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About
Syd Walter is from Seattle and graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in May 2026. She began podcasting when she was fourteen because she wanted to tell her own story and not listen to people tell it for her. Now, she is interested in making stories that make people feel seen and help to see people. She particularly loves stories about dailyness and things that unexpectedly change your life in some fundamental way.
New York 10019
In the 1950s, a man named Tony Schwartz recorded sounds of New York City in what is now the postal zone of 10019. The sounds were mundane—and that was the point: to show that simple things were worth paying attention to, and even necessary. Seventy-one years later, Syd followed in his footsteps, visiting 10019 weekly for nine weeks to collect sounds. This is an entry in the 2026 NPR College Podcast Challenge.
New Work
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