Cheese and Chronicles

Cheese & Chronicles is a narrative podcast for those who love the “how” and the “why” behind what we eat. We explore the origins of the world’s most famous cheeses through the lens of the strange events they witnessed. Come for the history, stay for the recipe.

In my introduction, I use the words: “currency”, “weapon”, “gift for kings”, and “catalyst for chaos” so I wanted to find sounds that would really emphasize this. I used the cash register sound, the shing of a sword, fanfare music, and the sound of people yelling. Each sound corresponded with what I said. The music was light and curious, but not overwhelming. I used my iPhone to record my narration.

I got all of my sounds from Freesound and mixed them in AudioMass. I used Riverside to combine my audio, narration and image. I used Gemini to create the image without text. Canva to add text to the image.

Audio

Medium Crowd Yelling At Street Fight by IENBA — https://freesound.org/s/834338/ — License: Creative Commons 0

Medieval Fanfare.wav by gertraut_hecher — https://freesound.org/s/572935/ — License: Attribution 4.0

Cash Register Purchase by mokasza — https://freesound.org/s/810182/ — License: Attribution 4.0

shing_1.wav by 1urker — https://freesound.org/s/435789/ — License: Creative Commons 0

Unknown Path Groove by code_box — https://freesound.org/s/520191/ — License: Creative Commons 0

Ep 3 Riot by Danielle Pluhacek CC BY-NC-ND

Podcast Cheese & ChroniclesEp 3 Riot Complete” Narration by Danielle Pluhacek  CC BY-NC-ND

Images

“PODCAST“ AI Image generated using the prompt “a cover for a podcast that is about strange historical events involving cheese, talking about a different cheese and getting a recipe each episode; there can be no text on the image  “PODCAST”  by Gemini. February 2026 
“Cheese & Chronicles“ by Danielle Pluhacek  CC BY-NC-ND