The Backstory to Great Audio Storytelling, hosted by Rob Rosenthal, for Transom and PRX.
Ben Calhoun, formerly of This American Life, sat for two hours staring at a Google doc trying to fig
Back in 2007, when Andrea Silenzi was a rookie reporter just learning the craft as a student, she re
Hillary Frank says middle school can be brutal. The bullying, the harassment, the homophobia, the ra
Davia Nelson, one half of the legendary Kitchen Sisters, shares the pair's incredible news: The Libr
Rob doles out another collection of darts and laurels on this episode. Darts for missing credits and
One of the most helpful tools for organizing a story is a "scene chart." Think of it as an outline f
A breath may seem like the most insignificant detail in an audio story. But, Rob says breaths are in
Vermont Public Radio reporter Angela Evancie says with the decline in trust of the media, the best w
Silence is often viewed as a no-no on the radio and in podcasts. Silence sounds like something's wro
Audio producer and sound artist Kristina Loring was walking the beach with her dog when she stumbled
Al Letson set his sights on true crime storytelling in an unusual way — with a covenant for listener
When the story is about a family (and also not about a family), but the parents are divorced, and th
Producer Nina Porzucki is giving audio producers a gift on this episode — she's sharing a work in pr
Erica Heilman's story "Finn and the Bell" is the best I’ve heard this year. It's a painful, graceful
Rob offers darts and laurels for stories he's recently heard — what's good, what's not so good. On t
Cat Jaffee and her team put community first and foremost at House of Pod, a local podcast hub in Den
On this archive episode, a fascinating minute of audio — the sound of war and peace reconstructed fr
Headphones on for this one. Rob marks the passing of the groundbreaking composer and sound ecologist
Ruby Schwartz pitched a story to Snap Judgement based on a memoir. They gave her the green light. An
Don't just interview to grab a bunch of information, interview for story and make your work a whole
