AUGUST 2024
THE LATEST NEWS FROM DYNAMIX
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AUGUST 2024
THE LATEST NEWS FROM DYNAMIX
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The hunt was on. Thog shouted and waved at the charging woolly mammoth while Grok ran up from behind and lunged onto the behemoth's rump. He grasped its fur, climbed up its torso, and began to swing his flint blade high into the air. Just then, the animal reared up and threw Grok violently to the ground. Thog ran to Grok's motionless body.
Ever since caveman Thog put his ear to the chest of Grok to see if he was still alive, humans have harnessed the power of sound for medicine. Thog listened for sounds, such as a heartbeat or breath. Today, descendants of Thog are listening to and sending sound into the body for diagnosis, treatment, and healing.
Besides the humble but still useful stethoscope, ultrasound was one of the earliest methods of using sound to explore the body. Developed in the 1940s, it has progressed from a crude bistable representation (two electrical values, like on or off) to live moving images.
Biomedical acoustics, or the practice of directing acoustic waves into the body for measurement, is sometimes the best way to detect problems. Electrocardiograms (ECG) can't always detect all forms of cardiovascular disease, but analyzing acoustic waves can detect heart valve abnormalities.
One method of detecting cardiovascular disease is by attaching accelerometers and gyroscopes to the chest while filtering out other body noises, such as respiration and other residual sounds. Seismocardiograms (SCG) and gyrocardiograms (GCG) measure cardiovascular vibrations. Comparing the patient's cardiac vibrations to normal measurements, doctors can detect heart failure, circulation problems, coronary artery disease, and many other scary sounding diseases. These new methods are quickly replacing and complimenting traditional non-acoustical procedures.
Acoustical measurements of different parts of the body are helping respiratory patients. By narrowing and extracting sounds and vibrations from the areas of the chest, back, neck, and lips, doctors can detect constrictions and other issues. Asthma, sleep apnea, pneumonia, and COPD diagnoses are also benifiting from this advancing technology.
Biomedical acoustics can aid in monitoring and diagnosing gastrointestinal problems, nervous disorders like Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis, dysphagia, vocal disorders, osteoarthritis and chondromalacia.
We've explored listening to sounds bounced around inside the body, now let's actually manipulate the body using sound. Ultrasonography is the therapeutic use of ultrasound to control pain, sprains, muscle spasms, tissue injury, osteoarthritis, and other musculoskeletal issues. These devices use unfocused ultrasound waves (1 MHz to 8 MHz) to heat the affected area.
High intensity focused ultrasound has successfully been used to treat benign tumors, cardiac ablation, and glaucoma. Low intensity ultrasonic devices (below 80 Hz) are used to break up and remove the eye lens during cataract surgery. Other surgical uses are to rapidly coagulate blood vessels, and to perform liposuction.
Medical researchers at Standford have been using sound for heart research. The experiments use Faraday waves (the ripples you might see in a beverage on a turbulent flight, train, or bus ride) to coral cells and mimic tightly-packed heart tissue. Scientists can then use these cardiac tissue samples in studies. They are inching closer to generating tissue patches that can replace damaged heart wall tissue.
Perhaps the most interesting recent medical advancement using sound is to treat liver cancer. HistoSonics has developed a system that uses fast, focused pulses of ultrasound to create a bubble in a tumor. The sound waves then liquify and destroy the tumor without harming the surrounding tissue. The technology is new and in trial, but they've successfully treated a patient with kidney cancer as well.
We've listened inside the body, we've zapped pain and tumors. Now let's heal not only other parts of the body, but the mind. Many people with sleep disorders, unconventional work shifts, noisy environments, and tinitus, rely on white noise to aid sleep. Something as simple as a fan, noise machine, or music can create a relaxed state and lead to sleep. One podcast, "Bore You To Sleep", offers uninteresting stories read in a flat tone with little to no personality. If you fall asleep listening, it's done its job.
Healing the body by controlling brain waves is a new science that is showing promising results. Our brains' electrical activity can be measured with an electroencephalogram (EEG). Beta, Alpha, Theta, and Delta brain waves are present during different levels of activity, Beta being the most active and Delta the least. Brain waves, by their nature, are rhythmic frequencies. Theories currently revolve around the idea that brain waves can be changed to a healthier state through sound vibrations.
