The Sonic Lab

The Sonic Lab

A podcast made by audio artists, documentarians and journalists from around the world. Born out of New York University's audio program.

Episodes

  1. 12/18/2025

    The Art of Interviewing Strangers with Bianca Giaever

    This is our bimonthly series featuring conversations with notable audio makers and storytellers.  In today's episode, you will hear from radio producer and filmmaker Bianca Giaever She is the creator and host of the podcast Constellation Prize, distributed by The Believer Magazine. She has also worked as a producer on The New York Times audio team, hosting episodes of The Daily that include Delilah, An Obituary for the Land, and Cosmic Questions. Her film, radio, and print stories have appeared on This American Life, Radiolab, The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Believer Magazine, and the TED conference. In 2013, her college short film the Scared is scared was named "Web Video of the Year" by USA Today. Her awards include a Daytime Emmy and a Webby Award. Her latest project and upcoming film, Free Help, was profiled in The New York Times. She is currently a fellow at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University and an Associate Fellow at the Film Study Center at Harvard University. You can follow her latest on Instagram. Production Credits: This episode was produced by Mae Nagusky. Josie Fan and Aowen Cao edited it. Ahmed Ashour sound designed it and Amanda Adams composed additional music for this episode. Find out more about Amanda's music at https://www.amandaadamsmusic.com/. Myat Mon is our social media manager. Ellen Horne and Sarah Kate Kramer are our advisors. Follow our show on Instagram @thesoniclabnyu, and share your thoughts with us by emailing audiojournalism@nyu.edu

    36 min

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A podcast made by audio artists, documentarians and journalists from around the world. Born out of New York University's audio program.