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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
  • Deploy This One Tiny Maneuver to Improve Audio Essays

    Deploy This One Tiny Maneuver to Improve Audio Essays
    Jun 16 2026

    Cloe Axelson, a senior editor at WBUR, was feeling like the essays she produced that were written by listeners weren't sounding conversational enough -- until she deployed this one simple trick. It's a trick any producer could use to help narrators sound more like themselves.
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    17 mins
  • Witness to an Execution

    Witness to an Execution
    Jun 2 2026

    How powerful can audio storytelling be? So powerful that distraught listeners stand-up, wave their arms, and yell "Turn it off! Turn it off!" That's how good the documentary we're featuring on Sound School is.

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    27 mins
  • Jad and FayFay Talk "Fela Kuti: Fear No Man"

    Jad and FayFay Talk "Fela Kuti: Fear No Man"
    May 19 2026

    Jad Abumrad and FayFay Odudu, drop some valuable audio storytelling reporting and production insights on the latest episode of Sound School. Jad and FayFay recently earned a Peabody Award for "Fela Kuti: Fear No Man," the podcast about Fela, the Nigerian saxophone player and political activist. Jad and FayFay sat down with Lesedi Mogoathle in February for an online chat sponsored by Radio Workshop. It's a valuable conversation you'll want to hear.

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    46 mins
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