Ranked #1
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
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14mins
Ranked #2
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
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18mins
Ranked #3
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
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24mins
Ranked #4
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
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13mins
Ranked #5
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
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14mins
Ranked #6
Recording Binaurally
Recording Binaurally
All you need to know for this episode is this: Listen with your best headphones!
15 May 2018
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18mins
Ranked #7
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
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20mins
Ranked #8
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
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22mins
Ranked #9
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
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21mins
Ranked #10
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
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29mins
Ranked #11
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
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43mins
Ranked #12
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
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21mins
Ranked #13
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
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11mins
Ranked #14
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
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22mins
Ranked #15
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
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15mins
Ranked #16
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
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12mins
Ranked #17
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
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28mins
Ranked #18
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
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24mins
Ranked #19
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
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19mins
Ranked #20
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
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20mins