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Sound School Podcast

The Backstory to Great Audio Storytelling, hosted by Rob Rosenthal, for Transom and PRX.

Episodes

Total: 359

Happy Birthday Studs!

2012/5/16

Studs Terkel, America's interviewer, would be 100 today! Happy Birthday Studs!! Syd Lewis worked wit

Fact Check This

2012/5/2

Seek the truth and report it. That's the core of journalism. But the truth needs to be checked -- fa

Robert Krulwich's stories are always ear-catching and dramatic whether they're on radio, television,

A Dual Narrative

2012/2/22

Radio stories usually aren't very complicated. Generally, you can place stories into two categories-

Chorus of Refuge

2012/2/8

Once you've finished producing a story, what are you supposed to do with all the tape? Just let it s

The Pirate

2012/1/25

Kelly McEvers is a mic-slinger. Draws from the hip. Records with precision. Not afraid. (Okay, maybe

Different, Not Disabled

2012/1/11

Radio storytelling is an excellent teaching tool for young people in practically any classroom. Here

99% Invisible

2011/12/28

99% Invisible is my new favorite podcast. A little bit RadioLab, a touch of This American Life, and

The Longest, Shortest Time

2011/12/14

Hillary Frank launched a decade-long career in radio with an answering machine as a tape recorder. H

A No Story Story

2011/11/30

Imagine this: You've met a total character. She's kind of eccentric. She has forty-one animals in he

Listen to the audio in this video. It's perfect for radio. With some editing, narration, & other

Kohn

2011/11/2

There seems to be a trend afoot in documentary radio -- working directly with musicians to compose m

Keys to good storytelling: strong, simple writing; solid voicing; professional recording & mixin

Seizure’s Lament

2011/10/5

The Third Coast International Audio Festival is 3 days of ear candy. On this HowSound, I present one

The Natural State

2011/9/22

It's good to hear constructive (and, sometimes, not-so-constructive) feedback. However, a LOT of cri

Inner-City Reality Check

2011/9/7

Katie Davis doesn't look very far for the stories she produces. In fact, they often come to her....

The Five Percent Rule

2011/8/24

The amount of effort Sally Herships put into her first investigative journalism piece….. well, it’s

Fighting With My Dad

2011/8/10

"I can’t think of anything more fraught than doing a story that explores intimate things about your

Four Feet Under

2011/7/26

Here it is, the first HowSound, the backstory to great radio storytelling. We kick things off in a g