Steeped in Storytelling

Today’s cup is earthy, grounding, with a whisper of honeyed wood: ceylon with dried flowers and orange peel.  
 
Show Notes
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Steeped in Storytelling, Season 1, Episode 4 “Crafting Connection: Rhythm, Chorus & Repair.” Hosted and Produced by DeLong Voiceover. Released 16 October 2025 via Podbean.
Some of the spaces I spent time in, researching for this episode: 
My copy of Cognitive Neuroscience 4th Edition by Marie T. Banich and Rebecca J. Compton 
My collection of children’s picture books 
Frontiers in Neuroscience 
National Institutes of Health 
National Library of Medicine 
ScienceDirect.com
NeuroscienceNews.com
National Center for Biotechnology Information 
Wikipedia  
Sound Credits
Sound effects by freesound_community from Pixabay
Music by folk_acoustic from Pixabay 

I’m so glad you’re here. Today’s brew is a quiet one. The kind you wrap both hands around. We’re sipping a warm cup of pu-erh, earthy, smoky, and grounding, with a whisper of rosemary.  
In today’s episode, A Cup for Grief, we reflect on how we hold space for loss, rupture, and trauma through language, through silence, through sound.
This is a tender one. Let’s breathe together. And begin.
 
Show Notes
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Steeped in Storytelling, Season 1, Episode 3 “A Cup for Grief: Language for Loss, Rupture & Trauma.” Hosted and Produced by DeLong Voiceover. Released 2 October 2025 via Podbean.
Some of the spaces I spent time in, researching for this episode: 
National Institutes of Health 
National Library of Medicine
ScienceDirect.com
NeuroscienceNews.com
National Center for Biotechnology Information 
Medium
Wikipedia 
My home meditation space  
Sound Credits
Sound effects by freesound_community from Pixabay
Music by folk_acoustic from Pixabay 

Today’s brew is all about the living layers of language; how it’s shaped not just by our thoughts, but by our breath, our bodies, and the spaces we inhabit. We’re steeping in sensation, speech, and how our voices carry memory and meaning; a bright and nuanced cup, with a hint of citrus.
 
Show Notes
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Steeped in Storytelling, Season 1, Episode 2 “Mind, Heart, Voice: Embodied Linguistics.” Hosted and Produced by DeLong Voiceover. Released 18 September 2025 via Podbean.
Some of the spaces I spent time in, researching for this episode: 
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
National Institutes of Health 
National Library of Medicine 
ScienceDirect.com
NeuroscienceNews.com
National Center for Biotechnology Information 
Wikipedia 
Wiley Online Library 
ScienceDirect.com  
Sound Credits
Sound effects by freesound_community from Pixabay
Music by folk_acoustic from Pixabay 
 

Today we’re steeping in questions of identity, breath, and belonging. Why do we sound the way we do? How does our voice carry our story? We’ll look at the science of vocal functions, how belonging shapes breath, and the stories of self we create through our own sound. This one’s warm, earthy, with a little spice—like a great chai with notes of cinnamon.
 
Show Notes
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Steeped in Storytelling, Season 1, Episode 1 “Once Upon a Time: Identity, Breath & Belonging.” Hosted and Produced by DeLong Voiceover. Released 4 September 2025 via Podbean.
Some of the spaces I spent time in, researching for this episode: 
ScienceDirect.com
NeuroscienceNews.com
NPR’s Hidden Brain: A Conversation about Life’s Unseen Portals “Finding Your Voice: How The Way We Sound Shapes Our Identities” 
CreativeNonfiction.org  
@ColinGorrie YouTube 
Recorded readings and presentations by Richard Wagamese 
Sound Credits
Sound effects by freesound_community from Pixabay
Music by folk_acoustic from Pixabay 

Coming this fall! A podcast for lovers of story, science, and sound. Together we’ll explore why voices stay with us, how words shape memory and meaning, and how we create connection, one breath at a time. This is Steeped in Storytelling, and a warm cozy cup of something is always steeping.