Think you’re so darn smart…. Annnnyyyyyway, are we flooded with intern applications? Probably. But we haven’t gotten Y…
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QUIT IT OR SPLIT IT! We’re gonna go freeform with this one.... Big news: Apparently Sister Hazel is the Kyra Sedgwick of ‘90s bands! (note: the previous joke is for LTL,BTLs only) Denise and EA learn that they HATE a saying Nick considers fairly common ?. This becomes a bit of a mean-isode, but fun. We play Nick’s favorite game, You know what you l…
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CODE RED! Season 2 so far is very good, right? In episode 7, your intrepid hosts are a bit meandering but in so doing, cover A LOT of ground like hot LOST talk, the introduction of Tech-Nicholas and Jenny Scandora, and candy consumption strategy. We get all up in Denise’s Roy G. Business, discuss that trenchcoat wearin’ hound, some Lyft drivers sca…
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TRADEMARK! In this episode, Denise’s sister calls Nick a liar, our humble hosts discuss if the Elf on the Shelf is too much work. Then we get into some serious prank talk: apple saucin’, slippery dinosaurs, and more ‘in the face!’ action. Our hosts ask some Qs, give you some As, dive into astrology and have a contest to find out who will run EA Mos…
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CHA HA HA! In this episode: EA doesn’t care about the environment and hot hot centrifuge talk that leads to an important informative-field trip ask. We confirm who is and is not a plumber (this is important), we decide if it’s all Denise’s fault, choose our fave meatball recipes, and as per usual, structure alludes us. DD proves she be so horrified…
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MOZZARELL’! This episode we start with some intense hair talk, some passionate soup talk, and unfortunately we cover what happens when they meet. Killing the patriarchy during ‘Single Ladies’, Italian weddings, pop music, and most importantly: Does Nick know everything there is to know about Harry Potter even though he hasn’t read the books or seen…
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FACE OFF! Join Mr. Genuine, Rude Dude and the Wildcard as they talk life in 2018! Midriffs and engagement ceremonies, color schemes and lying, visual jokes and aviatrix dominatrix. Ya know, stuff. Make sure you stay to the end for a last minute twist and some fun bonus content-content (content that’s about content, duh!) Follow us! @whatkindofdayha…
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WELCOME TO SEASON 2! Episode 1, hot, fresh and smelling hauntingly of cinnamon. In this episode, we ret-con, reconnect, and reset. After a year hiatus your favorite hosts, EA, Denise and Nick, return to talk about what we missed, the holiday season and our esteemed benefactor George Noros. Follow us! @whatkindofdayhasitbeen (Instagram) @WKODHIB (Tw…
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