Keep Your Voice Down
Keep Your Voice Down is a podcast featuring fellow Central Michigan University journalism grads and best friends Alek Haak-Frost and Doug Sears, Jr. Alek, the executive editor of Watershed Voice, and Doug, a Watershed Voice writer and columnist, will discuss a variety of topics including the week's top stories in St. Joseph County and beyond, as well as pop culture and other general nonsense. With 13 years of friendship and training from the best journalism school in the State of Michigan under their belts, Doug and Alek try to make sense of the world around them, while ensuring neither takes themselves too seriously. So pull up a chair, turn up the volume, and no matter what happens, don't keep your voice down.
Episodes
88 episodes
Watershed Voice: An oral history
Watershed Voice launched in 2020 only weeks after the COVID-19 pandemic had much of the country sheltering in place, and a short time before protests, the size and frequency of which the country hadn't seen since the Civil Rights movem...
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Season 7
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Episode 3
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1:01:46
Lucky Fultz
This week on Keep Your Voice Down Three Rivers singer-songwriter Lucky Fultz joins hosts Alek Haak-Frost and Doug Sears, Jr. to discuss his upcoming album "Riverside Drive," which is
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Season 7
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Episode 2
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58:21
Najifa Farhat
Keep Your Voice Down hosts Alek Haak-Frost and Doug Sears, Jr. are joined by Watershed Voice Staff Reporter Najifa Farhat to discuss her educational and professional background, the experiences in Banglade...
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Season 7
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Episode 1
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50:39
Tereasa Bellew & Sundos Hejazi
Watershed Voice Short Story Contest winners Tereasa Bellew & Sundos Hejazi recently dropped by Keep Your Voice Down to discuss their winning pieces.Sundos, whose short story titled
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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40:08
Brittni's back, book babes
OK, Brittni Huyck was gone for a minute but she's back now, and she has a new story to tell, literature(ly). The local author, hairstylist, and Three Rivers native dropped by Keep Your Voice Down Thursday to promote the fourth (...
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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1:20:29
The Watcher on the Wall
Alek and Doug are back (as is Doug's voice) to discuss the upcoming launch of Watershed Voice's new website, the importance of maintaining editorial independence and practicing watchdog journalism, and the news magazine's...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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36:30
The things I could get done with a trained hawk
Kalamazoo-based creative Marcel Fable Price drops by Keep Your Voice Down to promote his book "New American Monarch," and perform an excerpt from the title ahead of its October 8 release. Alek, Do...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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51:48
Frank Stanko
Alek and Doug are joined by Watershed Voice staff writer Frank Stanko for his long overdue Keep Your Voice Down debut. The trio discuss Samwise Gamgee and the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy,...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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54:01
Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this (pay)wall
In true Watershed Voice fashion the Keep Your Voice Down (wrecking) crew brings the news in this week's episode. Doug and Alek discuss the fourth annual Artist Showcase lineup announcement slated for next week, the Huss Projec...
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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31:37
Our Gap Year
Doug and Alek dusted off their mics and got back into the game this week after nearly five months away, explaining where they’ve been, why it’s been so long, and what not to do when it comes to retrieving DoorDash orders or cleaning up dog pee....
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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43:55
Holiday Special
Hosts Alek Haak-Frost and Doug Sears Jr. are joined by Watershed Voice's resident holiday expert Steph Hightree for a very special episode of Keep Your Voice Down. After a brief
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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1:27:27
Matt Erspamer
Keep Your Voice Down Presents: This interview with Matt Erspamer, a journalist, copy writer, and film and television critic, who also happens to have went to Central Michigan University with hosts Alek Haak-Frost
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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44:32
Blake Alford
On this week's episode of Keep Your Voice Down, Alek and Doug are joined by Washington-based hip hop producer and artist Blake Alford. The Anderson, Indiana native talks about his latest project Domino Effect
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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45:33
Carolina in My Mind
Following a totally planned and not at all unintentional 80-day hiatus, Keep Your Voice Down is back! Alek and Doug return to their respective mics to discuss the
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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53:22
The Greatest Recap in the World — A Tribute
Alek and Doug attempt to recap the magic that was the third annual Watershed Voice Artist Showcase, while Alek grapples ...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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50:21
We didn't die. Promise.
Doug and Alek are, in fact, alive. After a lengthy hiatus the duo return to preview the third annual Watershed Voice Artist Showcase (Saturday, July 15, 6 p.m., The Hu...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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35:04
Andrew George, Three Rivers Pride
Andrew George of Three Rivers Pride stops by Keep Your Voice Down to chat about the upcoming and first ever Pride...
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Season 4
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Episode 15
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46:45
Kim Moffat, We Are Voters
Kim Moffat, executive director of We Are Voters and prolific podcaster (Here's What's Happ...
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Season 4
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Episode 14
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48:29
Honoring Dr. John K. Hartman
With the recent passing of Dr. John K. Hartman, a professor who impacted Alek and Doug's lives and a great many others, the
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Season 4
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Episode 13
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49:46
Rio Riojas
Alek's childhood friend and standup comedian Rio Riojas stops by Keep Your Voice Down to discuss his recent foray into the world of standup comedy and his upcoming show in Kalamazoo (Wednesday, March 22 at
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Season 4
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Episode 12
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31:49
Bobbi Schoon Returns
Three Rivers Public Library Director Bobbi Schoon returns to
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Season 4
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Episode 11
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41:17
Brittni Huyck
Local author and hairstylist Brittni Huyck drops by Keep Your Voice Down to talk about her
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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50:06
Amber Ward, Jillian Gardner, Portfolio Ink
Alek and Doug are joined by Portfolio Ink owner and tattoo artist Amber Ward, and Portfolio ...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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46:10