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.

Pieces

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Studs Terkel would be 100 today! We mark the occasion with an excerpt from the radio doc "Working with Studs."

  • Added: May 16, 2012
  • Length: 00:23:39
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With This American Life and Mike Daisey in mind, Columbia University's John Dinges offers a primer on fact checking.

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: May 02, 2012
  • Length: 00:20:27
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Katie Klocksin on the hunt for the weird.
Wanna find a good story? Hunt for the weird.

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Apr 18, 2012
  • Length: 00:14:16
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Brian Reed — with tape rolling — wades into a lagoon on Kirabati to learn how high the sea has risen., Credit: Claire Anterea
This American Life producer Brian Reed employs, with great effect, the old writing maxim "show, don't tell" in his radio stories.

  • Added: Apr 04, 2012
  • Length: 00:14:36
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For years, Jen Nathan has felt guilty about a story she produced. Only now is she able to speak publicly.

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 00:16:06
  • Purchases: 1
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Robert Krulwich on drama, narrative voice, and the day gorilla cages changed forever.

Bought by KUT and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Mar 07, 2012
  • Length: 00:31:47
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Whitney Jones
Whitney Jones tells a powerful story about leaving the Mormon Church.

Bought by KUT and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Feb 22, 2012
  • Length: 00:21:04
  • Purchases: 2
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Stretch your ears on the latest HowSound. We feature "Chorus of Refuge" by Ann Heppermann, Kara Oehler, and Jason Cady.

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
  • Length: 00:15:06
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Kelly McEvers
Kelly McEvers is a mic-slinger. Draws from the hip. Records with precision. Not afraid. (Okay, maybe a little bit afraid.)

Bought by Public Radio Remix, KUT, and KBRP Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 25, 2012
  • Length: 00:18:12
  • Purchases: 3
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A youth-produced commentary on Aspberger's syndrome.

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jan 20, 2012
  • Length: 00:14:59
  • Purchases: 1
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99% Invisible is my new favorite podcast. A little bit RadioLab, a touch of This American Life, and a lot of Roman Mars, the producer. There’s ever...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jan 20, 2012
  • Length: 00:19:14
  • Purchases: 1
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Creative inspiration, podcasting, and motherhood with Hillary Frank.

Bought by KUT and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jan 20, 2012
  • Length: 00:24:46
  • Purchases: 2
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Imagine this: You’ve met a total character. She’s kind of eccentric. She has forty-one animals in her backyard and it’s not a farm. And, just abou...

Bought by Public Radio Remix and KBRP Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 20, 2012
  • Length: 00:08:25
  • Purchases: 2
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Producer Joe Richman understands the power and pleasure of storytelling with archive tape.

Bought by WRPI, KUT, and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jan 20, 2012
  • Length: 00:22:49
  • Purchases: 3
Series: HowSound
From HowSound
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There seems to be a trend afoot in documentary radio — working directly with musicians to compose music for a story. In fact, some producers are us...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2012
  • Length: 00:14:13
Caption: Tobacco warehouse, Richmond, Virginia, circa 1918.
Keys to good storytelling: strong, simple writing; solid voicing; professional recording and mixing; compelling characters; a seductive narrative; ...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2012
  • Length: 00:13:39
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First person essay meets sound art in a story about seizures.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2012
  • Length: 00:11:21
Caption: Natural gas well. , Credit: Long Haul Productions
A little bit of criticism is okay. It’s good to hear constructive (and, sometimes, not-so-constructive) feedback. However, a LOT of criticism, espe...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jan 20, 2012
  • Length: 00:21:42
  • Purchases: 1
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Katie Davis doesn’t look very far for the stories she produces. In fact, they often come to her…. on her front porch.

Bought by KBRP Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 20, 2012
  • Length: 00:12:23
  • Purchases: 1
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The amount of effort Sally Herships put into her first investigative journalism piece….. well, it’s enough to drive you to smoke!

Bought by KBRP Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 20, 2012
  • Length: 00:15:19
  • Purchases: 1