How Sound
By Rob Rosenthal/PRX
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Podcast Description
THE BACKSTORY TO GREAT RADIO STORYTELLING
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Mighty Tiny | There's a compelling story to be found in every day life, even a ukulele orchestra. | 5/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Happy Birthday Studs! | Studs Terkel, America's interviewer, would be 100 today! Happy Birthday Studs!! | 5/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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3 |
Fact Check This | With This American Life and Mike Daisey in mind, Columbia University's John Dinges talks about fact checking. | 5/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bucky’s Dome | Wanna find a good story? Hunt for the weird. | 4/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Show, Don’t Tell | This American Life producer Brian Reed employs, with great effect, the old writing maxim "show, don't tell" in his radio stories. | 4/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Square Meal, Regardless | For years, Jen Nathan has felt guilty about a documentary story she produced. Only now is she willing to speak about it publicly. | 3/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Krulwich on Gorilla Cage Drama | Robert Krulwich on drama, narrative voice, and the day gorilla cages changed for ever. | 3/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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8 |
Leaving | Whitney Jones tells a powerful story about leaving the Mormon Church. | 2/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Chorus of Refuge | This HowSound will stretch your ears with a sound art piece by Kara Oehler, Jason Cady, and Ann Heppermann. | 2/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Pirate | Kelly McEvers is a mic-slinger. Draws from the hip. Records with precision. Not afraid. (Okay, maybe a little bit afraid.) | 1/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Different, Not Disabled | A quick primer on youth radio and a commentary about Aspbergers syndrome by seventeen year old Ian Kathen. | 1/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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99% Invisible | Roman Mars waxes about the design of his podcast on..... design. | 12/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Longest, Shortest Time | Hillary Franks talks about microcassettes, boomboxes, podcasting, and motherhood. | 12/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Veronica’s Backyard | What do you do when you have a story that's not a story? | 11/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Plane That Flew Into the Empire State Building | Joe Richman on the power and pleasure of storytelling with archive tape. | 11/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Kohn | Andy Mills won "Best New Artist" at the 2011 Third Coast Filmless Festival. Well deserved. Have a listen. | 11/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Edward Stephenson, Tobacco Auctioneer | John Biewen from the Center for Documentary Studies describes "sure-handedness" in radio storytelling. | 10/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Seizure’s Lament | What sound does a seizure make? Listen to Carma Jolly's stunning first person account. | 10/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Natural State | Scathing comments. Dan Collison and Elizabeth Meister talk about how to handle tough reviews from listeners. | 9/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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20 |
Inner-City Reality Check | In "Inner-City Reality Check," Katie Davis taps on America's shoulder after 9/11 and says "look over here for a second, please." | 9/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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21 |
The Five Percent Rule | Sally Herships talks about the overwhelming effort that went into her first investigative journalism story. | 8/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Fighting With My Dad | "I can’t think of anything more fraught than doing a story that explores intimate things about your relationship with your parents." RIchard Paul on this edition of HowSound | 8/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Four Feet Under | Producer Clay Bolton digs deep for the universal in a story about gravediggers. (Pun intended.) | 7/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 23 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Great Show!
I was a big fan of SaltCast before the name change and this first episode proves nothing has been lost in the transition. How Sound is perfect for anyone trying to learn how to make radio, or anyone who just loves great public radio pieces and wants to peek behind the scenes. Highly recommended.
How Sound
I loved Saltcast and the new podcast is brilliant too!
Great Resource
Rob is a great teacher and his presentation of the material is excellent. Great stories featured as well. Anyone interested in storytelling will love this program.
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