Sound School Podcast

By Rob Rosenthal/PRX/Transom.org

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

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October 25, 2012 The Seance
Boo! Here's your Halloween edition of HowSound featuring "The Seance" by Bob Carlson.
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October 25, 2012 The Seance - HowSound
I wish I could tell you there are hundreds and hundreds of opportunities for independent producers to get their work on the radio. Sadly, I can’t.
But, one consistently good outlet for indy work is KCRW’s “Unfictional” radio program and podcast. Weekly, Unfictional features a half hour of creative and ear-catching work from freelancers and the program’s producer, Bob Carlson. In fact, I feature Bob’s superb story “The Seance” on today’s HowSound — it’s your Halloween treat.
If you’re an independent producer, you should check out the Unfictional podcast and KCRW’s “Independent Producer Project.” They’re taking pitches — right now!
And, speaking of opportunities for freelancers, maybe there’s one right in your backyard! Check out AIR’s Localore Project. Localore is a national initiative of the Association of Independents in Radio fostering connections between indies and local stations.
Enjoy this HowSound then go get your own work on the air!
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October 10, 2012 The Green Lawns of Texas
Avoiding the pitfalls of "parachute journalism" with Marketplace reporter Krissy Clark.
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25min
October 10, 2012 The Green Lawns of Texas - HowSound
It’s always a mystery to me — how does a reporter travel to a place they’ve never been to and report a story? It seems fraught. How can you possibly get the story right? In fact, this type of reporting is so risky it has a name, “parachute journalism,” and it’s definitely something you want to avoid.
Marketplace Reporter Krissy Clark has a strategy for combating the pitfalls of “parachute journalism.” Krissy reveals her tactics on this edition of HowSound. She talks about living in Los Angeles but reporting on the drought in west Texas — with only two days in the field. Talk about risky! And, we’ll hear her story “The Green Lawns of Texas” which was produced for the podcast Freakonomics.
As an added bonus, here’s a great collection of thoughts on getting to know a place and finding stories. It was written by students my students at the Transom Story Workshop.
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September 26, 2012 A Trip to the Dentist
You'll probably get dizzy listening to "A Trip to the Dentist," a legendary, psychedelic story from Larry Massett.
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22min
September 26, 2012 A Trip to the Dentist - HowSound
On this edition of HowSound, set the “Way-Back Machine” to 1977 for a legendary story — Larry Massett’s psychedelic “A Trip to the Dentist.”
The piece is legendary in public radio circles for two reasons. One, it was assembled on three, reel-to-reel tape decks — a process Larry says pushed the limits of the studios at NPR where it was produced and aired on All Things Considered.
Second, “A Trip to the Dentist” represents a time gone by, a time when NPR and public radio in general experimented a lot more with sound.
Maybe with the advent of Radiolab and 99% Invisible along with the popularity of the Third Coast International Audio Festival (which sold out this year, by the way), we’re seeing a return to risky, experimental story-telling. That would be a good thing, if you ask me. But I’m not quite sure we’ve reached the halcyon days of the 1970s and early 1980s when flagship public radio programs and stations encouraged and broadcast sonically challenging work.
If you’d like to hear more of Larry’s work, visit HearingVoices and Larry’s collection of pieces at PRX.
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September 12, 2012 Alleged Illegal Searches
Criminal justice reporter Ailsa Chang on her duPont-Columbia award winning story for WNYC.
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September 12, 2012 Alleged Illegal Searches - HowSound
Ailsa Chang is relatively new to reporting and boy-oh-boy did she hit the ground running. A year or so after Ailsa began reporting for WNYC in New York City, she won an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Journalism Award for her two-part series “Alleged Illegal Searches by NYPD May Be Increasing Marijuana Arrests.” In fact, Ailsa says the series was her first-ever investigative story.
On this edition of HowSound, Ailsa shares her approach to reporting the criminal justice beat in New York City. In short: make connections, confirm everything you can, be prepared to sit for long hours in court, make more connections, and report the truth.
By the way, Ailsa recently left WNYC. You may start hearing her voice on signature NPR programs reporting on economics from New York City.
9/15/12 – CORRECTION – In the podcast I state that weeks after Ailsa’s report, New York’s Governor Cuomo “introduced a proposal that would re-define marijuana misdemeanors to reduce incentives for police to conduct illegal searches and arrests.” Actually, the governor didn’t make his proposal until a more than a year after the report. It was state legislators that drafted legislation in the weeks after the report.
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22min
September 05, 2012 Passing Stranger: The East Village Poetry Walk
Pejk Malinovksy on producing audio tours including Passing Stranger: The East Village Poetry Walk
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September 05, 2012 Passing Stranger: The East Village Poetry Walk - HowSound
It used to be people would say “Oh, the 1940s and 50s, that was the Golden Age of radio.” Maybe ten years ago they were right.
Now, I’d say the 2010s are Golden Age of Radio. Take radio itself then add on satellite radio, HD radio, the internet, podcasts, mobile devices… the deluge of audio content is ridiculous. And, I didn’t even mention audio tours, the topic on this edition of HowSound.
Radio producer Pejk Malinovski has ventured into the world of producing audio tours. He thinks other radio producers should, too, if for no other reason than they both use the same tools and skill set. Pejk’s first audio tour production was Passing Stranger: The East Village Poetry Walk. On HowSound, Pejk talks about the tour and some of the differences between producing for radio and producing for a tour.
You should be sure to visit the Passing Stranger site AFTER you listen to the podcast. It’s fascinating to see how they repurposed the audio tour for the web. Insanely clever, I’d say.
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