HowSound

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  • Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts

HowSound is a bi-weekly podcast pulling back the curtain on radio storytelling. From fieldwork and recording techniques to narrative and ethics, HowSound explores the ins-and-outs of radio production.

Each episode highlights the work of independent producers such as Dave Isay, Joe Richman, Hillary Frank, and Dmae Roberts.

HowSound is produced by Rob Rosenthal for PRX.

The podcasts are available as free MP3 streams and downloads on iTunes, other podcast directories, and here at PRX.

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#48 - Josh, Growing Up With Tourette's
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Happy Birthday to Teenage Diaries! To mark the occasion and the production of five updated stories, HowSound features a story dissection with produ...

  • Added: May 08, 2013
  • Length: 36:48
#47 - The Vietnam Tapes of Lance Corporal Michael A. Baronowski
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A tip for figuring out your top ten radio documentaries: Start with The Vietnam Tapes of Lance Corporal Michael A. Baronowski by Christina Egloff w...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 23:17
#46 - Recording in Remote Locations
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Headed out to report in a faraway place? Dan Grossman says "Be prepared." Dan shares intriguing sounds and important field preparation tips on this...

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  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 14:33
  • Purchases: 1
#45 - My Kingdom For Some Structure
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Producer Bradley Campbell says story structure is a like using Google Maps for directions, it shows you were to go. For this episode of HowSound, B...

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  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 13:44
  • Purchases: 2
#44 - Generation Putin
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Producers Jessica Partnow and Sarah Stuteville talk about the travails of overseas reporting in the former Soviet Union for their latest documentar...

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  • Added: Mar 13, 2013
  • Length: 21:16
  • Purchases: 1
#43 - What If There Was No Destiny?
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If only there was a quadratic equation for ethics, right? Plug in the variables and the equation spits out the answers. No such luck which means we...

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  • Added: Feb 27, 2013
  • Length: 20:24
  • Purchases: 2
#42 - Curious City
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"Curious City" loves the local. Hear how this project at WBEZ brings listeners into the making of radio and on-line content.

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  • Added: Feb 13, 2013
  • Length: 14:22
  • Purchases: 2
#41 - Three Records from Sundown
From: HowSound
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Striking the right tone. "Three Records from Sundown" by Charles Maynes sets the perfect tone to relate the music and life of singer Nick Drake.

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  • Added: Jan 30, 2013
  • Length: 33:25
  • Purchases: 1
#40 - Tiny Spark
From: HowSound
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"Tiny Spark" is an impressive new podcast from Amy Costello. Amy produces in-depth investigative stories about non-profits and foundations.

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  • Added: Jan 16, 2013
  • Length: 25:35
  • Purchases: 1
#39 - The Tale of Lot 180
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WLRN reporter Kenny Malone offers his strategy for creative storytelling: a clever central question, story motion, and place.

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  • Added: Jan 02, 2013
  • Length: 19:59
  • Purchases: 2
#38 - 'Til Death Do Us Part
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Producers Sara Archambault and Heather Radke talk about how they responded when characters in stories they produced died.

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  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 29:14
  • Purchases: 2
#37 - Leaving A Mark
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You'll want to listen twice to Emily Hsiao's conversation with a man who wants his swastika tattoo removed.

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  • Added: Dec 05, 2012
  • Length: 20:45
  • Purchases: 1
#36 - The Burning Question
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"All Things Considered" host Audie Cornish interviewed about interviewing.

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  • Added: Nov 21, 2012
  • Length: 16:56
  • Purchases: 1
#35 - Jad's Brain
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Okay, we're goin' in! Grab your earbuds and don your spelunking light. Our destination? Jad Abumrad's brain.

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  • Added: Nov 07, 2012
  • Length: 17:06
  • Purchases: 2
#34 - The Seance
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Boo! Here's your Halloween special from HowSound featuring "The Seance" from Bob Carlson.

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  • Added: Oct 24, 2012
  • Length: 26:27
  • Purchases: 1
#33 - The Green Lawns of Texas
From: HowSound
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Avoiding the pitfalls of "parachute journalism" with Marketplace reporter Krissy Clark.

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  • Added: Oct 10, 2012
  • Length: 24:17
  • Purchases: 2
# 32 - A Trip to the Dentist
From: HowSound
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You'll get dizzy listening to "A Trip to the Dentist," a legendary, psychedelic story from Larry Massett, produced in 1977.

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2012
  • Length: 21:20
  • Purchases: 2
Alleged Illegal Searches
From: HowSound
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Criminal justice reporter Ailsa Chang on her duPont-Columbia award winning story for WNYC.

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  • Added: Sep 12, 2012
  • Length: 21:55
  • Purchases: 2
Passing Stranger: The East Village Walking Tour
From: HowSound
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Pejk Malinovksy on producing audio tours including Passing Stranger: The East Village Poetry Walk

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  • Added: Sep 05, 2012
  • Length: 12:34
  • Purchases: 2
#29 - She Sees Your Every Move
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A LONG overdue HowSound on scoring --- using music in a story.

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  • Added: Aug 22, 2012
  • Length: 22:47
  • Purchases: 2

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