Allston, Massachusetts: August 7 – August 13, 2017 The PRX Podcast Garage is hosting a week-long Transom Traveling Workshop in audio storytelling. Ten beginning-level students will get seven days of intensive training. Apply Class and Cost The fee for the week is $1,806 and includes: Training by Rob Rosenthal, lead instructor for the Transom Story Workshop,…
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Intro from Jay Allison: Cathy FitzGerald understands that sound is entrancing, and that it is capable of more than stories; our work can contain magic. Cathy’s manifesto is a lovely reminder that we should sometimes just STOP explaining, telling, expounding–and remember to weave a bit of wonder. If you’re stuck in the usual narrative modes…
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http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/media.blubrry.com/howsound/p/newcdn.transom.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/On-Your-Mark.-Get-Set.-Start-Your-Story.mp3DownloadListen to “On Your Mark. Get Set. Start Your Story.” There are no rules. You can start a story anyway you like. That said, there are some fairly common approaches to beginning a story and the opening episode of Offshore employs quite a few. Offshore is a podcast about the unusual side of Hawaii. The first season…
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http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/media.blubrry.com/howsound/p/newcdn.transom.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/The-Blindsiding-Twist.mp3DownloadListen to “The Blindsiding Twist” Editors note: Spoiler alert! This blog post and episode of HowSound gives away a stunning plot twist in an episode of Love + Radio. You may want to listen to “A Girl of Ivory” first. In an episode of Longform, reporter Jack Hitt likens storytellers to people who collect string….
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Intro from Jay Allison: For our “In Conversation” series, Jenna Weiss-Berman (Pineapple Street Media) and Laura Walker (WNYC) sat down together to ponder public media, podcasting, and our future. They covered mission, diversity, disruption, and the stuff they like. It’s encouraging to hear Jenna and Laura enjoying each other and their work. This charming and…
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Bryan Stevenson explains how it feels to grow up black amid Confederate monuments – Vox clockmore-arrow “I think we have to increase our shame — and I don’t think shame is a bad thing.” Read More.
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BuzzFeed’s Another Round has been named one of iTunes’ top podcasts and won a Webby for Best Podcast. Now its signature brand of shrewd hilarity is headed right to your inbox. In case you’re not in the know, Another Round is BuzzFeed’s boozy and culture-savvy podcast covering everything from Black Lives Matter to the unique…
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When Fifty Shades of Grey caught fire in 2011, many pointed to e-readers like the Amazon Kindle. Self-conscious housewives were more apt to enjoy erotica because no one could judge the book by its cover, the theory went. This would bode well for podcasts. Twenty-four percent of Americans—67 million people—listened to a podcast in February. That’s up from 17 percent in…
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You’ve heard of MailChimp. And if you’ve followed the ad industry or listened to any podcasts over the past year-plus, you know what it isn’t: a shrimp, a blimp, a limp, or any other adorably rhyming object. But what does the company sell, exactly? According to the latest campaign from creative agency of record Droga5,…
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Subscribe to A Twin Peaks Podcast: A Podcast About Twin Peaks – on iTunes, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts – to unwrap the mysteries in EW’s after-show every Monday during the Showtime revival. Note: This post contains spoilers from the first two episodes of the Twin Peaks revival. Welcome back to the world…
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