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Sound School Podcast

Rob Rosenthal/PRX/Transom.org

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

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12:20

Improvisation And Structure

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2017/06/13

Sook-Yin Lee describes the combination of improvisation and structure that informs the production of Sleepover, a hit podcast from the CBC.

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19:38

Stories That Are Impossible To Pitch

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2017/05/30

Sometimes, pitching a story is the last thing you want to do. Just press record and see what happens. Jay Allison is the guest on this episode of HowSound.

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17:37

On Interviewing A Racist

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2017/05/16

"Live like the truth is true and go where love has not yet arrived." Words Al Letson of Reveal lives by, especially when interviewing a racist.

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26:38

When A Good Idea For A Podcast Is A Bad Idea For A...

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2017/05/02

Heed Arwen Nicks' warnings. Arwen explains when a good idea for a podcast is really a terrible idea for a podcast.

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12:28

Avoiding Pesky Recording Problems

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2017/04/18

Never say to yourself: "I'll fix it in the mix." Fixing recording mistakes in the studio can lead to more problems. Instead, prevent issues before they happen. Rob Byers, from NPR's Training Team has tips for avoiding basic, pesky recording problems.

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22:43

Dead Mom Talking

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2017/04/04

Rachel Matlow had a head slappingly simple idea: make a conversation out of the interviews she recorded with her mom after her mom died. But, simple it was not. Rachel explains the backstory on her Third Coast award-winning doc.

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14:21

Reporting On Whiteness

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2017/03/21

The series "Seeing White" is essential listening. John Biewen reports on whiteness and white people for his podcast "Scene on Radio."

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18:31

Intimate Interviewing

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2017/03/07

How does Lu Olkowski get such intimate interview tape? She shares some of her approaches including a couple that are a bit unorthodox, I'd say.

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14:36

Rethinking A Podcast Top To Bottom

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2017/02/21

After 5 years producing a successful podcast, Aaron Hendkin & Wendel Jenkins of WYPR's "Out of the Blocks" have decided to remake the show. On this first of 2 episodes, they introduce us to the podcast and the process they're using to make change.

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20:15

Sound As The Protagonist

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2017/02/07

Take a deep sonic dive as we listen to "Jump Blue," by Nicolas Jackson and Afonica. Remember to hold your breath.

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18:09

Shaking Up Storytelling Formulas

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2017/01/24

Did Robert Smith of Planet Money go to far to make the uninteresting interesting? Robert talks about using "Oblique Strategies" for reporting an arcane topic in economics.

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22:03

Buried Treasures, Again

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2017/01/10

Get your headphones ready and listen! Two buried treasures from Transom students. A story about domestic violence. Another about eels.

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13:40

Morphing Print Essays Into Radio

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2016/12/27

Some print essays make great radio. Jay Cowit, Technical Director for The Takeaway, tells us how they recently did it.

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14:18

Composing Music For Stories On This American Life

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2016/12/13

A lot of the music This American Life uses to score stories is composed for the program. Producer Jonathan Menjivar and musician Matthias Bossi of Stellwagen Symphonette talk about the music that works and doesn't work for the show.

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15:52

On Your Mark. Get Set. Start Your Story.

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2016/11/29

There are no rules about starting a story but, there are some common approaches. Jessica Terrell dissects several story-starting tricks she used in the first episode of Offshore, the podcast about the off-beat side of Hawaii.

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19:22

The Blindsiding Twist

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2016/11/15

Story twists are the hallmark of Love + Radio. Nick van der Kolk dissects the blind-siding reveal in "A Girl of Ivory."

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26:19

Story Structure: The ‘e’

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2016/11/01

Rob dissects an episode of 99% Invisible to reveal a common but effective story structure -- the 'e.'

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18:46

Narrating To An Audience

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2016/10/18

Outside/In host Sam Evans Brown narrated the first few minutes of an episode of the podcast just fine -- really well, in fact. Then he switched gears and brought two colleagues into the studio to tell them a portion of the story. Why?

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21:30

The Evolution Of A Story

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2016/10/04

A son. A father. And an alien abduction. What more do you need to know?!

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13:25

Doorstepping: The Uninvited Interview

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2016/09/20

Approaching a stranger on the street for an interview, pretty easy. "Doorstepping," knocking on the door of a house or entering a business for an interview uninvited, not so easy. Producer Nina Perry on her "doorstepping" interview for More Perfect.

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