This isn't a new concept. For more than 40,000 years, Australia's aboriginal tribes have used the didgeridoo for healing. Tibetans use singing bowls in spiritual ceremonies. A "sound bath" is a popular full body relaxation technique using singing bowls, bells, and tuning forks.
And finally, we come full circle back to the stethoscope. But this one is a "brain stethoscope," as neurologist Josef Parvizi, MD, PhD likes to call it. He has harnessed brain waves to play music...sort of. His device, which looks like a headband, listens to brain waves and then produces tones from a speaker embedded in the headband. What he and his team have discovered is that there is a distinct difference in tones between normal brain activity and a seizure. Many seizures are obvious and manifest as convulsions. But non-convulsive subclinical seizures can be detected as well. Parvizi's vision is to have devices available to patients and parents who can then detect these small, but damaging episodes outside of the doctor's office. That's music to my ears.
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The hunt was on. Thog shouted and waved at the charging woolly mammoth while Grok ran up from behind and lunged onto the behemoth's rump. He grasped its fur, climbed up its torso, and began to swing his flint blade high into the air. Just then, the animal reared up and threw Grok violently to the ground. Thog ran to Grok's motionless body.
Ever since caveman Thog put his ear to the chest of Grok to see if he was still alive, humans have harnessed the power of sound for medicine. Thog listened for sounds, such as a heartbeat or breath. Today, descendants of Thog are listening to and sending sound into the body for diagnosis, treatment, and healing.
Besides the humble but still useful stethoscope, ultrasound was one of the earliest methods of using sound to explore the body. Developed in the 1940s, it has progressed from a crude bistable representation (two electrical values, like on or off) to live moving images.
Biomedical acoustics, or the practice of directing acoustic waves into the body for measurement, is sometimes the best way to detect problems. Electrocardiograms (ECG) can't always detect all forms of cardiovascular disease, but analyzing acoustic waves can detect heart valve abnormalities.
One method of detecting cardiovascular disease is by attaching accelerometers and gyroscopes to the chest while filtering out other body noises, such as respiration and other residual sounds. Seismocardiograms (SCG) and gyrocardiograms (GCG) measure cardiovascular vibrations. Comparing the patient's cardiac vibrations to normal measurements, doctors can detect heart failure, circulation problems, coronary artery disease, and many other scary sounding diseases. These new methods are quickly replacing and complimenting traditional non-acoustical procedures.
Acoustical measurements of different parts of the body are helping respiratory patients. By narrowing and extracting sounds and vibrations from the areas of the chest, back, neck, and lips, doctors can detect constrictions and other issues. Asthma, sleep apnea, pneumonia, and COPD diagnoses are also benifiting from this advancing technology.
Biomedical acoustics can aid in monitoring and diagnosing gastrointestinal problems, nervous disorders like Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis, dysphagia, vocal disorders, osteoarthritis and chondromalacia.
We've explored listening to sounds bounced around inside the body, now let's actually manipulate the body using sound. Ultrasonography is the therapeutic use of ultrasound to control pain, sprains, muscle spasms, tissue injury, osteoarthritis, and other musculoskeletal issues. These devices use unfocused ultrasound waves (1 MHz to 8 MHz) to heat the affected area.
High intensity focused ultrasound has successfully been used to treat benign tumors, cardiac ablation, and glaucoma. Low intensity ultrasonic devices (below 80 Hz) are used to break up and remove the eye lens during cataract surgery. Other surgical uses are to rapidly coagulate blood vessels, and to perform liposuction.
Medical researchers at Standford have been using sound for heart research. The experiments use Faraday waves (the ripples you might see in a beverage on a turbulent flight, train, or bus ride) to coral cells and mimic tightly-packed heart tissue. Scientists can then use these cardiac tissue samples in studies. They are inching closer to generating tissue patches that can replace damaged heart wall tissue.
