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sam j leeds
@samjleeds.bsky.social
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radio producer based in Seattle @citycastseattle.bsky.social
formerly: Futuro Media, before that: NPR Music's Louder Than A Riot
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last weekend we hosted a live listening event for the latest Field Guides: In Transit. A concept album for the light rail built out of field recordings from the various stations. A much-needed day for deep listening and sound nerd antics: fieldguides.space/in-transit
hand holding a sign that says “meet here field guides” with a circle of people listening to Leah Crosby speaking about the group listening experience inside the pioneer square light rail station Leah Crosby and Tony Williams listen to the In Transit files on the light rail. Tony is standing holding a pole wearing a yellow button down and green shorts. Leah is seated next to Tony and is holding the meet here sign upside down with a pensive expression on their face. They’re wearing a white and brown striped button down and black shorts. Hannah Simmons, Sam Leeds (me) and Leah Crosby sit in the front of a room and appear to be mid-conversation during an artist talk. The backs of the heads of an audience are visible in the foreground A photo of the Field Guides in transit zine. One copy of the zine is opened accordion style on a white table and two more are folded and flat in front of it.
June 11, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Plus the highlights of seeing my long-time favorites @baparker.bsky.social & @bmluse.bsky.social’s sessions! And reuniting with brilliant producer and friend Gabby Bulgarelli! My heart is full ❤️‍🔥
Photo of writer, host and producer BA Parker speaking into a mic in a darkened theater with a pink glow of a projector screen behind her. The screen says “retracks: audio storytelling covers” with Jazmine (JT) Green Fil Corbitt Martin Austwick BA Parker and Emma Alabaster Journalist and host Brittany Luse sits on a stage in a brightly lit room reading into a mic on a stand while holding cue gfcards. The backdrop behind her has on air and a cast logos on it. The audience is facing her with the back of their heads visible Me and Gabby Bulgarelli taking a mirror selfie in the lobby at the Wythe Hotel during On Air fest. We’re leaning our heads together and smiling with a window and brick wall visible behind us.
February 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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hearing Maria Garcia & Maria Hinojosa discuss the false promise of objectivity and the transformative possibility of journalism with heart and transparency, gave me some hope for addressing what’s already here and what’s to come.
María Hinojosa and Marcos Garcia seated in directors chairs holding microphones and facing a crowd off camera. They have the logo for futuro studios projected behind them. Maria H is wearing a red off the shoulder dress and Maria G is wearing a white suit
February 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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I can already say, producing this live interview for On Air Fest between @raquelwillis.com and @isanaka.bsky.social was a 2025 highlight. Still thinking about Raquel’s discussion of radical defiance and all of the ancestors she brought into the room. We are lucky to share this timeline with her✨
Photo taken from the back of the crowd watching Isa Nakazawa and Raquel Willis in conversation for the podcast Stars and Stars with Isa. They are seated facing each other with mics on stands and speaking in front of a backdrop with the On Air and Acast logos. Raquel Willis and Isa Nakazawa seated next to each other smiling at the camera. Raquel is wearing all black with dangly gold earrings and black leather boots. Her hair is curly and parted on the side. Isa wears black leather skirt and boots and a black leather jacket with an orange shirt. Her hair is in a straight bob parted on the opposite side.
February 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Also turns out I have the very niche and employable skill of guessing if ads are gay or not… thanks @tuck.bsky.social
February 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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The gender ordeal late show was ~everything~ as evidenced by a friend saying: “turns out comedy is good when trans people do it”
Photo from the gender ordeal late show in Seattle. Mattie and Calvin stand on stage looking at a projector screen with a personals ad on it. The entire ad is the phrase “butch bottom” written over and over again. It is a work of art
February 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Give our first season a listen even if you’re not an astrology girly! www.futuromediagroup.org/stars-and-st...
