Beautiful distractions

Episode 1 of the Keep Your Voice Down podcast, hosted by Alek Haak-Frost, titled "Beautiful distractions" was published on January 28, 2026 and runs 87 minutes.

January 28, 2026 ·87m · Keep Your Voice Down

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Keep Your Voice Down hosts Alek Haak-Frost and Doug Sears Jr. are joined by frequent collaborator and friend Layne Deuel to talk about distractions that helped them endure the past year. The trio discuss the benefits of going to the movies alone, why Sinners was easily the best film they saw all year, books that made them laugh (shout out to Princess Donut and Dungeon Crawler Carl), and the video games Layne plays in the wee hours of the morning because parenting is a full-time job. The show’...

Episode Description

Keep Your Voice Down hosts Alek Haak-Frost and Doug Sears Jr. are joined by frequent collaborator and friend Layne Deuel to talk about distractions that helped them endure the past year. The trio discuss the benefits of going to the movies alone, why Sinners was easily the best film they saw all year, books that made them laugh (shout out to Princess Donut and Dungeon Crawler Carl), and the video games Layne plays in the wee hours of the morning because parenting is a full-time job.

The show’s theme is “Howling at the Moon” by D Fine Us, and this week’s outro music is “Chess” by Nate Rose. You can support Keep Your Voice Down and Watershed Voice with a donation here.

Any views or opinions expressed on “Keep Your Voice Down” are those of its hosts and guests, and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of the podcast’s sponsors, Watershed Voice staff or its board of directors.

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