Perhaps the most interesting recent medical advancement using sound is to treat liver cancer. HistoSonics has developed a system that uses fast, focused pulses of ultrasound to create a bubble in a tumor. The sound waves then liquify and destroy the tumor without harming the surrounding tissue. The technology is new and in trial, but they've successfully treated a patient with kidney cancer as well.
We've listened inside the body, we've zapped pain and tumors. Now let's heal not only other parts of the body, but the mind. Many people with sleep disorders, unconventional work shifts, noisy environments, and tinitus, rely on white noise to aid sleep. Something as simple as a fan, noise machine, or music can create a relaxed state and lead to sleep. One podcast, "Bore You To Sleep", offers uninteresting stories read in a flat tone with little to no personality. If you fall asleep listening, it's done its job.
Healing the body by controlling brain waves is a new science that is showing promising results. Our brains' electrical activity can be measured with an electroencephalogram (EEG). Beta, Alpha, Theta, and Delta brain waves are present during different levels of activity, Beta being the most active and Delta the least. Brain waves, by their nature, are rhythmic frequencies. Theories currently revolve around the idea that brain waves can be changed to a healthier state through sound vibrations.
This isn't a new concept. For more than 40,000 years, Australia's aboriginal tribes have used the didgeridoo for healing. Tibetans use singing bowls in spiritual ceremonies. A "sound bath" is a popular full body relaxation technique using singing bowls, bells, and tuning forks.
And finally, we come full circle back to the stethoscope. But this one is a "brain stethoscope," as neurologist Josef Parvizi, MD, PhD likes to call it. He has harnessed brain waves to play music...sort of. His device, which looks like a headband, listens to brain waves and then produces tones from a speaker embedded in the headband. What he and his team have discovered is that there is a distinct difference in tones between normal brain activity and a seizure. Many seizures are obvious and manifest as convulsions. But non-convulsive subclinical seizures can be detected as well. Parvizi's vision is to have devices available to patients and parents who can then detect these small, but damaging episodes outside of the doctor's office. That's music to my ears.
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Push the Right Buttons
A Practical Guide to Becoming and Succeeding as an Audio Engineer and Producer
Know someone that is looking to get into the audio industry? Are you curious about the magic that goes on behind the curtain? Then this book will push the right buttons.
Tape Op recently reviewed my book:
The next time someone asks me for advice on a career in pro audio I will immediately recommend this book, but with a few instructions: Do not skim read it. Read every one of its 585 pages and then read it again. Take notes. Take more notes. Follow every single suggestion about how to behave in professional situations. Learn how to dress properly for the job, and how to take care of your body when the long days occur (and they will). And do all of this with a smile on your face and a positive attitude.
-Larry Crane
Radio World recently reviewed it:
'If there was ever a single book that could give aspiring audio engineers an accurate look at the career, “Push the Right Buttons: A Practical Guide to Becoming and Succeeding as an Audio Engineer and Producer” is it."
-James Careless
Excerpt from the book:
Let’s move on to working with a director. Sometimes the producer and director are the same person, so it may help to treat their double role in two different ways. First get the production details out of the way with their producer half, then talk creativity with the director’s half. Talking with a director requires you to forget about what buttons to push, what format you’re using, or what the deadline is. You must get into the head of the viewer/listener to see how they will interpret the project. It’s your job to get on the same plane as the director, to synchronize your understanding with their creative vision. A good director will give you some background on how the project came to be, why it was written in a certain way, and their choice of actors, music, or any other element that drives the narrative. When talking with a director, it’s not important to know how the project is done, but why. This is often lost on some audio engineers I’ve worked with. They seemed too focused on the tools they were using instead of what the tools were creating.
Another way to connect to a director is to look at any visual components of a project. One project brought to me was a radio project that accompanied a television, web, and billboard advertising campaign. The director brough in a storyboard for the television and nearly finalized artwork for the print and billboards.
The storyboard is always immensely helpful, but in this case the colors of the print part of the campaign steered me in the right direction for the music. The colors were muted purple and teal, and the font was relaxed and gentle. Even the wording was well thought out and inviting. I don’t remember specifically who the spots were for (probably healthcare), but the audience didn’t need it shoved down their throats. We picked simple, but positive music that went well with the voice-over. Just seeing a script, or even a black-and-white storyboard would not have been enough to influence my creative approach. The colors directed me in the end.
