Sound Judgment
Become a better storyteller, in audio and beyond.
Sound Judgment takes listeners into the studios — and the minds — of your favorite audio storytellers. In each episode, lifelong journalist Elaine Appleton Grant and a top host, producer or editor dive into their creative choices. It’s a revealing conversation about the storytelling craft, and it’s show and tell: Elaine plays back clips from her guest’s podcast. Tune up your storytelling by learning from today's best creators!
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- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 36 minutes
- Episodes
- 49
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2024
How Top Hosts Hook Listeners in 60 Seconds or Less
Listeners to Sound Judgment know I’m on a quest to unpack how today’s best hosts make their magic — and to define the universal skills and qualities of “hostiness.” What makes some hosts stars, while…
Secrets of Hosting In-Studio and Live from the Queen of Book Podcasts, Anne Bogel
Anne Bogel has spent the last six years of her life doing something uncanny: Every week on her hit show, What Should I Read Next, she excavates a guest’s reading life in fine detail. Then she recomme…
A host on a mission with ¿Quién Tú Eres? host Pabel Martinez
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Finding your voice with Shelter in Place host Laura Joyce Davis
Laura Joyce Davis, Host/Executive Producer, Shelter in Place
Laura Joyce Davis is the host and executive producer of Shelter in Place, which won the “Changing the World One Moment at a Time” award at …
Cinematic Storytelling with Crime Show's Emma Courtland
Emma Courtland
Emma Courtland is an award-winning podcast producer and oral historian. In 2020, she created Crime Show, an episodic documentary series "about people -- and sometimes crime." The show p…
Master the Secrets of Successful Cohosting with Pantsuit Politics
Scroll down for takeaways about co-hosting well from Sarah and Beth
About the guests: Sarah Stewart Holland and Beth Silvers host the popular podcast Pantsuit Politics, which was named one of 2021’s b…
The host defines the brand with John Barth
How to be a great host: John Barth’s takeaways
1. What is “hostiness?”
This is where John shines as both a talent recruiter and a content developer. As he says, he’s always looking for ‘the blue M&M” …
Emotional Bravery on Last Day with Stephanie Wittels Wachs
Stephanie Wittels Wachs is a longtime actor, voice-over artist, theater teacher, author and the co-founder, with Jessica Cordova Cramer, of Lemonada Media. Last Day is only one of Lemonada’s 30-plus …
Introducing Sound Judgment
The beautiful voices included in this trailer are:
John Barth
Former chief content officer, PRX
Current principal, Creative Media LLC
Stephanie Wittels Wachs
Host, Last Day
Co-Founder and Chief Creative …