Melanie Sevcenko is an audio editor & producer, writer, and sound artist. Based in Portland, OR, she currently edits and produces Live Wire, a nationally-syndicated public radio variety program from PRX. She’s also reported for numerous outlets, including The Guardian, American Public Media, NPR, BBC World Service, and CBC, amongst others. As an accomplished poet, Melanie’s […]
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The feature documentary film Boys on the Inside follows Christina, Sebastian, and Sarah as they discover their ‘boy’ identity while in women’s prison. Now on the outside they come together to face the long-term impact of incarceration as Latinx butch and trans masculine survivors, reclaiming their narratives through recovery and healing. A film 18 years […]
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Jennie Cecil Moore, Producer/Teaching Artist, creates content for public media and non-profit organizations including podcasts, radio, and print. She is particularly interested in language, culture, food, history, music, and the environment. At Jack Straw Cultural Center, Jennie has worked on the writers program and new media gallery podcasts, oral history projects, education projects, and audio […]
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Kunthea Tak, a native Cambodian with a deep passion for Khmer Literature, holds a Bachelor’s degree from the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP). Her journey with Khmer culture, history, and literature began in childhood and has remained at the heart of her life’s path. Growing up, she was particularly drawn to the timeless melodies […]
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Brian Akers is a spirited kindergarten teacher with a passion for skateboarding and a growing fascination with the soulful rhythms of cumbia, which he loves learning to play on his accordion. His journey with Khmer culture began when he met Sreymom Serey during their college days, and ever since, he has developed a deep appreciation […]
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Marchette DuBois has been active as a performing artist for many years, but it was not until her fortuitous meeting with Sreymom Serey that she first worked on a podcast. Marchette brings years of music writing and arranging to the Snaiha Khnyom group. She first fell in love with Cambodian oldies in the late ’90s […]
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Sreymom Serey, a proud Cambodian American, developed a deep passion for the soulful Khmer oldies from an early age. With a naturally curious mind, she often found herself captivated by the poetic lyrics, the artists behind the songs, and the rich history woven into each melody. What hidden stories could be uncovered through research into […]
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Comedian and journalist Lee Nacozy grew up in Austin amid her big Lebanese family. She then moved west until arriving in Seattle in 2010. She is a studied improviser and storyteller who loves to teach social-justice improv. She has most recently worked as an editor for Prison Journalism Project and for Real Change and as […]
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Veile is a Filipino content creator born and raised along Puget Sound. The podcast they’re starting through Jack Straw’s Artist Assistance award was inspired by the fact that you don’t have to do ‘big things’ or be a local celebrity to be interesting or worthy of celebration. The things we do for each other are […]
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Stacey Levine is the author of five books of uniquely original voice-driven fiction. Her novel MICE 1961, a comic-dramatic exploration of two sisters’ relationship and set during the Cold War, will be published by in 2024. Levine’s short fiction collection THE GIRL WITH BROWN FUR, longlisted for The Story Prize, was also shortlisted for the Washington State […]
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