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Sound School Podcast

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

Episodes

Total: 359

The Megan Tan Way

2021/9/14

Megan Tan produced a story about dating during Covid but she didn't record any of the dates. So, wha

Sounds Easy, But...

2021/8/31

Good producers hide the difficulties. They make it all sound easy. Cariad Harmon's "Record Booth" is

On this episode of HowSound, a wide-ranging chat about writing for audio with one of the masters: Jo

Stand-Ups (Rerun)

2021/8/3

Narrating a stand-up on location as events unfold in front of your mic is no easy thing but reporter

Fireworks

2021/7/20

Rob Rosenthal has stepped away from teaching the Transom Story Workshop on Cape Cod. To mark the occ

Narrative Justice

2021/7/6

Shapearl Wells says the truest form of journalism lets others speak their own truth. And that's just

The CBC's Mic Drop is a small but mighty podcast amplifying young people's voices "without any adult

Creative audio journalism and storytelling is sometimes influenced by film, avant-garde music, and l

One of the most difficult tasks in writing is keeping a story on target. One way to wrangle an unrul

Tape-Driven Storytelling

2021/5/11

There's an old maxim in radio: the tape rules. "According to Need" by Katie Mingle and 99% Invisible

One of the best ways to learn how to improve at the craft of audio storytelling is to take a deep li

The list of names at the end of some podcasts is mind-boggling. Who are these people? What do they d

Thoughts On Trailers

2021/3/30

Rob's been puzzling over one particular question about trailers for serialized podcasts: What should

Schwartz Is A Verb

2021/3/16

You should lie down with your eyes closed for this one! That's because the interviewees in the stori

Audio Playground

2021/3/2

A friend once said "What feels like a groove might actually be a rut." So, how do you get out of you

When the reporting gets violent, the reporter suits up. Casey Martin of KUOW tells stories about sta

There are a lot of photographs and incredible footage from the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on J

Perk Up Your Ears!

2021/1/19

If Dr. Suess was going to write a book about podcasting, he'd probably call it "Oh, The Sounds You'l

What's the sound of climate change? Walk down 7th Avenue in Calgary and you just might hear it thank

I wish I had a nickel for every time someone says, "I think that story would make a great podcast se