Sound School Podcast

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

  1. 8 H FA

    Revisiting: Nausea and Forehead Mics - Reporting in Zero Gravity

    Almost every reporting trip has its pitfalls. Andrew Leland's story for Radiolab in 2022 had more than most including nausea, flying in the equivalent of zero gravity, and his blindness. On this encore episode of Sound School, Andrew lays out how he navigated it all.

    20 min

  2. 21 APR

    Salman Khan’s March to “More Muslim”

    You could describe it as a long walk. Or a climb up a hill. But, it seems like Salman Khan's path to launching a new podcast was more like a slow, persistent march. Hear how Salman practically willed "More Muslim" into existence on the latest Sound School. It's inspiring.

    19 min

  3. 7 APR

    Silence Is Worth Your Time

    Back when I worked at radio stations, people joked "Silence is bad juju." We're not supposed to include much, if any, silence in audio stories -- for broadcast or podcast. Noam Hassenfeld went the opposite direction and embraced silence -- lots of it! -- on a recent episode of Unexplainable, the science podcast from Vox. Noam explains how he craftily deployed silence in his storytelling on this episode of Sound School.

    23 min

  4. 24 MAR

    Revisiting: A Cow A Day

    The first question I had to ask Pejk Malinovsky was "Why the hell did you think that would make for a good radio story?" Of course it was. Pejk followed a cow for eleven hours recording her every move and turned it into a 30-minute documentary. Naturally, Pejk answered saying "A cow a day keeps the boredom away." Find out what he means on this episode of Sound School.

    25 min

  5. 10 MAR

    Dialing In the Audio Flux Podcast

    Julie Shapiro and John Delore made a pilot for the Audio Flux podcast. Okay, now what? How did they go from pilot in 2024 to podcast in late 2025? On this episode of Sound School, a deep dive comparing the Audio Flux pilot to the first episode of the podcast and the thinking behind Julie and John's production choices.

    33 min

  6. 24 FEB

    The Naked Pitch

    Short Cuts said no. WNYC said no. Hell Gate said no. Even Transom said no. Finally, after about six months of pitching, Will Coley heard "Yes." Will regales us with his story of how he made it to "yes" with his pitch about public nudity on the latest Sound School.

    14 min

  7. 10 FEB

    Revisiting - Don't Write, Tell

    Noel King says first things first. Before writing a story, take a friend to a bar and tell them the story. On this archive episode of Sound School, Noel says that's the approach she took back when she reported for Planet Money and it worked like a charm. Her writing was more like telling.

    13 min

  8. 27 GEN

    Reporting on Emotions in South Africa

    Twenty-one year old reporter Kabir Jagram says young men in South Africa are stoic. Holding back emotions is a survival mechanism in a country wracked with youth unemployment and that can lead to serious mental health issues. So, how then, as a young man himself struggling with expressing feelings, did Kabir manage to produce a captivating radio documentary about emotions?

    19 min
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Descrizione

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

Informazioni

  • Creatore
    Rob Rosenthal/PRX/Transom.org
  • Anni di attività
    2011 - 2026
  • Puntate
    381
  • Classificazione
    Contenuti adatti a tutti
  • Copyright
    © Transom/PRX
  • Sito web del podcast
    Sound School Podcast

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