The Sound Defense Alliance Podcast
Birds singing over snow-capped mountains, waves crashing over sea glass and stone, the pitter-patter of rain falling over moss covered forests - these are the sounds you’d expect from Northwest Washington. They’re also the sounds being relentlessly disrupted by the roaring of Navy EA-18G Growler jets. Join Sound Defense Alliance Media Coordinator Terra Huey and Media Activist Caitlin Epstein as they guide you through this 12-episode series about the military’s harmful impacts on health, children’s learning, climate, animals, and more. Learn what’s happening around this issue and how YOU can help protect the sounds of wind, birds, and waves.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 24 minutes
- Episodes
- 12
- Years Active
- 2022
Episode 1: Introducing the Sound Defense Alliance and the Growler Jet Noise Issue with Anne Harvey and Mark Lundsten
The Navy’s Boing EA-18G Growlers: The loudest planes in the world and they’re flown over protected, environmentally sensitive, and irreplaceable areas across the greater region of Northwest Washingto…
Episode 2: Legal Efforts in the Fight Against the Growler Jets with Paula Spina
It’s difficult to take on the United States Navy, but if anyone’s up for it it’s Paula Spina and the Citizens of Ebey’s Reserve (COER). In this episode, retired attorney Paula Spina (she/her) breaks …
Episode 3: Growler Jet Noise Impacts on Hearing Health with Marianne Brabanski and Dr. Edmund Seto
It’s hard to put the experience of Growler jet noise into words. It’s just that loud. Often heard on the ground at sounds reaching between 70 and 120 decibels, Growler jet noise has a significant imp…
Episode 4: The Population Health Crisis of the Growler Jets with Chris Hurley and Dr. Edmund Seto
The noise emitted by Growler jets has profound impacts on human health and all of the ways that they damage health aren’t even known yet. They are a population health crisis. In this episode, communi…
Episode 5: Military Presence and Its Impact on Communities with Zoltán Grossman
Do you know what military bases are near you and what purpose they serve? Guest Zoltán Grossman (he/him), a professor of Geography and Native Studies at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA, re…
Episode 6: The Economic Impacts of Naval Presence and the Growler Jet Program on Whidbey Island with Michael Shuman
How true is the slogan, “Jets = Jobs?” Well, jets do create jobs, but so do most development initiatives. What’s less understood are the negative economic effects of the Naval installations on Whidbe…
Episode 7: How the Growlers Are Polluting Our Air and Local Communities with Chris Greacen and Rick Abraham
Do you have 13 friends you could gather for a cross-country road trip from Seattle to New York and back? Not to give things away, but you’d have to make that trip in 14 Priuses in order to produce th…
Episode 8: The Impacts of Naval Activities on Animals with Bob Wilbur
Free Willy. SeaWorld and Blackfish. Whale watching tours. People simply love orca whales. Unfortunately, this beloved species and many more are being harmed by the Navy’s Growler jet program and Nava…
Episode 9: The Threat of the Growler Jets to Public Lands with Rob Smith
U.S. National Parks are set aside as spaces where visitors from all over the country and the world can go for recreation and relaxation and experience natural beauty, peace, and quiet. The Olympic Na…
Episode 10: The Impacts of the Growler Jets on Children
Children are some of the most vulnerable members of the communities of Northwest Washington, and they face many of the most severe effects of the Growler jets. In this episode, we’ll hear from severa…
Episode 11: Should I Stay or Should I Go? with Maryon Attwood and Julieanna Purdue
To stay or to move? That is the unfortunate dilemma that so many residents in Coupeville, Washington, face as a result of nearby Navy activity and its impact on mental and physical health, children’s…
Episode 12: Make Noise About Noise with Jamie Banks, Tom Ewell, and Teresa Purcell
Make noise about noise! The issue of aviation noise doesn’t just impact the communities around Northwest Washington - it affects people across the United States and even the world. We want you to be …