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Sound School Podcast

Sound School Podcast

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

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  • Revisiting - Don't Write, Tell

    Revisiting - Don't Write, Tell
    Feb 10 2026

    Noel King says first things first. Before writing a story, take a friend to a bar and tell them the story. On this archive episode of Sound School, Noel says that's the approach she took back when she reported for Planet Money and it worked like a charm. Her writing was more like telling.


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    13 mins
  • Reporting on Emotions in South Africa

    Reporting on Emotions in South Africa
    Jan 27 2026

    Twenty-one year old reporter Kabir Jagram says young men in South Africa are stoic. Holding back emotions is a survival mechanism in a country wracked with youth unemployment and that can lead to serious mental health issues. So, how then, as a young man himself struggling with expressing feelings, did Kabir manage to produce a captivating radio documentary about emotions?

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    19 mins
  • What If the Main Character Narrates?

    What If the Main Character Narrates?
    Jan 13 2026

    We're starting the new year with an antidote to 2025 -- two episodes featuring inspiring early-career producers. On this episode, 28-year-old Anna Van Dine from Vermont who deployed an unusual storytelling maneuver that Rob hasn't heard in years.

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    19 mins
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