alex k. masse

Podcasting and Sound

As both a Communication student and musician, Alex is constantly conscious of the storytelling potential within audio. Their work has allowed them to explore a number of different applications for sound, most notably in the world of podcasting. With their audio tech knowhow and journalistic background, they’ve worn many hats in the field, from recording assistant to host.

podcast credits
  • I’m Feeing Queer Today (The Future Perfect Project): Co-producer, composer/songwriter, co-host. Co-hosted multiple episodes. Wrote the theme music as well as multiple instrumental tracks.
  • Below the Radar (SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement): Digital Communications and Podcast Specialist. Assisted in recording, editing, promoting, archiving, and metadata for the program throughout 2022. Also composed music for a miniseries (The Trip Diary) and co-hosted Episode 193 with Steven Tornes.
  • Afterparty (The Town of Afterglow): Composer and script supervisor. Wrote the theme music and oversaw scriptwriting.
software proficiencies
  • FL Studio
  • Audacity
  • Otter
  • Adobe Audition

Below the Radar (2022)

Alex spent most of 2022 working as the Digital Communications and Podcast Specialist on Below the Radar, a knowledge democracy podcast, where they deepened their knowledge of the audio world through not only hosting, presenting, and interviewing guests on the podcast itself, but also working on its more technical aspects, such as recording, editing, and metadata. They even composed the theme music for the podcast’s miniseries, The Trip Diary, which you can check out below:

I’m Feeling Queer Today (2021-Present)

Alex is also a member of the production team behind I’m Feeling Queer Today, a queer youth podcast. The project began in 2021 as a creative cohort with The Future Perfect Project, where Alex and other LGBTQIA+ youth had the opportunity to work with incredible people like Celeste Lecesne, co-founder of The Trevor Project, and create a podcast that represents and celebrates queer youth. Alex co-hosted multiple episodes of the first season, as well as composing several tracks and creating their own educational segment on the history of queer zines. Listen to IFQT below: