Welcome to the Biannual Sonic Dash Podcast presented by the New York City Podcast Awards.

The Sonic Dash is a 48-hour storytelling competition and we receive submissions from all over the world. The surprise prompt for this 2026 Summer Dash was “Go For Broke.” 

This episode, we’ll be listening to our Grand Prize Winning piece "Go For Broke or Gopher Broke?" created by Long Island-based crack improv and podcast team, “Tales From the Cloud Sea” (Matt Silverman, Megan Leahy, Karen Cassady, Travis Sharp, Amanda Lee Williams, and Eve Krueger).

Produced by Cory Choy, Emily Reeves, and Christian Cuciniello

Edited by Zach Treanor

Sound by Silver Sound

Welcome to the Biannual Sonic Dash Podcast presented by the New York City Podcast Awards.

The Sonic Dash is a 48-hour storytelling competition and we receive submissions from all over the world. The surprise prompt for this 2026 Summer Dash was “Go For Broke.” 

This episode, we’ll be listening to our second-place winning piece “Free Piano” by Michael Satow.

Produced by Cory Choy, Emily Reeves, and Christian Cuciniello

Edited by Zach Treanor

Sound by Silver Sound

Welcome to the Biannual Sonic Dash Podcast presented by the New York City Podcast Awards.

The Sonic Dash is a 48-hour storytelling competition and we receive submissions from all over the world. The surprise prompt for this 2026 Summer Dash was “Go For Broke.” 

This episode, we’ll be listening to third-place winning piece “Shooting My Shot” by Bronwen Livingstone from Scotland. 

Produced by Cory Choy, Emily Reeves, and Christian Cuciniello

Edited by Zach Treanor

Sound by Silver Sound

Listen as Kevin Brown of Geographicus Rare Antique Map takes a look at a remarkable con perpetrated by the Japanese against the Chinese to seize control of Taiwan.

Check out the Geographicus website here: geographicus.com

Featuring Kevin J. Brown from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello

Edited by Zach Treanor

Music by Luke Allen and El Buru

Sound by Silver Sound

Take a listen as Chris Platt talks about war, leadership, and the disconnect between decision-makers and the people affected by their choices.

Written by and Featuring Chris Platt

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello

Sound by Silver Sound

We're back with another finalist spotlight for the Winter 2026 Sonic Dash. Today we will be highlighting a piece entitled "Meddling Kids of NYC" by Amanda Kari McHugh and Kyle Studstill.

Technical Director: Tom Fama

Produced by Christian Cuciniello and Cory Choy

Festival Directors: Mark Blumberg, Cory Choy, Emily Reeves

Take a listen as filmmaker Colin Colfer tells us about his animation process, the challenges of the craft, and what he’s working on now in the world of stop motion.

Featuring Colin Colfer

Produced by Cory Choy, Christian Cuciniello, and Ivan Bronson

Music by Ivan Bronson

Sound by Silver Sound

Take a listen as Saul Austerlitz tells us about the origin of the Brooklyn Resisters, the important work that they do, and his book entitled "How to Assemble an Activist"

Featuring Saul Austerlitz and Cory Choy

Produced by Cory Choy, Christian Cuciniello, and Ivan Bronson

Sound by Silver Sound

Take a listen as Amy Ernst tells us about how she uses her art as a creative outlet and a way to visualize a more loving world.

Featuring Amy Ernst

Produced by Cory Choy, Ivan Bronson, and Christian Cuciniello

Music by Ivan Bronson

Sound by Silver Sound

We're back with another finalist spotlight for the Winter 2026 Sonic Dash. Today we will be highlighting a piece entitled"Bo Ricky Banjo's Spiral to Hell" by Richard Kušan, Evan Sidio, and Ronnie Brown.

Technical Director: Tom Fama

Produced by Christian Cuciniello and Cory Choy

Festival Directors: Mark Blumberg, Cory Choy, Emily Reeves

We're back with another finalist spotlight for the Winter 2026 Sonic Dash. Today we will be highlighting a piece entitled "Like hot sauce, it burns" by Paloma Moreno Jiménez, Sara Schleede, Luci Jones, and Vanessa Handy.

Technical Director: Tom Fama

Produced by Christian Cuciniello and Cory Choy

Festival Directors: Mark Blumberg, Cory Choy, Emily Reeves

We're back with another finalist spotlight for the Winter 2026 Sonic Dash. Today we will be highlighting a piece entitled "Roll Play" by Tessa Zitter and Itai Rekem.

Technical Director: Tom Fama

Produced by Christian Cuciniello and Cory Choy

Festival Directors: Mark Blumberg, Cory Choy, Emily Reeves

Take a listen to our adaptation of Robert Reich's writings on our Current Political Climate.

Script adapted from the writings of Robert Reich

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello

Music by Ivan Bronson

Sound by Silver Sound

We're back with another finalist spotlight for the Winter 2026 Sonic Dash. Today we will be highlighting a piece entitled "Those Meddling Aunties" by Tanita Rahmani.

Technical Director: Tom Fama

Produced by Christian Cuciniello and Cory Choy

Festival Directors: Mark Blumberg, Cory Choy, Emily Reeves

Zoe Sullivan tells us why she is running for the 76th Assembly District in Wisconsin, some of the issues that the state is facing, and some of the things she would like to accomplish.

Featuring Zoe Sullivan

Produced by Cory Choy, Ivan Bronson, and Christian Cuciniello

Music by Ivan Bronson

Sound by Silver Sound

Take a listen as Sam Schild tells us about his path towards becoming a comedian and his style of performance.

Featuring and performed by Sam Schild

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello

Sound by Silver Sound

We're back with another finalist spotlight for the Winter 2026 Sonic Dash. Today we will be highlighting a piece entitled "Those Metal-ing Kids" by H Conley and Taylor Early.

Technical Director: Tom Fama

Produced by Christian Cuciniello and Cory Choy

Festival Directors: Mark Blumberg, Cory Choy, Emily Reeves

We're back with another finalist spotlight for the Winter 2026 Sonic Dash. Today we will be highlighting previous dash winners Oliver Morris, Jude Hodgson Hann, and Jack Fitzpatrick, along with their piece: "Botcho The Clown"

Technical Director: Tom Fama

Produced by Christian Cuciniello and Cory Choy

Festival Directors: Mark Blumberg, Cory Choy, Emily Reeves

Today we’re joined by Donna Elam to talk about equity in education. Take a listen as we discuss the disproportionality of educational support, what segregation can look like in schools today, and how her work is pushing toward more equitable schools.

Featuring Donna Elam and Cory Choy

Produced by Cory Choy, Cristian Cuciniello, and Ivan Bronson 

Sound by Silver Sound   

The final days of the longest-running show on Broadway, as told by one of its longest-running cast members.

Keep an eye on the Silver Podcast Network for My Phantom Memory's full release on March 12th!

Performed by Scott Mikita

Produced by Mark Blumberg

Executive Produced by Cory Choy

Mixed by Christian Cuciniello

Edited by Tom Fama

Music by Luke Allen