Exercises in Sound
Exercises in Sound is an experiment in audio storytelling. One short scene, re-imagined over and again, exploring how narrative is affected by changes big and small to details of design, editing, performance, music, and all the tools of narrative audio.
Episodes
November 7, 2025 • 14 mins
Content Warnings:
Death of a Parent/Family Member
Drug Addiction
Incarceration
Child Endangerment
Child Abandonment
Child Abduction
(The child is ultimately okay. The child was me.)
Written and sound designed by Alexander Danner and directed by James Oliva.
Performed by Felix Trench.
Theme music by Katherine Seaton.
Tile art by Sam Twardy.
Exercises in Sound is inspired by Raymond Queaneau's Exercises...
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October 30, 2025 • 12 mins
Content Warnings:
Death of a Parent/Family Member
Drug Addiction
Incarceration
Child Endangerment
Child Abandonment
Child Abduction
(The child is ultimately okay. The child was me.)
Written and sound designed by Alexander Danner and directed by James Oliva.
Performed by Felix Trench and Jordan Stillman.
Theme music by Katherine Seaton.
Tile art by Sam Twardy.
Exercises in Sound is inspired by Raymond Q...
Mark as Played
October 23, 2025 • 4 mins
Written and sound designed by Alexander Danner and directed by James Oliva.
Performed by Felix Trench and Jordan Stillman.
Theme music by Katherine Seaton.
Tile art by Sam Twardy.
Exercises in Sound is inspired by Raymond Queaneau's Exercises in Style and Matt Madden's 99 Ways to tell a story , which conducted similar experiments in the forms of prose fiction and comics respectively.
Funded in part by by grants from HartLife N...
Mark as Played
October 16, 2025 • 3 mins
Written and sound designed by Alexander Danner and directed by James Oliva.
Performed by Felix Trench and Jordan Higgs.
Theme music by Katherine Seaton.
Tile art by Sam Twardy.
Exercises in Sound is inspired by Raymond Queaneau's Exercises in Style and Matt Madden's 99 Ways to tell a story , which conducted similar experiments in the forms of prose fiction and comics respectively.
Funded in part by by grants from HartLife NFP ...
Mark as Played
October 9, 2025 • 3 mins
Written and sound designed by Alexander Danner and directed by James Oliva.
Performed by Jordan Higgs and Jordan Stillman.
Theme music by Katherine Seaton.
Tile art by Sam Twardy.
Exercises in Sound is inspired by Raymond Queaneau's Exercises in Style and Matt Madden's 99 Ways to tell a story , which conducted similar experiments in the forms of prose fiction and comics respectively.
Funded in part by by grants from HartLife N...
Mark as Played
October 3, 2025 • 6 mins
Written and sound designed by Alexander Danner and directed by James Oliva.
Performed by Jordan Higgs and Jordan Stillman, with Richard Penner as The Narrator.
Theme music by Katherine Seaton.
Tile art by Sam Twardy.
Exercises in Sound is inspired by Raymond Queaneau's Exercises in Style and Matt Madden's 99 Ways to tell a story , which conducted similar experiments in the forms of prose fiction and comics respectively.
Funded...
Mark as Played
September 25, 2025 • 4 mins
Written and sound designed by Alexander Danner and directed by James Oliva.
Performed by Jordan Higgs and Jordan Stillman, with Julia Morizawa as The Narrator.
Theme music by Katherine Seaton.
Tile art by Sam Twardy.
Exercises in Sound is inspired by Raymond Queaneau's Exercises in Style and Matt Madden's 99 Ways to tell a story , which conducted similar experiments in the forms of prose fiction and comics respectively.
Funded...
Mark as Played
September 18, 2025 • 4 mins
Written and sound designed by Alexander Danner and directed by James Oliva.
Performed by Jordan Higgs and Jordan Stillman.
Theme music by Katherine Seaton.
Tile art by Sam Twardy.
Exercises in Sound is inspired by Raymond Queaneau's Exercises in Style and Matt Madden's 99 Ways to tell a story , which conducted similar experiments in the forms of prose fiction and comics respectively.
Funded in part by by grants from HartLife N...
Mark as Played
September 13, 2025 • 3 mins
Written and sound designed by Alexander Danner and directed by James Oliva.
Performed by Jordan Higgs and Jordan Stillman.
Theme music by Katherine Seaton.
Tile art by Sam Twardy.
Exercises in Sound is inspired by Raymond Queaneau's Exercises in Style and Matt Madden's 99 Ways to tell a story , which conducted similar experiments in the forms of prose fiction and comics respectively.
Funded in part by by grants from HartLife N...
Mark as Played
September 4, 2025 • 3 mins
Written and sound designed by Alexander Danner and directed by James Oliva.
Performed by Jordan Higgs and Jordan Stillman.
Theme music by Katherine Seaton.
Tile art by Sam Twardy.
Exercises in Sound is inspired by Raymond Queaneau's Exercises in Style and Matt Madden's 99 Ways to tell a story , which conducted similar experiments in the forms of prose fiction and comics respectively.
