Sound School Podcast
The Backstory to Great Audio Storytelling, hosted by Rob Rosenthal, for Transom and PRX.
- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 22 minutes
- Episodes
- 364
- Years Active
- 2011 - 2025
Gas Mask? Check. Bullet Proof Vest? Check...What to Wear When the Reporting Gets Dangerous
When the reporting gets violent, the reporter suits up. Casey Martin of KUOW tells stories about staying safe on the front lines of reporting during the violence of the BLM and far-right protests of …
00:12:56 |
Tue 16 Feb 2021
Eavesdropping on the Insurrection
There are a lot of photographs and incredible footage from the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th. But wait until you hear the startling, unguarded conversations between the rioters that…
00:14:01 |
Tue 02 Feb 2021
Perk Up Your Ears!
If Dr. Suess was going to write a book about podcasting, he'd probably call it "Oh, The Sounds You'll Hear!" That's what's in store for you on this episode of HowSound. From an Inuit oral history pro…
00:36:44 |
Tue 19 Jan 2021
Bow Glacier Asserting Its Existence
What's the sound of climate change? Walk down 7th Avenue in Calgary and you just might hear it thanks to "Herald/Harbinger," a sound installation from data artist Ben Rubin.
00:13:25 |
Tue 05 Jan 2021
How Do You Know a Story is Worthy of a Podcast Series?
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone says, "I think that story would make a great podcast series." In my head I usually think, "Nope. Wouldn't work." But why? How do you know you have a story…
00:21:06 |
Tue 22 Dec 2020
Show, Don't Tell
It's always good to be reminded of the best writing practices. That's why we dusted off this old episode of HowSound with This American Life's Brian Reed about the writing maxim "show, don't tell."
00:15:40 |
Tue 08 Dec 2020
Nancy Was Here
Raise a mic in the air with Rob in honor of "Nancy," the now-cancelled podcast from WNYC about the LGBTQ experience.
00:30:24 |
Tue 24 Nov 2020
Things I Like
Cleaning out the "closet" of audio stories and found a few choice cuts to share from podcasts like Resistance, Louder Than A Riot, and Latino USA.
00:32:46 |
Tue 10 Nov 2020
Portraying Character
Chana Joffe-Walt is one of my fav writers. She excels at portraying character. Chana and I listen to some of her ninja moves from "Nice White Parents," the podcast she reported and produced for Seria…
00:23:28 |
Tue 27 Oct 2020
Why So Chatty, Alex Blumberg?
If you were producing a podcast on climate change, what tone would you choose to approach the topic? Serious, right? Well, there's a lot of serious reporting in Gimlet's "How to Save a Planet." And t…
00:15:22 |
Tue 13 Oct 2020
A Night of Ear Candy
Step 1: Find a comfortable place to sit. Step 2: Make sure you’re free from interruption. Step 3: Put on headphones. Step 4: Place a mask over your eyes (or just close them). Step 5: Listen to Sam Ha…
00:23:41 |
Tue 29 Sep 2020
The Intersection of Folklore, Radio Journalism and a Pear
What do you get when you mix folklore, radio journalism, and a pear? An award-winning story from Canadian producer Rebecca Nolan that brings it all together in an unexpected way.
00:26:36 |
Tue 15 Sep 2020
The Squirm Test
From time to time, you might learn something unfavorable about a character when reporting a story. Inevitably you ask yourself: should I include this detail or not? To help answer that question, take…
00:16:27 |
Tue 01 Sep 2020
Effective Sound Effects
History podcasts face a serious problem: sound. So much documentation from the past lacks audio. The Last Archive solved the problem in a very unique way: Produce the podcast like it's a radio drama …
00:23:03 |
Tue 18 Aug 2020
Pandemic Diary
There needs to be a radio and podcasting merit badge: reporters and producers earn one when they stretch above and beyond for a story. If there was one, I would present it to Lauren Chooljian of New …
00:20:31 |
Tue 04 Aug 2020
Sound Art Meets Poetry Meets Cicadas
Rob's secret hope with every HowSound is that you'll hear creative storytelling and production and think "Oh wait! I wanna do that!" He has no doubt that Fiona Benson's and Mair Bosworth's sound poem…
00:22:23 |
Tue 21 Jul 2020
Walking In The Margins Of Journalism Ethics
Emily Green says she "walked in the margins" of journalism ethics to report a story on kidnapping at the US/Mexico border for This American Life. Emily and producer Lina Misitzis join me on this epis…
00:20:39 |
Tue 07 Jul 2020
Leave In The Question
This American Life's Sean Cole is the guest on this episode of HowSound. Rob dug this one out of the HowSound archive from 2010. It features a fantastic story Sean produced in '05 as well as a discus…
00:31:54 |
Tue 23 Jun 2020
A Feast For Your Ears
This episode is aptly named: “A Feast For Your Ears”. Rob features a handful of ear-catching clips. From a psychedelic road trip in Australia in the 1970s to a crowd-sourced poem produced by NPR to..…
00:30:26 |
Tue 09 Jun 2020
The Recesses Of Jay's Mind
You may know Jay Allison for his work on the Moth Radio Hour and in his role as the founder and executive editor of Transom. But, back in the day, Jay produced a trove of strange and ear-catching pie…
00:37:08 |
Tue 26 May 2020
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