Sound School Podcast

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Hark! The Acoustic World of Elizabethan England Jan 02, 2014

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Three radio greats -- Chris Brookes, Paolo Pietropaolo, and Alan Hall -- explore the sound of England 400 years ago along with our modern soundscape.

The Last of the Iron Lungs Dec 18, 2013

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Julia Scott says "participant observation" is a valuable reporting tool, even if it means climbing into an "iron lung" which looks like something only Dracula would lay in.

The New New Sheriff in Town Dec 04, 2013

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Headphones are mandatory for this episode of HowSound. Kathy Tu's second radio story ever will set your ears ablaze.

Just Plumb Gone Nov 20, 2013

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Mary Helen Miller encourages station-based producers to "Sneak out the back door with the tape recorder and make something good."

The Elusive Digital Stradivarius Nov 06, 2013

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David Schulman usually produces non-narrated stories on music. Recently, he stepped out of his usual style to produce a narrated science story focused on the acoustics of reproducing the sound of a Stradivarius electronically.

This Story May Be Recorded… To Save Your Life Oct 24, 2013

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Yowei Shaw amassed 325 pages of transcripts for her This American Life story on Eritrean hostages and the reporter who uncovered the story. And that was just the beginning of Yowei's long, grueling production process assembling the story.

Hafid is Free Oct 09, 2013

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"Hafid is Free" is a solid example of what a story needs when it doesn't have a narrative hook.

Heyoon Sep 25, 2013

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A recent episode of "99% Invisible" employed a dramatic recreation to bring the past to life. Producers Alex Goldman and Sam Greenspan explain how they did it.

Nodding Syndrome Sep 11, 2013

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Producer Matt Kielty wonders about "objectification" and advancing a career reporting on the suffering of others.

Autism Grows Up Aug 28, 2013

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Capital Public Radio's Catherine Stifter and jesikah maria ross (no caps) are tasked with changing the sound of the station's documentary unit.