Meme with two women sitting next to each other in dark clothing. The woman on the left has the caption “blaming it on capitalism” over her and the woman on the right has “blaming it on astrology” over her. The women are Chloe Sevigny and Natasha Lyonne
February 11, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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There are so many more brilliant guests to hear from. Making this season really illustrated how many incredible people were sharing the group project of building a better future alongside. Oh and we won a @signalawards.bsky.social along the way! 🏆
Graphic of Stars and Stars with isa’s award for most inspirational podcast in the gold category for 2024 signal awards
February 11, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Writer and comedian @jestom.bsky.social shared insights on the process of separating their sense of self from performance for an audience 🎤
Headshot of Jes Tom wearing a white t shirt and an open rust colored button up. Their hair is parted in the middle and faded above their ears on the side. They’re smirking at the camera with their hand on their chin. Below their photo their Sagittarius sun Capricorn moon and Aries rising are listed
February 11, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Journalist @tonyamosley.bsky.social talked about the myth of objectivity in journalism and what psilocybin taught her about trust and seeing herself honestly 🍄‍🟫
Quote from Tonya which reads “I think that we have deluded ourselves to think that journalists are this empty vessel, and their own experiences don’t play any part in their work. Every single step a journalist takes is guided by their own biases, their own sensibilities. And there are guiding principles in journalism that allow you a framework to get as close as you can to objectivity. But there’s no such thing.” Photo of Tonya Mosley standing against a white wall wearing a blue silky dress, with her hair in a bobbed silk press smiling at the camera. Below her photo her Taurus sun cancer moon and Virgo rising are listed
February 11, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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We spoke to poet Danez Smith about the importance of friendship and platonic love in understanding ourselves and others 💗
Quote card: there’s another place that friendship can only reach. Friendship is such a rich relationship that teaches us about the rest of our relationships because friendship is the only one you choose for the simple pleasure of somebody else’s company. There’s no stakes and yet every urgency. Quote is from Danez Smith Headshot of Danez Smith with hand on their cheek in a light pink sweater. Their Leo sun libra moon and Sagittarius rising are listed below their photo
February 11, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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This season includes writer, poet and activist @alexispauline.bsky.social on revolutionary mothering and building a better world together 🌱
Host Isa Nakazawa and guest Alexis Pauline Gumbs during an interview in two video call boxes on a laptop screen smiling Quote card that reads: what we call revolutionary mothering is this idea of mothering that is about making another world possible. It’s not only that it’s available for everyone’s participation, it also actually requires everyone’s participation” the quote is from Alexis Pauline Gumbs
February 11, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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We just released the season finale for Stars & Stars with Isa — a conversation w/ the incredible @adriennemareebrown.bsky.social
This interview is such a balm! I produced 34 eps this season and am so proud of the archive of brilliance, humor and hope we created 💫 futurostudios.org/episodes/adr...
February 11, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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I'm so excited to be producing this conversation at On Air Fest. Isa and @jennydeluxe.bsky.social will be diving into J's chart, discussing investing in community beyond the buzzwords, and following portals to the other worlds made possible in J's research and reporting. Come listen and say hi! 🌱💫
February 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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There used to be a giant harp played by the wind on a cliff on Bainbridge Island.
I got to see it just before it was torn down & talk to neighbors who remembered the community that helped to build it.
It’s a short & sweet story, and I’m happy it’s finally in the world www.kexp.org/podcasts/sou...
Phot of a big green field with a small building in the center distance. The building is a triangular white-ish structure with a big harp arm jutting off the right side. Just behind are some pine trees and beyond that is the blue water of agate pass on Bainbridge Island. Black and white photo of the arm of the wind harp being attached to the body. At the top of the tall structure, the architect of the harp is visible, he’s moving a big pole into place to support the harp attached to ropes. A black and white photo inside the body of the harp. The lens is pointed up at a platform partway up inside the point of the harp and in the center of the platform is a hole that a man is peering down through. Screenshot of the podcast page for the Sound & Vision podcast. The episode is called “Bainbridge Island wind harp”
October 20, 2023 at 3:51 AM