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. 23 hr ago

    Elizabeth Arnold — Have Mic, Will Travel

    In her recent obituary, NPR reporter Elizabeth Arnold is remembered as an "unstoppable, one-of-a-kind reporter." That is most evident in the stories that took her around the world with a microphone. We're honoring Elizabeth on Sound School today with a piece she produced in 2007 about her excursion to the North Pole, a place where, she said, “If anything goes wrong, nobody can help me...That’s the sense you get when you’re here — this feeling that you’re not supposed to be here.”

  2. 30 Jun

    Meditating with Platypuses, Penguins, and Wombats

    Nocturnal Worlds is certainly a curious podcast. A unique mix of science, nature, meditation, and lush soundscapes from Audiocraft, an Australian production company. Why mix science education and meditation? Olivia O'Flynn, the host and producer of Nocturnal Worlds, lays out the how and why of the show.

  3. 16 Jun

    Deploy This One Tiny Maneuver to Improve Audio Essays

    Cloe Axelson, a senior editor at WBUR, was feeling like the essays she produced that were written by listeners weren't sounding conversational enough -- until she deployed this one simple trick. It's a trick any producer could use to help narrators sound more like themselves.

  4. 2 Jun

    Witness to an Execution

    How powerful can audio storytelling be? So powerful that distraught listeners stand-up, wave their arms, and yell "Turn it off! Turn it off!" That's how good the documentary we're featuring on Sound School is.

  5. 19 May

    Jad and FayFay Talk "Fela Kuti: Fear No Man"

    Jad Abumrad and FayFay Odudu, drop some valuable audio storytelling reporting and production insights on the latest episode of Sound School. Jad and FayFay recently earned a Peabody Award for "Fela Kuti: Fear No Man," the podcast about Fela, the Nigerian saxophone player and political activist. Jad and FayFay sat down with Lesedi Mogoathle in February for an online chat sponsored by Radio Workshop. It's a valuable conversation you'll want to hear.

  6. 5 May

    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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

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

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  • Creator
    Rob Rosenthal/PRX/Transom.org
  • Years Active
    2011 - 2026
  • Episodes
    386
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Transom/PRX
  • Show Website
    Sound School Podcast

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