The Backstory to Great Audio Storytelling, hosted by Rob Rosenthal, for Transom and PRX.
"I think of radio stations as musical instruments." That's what Steve Junker, the managing editor at
It's time for Leila Fadel at NPR to receive another award for her reporting. Last December, her stor
There's a reason why serialized podcast episodes often start with "Last time on (insert name of podc
A dear friend of Transom and all creative audio producers passed way last month -- Larry Massett. Th
I don't care how much good tape you have. I don't care if the scoring and mixing are superlative. I
You've got all the good tape you need. Now what? How do you structure the story? Bradley Campbell ha
Take a short walk into deep radio history. Julia Barton and Sarah Montague join Rob to talk about tw
The best way -- sometimes the *only* way -- to describe an element in a story that is disruptive and
In this bonus episode, Rob takes his conversation with Chenjerai Kumanyika one step further. He digs
Chenjerai Kumanyika delivered the goods. Rob interviewed Chenjerai on stage at the recent On Air Fes
Just recently, Hillary Frank relaunched her popular podcast The Longest Shortest Time. This archive
You want scenes in your story. But, reporting in the field isn't an option. What then? Simon Adler,
Nichole Hill pitched her show idea again and again. And, again and again, podcast companies said "no
Just over 50 years ago, in 1974, NPR took to the airwaves for a 25-hour-broadcast that Rob thinks ma
Rob's interview with Misha Euceph is one of his favorites. As he says, she's very clear, engaging, a
Let's state the obvious: Daniel Alarcón is a gifted writer. It's evident from the writing in "The Go
Nothing seems guaranteed these days for creative audio makers. "Short Cuts" was recently cancelled a
WCAI, the public radio station for Cape Cod, has been told it needs to move -- to leave the home it
The story from Slovenia on this episode of Sound School is hyper-local -- so local, you might not ca
When should a reporter turn around a leave? At what point do should they say "I won't report on thes
