What's next for Sonic Journeys

We're four episodes into our pilot season of Sonic Journeys, with one more to go. 

This isn’t going to be a full episode; we just want to introduce you to our collaborators and let you all know about what’s coming next for Sonic Journeys. Host Stina Hamlin is joined by Sonic Journeys executive producer Tracy Rector (in a blanket fort) and supervising producer Jenny Asarnow (mostly behind the scenes). 

The 4th World Media vibe is all about care for one another as collaborators, and care for the artists that these stories are supporting. It’s important to rest, it’s important to heal, and it’s important to create.

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

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Sonic Journeys is an independent podcast. You can find it on Apple Podcasts and anywhere else you get podcasts.

Transcript

What’s next for Sonic Journeys

Season 1 Episode 5

Release date: November 6, 2025

[Intro soundscape]

Tracy Rector:  Welcome to Sonic Journeys.

[Music plays: Tooh Nílíní by Kino Benally]

Stina Thomas Hamlin:  From 4th world media, I’m Stina Thomas Hamlin. I’m a lover of deep listening, and Sonic Journeys is a podcast where we listen. We let ourselves get completely immersed in cinematic sound.  This isn’t going to be a full episode, I really just wanted to let you all know about what’s coming next for Sonic Journeys. And i have a guest here with me, if you’ve been listening you’ve heard me mention her.  She executive produced every film we’ve listened to this season, and she’s the executive producer of this podcast, and her name is Tracy Rector.

Stina: Tracy, it’s so good to have you and to talk to you in this way! Welcome!

Tracy Rector: Thanks! 

[laughter] 

Tracy:  I’m in a blanket fort

Stina: Oh my God, are you on the couch, are you perched?

Tracy: I’m curled up in the corner where it’s most quiet.

Stina: Oh my gosh, okay.

Tracy: Good to be here with you dear friend.

Stina: So, this season is our pilot season, and we’ve heard four films so far. And then we’re going to hear one more that will round out this season.

Tracy: It’s just been really cool to have this vision and creating this storytelling platform together.  The three of us, so there’s a sense of faith and excitement but also a comfort of working with one another that comes through.

Stina: So yeah, we did all - so Jenny and Tracy and I worked together on a previous podcast - our supervising producer who is here too. Do you want to say hi Jenny?

Jenny Asarnow: Oh hello! 

Stina: Always behind the scenes. [laughter]. So it is like a real comfort level. 

Tracy: Yeah, there’s definitely a sense of care. Care for one another as co-creators and collaborators and care for the artists that these stories are supporting. 

Stina: Yeah, and that’s like the 4th world media vibe that we’re trying to also get across in all the work that we do.

Tracy: In this moment in time historically and given the context of everything that’s happening in the world, it is exciting and beautiful to create in community. And, I need this, we need this and I hope that these stories resonate with many people. It’s important to rest, it’s important to heal and it’s important to create for future generations. 

Stina: Heck yeah. Learning to listen, like that deep listening, is so important right now. That’s all we need to kind of like train our brains to do. So - 

Hold on one sec. Hey Nate, we are recording so be quiet okay!? and welcome home! 

Tracy: That’s a good outtake! We all create with our families in the midst 

Stina: Yeah, that’s funny.  So let’s see, so what's next?  We’re going to have one more episode in two weeks. It’s about a film called She Cried That Day. And the film is about a family who is fighting for justice after ten years for the murder of their sister. It’s one of the many stories of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives crisis.  Through this film we’ve been able to really try to move the needle and make some change in policy and things like that but most importantly try to heal and remind the families that they’re not alone.  And also just to note that it’s about badass Native women who are just not giving up and fighting for justice and fighting for their families and it’s beautiful.  Amanda Erickson is the director of She Cried That Day and Amand is one of those badass women and we feel very strongly about this film and the work that it’s doing.

Tracy: I love that we are capping off the season one with Amanda’s voice because she’s an emerging maker and she’s telling such an important story that deserves to be heard on so many levels.

Stina: Absolutely, it’s going to be a beautiful way to close out the season.  And then hopefully we’ll just be raising money and coming back for a season two.  Tracy thanks for hanging out with me underneath your blanket on your couch!

Tracy:  In my blanket fort! [laughter]

Stina:  In your fort, yeah!

Tracy:  Aw, thank you Stina, thank you Jenny.  This is been so lovely to reconnect and have Sonic Journeys out in the world.  I really appreciate doing this with you two.

[Music plays: Tooh Nílíní by Kino Benally]