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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#29 - She Sees Your Every Move
From: HowSound
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A LONG overdue HowSound on scoring --- using music in a story.

Bought by KUT and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Aug 22, 2012
  • Length: 22:47
  • Purchases: 2
#28 - Dissecting Joanne Rosser, Papermaker
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I hope you're not squeamish. On this HowSound, I take the scalpel to a profile on papermaker Joanne Rosser. I peel back the surface of the story to...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Aug 08, 2012
  • Length: 16:18
  • Purchases: 1
#27 - One Species at a Time
From: HowSound
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Science reporter Ari Daniel Shapiro spills the beans on his secret to clear and understandable science reporting.

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jul 25, 2012
  • Length: 15:46
  • Purchases: 1
#26 - The Secret
From: HowSound
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Canadian producer Carma Jolly on first-person essays.

Bought by KVNF, KUT, and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jul 11, 2012
  • Length: 18:58
  • Purchases: 3
#25 - Stand-Ups
From: HowSound
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If NPR reporter Robert Smith isn't the king of the stand-up, he surely is the prince. Robert lays out his methodology for solid stand-ups.

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jun 27, 2012
  • Length: 16:04
  • Purchases: 1
#24 - Two Cape Cods
From: HowSound
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Radio reporter Sean Corcoran talks about making the leap from print to radio reporting.

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jun 13, 2012
  • Length: 15:49
  • Purchases: 1
#23 - Mighty Tiny
From: HowSound
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There's a compelling story to be found in every day life, even a ukulele orchestra.

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: May 30, 2012
  • Length: 10:30
  • Purchases: 1
#22 - Happy Birthday Studs
From: HowSound
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Studs Terkel would be 100 today! We mark the occasion with an excerpt from the radio doc "Working with Studs."

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: May 16, 2012
  • Length: 23:39
  • Purchases: 1
#21 - Fact Check This
From: HowSound
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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: 20:27
  • Purchases: 1
#20 - Bucky's Dome
From: HowSound
Caption: Katie Klocksin on the hunt for the weird.
Wanna find a good story? Hunt for the weird.

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  • Added: Apr 18, 2012
  • Length: 14:16
  • Purchases: 1
#19 - Show, Don't Tell
From: HowSound
Series: HowSound
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.

Bought by KUT and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Apr 04, 2012
  • Length: 14:36
  • Purchases: 2
#18 - A Square Meal Regardless
From: HowSound
Series: HowSound
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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 KUT and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 16:06
  • Purchases: 2
#17 - Krulwich on Gorilla Cage Drama
From: HowSound
Series: HowSound
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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: 31:47
  • Purchases: 2
#16 - Leaving
From: HowSound
Series: HowSound
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: 21:04
  • Purchases: 2
#15 - Chorus of Refuge
From: HowSound
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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 KUT and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
  • Length: 15:06
  • Purchases: 2
#14 - The Pirate
From: HowSound
Series: HowSound
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: 18:12
  • Purchases: 3
#13 - Different, Not Disabled
From: HowSound
Series: HowSound
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A youth-produced commentary on Aspberger's syndrome.

Bought by KUT and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jan 20, 2012
  • Length: 14:59
  • Purchases: 2
#12 - 99% Invisible
From: HowSound
Series: HowSound
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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 KBGA 89.9 FM and KUT


  • Added: Jan 20, 2012
  • Length: 19:14
  • Purchases: 2
#11 - The Longest, Shortest Time
From: HowSound
Series: HowSound
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Creative inspiration, podcasting, and motherhood with Hillary Frank.

Bought by KUT and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jan 20, 2012
  • Length: 24:46
  • Purchases: 2
#10 - Veronica's Backyard
From: HowSound
Series: HowSound
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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 KUT, Public Radio Remix, and KBRP Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 20, 2012
  • Length: 08:25
  • Purchases: 3

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Rob Rosenthal (Admin)
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