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Navigating Mongolia With Fixers Nov 12, 2019

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Emily Kwong had never been to Mongolia. She doesn't speak the language. She didn't know her way around. It was winter and very cold. She was in-country alone -- no fellow producer. The only way she was able to successfully report on climate change and migration was to hire incredible fixers.

Scoring Stories: Part 2 Oct 29, 2019

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Rob talks specifically about how to bring music in and out of a story. And, then, he takes a stab at the impossible: explaining one aspect of how to select music to use for scoring.

Scoring Stories: Part 1 Oct 15, 2019

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How do you score a story with music is one of the most frequent questions, HowSound's Rob Rosenthal is asked. Up now, the first of two episodes on the fundamentals of using music in stories.

Interviewing For Emotions Oct 01, 2019

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HowSound listeners always seem to want tips on interviewing. Liz Mak of Snap Judgement delivers on this episode with her approach to interviewing for emotions.

Jaw-Dropping Clips Sep 17, 2019

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Get your ears on for this episode. Rob presents clips from podcasts that made his jaw drop including Love + Radio, The Ballad of Billy Balls, and Have You Heard George's Podcast.

Anything Can Happen. That's The Best Part. Sep 03, 2019

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Reporting in the field can be chaos. Anything can happen. NPR host Noel King says that's the best part of being a journalist -- chasing a story that's ever-shifting.

Bellwether's Speculative Journalism Aug 21, 2019

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In 2017, producer Sam Greenspan took a leap. He left his producing job at 99% Invisible for... well, he wasn't exactly sure at the time. Now, two years later, Sam's launched Bellwether, a podcast employing speculative journalism to tell stories about the future. The show is a unique mix of reporting, science fiction, and radio drama.

HowSound Reviews "Song Exploder" Aug 06, 2019

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In an effort to try something new, Rob offers another podcast review. This time, "Song Exploder" from Radiotopia.

HowSound Reviews "Stay Free: The Story Of The Clash" Jul 23, 2019

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Despite hours of great material, there are a couple things about Spotify's "Stay Free: The Story of the Clash" that really make Rob cranky.

The Hidden Work Of An Associate Producer Jul 09, 2019

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Who are all those people at the end of an episode of Reply All, given credit for putting it together? One of them is Jessica Yung. She's an Associate Producer. On this episode of HowSound we shine a light on Jessica's hidden work as an AP.

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