The Backstory to Great Audio Storytelling, hosted by Rob Rosenthal, for Transom and PRX.
There's a moment in this episode when Rob is gasping and holding his hand to his chest. Why was he s
Deadlines, production meetings, staff management, show scheduling... in any given day, there's rarel
Have NPR's news magazines occasionally been sounding more radiophonic lately? Rob thinks so. He's co
"Ums." You're supposed to cut them out, right? But what if the "um" means something? Talia Augustidi
One of the top three questions Rob often hears when he's teaching is, "Should I record in stereo?" R
In the tsunami of serialized documentary making over the last decade, what happened to the short sto
In honor of World Radio Day this week, The Sound School Podcast is celebrating with a story that exe
Katz Laszlo says writing and tracking for herself is complicated enough. But it's an even greater ch
It's a brave thing to share the outtakes from a tracking session. All the blemishes are right there.
While there were many great podcasts released in 2023, no one will remember the year as a good one f
Rob takes himself to task on this episode. He felt the beginning of the last episode of Sound School
Theo Greenly reports for a public radio station in the far-flung Aleutian Islands in Alaska. When he
Fiction should stay in its corner, non-fiction in its corner. Or so Rob thought until he heard produ
Catherine Carr has turned vox into artful conversation with a deceptively simple question: Where are
Studs Terkel is considered by many to be a patron saint of documentary radio journalism. It's been 1
Rob acts as a story DJ on this episode, featuring excerpts from stories he’s recently found pleasing
What do radio producers Phoebe Judge (Criminal), Zoe Chase (This American Life), Greg Warner (Rough
This year's Third Coast Festival winners and finalists produced incredible work. It got us thinking
It's unusual for a producer to share a work in progress. It's rarer still to do it twice. Nina Porzu
Rebecca Hersher, a climate science reporter at NPR, offers excellent tips on reporting on climate ch