Funded in part by by grants from HartLife N...
Mark as Played
August 28, 2025 • 3 mins
Written and sound designed by Alexander Danner and directed by James Oliva.
Performed by Jordan Higgs and Jordan Stillman.
Theme music by Katherine Seaton.
Tile art by Sam Twardy.
Exercises in Sound is inspired by Raymond Queaneau's Exercises in Style and Matt Madden's 99 Ways to tell a story , which conducted similar experiments in the forms of prose fiction and comics respectively.
Funded in part by by grants from HartLife N...
Mark as Played
August 21, 2025 • 3 mins
Written and sound designed by Alexander Danner and directed by James Oliva.
Performed by Jordan Stillman.
Theme music by Katherine Seaton.
Tile art by Sam Twardy.
Exercises in Sound is inspired by Raymond Queaneau's Exercises in Style and Matt Madden's 99 Ways to tell a story , which conducted similar experiments in the forms of prose fiction and comics respectively.
Funded in part by by grants from HartLife NFP and Emerson Co...
Mark as Played
August 14, 2025 • 3 mins
Written and sound designed by Alexander Danner and directed by James Oliva.
Performed by Jordan Higgs.
Theme music by Katherine Seaton.
Tile art by Sam Twardy.
Exercises in Sound is inspired by Raymond Queaneau's Exercises in Style and Matt Madden's 99 Ways to tell a story , which conducted similar experiments in the forms of prose fiction and comics respectively.
Funded in part by by grants from HartLife NFP and Emerson Colle...
Mark as Played
August 7, 2025 • 3 mins
Written and sound designed by Alexander Danner and directed by James Oliva.
Performed by Jordan Higgs and Jordan Stillman.
Theme music by Katherine Seaton.
Tile art by Sam Twardy.
Exercises in Sound is inspired by Raymond Queaneau's Exercises in Style and Matt Madden's 99 Ways to tell a story , which conducted similar experiments in the forms of prose fiction and comics respectively.
Funded in part by by grants from HartLife N...
Mark as Played
July 28, 2025 • 3 mins
Written and sound designed by Alexander Danner and directed by James Oliva.
Performed by Jordan Higgs.
Theme music by Katherine Seaton.
Tile art by Sam Twardy.
Exercises in Sound is inspired by Raymond Queaneau's Exercises in Style and Matt Madden's 99 Ways to tell a story , which conducted similar experiments in the forms of prose fiction and comics respectively.
Funded in part by by grants from HartLife NFP and Emerson Colle...
Mark as Played
July 24, 2025 • 6 mins
Written and sound designed by Alexander Danner and directed by James Oliva.
Performed by Jordan Higgs and Jordan Stillman, with Richard Penner as The Narrator.
Theme music by Katherine Seaton.
Tile art by Sam Twardy.
Exercises in Sound is inspired by Raymond Queaneau's Exercises in Style and Matt Madden's 99 Ways to tell a story , which conducted similar experiments in the forms of prose fiction and comics respectively.
Funded...
Mark as Played
July 17, 2025 • 6 mins
Written and sound designed by Alexander Danner and directed by James Oliva.
Performed by Jordan Higgs and Jordan Stillman, with Richard Penner as The Narrator.
Theme music by Katherine Seaton.
Tile art by Sam Twardy.
Exercises in Sound is inspired by Raymond Queaneau's Exercises in Style and Matt Madden's 99 Ways to tell a story , which conducted similar experiments in the forms of prose fiction and comics respectively.
Funded...
Mark as Played
July 10, 2025 • 7 mins
Written and sound designed by Alexander Danner and directed by James Oliva.
Performed by Jordan Higgs and Jordan Stillman, with Richard Penner as The Narrator.
Theme music by Katherine Seaton.
Tile art by Sam Twardy.
Exercises in Sound is inspired by Raymond Queaneau's Exercises in Style and Matt Madden's 99 Ways to tell a story , which conducted similar experiments in the forms of prose fiction and comics respectively.
Funded...
Mark as Played
July 3, 2025 • 7 mins
Written and sound designed by Alexander Danner and directed by James Oliva.
Performed by Jordan Higgs and Jordan Stillman, with Julia Morizawa as The Narrator.
Theme music by Katherine Seaton.
Tile art by Sam Twardy.
Exercises in Sound is inspired by Raymond Queaneau's Exercises in Style and Matt Madden's 99 Ways to tell a story , which conducted similar experiments in the forms of prose fiction and comics respectively.
Funded...
Mark as Played
June 26, 2025 • 4 mins
Written and sound designed by Alexander Danner and directed by James Oliva.
Performed by Jordan Higgs and Jordan Stillman, with Julia Morizawa as The Narrator.
Theme music by Katherine Seaton.
Tile art by Sam Twardy.
Exercises in Sound is inspired by Raymond Queaneau's Exercises in Style and Matt Madden's 99 Ways to tell a story , which conducted similar experiments in the forms of prose fiction and comics respectively.
Funded...
Mark as Played
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