•Paperback version, 585 pages •eBook version
•Audiobook version
More on our web site here.
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Dynamix Productions, Inc. is an audio production facility in the heart of thoroughbred horse country, Lexington, Kentucky. Some of the many audio services we provide are: sound-for-picture, corporate communications, advertising, narrations, audiobooks, podcasts, live broadcast, SourceConnect, ISDN, location and remote recording, restoration, and tape/LP to digital transfers.
Since our opening 20 years ago in 2003, we have won or been a part of nearly 100 awards; including more than 75 ADDY’s (American Advertising Federation), 10 Telly's, 2 Silver Microphones, 1 PRSA (Public Relations Society of America), an Eclipse Award, and an Emmy nomination.
Why do professionals from desktop producers to Fortune 50 companies choose Dynamix for the highest level of production? We Listen.
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Dynamix Productions, Inc. is an audio production facility in the heart of thoroughbred horse country, Lexington, Kentucky. Some of the many audio services we provide are: sound-for-picture, corporate communications, advertising, narrations, audiobooks, podcasts, live broadcast, SourceConnect, ISDN, location and remote recording, restoration, and tape/LP to digital transfers.
Since our opening 20 years ago in 2003, we have won or been a part of nearly 100 awards; including more than 75 ADDY’s (American Advertising Federation), 10 Telly's, 2 Silver Microphones, 1 PRSA (Public Relations Society of America), an Eclipse Award, and an Emmy nomination.
Why do professionals from desktop producers to Fortune 50 companies choose Dynamix for the highest level of production? We Listen.
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Audiobooks:
- "Highland Born", by Kathryn Le Veque, narrated by Brad Wills
- "Star Spangled Jesus", narrated by the author, April Ajoy (Hachette Audio)
- "Meaning Indicator" by Michelle Hollingshead. Narrated by Cara Meade
- "Waterborne" by Jason Bennecke. Narrated by Brad Wills
Other projects of note were:
- Soundtracks for National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame induction ceremony (Keeneland, Lexington, KY)
- Radio campaign for Lexington SC soccer teams (Team Cornett, Lexington, KY)
- Lexmark 9-series web video soundtrack (Lexmark, Lexington, KY)
- Tom Hammond narrated the soundtrack for a documentary on NFL star Bob Hayes (Dallas Cowboys, Dallas, TX)
- Sound design of overview video for Dayton Metro Library (Video Adventures, Dayton, OH)
- Television soundtracks for Fasig-Tipton (Studio 34, Lexington, KY)
- "AgFuture" podcasts for Alltech (Alltech, Nicholasville, KY)
- "Beyond the Barrel" podcasts for Ridley-Block (Alltech, Nicholasville, KY)
- "Essential Quality / Max" television soundtrack (Godolphine)
- Sound design of television PSA for Butler County Veterans Crisis Line (Video Adventures, Dayton, OH)
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Audiobooks:
- "Highland Born", by Kathryn Le Veque, narrated by Brad Wills
- "Star Spangled Jesus", narrated by the author, April Ajoy (Hachette Audio)
- "Meaning Indicator" by Michelle Hollingshead. Narrated by Cara Meade
- "Waterborne" by Jason Bennecke. Narrated by Brad Wills
Other projects of note were:
- Soundtracks for National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame induction ceremony (Keeneland, Lexington, KY)
- Radio campaign for Lexington SC soccer teams (Team Cornett, Lexington, KY)
- Lexmark 9-series web video soundtrack (Lexmark, Lexington, KY)
- Tom Hammond narrated the soundtrack for a documentary on NFL star Bob Hayes (Dallas Cowboys, Dallas, TX)
- Sound design of overview video for Dayton Metro Library (Video Adventures, Dayton, OH)
- Television soundtracks for Fasig-Tipton (Studio 34, Lexington, KY)
- "AgFuture" podcasts for Alltech (Alltech, Nicholasville, KY)
- "Beyond the Barrel" podcasts for Ridley-Block (Alltech, Nicholasville, KY)
- "Essential Quality / Max" television soundtrack (Godolphine)
- Sound design of television PSA for Butler County Veterans Crisis Line (Video Adventures, Dayton, OH)
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RISE is a documentary series which airs periodically as part of 88.9 WEKU’s Eastern Standard weekly radio show/podcast. It came about in response to unprecedented flooding experienced by many southeastern Kentucky communities in July of 2022. The first six episodes, which aired for six consecutive weeks, explored what contributed to the disaster, how communities responded and the leadership, programs and resources needed to address the challenges and opportunities ahead.
