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Sounding Off
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Sounding Off is a podcast produced by The Sound of Victory, an interdisciplinary project that explores the historic relationship between music, sound and sport. It's hosted by Perry B. Johnson and Courtney M. Cox.
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Sounding Off | Season 2, Episode 9: Shakeia Taylor
Oct 22, 202100:24:29Tap to summarizeSounding Off is a podcast produced by The Sound of Victory, an interdisciplinary project that explores the historic relationship between music, sound, and sport. It's hosted by Dr. Perry B. Johnson and Dr. Courtney M. Cox. In this episode, we sit down with Shakeia Taylor, an award-winning baseball writer and historian. In this episode, we talk about jazz's relationship to baseball, how another Jazz -- Jazz Chisholm, Jr. is the backbeat personified, and of course, her walk-up song.
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Sounding Off | Season 2, Episode 8: DJ Heat
Aug 6, 202100:50:24Tap to summarizeSounding Off is a podcast produced by The Sound of Victory, an interdisciplinary project that explores the historic relationship between music, sound, and sport. It's hosted by Perry B. Johnson and Courtney M. Cox. In this episode, we sit down with DJ Heat (@DJHeatDC), the official DJ for the Washington Mystics and Wizards and one of the few DJs allowed in the WNBA’s bubble last summer. In this episode, we talk about DJ Heat’s first set of turntables at the tender age of 13, sonic regulation of street performers and Go-Go music in DC, and why DC sports need a DJ Kool collaboration ASAP.
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Sounding Off | Season 2, Episode 7: DJ Roueche
Jul 16, 202100:40:00Tap to summarizeSounding Off is a podcast produced by The Sound of Victory, an interdisciplinary project that explores the historic relationship between music, sound, and sport. It's hosted by Perry B. Johnson and Courtney M. Cox. In this episode, they are joined by DJ Roueche, the official DJ of the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers and the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour. In this episode, we talk about the power of music on crowds, being a part of the Lake Show, DJing in the outdoor elements, and the power of DMX’s music.
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Sounding Off | Season 2, Episode 6: DJ Shawna
Jun 18, 202100:50:49Tap to summarizeSounding Off is a podcast produced by The Sound of Victory, an interdisciplinary project that explores the historic relationship between music, sound, and sport. It's hosted by Perry B. Johnson and Courtney M. Cox. In this episode, they are joined by DJ Shawna, producer and official DJ of the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks. She discusses how she made the transition from collegiate and professional basketball player to DJ, what Milwaukee sounds like, and her dream collaboration...just in time for Game 7.
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Sounding Off | Season 2, Episode 5: Hanif Abdurraqib
May 28, 202100:48:44Tap to summarizeSounding Off is a podcast produced by The Sound of Victory, an interdisciplinary project that explores the historic relationship between music, sound, and sport. It's hosted by Perry B. Johnson and Courtney M. Cox. In this episode, they are joined by poet and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib, the author of the newly-released A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance. He discusses the percussive elements of sport, local Ohio hoops legends, and why a ballad might be the perfect walk-up song.
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Sounding Off | Season 2, Episode 4: Dr. David J. Leonard
Apr 30, 202101:06:50Tap to summarizeSounding Off is a podcast produced by The Sound of Victory, an interdisciplinary project that explores the historic relationship between music, sound, and sport. It's hosted by Perry B. Johnson and Courtney M. Cox. In this episode, they are joined by Dr. David J. Leonard, Professor of Comparative Ethnic Studies and American Studies and Culture at Washington State University. They discuss the relationship between hip hop, the NBA as a league, and its athletes. He also shares how cities like Los Angeles memorialize fallen athletes and artists, the song that gets him hype, and his dream collaboration.
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Sounding Off | Season 2, Episode 3: DJ Severe
Apr 2, 202100:57:26Tap to summarizeSounding Off is a podcast produced by The Sound of Victory, an interdisciplinary project that explores the historic relationship between music, sound, and sport. It's hosted by Perry B. Johnson and Courtney M. Cox. In this episode, they discuss the music of baseball with DJ Severe, the official DJ of Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers. He shares his process of curating the Dodgers' sound, his relationship to Los Angeles and baseball, and offers his perspective on curating golf vibes.
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Sounding Off | Season 2, Ep. 2: Natalia A. Perez
Mar 12, 202100:33:46Tap to summarizeSounding Off is a podcast produced by The Sound of Victory, an interdisciplinary project that explores the historic relationship between music, sound, and sport. It's hosted by Perry B. Johnson and Courtney M. Cox. In this episode, they discuss the relationship between movement and sound with Natalia A. Perez, a Ph.D. student at the University of Virginia and personal trainer. Natalia's work focuses broadly on movement cultures, whether through the relationship between jazz and basketball, ballet on Broadway, or early 20th-century fitness culture in the United States.
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Sounding Off | Season 2, Ep. 1: Dr. Joanna K. Love
Feb 5, 202100:43:01Tap to summarizeSounding Off is a podcast produced by The Sound of Victory, an interdisciplinary project that explores the historic relationship between music, sound, and sport. It's hosted by Perry B. Johnson and Courtney M. Cox. In the first episode of season 2, they discuss the impact of the Super Bowl Halftime Show with Dr. Joanna K. Love, an associate professor of music at the University of Richmond. She’s a scholar focused on twentieth and twenty first century American popular music and its role in advertising, video, and film. She is also the author of Soda Goes Pop: Pepsi-Cola Advertising and Popular Music and co-editor of the forthcoming book Sonic Identity at the Margins.
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Sounding Off | Ep. 11: Jordan Zalis
Dec 21, 202000:54:46Tap to summarizeSounding Off is a podcast produced by The Sound of Victory, an interdisciplinary project that explores the historic relationship between music, sound, and sport. It's hosted by Perry B. Johnson and Courtney M. Cox. In this episode, they're joined by Jordan Zalis, a musician and doctoral candidate in Ethnomusicology at Memorial University of Newfoundland. He discusses his early memories of music and sport, his research interrogating belonging and identity through the Toronto Raptors, and of course, Drake.
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