Sonic Journeys
Close your eyes. Open your ears. Sonic Journeys is a podcast that explores the rich world of cinematic audio. With global filmmakers as our guides, we peel back the layers of sound design in film and immersive media. A podcast for story lovers, cinephiles, and deep listeners.
Hosted and conceived by Stina Thomas Hamlin, produced by Jenny Asarnow, with Executive Producer Tracy Rector. Cover art by Mer Young and theme song, "Tooh Nílíní" (River) by Kino Benally.
Presented by 4th World Media, a matriarch-led organization dedicated to media justice, narrative sovereignty and the holistic care of underserved filmmakers.
Sonic Journeys is an independent podcast. You can find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and anywhere else you get podcasts.
Sonic Journeys
4th World Media Presents: Sonic Journeys
Close your eyes. Open your ears. Sonic Journeys is a podcast that explores the rich world of cinematic audio. With global filmmakers as our guides, we peel back the layers of sound design in film and immersive media. A podcast for story lovers, cinephiles, and deep listeners.
Season 1 features independent films on the festival circuit right now, that you can't hear anywhere else. Join us to listen to film soundtracks and hear from the filmmakers about how they create meaning with sound.
Coming September 11!
Hosted and conceived by Stina Thomas Hamlin, produced by Jenny Asarnow, with Executive Producer Tracy Rector.
Sonic Journeys is presented by 4th World Media, a matriarch-led organization dedicated to media justice, narrative sovereignty and the holistic care of underserved filmmakers.
Host and Creator: Stina Thomas Hamlin
Supervising Producer: Jenny Asarnow
Executive Producer: Tracy Rector
Theme song: Tooh Nílíní by Kino Benally
Consulting Graphic Designer: Joel Schomberg
Cover art: Mer Young
Connect with us on Instagram and LinkedIn.
Sonic Journeys is an independent podcast. You can find it on Apple Podcasts and anywhere else you get podcasts.
Sonic Journeys
Season 1 Trailer
September 4, 2025
[Soundscape plays]
Tracy Rector: From Fourth World Media, matriarch led, and rooted in narrative sovereignty...
[Sound collage continues as host speaks]
Stina Hamlin: Do you ever close your eyes when you’re watching a film and just ... listen? No? Just me?
Well grab your headphones because we’re going to try that together. Sonic Journeys is about re-orienting our attention to the sound of cinema.
Fred John, excerpt from Gath & K'iyh: Our ears start opening to a different sound
Paige Bethmann: You know sound is 50% of a film. It’s so important.
Fred John: I just don’t know how to explain it. It seems like something opened up to us that we never thought it was there.
[sound collage fade into the sound of the wind]
[Theme song begins: Tooh Nílíní (River) by Kino Benally]
Stina: I’m Stina Thomas Hamlin, and this is Sonic Journeys.
We’re gonna kick off Season One by listening to some independent films that are on the festival circuit right now. They are so good and you can’t find them anywhere else.
We’re gonna listen to soundtracks together, and hear from filmmakers about how they craft meaning with sound.
Sonic Journeys - Coming September 11. Find it wherever you listen.
Paige: This is like fun for me 'cause I feel like it taps into the things I actually worked so long on that no one ever asks about.
Stina: Yeah, exactly. [laughs]
Paige: Nobody wants to know about it. [laughs]
Stina: I do!
Paige: Yeah, you do. Thank you Stina.
Stina: I really do.