328 episodes
Sound School Podcast Rob Rosenthal/PRX/Transom.org
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5.0 • 11 Ratings
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The Backstory to Great Audio Storytelling, hosted by Rob Rosenthal, for Transom and PRX.
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Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative…and Ethical?
There's a moment in this episode when Rob is gasping and holding his hand to his chest. Why was he so astonished? Listen to his conversation with Jess Shane as they dissect the ethics of her Radiotopia documentary "Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative."
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Introducing Sound Judgment
Deadlines, production meetings, staff management, show scheduling... in any given day, there's rarely time to pause and consider the craft of audio storytelling. Of course, PRX and Transom hope Sound School provides an easy opportunity to do that. On this episode, we'd like to introduce you to another podcast with the same mission: Sound Judgment hosted by Elaine Appleton Grant and featuring an interview with Jonathan Menjivar about his podcast Classy.
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Thanks, NPR. That Was Satisfying.
Have NPR's news magazines occasionally been sounding more radiophonic lately? Rob thinks so. He's collected a handful of satisfying moments of writing, production, and reporting from several reporters: Daniel Estrin, Avery Keatley, Andrew Limbong, Barbara Moran, Ari Shapiro, and Andrea Shea.
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The Um, A Deep Dive
"Ums." You're supposed to cut them out, right? But what if the "um" means something? Talia Augustidis noticed her boyfriend "ummed" when he was lying and she thought "radio story." Talia takes a deep dive into the importance of not cutting out all the "ums" as well as the backstory to her piece for the BBC's Short Cuts called "What's In An Um?"
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Revisiting: Should I or Shouldn’t I — Recording in Stereo
One of the top three questions Rob often hears when he's teaching is, "Should I record in stereo?" Rob says mono is usually the way to go. But on this archive episode of Sound School, former NPR engineer Flawn Williams evangelizes about the value of stereo recordings, and he brought along several sound-rich examples.
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Small, Random, and Meaningful
In the tsunami of serialized documentary making over the last decade, what happened to the short story? Where are the one-off curious and creative sound portraits or essays or found sound or audio postcards or.... ? Last year Transom commissioned a dozen short stories as part of "Small, Random, and Meaningful." Rob features his three favorites.
Customer Reviews
I learn something with every listen!
One of my long-time favourite podcasts - a great way to learn audio and storytelling techniques, and discover interesting radio stories and podcasts. I love the format of focusing on a single story, interviewing its maker and hearing about the creative process. All with convivial, warm, expert host Rob Rosanthal. Highly recommended!!
The best guide to audio journalism
I listen to Rob / Howsound every time there's a new episode up. For years Rob's show (and his guests and their stories) has been a steady guide for me on my media path. Apart from being a 'how-to' for professionals and budding producers, each episode of Howsound is just a really interesting listen.
A must for radio professionals
You can find heaps of podcasts about all sorts of topics but How Sound is one of the very few (actually the only one I am aware of) specifically designed about the craft of radio production, analysed through examples that bring to you amazing podcasts to further explore. I love the pace, the length, the degree of technical advise / analysis of every single episode. How Sound has given me lots of ideas, things to think about and lots of incredibly interesting podcasts I didn't know about. I highly recommend How Sound to anyone interested in creating radio production.