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Sound School Podcast

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

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When The Going Gets Tough, Keep Asking Questions

When The Going Gets Tough, Keep Asking Questions

NPR reporter Uri Berliner breaks from his usual approach to storytelling and finds interviewing his dad about growing up... Read more

11 Jun 2019

14mins

Ranked #2

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Some Fav And Not-So-Fav Sounds

Some Fav And Not-So-Fav Sounds

Sewage pipes, a radio crime, and sound designing inner thoughts.... Must be another episode of Rob's fav sounds but this... Read more

29 May 2019

18mins

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A Question To Start A Story?

A Question To Start A Story?

One way to start a story is with a question -- one that focuses and animates the piece. Annie Minoff and Elah Feder of t... Read more

21 Feb 2018

24mins

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Hang A Picture In Front Of The Mic

Hang A Picture In Front Of The Mic

Select telling details... Mete out descriptions... Cast surprising characters... and other tips for dynamic and visual r... Read more

12 Jun 2018

13mins

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Police Ride-Alongs

Police Ride-Alongs

How can you be fair during an interview with a suspect when a police officer is standing right there? Over the years as ... Read more

17 Apr 2018

14mins

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Recording Binaurally

Recording Binaurally

All you need to know for this episode is this: Listen with your best headphones!

15 May 2018

18mins

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Making Sense Of A Pile Of Tape

Making Sense Of A Pile Of Tape

A pile of tape just might be a treasure trove of radio gold. But how do you go manage it? Bianca Giaever has answers and... Read more

11 Dec 2018

20mins

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Stopping A Podcast

Stopping A Podcast

Megan Tan pulled the plug. She stopped producing Millennial at the height of the podcast boom. Her inspiring yet caution... Read more

6 Mar 2018

22mins

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Three Student Stories Produced In Only A Week

Three Student Stories Produced In Only A Week

Three students. Three stories. One week. Hear what can be accomplished in a very short period of time with barely any sl... Read more

26 Jun 2018

21mins

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Enticing Listeners To Press Play Again

Enticing Listeners To Press Play Again

That feeling you have at the end of a serialized podcast where all you want to do is press play again -- what causes tha... Read more

27 Nov 2018

29mins

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25th Anniversary Of “Ghetto Life 101”

25th Anniversary Of “Ghetto Life 101”

This year marks the 25th anniversary of one of the best -- if not the best -- radio documentary: Ghetto Life 101. Produc... Read more

29 May 2018

43mins

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Taking Control Of The Music

Taking Control Of The Music

Jim Briggs and Fernando Arruda compose music for stories at Reveal. HowSound's Rob Rosenthal talks with them about the w... Read more

8 Jan 2019

21mins

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A Sonic Conjuring

A Sonic Conjuring

On this episode, a fascinating minute of audio - the sound of war and peace reconstructed from the exact end of World Wa... Read more

5 Feb 2019

11mins

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Finding Chenjerai The Storyteller

Finding Chenjerai The Storyteller

A few years ago, Chenjerai Kumanyika went to record his narration for his first-ever radio story. And he discovered a pr... Read more

1 May 2018

22mins

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How Sruthi Tracks

How Sruthi Tracks

At a school where I taught radio, in the mic booth, there was a photo of Studs Terkel hanging on the wall. Under it, som... Read more

2 Apr 2019

15mins

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All The Sound We Can Not Hear

All The Sound We Can Not Hear

Jeff Emtmen pulled an audio sleight of hand in an episode of Hear Be Monsters about Mexican free-tail bats. It's a delig... Read more

5 Mar 2019

12mins

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The Podcast Mindset: Part 1

The Podcast Mindset: Part 1

Recording equipment? Check. Marketing plan? Check. Theme music? Check. Mindset?..... You can have all the technical and ... Read more

18 Sep 2018

28mins

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Getting Inside Someone Else’s Skin

Getting Inside Someone Else’s Skin

Every once in a while, I think HowSound should focus solely on interviewing. To heck with sound design, writing, ethics,... Read more

14 May 2019

24mins

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Sports Stories That Work

Sports Stories That Work

Bradley Campbell couldn't believe it when I told him I'd like to interview him about sports stories. He knows how much I... Read more

20 Mar 2018

19mins

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Anatomy Of A Scene

Anatomy Of A Scene

Radio producers talk about the scenes in their stories all the time. "What are the scenes in your story?" "Oh, I got som... Read more

24 Jul 2018

20mins

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