About the Collective

Our Story

Sound is a powerful sense.

It gives us an awareness of the world. A sense of space. We find comfort in the sounds of stillness because there is safety. We can isolate different noises and pinpoint their origin point, identify what each distinct sound is, and most importantly if there are any threats.

We learned to paint the world around us in our minds. Where could a danger strike from? Where do I go? We learned to plan, strategize, and imagine. We used sounds to communicate with each other, passing on what we’ve learned, and what we should do. We formed communities with each other finding what connected us to each other. We figured out how to tell stories; informative, parabolic, historical, and fictional. Passing on truths, literal and emotional.

Our language evolved, we grew in complexity with our vocabulary. Information flowed, as our technology improved. We learned to craft instruments and produce beats and notes we could arrange with rhythm and melody. We debated ideas and structures, examining ideas and systems critically. Our imagination guided us, suggesting new words, new solutions, new songs, new futures.

Sound Escape Productions is a collective with a passion for audio in all it’s forms, and it’s uses. How words, music, and sounds can transport you to new locations and scenarios. We are designed to support our productions sustainably through our structure, knowledge, and resources. We are a home of artists and storytellers, who put our people first.

Stories change the world. Make a sound escape with us. Come back different.

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We are Creatively Powered

Sound Escape Productions is a passionate fire. We make podcasts because we have something to share. We enjoy other’s work because we see the passion in others. Inspiration can come from anywhere, and we love sharing what inspires us, and what we make.

We are a collective of podcasts under one umbrella that share resources and branding, with a core identity around bringing the audience into an experience through sound. Our mission is to create innovative and sustainable audio productions.

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We Make Each Other Stronger

As a collective, we want to offer a place where when someone asks how to make a podcast. We have the answer. We’d like to be seen as unique, innovative and immerse, displaying our passion and skill to make our audience escape into sound.

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We Offer a Space for Podcasters to be Independent Together, Without Sacrificing Creative Control

It is hard to be an independent podcaster. Our goal is to form a collective of independent productions guided by a production framework and a community of skilled individuals who they can rely on for knowledge and resources. We love helping people, and we like working with each other.

Each show operates as its own project under showrunners. Showrunners make final decisions on their show and choose to bring on people to help make the show possible in the capacities that are needed.

The collective offers a support structure to showrunners by establishing an operational framework, greenlighting shows through phases, pooling resources and maintaining a community of talented individuals. Additionally, they offer website hosting, develop fundraising strategies and negotiate with advertisers.

The collective is helmed by the executive producer for Sound Escape Productions, with all showrunners, and department heads serving as a collective board underneath.

The Executive Producer pushes forward productions, helping develop frameworks and keep things moving smoothly, but also recognizes when team members need a break and self-care.

The Collective Board decides matters with a majority vote, from approving a show join the collective, greenlighting development on a project, approving production beginning, and ready to release, electing a new executive producer, and removing members if necessary.

Department heads review, and consult on matters involving their respective departments for quality. Department heads operate as educators, guiding those in their departments. Department heads are an elected position and their department will vote on who holds that position.

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Our Collective Board includes