The RISE series is produced by a team of reporters, producers, and external collaborators, including Dynamix Productions in Lexington. The team is led by Tom Martin, who is the host and senior editor of Eastern Standard. The team’s goal is to explore important policy issues affecting a region that is in transition due to shifting economic, social, environmental, and political realities.
Since the first six episodes aired, the RISE team has continued to produce occasional episodes focused on specific issues of importance to Eastern Kentucky. RISE is also available on Apple and Spotify.
Listen to all the episodes online at www.weku-rise.org.
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RISE is a documentary series which airs periodically as part of 88.9 WEKU’s Eastern Standard weekly radio show/podcast. It came about in response to unprecedented flooding experienced by many southeastern Kentucky communities in July of 2022. The first six episodes, which aired for six consecutive weeks, explored what contributed to the disaster, how communities responded and the leadership, programs and resources needed to address the challenges and opportunities ahead.
The RISE series is produced by a team of reporters, producers, and external collaborators, including Dynamix Productions in Lexington. The team is led by Tom Martin, who is the host and senior editor of Eastern Standard. The team’s goal is to explore important policy issues affecting a region that is in transition due to shifting economic, social, environmental, and political realities.
Since the first six episodes aired, the RISE team has continued to produce occasional episodes focused on specific issues of importance to Eastern Kentucky. RISE is also available on Apple and Spotify.
Listen to all the episodes online at www.weku-rise.org.
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Dynamix Productions, and WEKU-FM, Eastern Kentucky University’s public radio station in Richmond, KY, partnered in 2018 to move primary production of the popular long-running radio program EASTERN STANDARD to the studios of Dynamix. The first program produced at Dynamix aired on July 19, 2018. By bringing the production to Lexington, producers have easier access to Central Kentucky business, healthcare, and education leaders, as well as local artists, entertainers, and other newsmakers. The move underlines WEKU’s commitment to providing the area’s most concise and in-depth coverage of news, issues, and ideas that directly affect Central Kentuckians.
Hosted by network news veteran Tom Martin, EASTERN STANDARD is a public affairs program that covers a broad range of topics of interest to Kentuckians. Resources for topics include WEKU’s reporting partner, the Ohio Valley ReSource, a partnership with seven public media outlets across three states; the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting; and National Public Radio. EASTERN STANDARD can be heard Thursdays at 11:00 AM / 8:00 PM and Sundays at 6:00 PM on 88.9 WEKU-FM, and online at www.esweku.org.
Did you miss the live show? Listen online.
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Dynamix Productions, and WEKU-FM, Eastern Kentucky University’s public radio station in Richmond, KY, partnered in 2018 to move primary production of the popular long-running radio program EASTERN STANDARD to the studios of Dynamix. The first program produced at Dynamix aired on July 19, 2018. By bringing the production to Lexington, producers have easier access to Central Kentucky business, healthcare, and education leaders, as well as local artists, entertainers, and other newsmakers. The move underlines WEKU’s commitment to providing the area’s most concise and in-depth coverage of news, issues, and ideas that directly affect Central Kentuckians.
Hosted by network news veteran Tom Martin, EASTERN STANDARD is a public affairs program that covers a broad range of topics of interest to Kentuckians. Resources for topics include WEKU’s reporting partner, the Ohio Valley ReSource, a partnership with seven public media outlets across three states; the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting; and National Public Radio. EASTERN STANDARD can be heard Thursdays at 11:00 AM / 8:00 PM and Sundays at 6:00 PM on 88.9 WEKU-FM, and online at www.esweku.org.
Did you miss the live show? Listen online.
