Spring 2026

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 & Chronicles “Ep 3 Riot Complete” Narration by Danielle Pluhacek  CC BY-NC-ND

Images

“Joyful Freedom” by Edward Konawicz is a derivative of Woman Wearing Yellow Shirt Inside Pickup Truck by Andrea Piacquadio, which is licensed under Pexels Free to Use – Some Rights Reserved License. Downloaded on 02/10/26 and edited with BeFunky.

Moss & Mourning is a podcast about southern paranormal experiences. Episodes for this podcast covers encounters by paranormal patrons who have visited some of the most haunted cities in the southern part of the United States. Episode 13, is about my mother-in-law’s experience when she was thirteen years old and lived with her parents in an older New Orleans neighborhood. The episode begins with the sound of a record needle hitting vinyl, paralleling a low-fi, bass-heavy jazz turn which begins to play, but it sounds slightly slowed down, giving it an unsettling, “melted” quality. Then a faint sound of a summer thunderstorm in the distance can be heard as well. Toward the end of the voiceover, the music stops abruptly and the sound of soft rustling, like a silk dress sliding across a wooden floor can be heard, but grows slowly louder, more aggressively. My narration was recorded using my computer microphone, noise cancelling headphones, and compiled as well as edited using Audacity.

Audio Credits:

“Old Vinyl Record Crackle” by WhiteNoiseSleeper, CC0 1.0

4on6 cut 5.wav by ERH, CC BY-NC 4.0

Thunderstorm, rain and thunder in the french countryside during the summer  by felix.blume , CC0 1.0

Jacket Clothing movements by MainQND, CC0 1.0

Moss & Mourning – Episode 13 Narration by Kelly John-Strate, CC BY 4.0

Photo edited in Canva.