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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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Episodes
  • Writing Like TV in a Podcast

    Writing Like TV in a Podcast
    Sep 9 2025

    Writing like it's a television drama complete with instructions for a camera operator. That's an unusual maneuver for a podcast. One I'd never heard before. Neither had Susan Burton until she wrote that way herself in the latest season of The Retrievals, a production from Serial and The New York Times.


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    28 mins
  • Fill Your Pockets With Endings

    Fill Your Pockets With Endings
    Aug 26 2025

    NPR's Robert Smith says when he's writing and gets to the end of a story he has empty pockets. He's used all the good stuff and left nothing for the end. To combat that problem, Robert studied endings from some of his favorite reporters and put together a list of categories that broadly describe memorable story endings.
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    22 mins
  • Sound Design - Don't Say Rabbit, See Rabbit

    Sound Design - Don't Say Rabbit, See Rabbit
    Aug 12 2025

    "Don't say rabbit, see rabbit." Write it on a sticky note and post it where you can see it at all times. It's a mantra that will save you from cheesy sound design.

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    16 mins
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