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TELEVISION PROGRAMS PRODUCED AT DYNAMIX
THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES on HBO
From Danny McBride (HBO’s Vice Principals), this critically acclaimed comedy follows a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed, and charitable work. Left flailing in the wake of their patriarch Eli Gemstone’s (John Goodman) semi-retirement, Season 3 finds Jesse (McBride), Judy (Edi Patterson), and Kelvin (Adam Devine) in charge of the vast Gemstone empire. When their long-lost cousins come out of the woodwork, the siblings must work together if they want to keep the Gemtsone legacy intact. An irreverent look at the lives of holy rollers, The Righteous Gemstones explores the salacious world of those who offer salvation… to the highest bidder.
GEORGE & TAMMY on Showtime
A limited series chronicling country music’s king and queen, George Jones and Tammy Wynette, whose wild and troubled love story inspired some of the most iconic music of all time.
SCOTT'S VACATION HOUSE RULES on HGTV
Scott turns problem properties into profit in his new series, Scott’s Vacation House Rules. With years of smart real estate investing and renovation experience, Scott and his secret design weapon, Debra Salmoni, unlock the rental potential of even the most uninspired properties. Finding and transforming tired, dated, and rundown spaces into unique and buzz-worthy Canadian cottage hotspots, the series proves that any dream property is always within reach if you follow Scott’s Vacation House Rules.
THE WHITE LOTUS on HBO
A social satire set at an exclusive Hawaiian resort, the series follows the vacations of various hotel guests over the span of a week as they relax and rejuvenate in paradise. But with each passing day, a darker complexity emerges in these picture-perfect travelers, the hotel’s cheerful employees, and the idyllic locale itself.
SECRET CELEBRITY RENOVATION on CBS
A new one-hour series that gives celebrities in sports, music and entertainment the chance to gift a surprise home renovation to a meaningful person who helped guide them to success. Hosted by Nischelle Turner (ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT), SECRET CELEBRITY RENOVATION provides stars with a hands-on opportunity to show their gratitude to someone who has had a significant impact on their life’s journey by helping to realize the renovation of their dreams. Those participating in making these heartfelt gifts include Emmy® and GRAMMY® Award-winning singer and choreographer Paula Abdul; award-winning singer-songwriter Lauren Alaina; Emmy®-winning actor and comedian Wayne Brady (LET’S MAKE A DEAL); NFL MVP and CBS sports analyst Boomer Esiason; GRAMMY®-winning artist Eve; Emmy®-nominated actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson; SURVIVOR winner “Boston” Rob Mariano; NBA All-Star Chris Paul; GRAMMY®-winning singer, songwriter and actor Anthony Ramos; and Pro Football Hall of Fame running back Emmitt Smith. The series also features the design team of home improvement contractor and television personality Jason Cameron (“Man Cave,” “While You Were Out”) and interior designer Sabrina Soto (“Design Star,” “Trading Spaces”).
ESCAPE TO THE CHATEAU on HGTV
Lieutenant colonel Dick Strawbridge and his partner Angel Adoree trade their English apartment for a dilapidated, 19th-century French chateau. The pair work to restore, renovate and redecorate the estate into a fairytale castle for their upcoming wedding.
YOU LIVE IN WHAT? INTERNATIONAL on HGTV
Architect George Clarke is on a mission to find inspiration for his outrageous, space-age concept house. His journey takes him around the world to meet the visionary people who build and live in some of the most unusual homes ever seen.
COUNTRY COUNTDOWN on The Circle Network
PODCASTS PRODUCED AT DYNAMIX
Vote Worthy helps to inform voters about the issues and challenges surrounding the 2020 General Election.
The Cancer Crisis in Appalachia" Compelling stories from the next generation of leaders in the fight against cancer in Appalachia. From UK's Markey Cancer Center.
"Tales of American History" with Kent Masterson Brown
"The Tyler Gossett Podcast"
GoFundMe podcast "Todd Oldfield and Wendall Gill: A Community Comes Together"
"Embedded" podcast from NPR Al Cross in a series of podcasts about Mitch McConnell
AUDIOBOOKS PRODUCED AT DYNAMIX
OTHER PROJECTS PRODUCED AT DYNAMIX
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